November 2018 list by Nanette Alderman
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The Age of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our World
by Tim Marshall
At least sixty-five countries, more than a third of the world's nation-states, have barriers along their borders. There are many reasons why walls go up, because we are divided in many ways: wealth, race, religion, and politics. Understanding what is behind these divisions is essential to understanding much of what's going on in the world today.
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The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy
by Greg Miller
Based on interviews with hundreds of people in Trump's inner circle, current and former government officials, individuals with close ties to the White House, members of the law enforcement and intelligence communities, foreign officials, and confidential documents, Miller offers striking new information about Vladimir Putin's secret operation, its catastrophic impact, and the nature of betrayal.
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Because of the Messiah in a Manger
by Brad Wilcox
Born on Christmas Day, Brad Wilcox has always had a special love for Christmas. Discover ways Christ began to fulfill His divine mission right from the moment of His humble birth.
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
by Stephen W. Hawking
The world-famous cosmologist leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe’s biggest questions in a posthumous work. Will humanity survive? Should we colonize space? Does God exist? These are just a few of the questions Hawking addresses in this wide-ranging, passionately argued final book from one of the greatest minds in history.
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Capitalism in America: A History
by Alan Greenspan
The former Federal Reserve Chairman and the acclaimed Economist historian trace the epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the world's most powerful engine of wealth and innovation.
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Golden Handcuffs: The Secret History of Trump's Women
by Nina Burleigh
Award-winning journalist, Nina Burleigh, explores Donald Trump’s attitudes toward women by providing in-depth analysis and background on the women who have had the most profound influence on his life—the mother and grandmother who raised him, the wives who lived with him, and the daughter who is poised to inherit it all.
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It Doesn't Have To Be Crazy at Work
by Jason Fried
A timely manifesto that rejects popular values about high stress and burnout as tenets of success, outlining an alternative path to building a calm, focused organization that eliminates waste.
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The Laws of Human Nature
by Robert Greene
The best-selling author of The 48 Laws of Power draws on ancient wisdom to counsel readers on how to understand the unconscious motivations of others, exercise self-control and avoid conformity to develop an individual sense of purpose.
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Leaders: Myth and Reality
by Stanley McChrystal
The retired four-star general and best-selling author of Team of Teams challenges the "Great Man" theory of leadership, sharing the less-recognized lessons of diverse leaders, from Robert E. Lee and Walt Disney to Margaret Thatcher and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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My Squirrel Days
by Ellie Kemper
The comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt delivers a hilarious and uplifting collection of essays about one pale woman’s journey from Midwestern naïf to Hollywood semi-celebrity to outrageously reasonable New Yorker.
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Presidents of War
by Michael R Beschloss
Charts the controversial leadership, public reputations and evolving political powers of American wartime presidents from the War of 1812 through Vietnam, including Lincoln, Wilson and LBJ.
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Stop Mass Hysteria
by Michael Savage
The author calls out who he believes are mass hysteria mongers and their methods, and shows Americans that we must look to history to understand the present, and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.
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The White Darkness
by David Grann
Traces the South Pole expedition of a decorated British special forces officer, an admirer and descendant of Ernest Shackleton's expedition, who in 2015 risked his life to walk across Antarctica alone.
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