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July 20, 2020
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The room where it happened : a White House memoir
by John R. Bolton

The former National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump offers an inside look at the administration. 
How to be an antiracist
by Ibram X. Kendi

A best-selling author, National Book Award-winner and professor combines ethics, history, law and science with a personal narrative to describe how to move beyond the awareness of racism and contribute to making society just and equitable.
Me and white supremacy : combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancestor
by Layla F. Saad

The host of the Good Ancestor podcast presents an updated and expanded edition of the Instagram challenge that launched a cultural movement about taking responsibility for first-person racism to stop unconsciously inflicting pain on others.
Untamed
by Glennon Doyle

An activist, speaker and philanthropist offers a memoir wrapped in a wake-up call that reveals how women can reclaim their true, untamed selves by breaking free of the restrictive expectations and cultural conditioning that leaves them feeling dissatisfied and lost. 
Magnolia Table : a collection of recipes for gathering / Volume 2 
by Joanna Gaines

Beautifully photographed, and filled with dishes that should be shared, the author, in this second volume, gives readers abundant reasons to gather together through 145 recipes for each meal of the day. 
Separated : inside an American tragedy
by Jacob Soboroff

The award-winning NBC News and MSNBC correspondent presents a deeply personal report from America’s borders on the wrenching human realities behind the Trump administration’s infamous decision to systematically separate thousands of children from their migrant families. 
Countdown 1945 : the extraordinary story of the atomic bomb and the 116 days that changed the world
by Chris Wallace

A Fox News Sunday anchor and a Pulitzer Prize-winning AP investigative journalist present a behind-the-scenes account of the secret meetings, global events, leadership decisions and civilian realities that led to the Hiroshima bombing. 
Blitz : Trump will smash the Left and win
by David Horowitz

The conservative commentator and author of the best-selling Big Agenda outlines a blueprint for how Donald Trump will win reelection by gaining the support of unexpected voters and vanquishing progressive Democrats. 
The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the blitz
by Erik Larson

The best-selling author of Dead Wake draws on personal diaries, archival documents and declassified intelligence in a portrait of Winston Churchill that explores his day-to-day experiences during the Blitz and his role in uniting England. 
Relationship goals : how to win at dating, marriage, and sex
by Michael Todd

Realer than the most real conversation you've ever heard in church on the topic, Michael Todd's honest, heartfelt, and powerful teaching on relationships has already impacted millions. Michael believes that relationships are the epicenter of human thriving. All too often, though, we lack the tools or vision to build our relationships on the wisdom and power of God. In other words, it's good to have a goal, but you can't get there without proper aim! By charting a course that candidly examines our most common pitfalls, and by unpacking explosive truths from God's Word, Michael's debut book will transform a trendy hashtag into a future where your most cherished relationships thrive in relational life, hope, and abundance. Now those are real #relationshipgoals.
United States of socialism : Who's behind it. Why it's evil. How to stop it
by Dinesh D'Souza

The best-selling author of Illiberal Education contrasts the socialist ideologies of today’s American progressives against such historical examples as Lenin, Mao and Castro, arguing that socialism has abandoned the working class in favor of trend politics. 
Get out of your head : stopping the spiral of toxic thoughts
by Jennie Allen

Speaker and Bible teacher Jennie Allen hears all the time from women who feel stuck in patterns of frustration and defeat. In her search for a solution, she's learned that the greatest spiritual battle of our generation is taking place between our ears.How we think shapes how we live. So it's crucial that we learn how to stop our spinning thoughts and refuse to be victims of toxic thinking patterns like victimhood, anxiety, and distraction. In this book, Jennie draws on biblical truth and recent discoveries in neuroscience to show exactly how we can fight the enemies of the mind with the truth of who God is and who He calls us to be.
Begin again : James Baldwin's America and its urgent lessons for our own
by Eddie S. Glaude

James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the Civil Rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race, and the author explores what Americans can learn from Baldwin’s struggle in the era of President Trump.
Surrender, white people! : our unconditional terms for peace
by D. L. Hughley

In his follow-up to the New York Times best-selling How Not to Get Shot the legendary comedy king humorously and satirically offers Caucasians terms, reparations and reconciliations as America becomes a majority-minority nation. 
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