Five Chiefs by John Paul Stevens

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When he resigned in June 2010, Justice Stevens was the third longest-serving Justice in American history (1975-2010) — only Justice William O. Douglas, whom Stevens succeeded, and Stephen Field have served on the Court for a longer time. In Five Chiefs, Justice Stevens captures the inner workings of the Supreme Court via his personal experiences with the five Chief Justices — Fred Vinson, Earl Warren, Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, and John Roberts — that he interacted with.

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Sixty to Zero by Alex Taylor, III

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Sixty to Zero | An Inside Look at the Collapse of General Motors – and the Detroit Auto Industry by Alex Taylor III tells the story of General Motors’ decline. The collapse of General Motors captured headlines in early 2009, but as Alex Taylor III writes in this in-depth dissection of the automaker’s undoing, GM’s was a meltdown forty years in the making.

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Woman from Shanghai by Xianhui Yang

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Woman from Shanghai | Tales of Survival from a Chinese Labor Camp by Xianhui Yang explores the horrific experiences of Chinese citizens in a re-education labor camp. He tells the tales of ordinary people facing extraordinary tribulations, time and again securing their humanity against those who were intent on taking it away.

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Rebound by Stephen J. Rose

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Rebound | Why America Will Emerge Stronger From the Financial Crisis by Stephen J. Rose argues for a faster return to a stronger economy. The book takes the currently unthinkable view that the economy will bounce back faster and stronger from the downturn than most economists expect.

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A World of Trouble by Patrick Tyler

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A World of Trouble | The White House and the Middle East – from the Cold War to the War on Terror by Patrick Tyler explores American Presidents’ affairs in the Middle East. The book is compulsively readable, free of cant and ideology, and rich in insight about the very human challenges a new president will face as he or she tries to restore America’s standing in the region.

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Treachery by Harry Chapman Pincher

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Treachery | Betrayals, Blunders, and Cover-Ups: Six Decades of Espionage Against America and Great Britain by Harry Chapman Pincher reveals decades of espionage from within British intelligence. Pincher makes a compelling new case that the head of Britain’s own counterintelligence and security agency was a double agent.

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The Corpse Walker by Liao Yiwu

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The Corpse Walker by Liao Yiwu introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a leper, a grave robber, and a Falung Gong practitioner, among others. By asking challenging questions with respect and empathy, Liao Yiwu managed to get his subjects to talk openly and sometimes hilariously about their lives, desires, and vulnerabilities.

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Relentless Pursuit by Donna Foote

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Relentless Pursuit | A Year in the Trenches with Teach for America by Donna Foote follows four Teach for America recruits as they enter a Los Angeles high school. With little training and experience, these four will be asked to produce academic gains in students who are among the most disadvantaged in the country. 

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Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.

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Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr., M.D. is based on the groundbreaking results of his twenty-year nutritional study. It illustrates that a plant-based, oil-free diet can not only prevent the progression of heart disease but can also reverse its effects. Dr. Esselstyn is an internationally known surgeon, researcher, and former clinician at the Cleveland Clinic.

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Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China by Kang Zhengguo

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Confessions | An Innocent Life in Communist China by Kang Zhengguo tells the author’s story during a difficult part of China’s history. With clear vision this intimate memoir draws us into the intersections of everyday life and Communist power from the first days of “Liberation” in 1949 through the Tiananmen Square protests and after.

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