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Code Talker

by Joseph Bruchac • 2005

A Navajo boy's forbidden language becomes the Marines' secret weapon in the Pacific.

3.91

18k+

📚 Ya Historical Fiction 🏫 Indigenous Boarding Schools 🏜️ Navajo Language And Culture 🌊 Pacific Theater Wwii 🔐 Wartime Cryptography

Code Talker

A Navajo boy's forbidden language becomes the Marines' secret weapon in the Pacific.

by Joseph Bruchac 2005 231 pages

3.91

18k+ ratings

📚 Ya Historical Fiction 🏫 Indigenous Boarding Schools 🏜️ Navajo Language And Culture 🌊 Pacific Theater Wwii 🔐 Wartime Cryptography

Killing Hope

by William Blum • 1995

For forty years, the CIA overthrew governments across the globe. The full ledger is in one book.

4.27

2k+

❄️ Cold War Politics 🕵️ Covert Operations 🌎 American Empire 🏛️ Regime Change 💰 Corporate Imperialism

Killing Hope

For forty years, the CIA overthrew governments across the globe. The full ledger is in one book.

by William Blum 1995 469 pages

4.27

2k+ ratings

❄️ Cold War Politics 🕵️ Covert Operations 🌎 American Empire 🏛️ Regime Change 💰 Corporate Imperialism

World on the Brink

by Dmitri Alperovitch • 2024

The playbook to deter China: focus on Taiwan, control chips, and lock in every alliance.

4.20

500+

🇨🇳 Us-China Relations ♟️ Great Power Competition 💵 Economic Statecraft 🛡️ Deterrence Theory 🏝️ Taiwan Strait

World on the Brink

The playbook to deter China: focus on Taiwan, control chips, and lock in every alliance.

by Dmitri Alperovitch 2024 400 pages

4.20

500+ ratings

🇨🇳 Us-China Relations ♟️ Great Power Competition 💵 Economic Statecraft 🛡️ Deterrence Theory 🏝️ Taiwan Strait

On Confidence

by The School of Life • 2017

Sixteen words, two centuries: how the Commerce Clause built the American state and still divides it.

3.91

3k+

⚖️ Constitutional Law 🏛️ Supreme Court Cases 📜 American Legal History 🌐 Federalism 📦 Commerce Clause

On Confidence

Sixteen words, two centuries: how the Commerce Clause built the American state and still divides it.

by The School of Life 2017 60 pages

3.91

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Constitutional Law 🏛️ Supreme Court Cases 📜 American Legal History 🌐 Federalism 📦 Commerce Clause

Vanishing Frontiers

by Andrew Selee • 2018

While politicians talk walls, Mexican firms now employ 123,000 Americans and trade has quadrupled.

3.88

129

🇲🇽 Us-Mexico Relations 🌉 Cross-Border Integration 🔗 Economic Interdependence 💼 Foreign Investment 🚶 Mexican Migration

Vanishing Frontiers

While politicians talk walls, Mexican firms now employ 123,000 Americans and trade has quadrupled.

by Andrew Selee 2018 336 pages

3.88

129 ratings

🇲🇽 Us-Mexico Relations 🌉 Cross-Border Integration 🔗 Economic Interdependence 💼 Foreign Investment 🚶 Mexican Migration

Trump’s Triumph

by Newt Gingrich • 2025

Why Trump won bigger than ever, and the policy blitz his allies have waiting.

4.15

162

🎯 Campaign Strategy 🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🏛️ Government Reform 🛂 Immigration Policy 💼 Economic Nationalism

Trump’s Triumph

Why Trump won bigger than ever, and the policy blitz his allies have waiting.

by Newt Gingrich 2025 295 pages

4.15

162 ratings

🎯 Campaign Strategy 🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🏛️ Government Reform 🛂 Immigration Policy 💼 Economic Nationalism

Not Stolen

by Jeff Fynn-Paul • 2023

Genocide, stolen land, settler colonialism: a historian says the common story gets all three wrong.

4.13

463

🪶 Native American History 🌎 Settler Colonialism 🔍 Revisionist History ⚖️ Genocide Debate 🏛️ Federal Indian Policy

Not Stolen

Genocide, stolen land, settler colonialism: a historian says the common story gets all three wrong.

by Jeff Fynn-Paul 2023 397 pages

4.13

463 ratings

🪶 Native American History 🌎 Settler Colonialism 🔍 Revisionist History ⚖️ Genocide Debate 🏛️ Federal Indian Policy

Treacherous Alliance

by Trita Parsi • 2007

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

4.12

500+

🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism ♟️ Cold War Proxy Wars 📜 Historical Revisionism

Treacherous Alliance

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

by Trita Parsi 2007 384 pages

4.12

500+ ratings

🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism ♟️ Cold War Proxy Wars 📜 Historical Revisionism

How To Trump SJWs

by Manon Welles • 2016

Steal the left’s playbook: ridicule, pressure, personalization. Your counterstrike manual.

4.25

181

🏛️ Conservative Strategy ✊ Political Activism ⚔️ Culture Wars 🧠 Psychological Warfare 🔋 Power Dynamics

How To Trump SJWs

Steal the left’s playbook: ridicule, pressure, personalization. Your counterstrike manual.

by Manon Welles 2016 88 pages

4.25

181 ratings

🏛️ Conservative Strategy ✊ Political Activism ⚔️ Culture Wars 🧠 Psychological Warfare 🔋 Power Dynamics

The Promised Land

by Nicholas Lemann • 1991

The mechanical cotton picker displaced millions, and the cities they fled to were never the same.

4.24

500+

🚂 Great Migration 🏚️ Urban Poverty 🧱 Racial Segregation 🏢 Public Housing ⛓️ Structural Racism

The Promised Land

The mechanical cotton picker displaced millions, and the cities they fled to were never the same.

by Nicholas Lemann 1991 416 pages

4.24

500+ ratings

🚂 Great Migration 🏚️ Urban Poverty 🧱 Racial Segregation 🏢 Public Housing ⛓️ Structural Racism

The Great U-turn

by Barry Bluestone • 1988

After 1973, the American Dream reversed. The cause: deliberate choices by firms and the state.

3.40

🏭 Deindustrialization ⚖️ Income Inequality 💰 Financialization 🌏 Offshoring ⚒️ Union Decline

The Great U-turn

After 1973, the American Dream reversed. The cause: deliberate choices by firms and the state.

by Barry Bluestone 1988 272 pages

3.40

15 ratings

🏭 Deindustrialization ⚖️ Income Inequality 💰 Financialization 🌏 Offshoring ⚒️ Union Decline

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