The Despot's Apprentice: Donald Trump's Attack on Democracy
By: Brian Klaas
4.16
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
An ex-US campaign advisor who has sat with the world’s dictators explains Donald Trump’s increasing…
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1. Filthy Rich: The true story behind the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal
By: John Connolly , James Patterson , Tim Malloy
3.38
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A shocking true crime tale of money, power, and sex from the world's most popular thriller writer. … read more
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2. Zen in the Art of Writing
By: Ray Bradbury
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a land mine. The land mine is me. After the explosion,… read more
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3. The Making of Donald Trump
By: David Cay Johnston
4.23
Format: None pages, Hardcover
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The culmination of nearly 30 years of reporting on Donald Trump, this… read more
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4. Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show
By: Jonathan Karl
4.48
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
***THE INSTANT New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and IndieBound BESTSELLER*** An NP… read more
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5. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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6. The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything
By: Mike Rothschild
3.84
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
This is the real story of QAnon—what it is, what it means, and where it goes. And be warned—none of… read more
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7. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
By: Anne Applebaum
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor, and historian offers an expert guide to understanding… read more
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"Unity is an anomaly. Polarization is normal. Skepticism about liberal democracy is also normal. And the appeal of authoritarianism is eternal."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all of our societies eventually will."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Olga Tokarczuk, 2019: We horen niet langer de harmonie van de wereld, maar de kakofonie van geluiden, een ondraaglijke ruis waarin we wanhoping een een rustiger melodie proberen te ontdekken, al is h…"-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Throughout history, pandemics have led to an expansion of the power of the state: at times when people fear death, they go along with measures that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will save them—ev…"-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
8. Mania
By: Lionel Shriver
3.69
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
'Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely … I was laughing out loud at the same time as my b… read more
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9. The Common Good
By: Robert B. Reich
4.09
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed… read more
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10. Front Row at the Trump Show
By: Jonathan Karl
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
An account like no other from the White House reporter who has known President Trump for more than … read more
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"As former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, ' You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts."-Jonathan Karl, Front Row at the Trump Show
"I didn't become a reporter to dutifully record the words of the people in power. I became a reporter, in part, to hold those in power accountable."-Jonathan Karl, Front Row at the Trump Show
"In a situation like that, it is the reporter's responsibility either to get an answer or to demonstrate that the politicians are ignoring the questions."-Jonathan Karl, Front Row at the Trump Show
"It struck me that there is a reason James Madison put freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the very first amendment. If we can't speak out, if we cannot challenge those in power, there is no…"-Jonathan Karl, Front Row at the Trump Show
11. Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis
By: Scott Patterson
3.78
Format: 336 pages, ebook
A Wall Street Journal bestseller Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fasci… read more
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12. The Conspiracy to End America: Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy
By: Stuart Stevens
4.43
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“This is the first must-read of the 2024 election cycle if you want to understand the stakes.” –Nic… read more
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13. Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
By: Jamie Raskin
4.51
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the star… read more
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"If a person can grow through unthinkable trauma and loss, perhaps a nation may, too."-Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
"Memory requires active engagement with the complexities of the past. It is not an unthinking or passive process, like breathing or (for most people) sleeping. I have found that good memory, like good…"-Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
14. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
By: Barbara McQuade
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more
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15. The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump
By: Bob Woodward
4.27
Format: 12 pages, Audiobook
“I’m doing something here that I’ve never done before, presenting the lengthy, raw interviews of m… read more
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16. Surviving Autocracy
By: Masha Gessen
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A bestselling, National Book Award-winning journalist's essential guide to understanding, resisting… read more
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"As Trump marches on to the rhythm of near-daily twitter rants, daily outrages, and weekly embarrassments, it remains unimaginable—even if it is observable. To think that a madman could be running the…"-Masha Gessen, Surviving Autocracy
17. Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System
By: Ryan J. Reilly
3.95
Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition
The January 6th attack is an unprecedented crime in American history. Sprawling and openly politica… read more
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18. Kinderen van Apate - Over leugens en waarachtigheid
By: Alicja Gescinska
3.70
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
Toen Pandora haar beruchte doos opende en de godin Apate ontsnapte, kwamen de misleiding en het bed… read more
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19. The Despot's Apprentice: Donald Trump's Attack on Democracy
By: Brian Klaas
4.16
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
An ex-US campaign advisor who has sat with the world’s dictators explains Donald Trump’s increasing… read more
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20. Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth
By: Brian Stelter
4.08
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
The urgent and untold story of the collusion between Fox News and Donald Trump from the New York Ti… read more
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"I'm writing this book as a citizen; as an advocate for factual journalism; and as a new dad who thinks about what kind of world my children are going to inherit. This story is about a rot at the core…"-Brian Stelter, Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth
21. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
