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IT WORKED FOR ME In Life and Leadership Colin Powell	HOSTILE TAKEOVER Resisting Centralized Government's Stranglehold on America Matt Kibbe	THE AMATEUR Barack Obama in the White House Edward Klein	IT'S EVEN WORSE THAT IT LOOKS  How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism Thomas Mann and  Norman Ornstein	AMERITOPIA The Unmaking of America Mark Levin
GIVE US LIBERTY A Tea Party Manifesto Dick Armey & Matt Kibbe	NO APOLOGY The Case For American Greatness Mitt Romney	POWER HUNGRY The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future Robert Bryce	THE FRUGAL SUPERPOWER America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era Michael Mendelbaum	AFTERSHOCK The Next Economy and America's Future Robert Reich
THE BACKLASH Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama Will Bunch	DECISION POINTS George W. Bush	WINNER-TAKE-ALL POLITICS How Washington Made the Rich Richer -- and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson	READING OBAMA Dreams, Hopes and the American Political Tradition James Kloppenberg	BROKE The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth and Treasure Glenn Beck
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THE MASTER SWITCH The Rise and Fall of Information Empires Tim Wu	THE PROMISE President Obama, Year One Jonathan Alter	WIKILEAKS Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy David Leigh	KNOWN AND UNKNOWN A Memoir Donald Rumsfeld	A SIMPLE GOVERNMENT Twelve Things We Really Need From Washington (and a Trillion That We Don't) Mike Huckabee
THE AUDACITY OF HOPE Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Barack Obama	AMONG THE TRUTHERS A Journey Through America's Growing Conspiracist Underground Jonathan Kay	LIBERTY DEFINED 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom Ron Paul	MERCHANTS OF DOUBT How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues From Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Naomi Oreskes	THE ORIGINAL ARGUMENT The Federalists' Case for the Constitution, Adapted for the 21st Century Glenn Beck
A NATION LIKE NO OTHER Why American Exceptionalism Matters Newt Gingrich	FED UP! Our Fight to Save America From Washington Rick Perry	THE TIPPING POINT How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Malcolm Gladwell	THAT USED TO BE US How America Fell behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum	REPUBLIC LOST How Money Corrupts Congress -- and a Plan to Stop It Lawrence Lessig
THE FREEDOM AGENDA Why a Balanced Budget Amendment is Necessary to Restore Constitutional Government Mike Lee	BACK TO WORK Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy Bill Clinton	STEVE JOBS Walter Isaacson	TIME TO GET TOUGH Making America #1 Again Donald Trump	THROW THEM ALL OUT How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison Peter Schweizer

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