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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
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The Demon of Unrest

By Erik Larson ,

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What It Takes: The Way to the White House
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What It Takes

By Richard Ben Cramer ,

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Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government
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Democracy for Realists

By Christopher H. Achen , Larry M. Bartels ,

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Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show
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Betrayal

By Jonathan Karl ,

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Peril
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Peril

By Bob Woodward , Robert Costa ,

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Means of Ascent
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Means of Ascent

By Robert A. Caro ,

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Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
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Oath and Honor

By Liz Cheney ,

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American Evangelicals for Trump
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American Evangelicals for Trump

By André Gagné , Linda Shanahan (translator) ,

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Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia
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Between Two Fires

By Joshua Yaffa ,

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Multi-party Politics in Kenya
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Multi-party Politics in Kenya

By David Throup , Charles Hornsby ,

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Practicing Democracy: Elections and Political Culture in Imperial Germany
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Practicing Democracy

By Margaret Lavinia Anderson ,

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The Verdict: Decoding India's Elections
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The Verdict

By Prannoy Roy , Dorab R. Sopariwala ,

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Campaign of the Century: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960
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Campaign of the Century

By Irwin F. Gellman ,

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The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority
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The Greatest Comeback

By Patrick J. Buchanan ,

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Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876
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Fraud of the Century

By Jr. Roy Morris ,

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The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People Who Stopped It
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The Steal

By Mark Bowden , Matthew Teague ,

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The Presidential Quest: Candidates and Images in American Political Culture, 1787-1852
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The Presidential Quest

By M. J. Heale ,

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Vindicating Andrew Jackson: The 1828 Election and the Rise of the Two-Party System
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Vindicating Andrew Jackson

By Donald B. Cole ,

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The Boys on the Bus
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The Boys on the Bus

By Timothy Crouse ,

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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

By Hunter S. Thompson ,

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Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections
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Violent Victors

By Sarah Zukerman Daly ,

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Our Time Is Now
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Our Time Is Now

By Stacey Abrams ,

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Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America
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Identity Crisis

By John Sides , Michael Tesler , Lynn Vavreck

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The Election of the Evangelical: Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and the Presidential Contest of 1976
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The Election of the Evangelical

By Daniel K. Williams ,

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The Breach: The Untold Story of the Investigation Into January 6th
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The Breach

By Denver Riggleman , Hunter Walker ,

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The Race Card: Campaign Strategy, Implicit Messages, and the Norm of Equality
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The Race Card

By Tali Mendelberg ,

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Where Have All the Voters Gone?
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Where Have All the Voters Gone?

By Everett Carll Ladd ,

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Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy
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Forward

By Andrew Yang ,

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The Audacity To Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory
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The Audacity To Win

By David Plouffe ,

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Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election
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Find Me the Votes

By Michael Isikoff , Daniel Klaidman ,

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The Volatility Curse
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The Volatility Curse

By Daniela Campello , Cesar Zucco ,

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