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Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now (Hardcover)

By Evan Osnos

$23.00

ISBN: 9781982174026

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Published: Scribner - October 27th, 2020
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey (Paperback)

By Kamala Harris

$18.00

ISBN: 9780525560739

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Published: Penguin Books - August 4th, 2020
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice (Hardcover)

By Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9781534462670

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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - August 25th, 2020
Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose (Paperback)

By Joe Biden

$17.99

ISBN: 9781250171696

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Published: Flatiron Books - November 20th, 2018
Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America (Hardcover)

By Stacey Abrams

$27.99

ISBN: 9781250257703

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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - June 9th, 2020
Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change (Paperback)

By Stacey Abrams

$17.00

ISBN: 9781250214805

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Published: Picador - March 26th, 2019
Citizenship Reimagined: A New Framework for State Rights in the United States (Paperback)

By Allan Colbern, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan

$29.99

ISBN: 9781108744720

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Published: Cambridge University Press - October 22nd, 2020
Leadership: In Turbulent Times (Paperback)

By Doris Kearns Goodwin

$18.00

ISBN: 9781476795935

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Published: Simon & Schuster - October 1st, 2019
Democracy Unchained: How to Rebuild Government for the People (Paperback)

By David Orr (Editor), Andrew Gumbel (Editor), Bakari Kitwana (Editor)

$19.99

ISBN: 9781620975138

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Published: New Press - March 3rd, 2020
How to Read the Constitution--and Why (Paperback)

By Kim Wehle

$17.99

ISBN: 9780062896308

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Published: Harper Paperbacks - June 25th, 2019
Kamala's Way: An American Life (Hardcover)

By Dan Morain

$28.00

ISBN: 9781982175764

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Published: Simon & Schuster - January 12th, 2021
Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation (Paperback)

By Robert Tsai

$19.95

ISBN: 9780393358551

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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - October 20th, 2020
Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself (Paperback)

By Jill Biden

$17.99

ISBN: 9781250182340

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Published: Flatiron Books - August 4th, 2020
Say It Louder!: Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy (Paperback)

By Tiffany Cross

$17.99

ISBN: 9780062976765

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Published: Amistad - July 6th, 2020

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