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First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir coming Nov. 17
The first volume of former President Barack Obama's memoir, "A Promised Land," is coming out Nov. 17 and will cover his swift and historic rise to the White House and his first term in office.
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Our September 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Steven Greenhouse's "Beaten Down, Worked Up."
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Our September 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Steven Greenhouse's "Beaten Down, Worked Up."
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‘Beaten Down, Worked Up’ is our September book club pick
Steven Greenhouse's "Beaten Down, Worked Up" traces the history of the labor movement in the United States, and considers the…
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Author Daniel Nieh answers your questions about ‘Beijing Payback’
Daniel Nieh, author of our August pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown…
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Our August 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Daniel Nieh's "Beijing Payback."
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First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir coming Nov. 17