J. R. R. Tolkien

Pages in excellent shape, some cracking and wear on the spine 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

The Enchanting Prelude to the Lord of the Rings

Hobbit Bilbo Baggins raakt betrokken bij een fantastisch avontuur, wanneer hij is gekozen tot leider van een groep dwergen bij hun levensgevaarlijke speurtocht naar de vreselijk draak, die de schatten van het dwergvolk heeft geroofd.

The Hobbit

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James Comey

Some wear and discoloration on the dust jacket but book itself is in excellent condition

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Truth, Lies, and Leadership

In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. From prosecuting the Mafia and Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration's policies on torture and electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases and policies of recent history.

A Higher Loyalty

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Richard A. Clarke

R. P. Eddy

Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes

Warnings

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Jonathan Haslam

Missing the dust jacket, some discoloration on the front cover, all pages intact, no dog earring

A Case of Assisted Suicide

The first objective history of the rise and fall of the Salvador Annelde's regime in Chile.

The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allende's Chile

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Kenneth M. Pollack

Daniel L. Byman

Akram Al-Turk

Minimal wear on cover, one page dog eared

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

America and the Transformation of the Middle East

"Analyzes key aspects of the 2011 Mideast turmoil, such as Arab public opinion; socioeconomic and demographic conditions; the role of social media; influence of Islamists; the impact of political changes on the Arab-Israeli peace process; and ramifications for the United States and the rest of the world. Also provides country-by-country analysis of Middle East political evolution"--Provided by publisher.

The Arab Awakening

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Strobe Talbott

Minimal wear on corners of the cover, minimal dog eared pages

A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “A rich and revealing account of the turbulent relationship between the U.S. and Russia during the first post-Cold War years. . . . Essential for any understanding of this critical and even dangerous period.”—Elizabeth Drew “A fascinating memoir of a weirdly unpredictable world.”—The New York Review of Books In the eight years Bill Clinton was president, as Russia lurched from crisis to crisis, each one more horrifying than the last, Clinton and his foreign-policy team found they faced no greater task than helping to keep Russia stable and at peace with herself and her neighbors. Strobe Talbott’s mesmerizing account of this struggle reveals what a close-run thing this was, and how much the relationship between George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin has been defined by the work of Bill Clinton. Written with a novelistic richness and energy, The Russia Hand is the first great book about war and peace in the post-Cold War world. It is also the one book anyone needs to understand Russia’s fateful transformation and future possibilities after ten years as a democracy.

The Russia Hand

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Joel Migdal

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The United States in the Middle East

Joel S. Migdal focuses on the approach U.S. officials adopted toward the Middle East after World War II, one that paid scant attention to tectonic shifts in the region. The United States did not restrict its strategic model to the Middle East—beginning with Harry S. Truman, American presidents applied a uniform strategy rooted in the country’s Cold War experience in Europe to regions across the globe, designed to project America into nearly every corner of the world while limiting costs and overreach. The approach was simple: find a local power that could play Great Britain’s role in Europe after the war, sharing the burden of exercising power, and establish a security alliance along the lines of NATO. Yet regional changes following the creation of Israel, the Free Officers Coup in Egypt, the rise of Arab nationalism from 1948 to 1952, and, later, the Iranian Revolution and the Egypt-Israel peace treaty in 1979 complicated this project. Migdal shows how insufficient attention to these key transformations led to a series of missteps and misconceptions in the twentieth century. With the Arab uprisings of 2009–2011 prompting another major shift, Migdal sees an opportunity for the United States to deploy a new, more workable strategy, and he concludes with a plan for gaining a stable foothold.

Shifting Sands

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Andrei Soldatov

Irina Borogan

Some dog eared pages, some wear on the dust jacket 

The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB

A penetrating investigation into how the KGB rose from the ashes of the Soviet Union and reinvented itself at the heart of the Russian state during Vladimir Putin's rule

The New Nobility

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Henry Kissinger

Minimal wear and tear on some pages and the back cover 

Offering a panoramic view of history and a description of firsthand diplomatic encounters, the former Secretary of State describes his ideas about diplomacy and power balances, showing how national negotiating styles influence outcomes

Diplomacy

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Thomas E. Sniegoski

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Aerie and Reckoning

Destined for Heaven or Hell? The saga continues from THE FALLEN 1. Aaron’s senior year has been anything but typical. Half-angel and half-human, he has been charged to reunite the Fallen with Heaven. But the leader of the Dark Powers is determined to destroy Aaron—and all hope of angelic reconciliation. Struggling to harness the incredible force within him, Aaron trains for the ultimate battle. With the Dark Powers building in strength and numbers, their clash may come sooner than he expects. And everyone who’s ever mattered to Aaron is now in grave danger. Aaron must protect the girl he loves and rescue the only family he’s ever known. Because if he can’t save them from the Dark Powers, how can he hope to save the Fallen?

The Fallen 2

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Normal wear on the edges of the cover, no dog eared pages, one small wrinkle on the spine

Katie Michael

@katiemikes

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