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Pick what you're curious about and get three books in reading order, so you always know what to open next.
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Truman Rehabilitated
Miguel Thornton
The 33rd president and the decisions that shaped the postwar world.
JFK Exposed
Miguel Thornton
Kennedy, claimed by left and right: tax cuts, the Cold War and civil rights.
The 20 Biggest Lies About Nixon
Miguel Thornton
Twenty claims that came to define Richard Nixon's legacy.
When you finish these three
You will have followed the presidency from Truman to Nixon, and you will know which popular claims about each one hold up against the record, and which don't.
20 Myths of Prohibition
Miguel Thornton
Bootleggers and speakeasies: the dry decade, checked against the record.
20 Myths That Made the Mafia Legendary
Miguel Thornton
How Hollywood and street legend made gangsters into icons.
Area 51
Miguel Thornton
The folklore of the Nevada base and the real programs behind its secrecy.
Maya and Aztec Myths Busted
Miguel Thornton
Twenty popular ideas about the Maya and the Aztecs, set straight.
Pirate Myths Unmasked
Miguel Thornton
The real buccaneers of the Caribbean, behind the novels and films.
Republic, Not Democracy
Miguel Thornton
Why the Founders built a republic with checks on majority rule.
The Party of Lincoln
Miguel Thornton
The Republican Party's record on race and civil rights, from Lincoln on.
The Poverty Myth
Miguel Thornton
An argument that culture and family explain more about poverty than income.
Austrian Economics vs. Chicago School
Thomas Ortega
The map: two free-market schools and where they disagree.
The Road to Unintended Consequences
Thomas Ortega
Thirty short lessons on interventions that backfired.
The Education Lie
Thomas Ortega
Do degrees still buy competence? An argument for self-education.
The Energy Lie
Thomas Ortega
Why Ortega believes prices, not mandates, create energy abundance.
Catholicism Without the Myths
Father Daniel Rourke
The questions Protestants ask most often, answered plainly.
Easy-to-Understand Catholic Theology
Miguel Thornton
Catholic belief, the Mass and why Rome still matters.
The Real Opus Dei
Miguel Thornton
The real institution behind the Opus Dei of novels and films.
Short Stories in Italian for Beginners
Massimo Bellomo
Your first Italian stories, with a glossary and a quiz.
Funny Short Stories in Italian for Beginners
Massimo Bellomo
Twenty-five funny chapters in everyday Italian.
25 Short Stories in Italian for Beginners
Massimo Bellomo
Twenty-five graded stories for steady practice.
Spanish for Latin America Travel
Michael Vidal
Five funny stories that follow a traveler across Latin America.
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