America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction (Teacher’s Edition)

Author: Jon Stewart

For everyone who was too cheap to buy the hardcover, the blockbuster, award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller is now in trade paperback-with a new introduction, fully updated, and with equally unsettling nude photos of the newest Supreme Court justices, and a text corrected by the most reputable college professor we could find/afford.Including:Historical inaccuracies, g….Read More

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