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Another new book deserves a place on this stack to help minds switch from defense to offense for americas ideals, history, and traditions. Howard zinn 19222010 was a historian, playwright, and activist. A peoples history of the united states by howard zinn. Historian howard zinn on history and politics audio democracy now. A peoples history of the united states audible audio edition. In this presentation of the massachusetts school of laws program, books of our times, dean lawrence r.
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