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Essentials of International Relations
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Interests, Interactions, Institutions
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Campaigns and Elections
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American and State Government
American Politics Today
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Eighth Edition Election Update
American Government:
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Eighteenth Edition
We the People
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American Government:
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Governing Texas
Seventh Edition
Governing California in the Twenty-First Century
Tenth Edition
American Politics: A Field Guide
First Edition
Readings in American Politics
Sixth Edition
The Enduring Debate
Classic and Contemporary Readings in American Politics
Ninth Edition
Media Politics
Fifth Edition
Constitutional Law and Politics
Volumes 1 and 2
Twelfth Edition
Political Parties
First Edition
The United States Congress
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Comparative Politics
Essentials of Comparative Politics
Eighth Edition
Cases and Concepts in
Comparative Politics
Third Edition
Cases in Comparative Politics
Eighth Edition
International Relations
Essentials of International Relations
Ninth Edition
Essential Readings in World Politics
Eighth Edition
Companion Titles
The Presidents and the People
Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It
Corey Brettschneider
Age of Revolutions
Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
Fareed Zakaria
Foolproof
Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity
Sander van der Linden
Black Evidence
A History and a Warning
Candis Watts Smith
Did It Happen Here?
Perspectives on Fascism and America
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
The Quiet Coup
Neoliberalism and the Looting of America
Mehrsa Baradaran
On Settler Colonialism
Ideology, Violence, and Justice
Adam Kirsch
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