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The Gunslinger by Stephen King Streets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose One Man's Wilderness by Sam Keith Riptide - Mörderische Flut by Douglas Preston It by Stephen King 1984 by George Orwell The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Thunderhead by Douglas Preston
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Book cover for Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
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Between 1981 and 1986, the top income tax rate was cut from 70 percent to 28 percent. Meanwhile, taxes on the bottom four-fifths of earners rose. Economic inequality, which had flatlined, began to climb.
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