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In the Company of Heroes
by Michael J. Durant and Steven Hartov

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Middle East

Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
by Robert Baer

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In his explosive New York Times bestseller, See No Evil, former CIA operative Robert Baer exposed how Washington politics drastically compromised the CIA's efforts to fight global terrorism. Now in his powerful new book, Sleeping with the Devil, Baer turns his attention to Saudi Arabia, revealing how our government's cynical relationship with our Middle Eastern ally and America's dependence on Saudi oil make us increasingly vulnerable to economic disaster and put us at risk for further acts of terrorism....(read more)
 
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Journalism

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser

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"What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the last forty thousand," Schlosser observes, yet most Americans know very little about how that food is made, where, by whom, and at what cost. Fast Food Nation traces the industry's... (read more)
 
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Presidents

My Life
by Bill Clinton

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President Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It shows us the progress... (read more)
 
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Politics

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything
by Joe Trippi

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Joe Trippi’s campaign for Howard Dean marked a quantum leap in how the Internet could be used to shake up politics and empower Americans—now Trippi reveals how technology can harness the power of the people in every sector. When Joe Trippi... (read more)
 
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Middle East

Bush in Babylon: The Recolonization of Iraq
by Tariq Ali

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A devastating critique of America's military occupation of Iraq by one of the leaders of the global antiwar movement, Tariq Ali. Eschewing the liberal option of hand-wringing and the fashionable lurch to the right by some former leftists, Bush in Babylon... (read more)
 
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Law

Out of Bounds: Inside the NBA's Culture of Rape, Violence, and Crime
by Jeff Benedict

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Out of Bounds: Inside the NBA's Culture of Rape, Violence, and Crime is a searing indictment of professional basketball players who live in a world where criminal laws and social norms don't exist, a world where they are given license to act above the... (read more)
 
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Dude, Where's My Country?
by Michael Moore

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When the powers-that-be succeeded in ignoring and then silencing the nation's widespread dissent over war, one man stood on an Oscar stage and, in front of a billion people, outed the commander in chief for his fictitious presidency and his fictitious... (read more)
 
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Bush at War
by Bob Woodward

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With his unmatched investigative skill, Bob Woodward tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers, after the initial shock of the September 11 attacks, led the nation to war. Extensive... (read more)
 
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Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times
by Ellen Goodman

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In this rich and savvy collection of commentaries on the events, people and issues that shape and define our world, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and New York Times bestselling author Ellen Goodman cuts to the heart of the stories and controversies... (read more)
 
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Why Not Me? Why Not Me?
by Al Franken

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Presidential Elections

Taking Back America: And Taking Down the Radical Right
by Katrina Vanden Heuvel

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Taking Back America is a direct challenge to the Bush administration. This important collection of essays, drawn from the historic Take Back America Conference in Washington D.C. and the pages of The Nation, exposes the radical, reactionary scope of the... (read more)
 
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Foreign Policy

The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military
by Dana Priest

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Walk with America's generals, grunts, and Green Berets through the maze of unconventional wars and unsettled peace. Four-star generals who lead the military during wartime reign like proconsuls abroad in peacetime. Secretive Green Berets trained to... (read more)
 
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Gender

Don't Play in the Sun: One Woman's Journey Through the Color Complex
by Marita Golden

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In a hard-hitting meditation on the role that color plays among African Americans and in wider society, Marita Golden dares to put herself on the line, expressing her fears and rage about how she has navigated through the color complex. To be sure... (read more)
 
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy : An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Corporate Cons, Globalization, and High-Finance Fraudsters
by Greg Palast

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Investigative journalist Greg Palast has uncovered scandal, fraud, corruption, and lies in the highest seats of power — from the White House to corporate America. Known in Britain as "the greatest investigative reporter of our time" (Tribune... (read more)
 
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Politics

The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
by Fareed Zakaria

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Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country
by William Greider

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This ground-breaking best-seller reveals for the first time how the mighty and mysterious Federal Reserve operates -- and how it manipulated and transformed both the American economy and the world's during the last eight crucial years. Based on... (read more)
 
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