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Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World
by Samantha Power  Publisher Comments From Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power, an epic tale-part thriller, part tragedy-for our age, the political career and tragic death of the incomparable humanitarian Sergio Vieira de Mello If there is a single individual who can be said to have been at...
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The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear
by Paul Rogat Loeb 
Publisher Comments People need hope more than ever in difficult political times — like this one. This book brings together the voices of eloquent writers and activists to talk about how we replenish the wells of commitment. It explores what keeps us going as we work...
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War Is a Racket: The Anti-War Classic by America's Most Decorated General
by Smedley D Butler Publisher Comments A new edition of this anti-war classic written by America's most decorated General....
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Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad
by Frances Moore Lappe Publisher Comments Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad is a little book with a big message. Frances Moore Lappe — author of sixteen books, including three-million-copy bestseller Diet for a Small Planet — distills her world...
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
by Chris Hedges
Powells.com Staff Pick "War is seductive," Hedges tells readers in this powerful and intelligent book. Throughout our history, it has appealed to the human mind by providing a false sense of purpose and the opportunity to rise above everyday life. Using examples from his...
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The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
by Incite! Women Of Color Against Violence (edt) Publisher Comments A $1.3 trillion industry, the US nonprofit sector is the world's seventh largest economy. From art museums and university hospitals to think tanks and church charities, over 1.5 million organizations of staggering diversity share the tax-exempt 501(c)(3)...
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Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Modern Library Classics)
by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments In this timely, highly original, and controversial narrative, New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky discusses nonviolence as a distinct entity, a course of action, rather than a mere state of mind. Nonviolence can and should be a technique for...
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Aid for Peace a Guide To Planning & Evaluation
by Thania Pfaffenholz Book News Annotation Paffenholz (peace and development studies, U. of Geneva) and Reychler (international relations, U. of Leuven, Belgium) offer practical guidance to local and international organizations to planning and evaluating programs to reduce the suffering of the...
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Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom (BK Currents)
by Charles Halpern Synopsis This inspiring memoir is about working for a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world, while cultivating the wisdom that supports and deepens this work. Everyone who is trying to make waves ? to bring about needed social and institutional change ?...
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Engaging Contradictions: Theory, Politics, and Methods of AC
by Charles R Hale Synopsis Scholars in many fields increasingly find themselves caught between the academy, with its demands for rigor and objectivity, and direct engagement in social activism. Some advocate on behalf of the communities they study; others incorporate the knowledge...
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What Would Jefferson Do?: A Return to Democracy
by Thom Hartmann Publisher Comments When the Founding Fathers were searching for the best and fairest form of government, they studied the models of Athenian democracy, the Roman republic, and the Iroquois Confederacy and created what is now called a modern liberal democracy. Today, 81...
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Let Me Stand Alone: The Journals of Rachel Corrie
by Rachel Corrie Publisher Comments One young woman's voice — intense and poetic — grapples with universal ideas as it chronicles a personal journey cut short. How do we find our way in the world? How do our actions affect others? What do we owe the rest of humanity? These...
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Democracy's Edge : Choosing To Save Our Country By Bringing Democracy To Life (06 Edition)
by Frances Moore Lappe Publisher Comments Three out of five Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, feel our country is headed in the wrong direction. America is at the edge, a critical place at which we can either renew and revitalize or give in and lose that most precious American ideal...
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Webs of Power (02 Edition)
by Sky Starhawk
Publisher Comments Writing from the front lines, Starhawk chronicles the global justice movement sparked by Seattle's 1999 anti-World Trade Organization protest. A life-long activist, Starhawk is deeply involved as a direct action participant and trainer in the...
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Gandhi on Non-Violence
by Thomas (edt) Merton Publisher Comments An essential compendium for understanding Gandhi's profound legacy. "One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable."—Mahatma Gandhi The basic principles of Gandhi's philosophy of non...
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Making Kind Choices: Everyday Ways to Enhance Your Life Through Earth- and Animal-Friendly Living
by Ingrid Newkirk
Publisher Comments Choosing a compassionate lifestyle that makes you feel good and positively impacts on the environment and on animals has never been easier. In this practical and accessible handbook, loaded with resources for all products that are mentioned, Ingrid...
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Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision (BK Currents)
by Thom Hartmann Publisher Comments By the bestselling author and host of the flagship show on the Air America radio network, heard coast to coast and on satellite radio Shows progressives how to master the science and technology of persuasive communication and counter the right-wing...
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Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire
by Arundhati Roy Publisher Comments Just in time for the elections, Arundhati Roy offers us this lucid briefing on what the Bush administration reallymeans when it talks about "compassionate conservativism"and "the war on terror."Roy has characteristic fun in these essays, skewering the...
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Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time
by Paul Rogat Loeb Publisher Comments Soul of a Citizen awakens within us the desire and the ability to make our voices heard and our actions count. We can lead lives worthy of our convictions. A book of inspiration and integrity, Soul of a Citizen is an antidote to the twin scourges of...
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Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist
by Marisa Handler Publisher Comments Combining captivating personal memoir and astute political reportage, Marisa Handler offers a fascinating inside look at the burgeoning global justice movement through her own compelling coming-of-age story. Born in apartheid South Africa, Handler...
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