The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
by Tim Flannery
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Not only is paleontologist Flannery's urgent call to arms about global
climate change fascinating and terrifying, it is also the most accessible
book on the topic around. Flannery writes beautifully, clearly examining
every angle of the debate...
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Take Them at Their Words: Startling, Amusing and Baffling Quotations from the G.O.P., Their Friends and a Few Others
by Bruce J. Miller and Diana Maio
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In the wake of the Republican Revolution of 1994, when the G.O.P. won majority status in the U.S. House of Representatives and House Speaker Newt Gingrich's Contract With America made best-seller lists, Bruce J. Miller began collecting the verbal and...
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The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time
by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen
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Ellen DeGeneres, Robert Redford, Will Ferrell, Jennifer Aniston, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Martha Stewart, Tyra Banks, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tiki Barber, Owen Wilson, and Justin Timberlake tell you how they make a difference to the environment. Inside The...
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
by Chris Hedges
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General George S. Patton famously said, "Compared to war all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God, I do love it so!" Though Patton was a notoriously single-minded general, it is nonetheless a sad fact that war gives meaning to many...
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It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis
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It is 1936. America has just elected Berzelius Windrip to the presidency--and his fascist policies turn the U.S. into a totalitarian state....
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Right Wing Justice: The Conservative Campaign to Take Over the Courts
by Herman Schwartz
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Right Wing Justice raises the alarm about the creeping conservative campaign to "pack" America's courts with judges more identified with their ideological affiliation than their skill or regard for the Constitution. The consequence is that the rule of...
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Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country and It's Time to Take It Back
by Jim Hightower
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America listens to Jim Hightower. More than eighty thousand people subscribe to The Hightower Lowdown Newsletter while his radio show is aired on more than sixty public and commercial radio stations.
In They've Stolen Our Country and It's Time To Take...
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Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate (A Progressive Guide to Action)
by George Lakoff
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Now more than ever, Don't Think of an Elephant is an important resource for progressives in this country. George Lakoff submits that for progressive values to reclaim mainstream America we must transform the language of American politics. "Frames are...
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War Is a Racket: The Anti-War Classic by America's Most Decorated General
by Smedley D Butler
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A new edition of this anti-war classic written by America's most decorated General....
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They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45
by Milton Sanfor Mayer
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"Among the many books written on Germany after the collapse of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich, this book by Milton Mayer is one of the most readable and most enlightening."—Hans Kohn, New York Times Book Review "It is a fascinating story and a deeply...
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