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Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights
by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose
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Until her death in January 2007, Ivins made at least one speech a month for no fee in defense of the Bill of Rights. During her travels, she met ordinary people going to extraordinary measures to protect their rights, and, in this book, she celebrates... (read more)
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The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future
by Vali Nasr
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The critical struggle between Shia and Sunni for the future of the Middle East. To most Western eyes, all Islamic movements look alike, and the central conflict in the Middle East is one between religion and secularism. Shockingly little has been... (read more)
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The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End
by Peter W. Galbraith
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An experienced, astute observer of Iraq presents an account of a failed American war that has resulted in the disintegration of Iraq and the further unsettling of the Middle East.... (read more)
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Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America
by Byron Dorgan
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Senator Dorgan is sounding the alarm: With our country up to our neck in trade debt--$2 billion a day--as we import energy and export jobs, it is long past the time to tackle the trade crisis head-on. By outsourcing hundreds of thousands of U.S... (read more)
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Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical's Lament Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical's Lament
by Randall Balmer
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For much of American history, evangelicalism was aligned with progressive political causes. Nineteenth-century evangelicals fought for the abolition of slavery, universal suffrage, and public education. But contemporary conservative activists have... (read more)
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No One Is Illegal : Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U. S.-mexico Border (06 Edition) No One Is Illegal : Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U. S.-mexico Border (06 Edition)
by Justin Akers Chacon
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“A rare combination of an author, [Mike Davis is] Rachel Carson and Upton Sinclair all in one.”—Susan Faludi “[Davis’ writing is] perceptive and rigorous.”—David Montgomery, The Nation “[Davis’ work... (read more)
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Babylon by Bus Babylon by Bus
by Ray Lemoine
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Jeff and Ray had la vida: selling YANKEES SUCK T-shirts five months of the year in front of Fenway Park and spending the rest of the year traveling the world. Sure, they'd go back to college at some point, but for now, the future was comfortably on hold.... (read more)
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The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track (Institutions of American Democracy) The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track (Institutions of American Democracy)
by Thomas E Mann
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The Broken Branch offers both a brilliant diagnosis of the cause of Congressional decline and a much-needed blueprint for change, from two experts who understand politics and revere our institutions, but believe that Congress has become deeply... (read more)
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Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security
by Christopher Cooper
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"[A] tightly crafted, very readable book . . . the best in-depth contemporary analysis we are going to get."--Stephen Flynn, The Washington Post When Hurricane Katrina roared ashore on August 29, 2005, federal and state officials were not prepared... (read more)
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Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the United States Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the United States
by Nikolas Kozloff
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Audacious, provocative, and bombastic, few world politicians are as colorful as Hugo Chávez, now making international news for his plans to nationalize U.S. owned businesses and his bold opposition to Washington's economic and trade policies.  As... (read more)
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