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by Michael J. Durant and Steven Hartov  Publisher Comments Durant's experience is one of the most harrowing in the history of the American military, and one of the most compelling ever told. -from the introduction by Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk over... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Robert Baer  Publisher Comments 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) Your price $13.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for other copies 
by Eric Schlosser 
Powells.com Staff Pick "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) Your Price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Bill Clinton
Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Joe Trippi Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Tariq Ali Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Jeff Benedict Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $5.45 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Michael Moore Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Bob Woodward Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $8.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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Wednesday May 14, 2008
by Katrina Vanden Heuvel Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Dana Priest Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Marita Golden Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $23.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Greg Palast Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by William Greider Publisher Comments 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) List Price $21.00 Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Robert Baer Publisher Comments “Saudi Arabia is more and more an irrational state—a place that spawns global terrorism even as it succumbs to an ancient and deeply seated isolationism, a kingdom led by a royal family that can’t get out of the way of its own greed. Is... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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