by Jon Krakauer  
Powells.com Staff Pick "Under the Banner of Heaven is not a typical Krakauer book that takes you on an adventure into the wilderness. Instead, it delves into a world that is misunderstood by most of America, the world of Mormonism and Fundamental Mormonism... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Sidney Blumenthal  Publisher Comments "To paraphrase Lyndon Johnson, Sidney Blumenthal has been on the inside shooting out and now he's on the outside shooting in. He's hitting his target — the Bush administration — better than anyone else. He sets his sights on the entire Bush agenda — the blundering war in Iraq, a reckless economic policy, a corrupt Congress, and the little-noticed but highly destructive war on honest and objective national security career professionals in the CIA, the State Department, and the military. The result is a devastating account of a radical presidency." James Carville...(read more) Your price $26.95 (New - Hardcover) check for other copies 
by George Packer
Publisher Comments The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. It tells the story of the people and ideas that created the Bush administration's war... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Mitchell Fink Publisher Comments On the morning of September 11, 2001, shock waves rippled through the country as the United States came under terrorist attack. In New York, Washington, D.C., and Somerset County, Pennsylvania, four planes piloted by members of the Al Qaeda terrorist... (read more) Your Price $6.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Bill McKibben
Powells.com Staff Pick "Timely and useful. This valuable benchmark is a substantial contribution to the rethinking of unlimited economic expansion." Recommended by Ted, Powells.com... (read more) Your Price $10.95 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Naomi Wolf
Powells.com Staff Pick The End of America should be required reading for every American. Rather than giving us a partisan 600-page tome on the crimes of the Bush administration, Naomi Wolf lays out clearly and concisely how we as a people have allowed our government to move... (read more) Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Amy Goodman Synopsis The award-winning journalists and authors of "The Exception to the Rulers" and "Static" return with this revolutionary work that celebrates the ordinary heroes who have stood up, often at great risk, to defend democracy and change America for the better.... (read more) Your Price $16.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Susan Jacoby Publisher Comments Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon--one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. With mordant wit, she... (read more) Your Price $26.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Deborah Rodriguez Publisher Comments Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Surrounded by men and women whose skills– as doctors, nurses, and therapists– seemed... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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Wednesday May 14, 2008
by Daoud Hari Publisher Comments "I am the translator who has taken journalists into dangerous Darfur. It is my intention now to take you there in this book, if you have the courage to come with me." The young life of Daoud Hari-his friends call him David — has been one of... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Jeff Gordinier
Powells.com Staff Pick I was very skeptical about this book when I first picked it up — and became even more so when Gordinier predicted my exact reaction. But X Saves the World is impossible to resist: a well-written, extremely funny, and, I have to say, unnervingly... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your Price $14.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Arianna Huffington Publisher Comments With her trademark passion, intelligence, and devastating wit, Huffington Post editor in chief Arianna Huffington tackles the issues that are crucial to this year’s presidential election and, even more so, to the fate of the country. Huffington... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Bill Press Publisher Comments One of the country's most well-known progressive commentators on how — and why — the conservative movement went off the rails. According to even Newt Gingrich, Republicans have lost their way. "Always better with one-liners than worthwhile... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $16.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Hunter S. Thompson
Powells.com Staff Pick When Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer bought the Modern Library in 1925, its mission was ? and still is ? to provide attractive, hardcover editions of important works of literature and thought to serious readers on a budget. The Modern Library became... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Fareed Zakaria Publisher Comments One of our most distinguished thinkers argues that the "rise of the rest" is the great story of our time. "This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else." So begins Fareed Zakaria's important new work on... (read more) Your Price $25.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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