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Rules for Radicals
by Saul D Alinsky
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The father of modern community organization, Saul Alinsky taught a generation of activists and politicians how to effectively construct social change. In Rules for Radicals, Alinsky writes with passion and intelligence, carefully outlining the difference... ( read more)
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
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In this thought-provoking and profoundly inspiring book, Kristof and WuDunn reveal the cruel and maddening reality faced by women who experience violence and oppression. Half the Sky will stir feelings of admiration and discomfort, and hopefully sow the... ( read more)
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Our Day To End Poverty: 24 Ways You Can Make a Difference (07 Edition)
by Daley-harris
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Imagine ending poverty at home and around the globe in our own lifetimes. Imagine your actions combining with others; actions to make poverty history. With originality and imagination, this book invites us to look at our very ordinary days, from waking... ( read more)
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The Creature from Jekyll Island
by G. Edward Griffin
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Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magicians' secrets are unveiled. We get a close look at their mirrors and smoke machines, their pulleys, cogs, and wheels that create the grand illusion called money. A dry and boring... ( read more)
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Stripping Bare the Body: Politics, Violence, War
by Mark Danner
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For the past two decades, Mark Danner has reported from Latin America, Haiti, the Balkans, and the Middle East. His perceptive, award-winning dispatches have not only explored the real consequences of American engagement with the world, but also the... ( read more)
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Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa (08 Edition)
by Robert Paarlberg
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Listen to a short interview with Robert PaarlbergHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane Heading upcountry in Africa to visit small farms is absolutely exhilarating given the dramatic beauty of big skies, red soil, and arid vistas, but... ( read more)
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Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
by Niall Ferguson
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Is America an empire? Certainly not, according to our government. Despite the conquest of two sovereign states in as many years, despite the presence of more than 750 military installations in two thirds of the world's countries and despite his stated... ( read more)
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Breaking the Sound Barrier
by Amy Goodman
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Amy Goodman, award-winning host of the daily internationally broadcast radio and television program Democracy Now, breaks through the corporate media's lies, sound bites, and silence in this wide-ranging new collection of articles. In place of the usual... ( read more)
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The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
by Naomi Wolf
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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)
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Empires of Trust: How Rome Built--And America Is Building--A New World
by Thomas F Madden
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A tale of two superpowers unique in the history of the world, offering a totally original comparison of the United States and ancient Rome: celebrating similarities and delivering urgent insights into Americaas current crises. Does America face the same... ( read more)
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Original Essays | October 3, 2009
By Amy Goodman
Libraries have always been vital to me and my family. Our local library, at the end of our street, was our second living room. Books have always been at the forefront of our daily lives. I remember once, after dinner with my parents in New York's Greenwich Village, we discovered their car had been stolen....My father grimaced, saying to my mother, "Dorrie, was my book on the front seat?" For years, my...
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