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Against Civilization 2ND Edition Readings & Refl
by John Zerzan
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“Read it and you will never think of civilization in the same way again.”—Kirkpatrick Sale This anthology about "the pathology of civilization" offers insight into how progress and technology have led to emptiness and alienation.... (read more)

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Emma Goldman, Vol. 2: A Documentary History of the American Years, Volume 2: Making Speech Free, 1902-1909
by Emma Goldman
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A unique history of one of American radicalism's most fiercely outspoken... (read more)

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$VAR1 = { 'blurb' => 'Continuing where volume one left off, this anthology documents anarchist writings from World War II up until the present day. Many of the translations (from Africa, India, China, Latin America, and Europe) have never before been published in English', 'enter_date' => '2012-05-06', 'placement' => '3', 'section_url' => 'POLIT', 'section' => 'POLIT', 'stock' => { 'list_price' => '26.50', 'isbn' => '9781551643106', 'price' => undef, 'author' => '', 'title' => 'Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas, Volume 2: The Anarchist Current (1939-2007)' }, 'has_blurb' => '1', 'num_sold' => '2', 'img_maybe' => '1', 'type' => 'Publisher Comments', 'isbn' => '9781551643106' }; $VAR1 = { 'list_price' => '26.50', 'isbn' => '9781551643106', 'price' => undef, 'author' => '', 'title' => 'Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas, Volume 2: The Anarchist Current (1939-2007)' };

Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas, Volume 2: The Anarchist Current (1939-2007)
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Continuing where volume one left off, this anthology documents anarchist writings from World War II up until the present day. Many of the translations (from Africa, India, China, Latin America, and Europe) have never before been published in English... (read more)

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$VAR1 = { 'blurb' => 'Worshipped by her fans, denounced by her enemies, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was a powerful thinker whose views on government and markets shaped the conservative movement from its earliest days.', 'enter_date' => '2012-05-06', 'placement' => '4', 'section_url' => 'POLIT', 'section' => 'POLIT', 'stock' => { 'sq1_section' => 'LIT-R', 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 'copyright' => '2009', 'online_only' => '0', 'xeno_id' => '108-109', 'dustjacket' => '', 'id' => '2824391', 'isbn' => '9780195324877', 'op_code' => '', 'publisher' => 'Oxford University Press, USA', 'received_date' => '20110917', 'author_key' => 'burnsjennifer', 'bookscape_id' => '13881615', 'sold_out' => '0', 'title' => 'Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right', 'price' => '10.98', 'class' => 'REMAINDERS', 'attributes' => '0', 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 'author' => 'Jennifer Burns', 'section' => 'Literature-A to Z', 'title_key' => 'goddessmarketaynrandamericanright', 'condition_code' => '', 'preorder' => '0', 'COG' => '4.50', 'slipcase' => '', 'inkey' => '7-9780195324877-2', 'list_price' => '27.95', 'class_external' => 'Sale', 'newly_arrived' => '0', 'store' => '7', 'sectionkey' => 'LiteratureAtoZ', 'create_date' => '20110916', 'qty' => '1', 'notes' => '' }, 'has_blurb' => '1', 'num_sold' => '2', 'img_maybe' => '1', 'type' => 'Publisher Comments', 'isbn' => '9780195324877' }; $VAR1 = { 'sq1_section' => 'LIT-R', 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 'copyright' => '2009', 'online_only' => '0', 'xeno_id' => '108-109', 'dustjacket' => '', 'id' => '2824391', 'isbn' => '9780195324877', 'op_code' => '', 'publisher' => 'Oxford University Press, USA', 'received_date' => '20110917', 'author_key' => 'burnsjennifer', 'bookscape_id' => '13881615', 'sold_out' => '0', 'title' => 'Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right', 'price' => '10.98', 'class' => 'REMAINDERS', 'attributes' => '0', 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 'author' => 'Jennifer Burns', 'section' => 'Literature-A to Z', 'title_key' => 'goddessmarketaynrandamericanright', 'condition_code' => '', 'preorder' => '0', 'COG' => '4.50', 'slipcase' => '', 'inkey' => '7-9780195324877-2', 'list_price' => '27.95', 'class_external' => 'Sale', 'newly_arrived' => '0', 'store' => '7', 'sectionkey' => 'LiteratureAtoZ', 'create_date' => '20110916', 'qty' => '1', 'notes' => '' };

Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right
by Jennifer Burns
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Worshipped by her fans, denounced by her enemies, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was a powerful thinker whose views on government and markets shaped the conservative movement from its earliest days.... (read more)

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$VAR1 = { 'blurb' => 'During his lifetime, Herbert Read (1893–1968) acquired a considerable international reputation. Poet and anarchist; novelist and biographer; critic of art, literature, and life; aesthetic philosopher; and revolutionary theorist of education, Read', 'enter_date' => '2012-05-06', 'placement' => '5', 'section_url' => 'POLIT', 'section' => 'POLIT', 'stock' => { 'sq1_section' => 'POLIT-ANARCHISM735EndCap', 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 'copyright' => '2008', 'online_only' => '0', 'xeno_id' => '735EndCap', 'dustjacket' => '', 'id' => '1366528', 'isbn' => '9781551643182', 'op_code' => 'YE', 'publisher' => 'Black Rose Books', 'received_date' => '20090129', 'author_key' => 'woodcockgeorge', 'bookscape_id' => '2780080', 'sold_out' => '0', 'title' => 'Herbert Read: The Stream and the Source', 'price' => '12.95', 'class' => 'NEW MARKDOWN', 'attributes' => '0', 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 'author' => 'George Woodcock', 'section' => 'Politics-Anarchism', 'title_key' => 'herbertreadstreamsource', 'condition_code' => '', 'preorder' => '0', 'COG' => '10.99', 'slipcase' => '', 'inkey' => '1-9781551643182-0', 'list_price' => '19.99', 'class_external' => 'Sale', 'newly_arrived' => '0', 'store' => '1', 'sectionkey' => 'PoliticsAnarchism', 'create_date' => '20080221', 'qty' => '1', 'notes' => '' }, 'has_blurb' => '1', 'num_sold' => '1', 'img_maybe' => '1', 'type' => 'Publisher Comments', 'isbn' => '9781551643182' }; $VAR1 = { 'sq1_section' => 'POLIT-ANARCHISM735EndCap', 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 'copyright' => '2008', 'online_only' => '0', 'xeno_id' => '735EndCap', 'dustjacket' => '', 'id' => '1366528', 'isbn' => '9781551643182', 'op_code' => 'YE', 'publisher' => 'Black Rose Books', 'received_date' => '20090129', 'author_key' => 'woodcockgeorge', 'bookscape_id' => '2780080', 'sold_out' => '0', 'title' => 'Herbert Read: The Stream and the Source', 'price' => '12.95', 'class' => 'NEW MARKDOWN', 'attributes' => '0', 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 'author' => 'George Woodcock', 'section' => 'Politics-Anarchism', 'title_key' => 'herbertreadstreamsource', 'condition_code' => '', 'preorder' => '0', 'COG' => '10.99', 'slipcase' => '', 'inkey' => '1-9781551643182-0', 'list_price' => '19.99', 'class_external' => 'Sale', 'newly_arrived' => '0', 'store' => '1', 'sectionkey' => 'PoliticsAnarchism', 'create_date' => '20080221', 'qty' => '1', 'notes' => '' };

Herbert Read: The Stream and the Source
by George Woodcock
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During his lifetime, Herbert Read (1893–1968) acquired a considerable international reputation. Poet and anarchist; novelist and biographer; critic of art, literature, and life; aesthetic philosopher; and revolutionary theorist of education, Read... (read more)

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$VAR1 = { 'blurb' => 'Concentrating on the class-struggle tradition within anarchism, as represented by current national federations in Britain, Benjamin Franks identifies the main principles that distinguish these movements from competing Leninist, liberal, and social', 'enter_date' => '2012-05-06', 'placement' => '6', 'section_url' => 'POLIT', 'section' => 'POLIT', 'stock' => { 'list_price' => '18.75', 'isbn' => '9781904859406', 'price' => undef, 'author' => '', 'title' => 'Rebel Alliances: The Means and Ends of Contemporary British Anarchisms' }, 'has_blurb' => '1', 'num_sold' => '1', 'img_maybe' => '1', 'type' => 'Publisher Comments', 'isbn' => '9781904859406' }; $VAR1 = { 'list_price' => '18.75', 'isbn' => '9781904859406', 'price' => undef, 'author' => '', 'title' => 'Rebel Alliances: The Means and Ends of Contemporary British Anarchisms' };

Rebel Alliances: The Means and Ends of Contemporary British Anarchisms
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$VAR1 = { 'blurb' => 'This book focuses on the ideas of Emma Goldman as they relate to the centrality of sexuality and reproduction, and as such, are relevant to the current feminist debates. "A model for "integrative feminism" that focuses on individuality rather than on', 'enter_date' => '2012-05-06', 'placement' => '7', 'section_url' => 'POLIT', 'section' => 'POLIT', 'stock' => { 'list_price' => '19.99', 'isbn' => '9781895431643', 'price' => undef, 'author' => '', 'title' => 'Emma Goldman: Sexuality & the Impurity of the State' }, 'has_blurb' => '1', 'num_sold' => '1', 'img_maybe' => '1', 'type' => 'Publisher Comments', 'isbn' => '9781895431643' }; $VAR1 = { 'list_price' => '19.99', 'isbn' => '9781895431643', 'price' => undef, 'author' => '', 'title' => 'Emma Goldman: Sexuality & the Impurity of the State' };

Emma Goldman: Sexuality & the Impurity of the State
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