Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade--And How We Can Fight It
by David Batstone


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Award–winning journalist David Batstone reveals the story of a new generation of 21st century abolitionists and their heroic campaign to put an end to human bondage. In his accessible and inspiring book, Batstone carefully weaves the narratives of... (read more)

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The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right
by Michael Lerner




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The unholy alliance of the Political Right and Religious Right threatens to destroy the America we love. It also threatens to generate a popular aversion to God and religion by identifying religious values with a pro–war, pro–business, pro... (read more)

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The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them
by Amy Goodman


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She reduced Sally Jesse Rafael to tears. Charlie Rose was red in the face after her comments. Bill Clinton called her "hostile, combative, and even disrespectful." Newt Gingrich said to her, "You're the kind of reporter I warned my mother about." Meet... (read more)

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The Left Hand of God: Healing America's Political and Spiritual Crisis
by Michael Lerner


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A renowned spiritual leader and former White House insider offers a fervent critique of the ways in which the Democrats have ignored faith and values, proposing a new course of action for taking back the White House. Reprint.... (read more)

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House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
by Craig Unger


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Newsbreaking and controversial — an award-winning investigative journalist uncovers the thirty-year relationship between the Bush family and the House of Saud and explains its impact on American foreign policy, business, and national security... (read more)

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What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
by Thomas Frank


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With a new afterword by the author The New York Times bestseller, praised as "hilariously funny...the only way to understand why so many Americans have decided to vote against their own economic and political interests" (Molly Ivins) Hailed as... (read more)

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Conservatize Me: How I Tried to Become a Righty with the Help of Richard Nixon, Sean Hannity, Toby Keith, and Beef Jerky
by John Moe


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We always hear how everyone in America is firmly planted in red or blue. They're permanently conservative or irreversibly liberal. But are we all really that locked in to the left or the right? Is America still a place where it's possible to change... (read more)

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Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President
by Justin A Frank




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A renowned Washington, D.C.andndash;based psychoanalyst examines George W. Bush's public personaandndash;and asks serious questions about whether he is fit for the office he holds. In Bush on the CouchFrank offers a comprehensive psychological profile of... (read more)

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Original Zinn: Conversations on History and Politics
by Howard Zinn


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Historian, activist, and bestselling author Howard Zinn has been interviewed by David Barsamian for public radio numerous times over the past decade. Original Zinn is a collection of their conversations, showcasing the acclaimed author of A People's... (read more)

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Bait and Switch
by Barbara Ehrenreich




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Bait and Switch, Barbara Ehrenreich's remarkable follow-up to Nickel and Dimed, examines life in the ever-increasing population of the white-collar unemployed. Veering from the absurd (Wizard of Oz dolls) to the unsettling (Christian prayer breakfasts... (read more)

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Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich -- and Cheat Everybody Else
by David Cay Johnston


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One of the country's top investigative reporters reveals how the richest people within the top 1 percent of the country has rigged the tax code and other laws in its favor. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston has been... (read more)

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The Most Exclusive Club: A History of the Modern United States Senate
by Lewis L. Gould


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The Senate was originally conceived by the Founding Fathers as an anti-democratic counterweight to the more volatile House of Representatives, but in the twentieth century it has often acted as an impediment to needed reforms. A hundred years ago... (read more)

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Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy
by Lindsay Moran


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Call me nave, but when I was a girl-watching James Bond and devouring Harriet the Spy-all I wanted was to grow up to be a spy. Unlike most kids, I didn't lose my secret-agent aspirations. So as a bright-eyed, idealistic college grad, I sent my resume to... (read more)

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Moyers on America: A Journalist and His Times
by Bill Moyers


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Bill Moyers's vision for America in this crucial election year. "Our nation can no more survive as half democracy and half oligarchy than it could survive 'half slave and half free." — from Moyers on America Over the years millions of... (read more)

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Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World [American Empire Project]
by Noam Chomsky


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In this first collection of interviews since the bestselling 9-11, our foremost intellectual activist examines crucial new questions of U.S. foreign policy Timely, urgent, and powerfully elucidating, this important volume of previously unpublished... (read more)

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Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey Through Heartache to Activism
by Cindy Sheehan


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"Writing this book is the second most difficult thing I have ever done, next to burying Casey." On April 4, 2004, Cindy Sheehan learned that Casey, the eldest of her four children, had been killed in Iraq, where he was serving in the United States... (read more)

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America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism
by Anatol Lieven


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"America keeps a fine house," Anatol Lieven writes, "but in its cellar there lives a demon, whose name is nationalism." In this controversial critique of America's role in the world, Lieven contends that U.S. foreign policy since 9/11 has been shaped by... (read more)

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Nancy Cunard: Heiress, Muse, Political Idealist
by Lois Gordon


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Nancy Cunard (1896-1965) led a life that surpasses Hollywood fantasy. The only child of an English baronet (and heir to the Cunard shipping fortune) and an American beauty, Cunard abandoned the life of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a... (read more)

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