God's Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad
by Charles Allen


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In today's post-9/11 world, the everyday news shows us images of fanatic fighters and suicide bombers willing to die in holy war, martyrs for jihad. But what are the roots of this militant fundamentalism in the Muslim world? In this insightful and wide... (read more)

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Why Bother?: Getting a Life in a Locked-Down Land
by Sam Smith




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This book begins: "Let's turn off the television, step into the sunlight, and count the bodies." Smith starts by detailing the reasons many of us feel overwhelmed, and perhaps paralyzed, by what's going on in our different institutions. He then sucks you... (read more)

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The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising
by Robert Shogan


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In 1921, some 10,000 West Virginia coal miners-- outraged over years of brutality and exploitation-- picked up their Winchesters and marched against their tormentors, the powerful mine owners who ruled their corrupt state. For ten days the miners fought... (read more)

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Attack on Government: Fear, Distrust, Hatred in Public Life
by David P Levine


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Distrust of government and a sense that government has failed are central features of public life in America. Attack on Government is a psychological study of these and related features of the way we experience government in the United States. The book... (read more)

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America's Dying Democracy: Why the Republican and Democratic Parties Can No Longer Serve the People
by Steven Porter


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The book is a political treatise by a congressional candidate which explains the corruption of the American democracy since the Second World War, how and why it occurred, and what we might to do stop it and regain the integrity of the American government.... (read more)

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Free World
by Timothy Garton Ash


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Due to the political issues of the world today, Britain has found itself split between America and Europe. Both sides telling us we must choose. Timothy Garton Ash, one of our leading political writers, explains that we cannot, need not and must not... (read more)

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The Star Wars Enigma: Behind the Scenes of the Cold War Race for Missile Defense
by Nigel Hey


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The year 1982 was a desperate time for the U.S. defense community. The United States had no effective system to protect itself completely from a Soviet attack with nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles, which the Soviet Union possessed in... (read more)

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Regime Change Begins at Home: Freeing America from Corporate Rule
by Charles Derber




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Derber argues that the current regime is destroying the American dream by outsourcing millions of jobs, turning American employment into a "one-night stand," undermining the security that created the American middle class, and turning the forces of law... (read more)

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The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs
by Ray Ginger


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Let the people take heart and hope everywhere, for the cross is bending, the midnight is passing, and joy cometh with the morning.-Eugene Debs in 1918 This moving biography presents the definitive story of the life and legacy of the most eloquent... (read more)

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Solidarity for Sale: How Corruption Destroyed the Labor Movement and Undermined America's Promise
by Robert Fitch


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A fascinating, definitive history and analysis of American labor union corruption and an urgent call for social justice, this text reveals the untold histories and even recommends a way forward to show that labor decline does not have to be the nation's... (read more)

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Machiavelli: The Prince (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
by Machiavelli


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Professor Skinner presents a lucid analysis of Machiavelli??'s text as a response to the world of Florentine politics.... (read more)

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Liberalism for a New Century
by Neiledt Jumonville


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American liberalism today is in a state of confusion and disarray, with the L word widely considered a term of derision. By examining both the historical past and the fractious present, Liberalism for a New Century restores a proud political tradition... (read more)

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Confronting Capitalism: Dispatches from a Global Movement
by Eddie Yuen


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Examining the worldwide movement against capitalist globalization, this updated and renamed edition of "The Battle of Seattle" offers 50 percent new and revised material, including new pieces by Michael Hardt, Naomi Klein, and reports and theory from the... (read more)

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Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq
by Larry Diamond


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"Chilling--and often scathing--detail . . . Should be read by anyone interested in understanding why the United States' quick military victory has given way to an increasingly virulent insurgency."--"The New York Times"<BR>In the fall of 2003... (read more)

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Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security
by Christopher Cooper


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In this troubling expose of what went wrong with America's emergency response system after Hurricane Katrina, Christopher Cooper and Robert Block draw on exclusive interviews with federal, state, and local officials to reveal the inexcusable... (read more)

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Shredding the Social Contract: The Privatization of Medicare
by John Geyman


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"John Geyman has written a trenchant and timely contribution to the important debate on the future of Medicare--a debate that should engage families as well as policymakers."-Christine K. Cassel, MD, president of the American Board of Internal Medicine... (read more)

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The Birth of Freedom
by Jon E Lewis


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Drawn from ancient times through the twentieth century, this inspriring collection of 300 of the most important documents and speeches of American History and Western civilization chronicles the birth of freedom. Written by ancient thinkers and... (read more)

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How Change Happens: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for Human Development (Oxfam International Research Report)
by Roman Krznaric


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This report presents an overview of approaches used to explain social change from a wide range of academic perspectives, from history, politics, and economics to psychology and geography. These are summarized in a useful table, which presents a series of... (read more)

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