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The Prince (Penguin Classics)
The Prince (Penguin Classics)
by Machiavelli
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Rejecting the traditional values of political theory, Machiavelli drew upon his own experiences of office in the turbulent Florentine republic to write his celebrated treatise on statecraft. While Machiavelli was only one of the many Florentine "prophets... (read more)

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And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (74 Edition)
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (74 Edition)
by Jean Fritz
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Everyone knows about Paul Revere's midnight ride. But not everyone knows the harrowing details and narrow escapes that occurred along the way. This timeless and witty book highlights little-known facts about patriot Paul Revere.... (read more)

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Thinking Points: Communicating Our American Values and Vision: A Progressive's Handbook
Thinking Points: Communicating Our American Values and Vision: A Progressive's Handbook
by George Lakoff
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Two years ago George Lakoff published the bestselling Don't Think of an Elephant Its account of the conservative monopoly on effective framing touched off a national discussion about political language. It also gave rise to a chorus of pleas for more... (read more)

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The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear
The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear
by Paul Rogat Loeb
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In The Impossible Will Take a Little While, a phrase borrowed from Billie Holliday, the editor of Soul of a Citizen brings together fifty stories and essays that range across nations, eras, wars, and political movements. Danusha Goska, an Indiana... (read more)

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The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine, Mao Tse-Tung, Gandhi and Others
The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine, Mao Tse-Tung, Gandhi and Others
by Robert Blaisdell
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This concise anthology presents a broad selection of writings by leading revolutionary figures of the world.... (read more)

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The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
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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Conspicuous Consumption (Penguin Great Ideas)
Conspicuous Consumption (Penguin Great Ideas)
by Thorstein Veblen
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The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguins Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of historys most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the... (read more)

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State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
by James Risen
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With relentless media coverage, breathtaking events, and extraordinary congressional and independent investigations, it is hard to believe that we still might not know some of the most significant facts about the presidency of George W. Bush. Yet beneath... (read more)

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It's My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America
It's My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America
by Christine Todd Whitman
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Leading Republican moderate Christine Todd Whitman emerges in this forceful book as a voice for her party’s disenfranchised—those she calls “radical moderates”—and an ardent, thoughtful opponent of the GOP’s kowtowing to far-right “social... (read more)

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Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health Care Law and What It Means for Us All
Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health Care Law and What It Means for Us All
by Washington Post
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The Washington Post’s must-read guide to the health care overhaul What now? Despite the rancorous, divisive, year-long debate in Washington, many Americans still don’t understand what the historic overhaul of the health care system will—... (read more)

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Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House
Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House
by Valerie Plame Wilson and Laura Rozen
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On July 6, 2003, four months after the United States invaded Iraq, former ambassador Joseph Wilson's now historic op-ed, "What I Didn't Find in Africa," appeared in The New York Times. A week later, conservative pundit Robert Novak revealed in his... (read more)

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The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy
The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy
by James M Mccormick
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Now in its third edition, this comprehensive survey of the interaction between domestic and international politics shows how public opinion, interest groups, the media, the intelligence establishment, and the different branches of American government... (read more)

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Censored 2004: The Top 25 Censored Stories
Censored 2004: The Top 25 Censored Stories
by Peter Phillips
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The yearly volumes of Censored, in continuous publication since 1976 and since 1995 available through Seven Stories Press, is dedicated to the stories that ought to be top features on the nightly news, but that are missing because of media bias and self... (read more)

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After Jihad: America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy
After Jihad: America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy
by Noah Feldman
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A brave and timely examination of America's great dilemma in the Muslim world Published just as the United States went to war in Iraq, After Jihad put Noah Feldman "into the center of an unruly brawl now raging in policy circles over what to do with the... (read more)

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Essential Marx (06 Edition)
Essential Marx (06 Edition)
by Leon Trotsky
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Shortly before he was assassinated in 1940, Trotsky made this selection from Capital, to which he appended his own lengthy and insightful introduction. Compact and fascinating, this invaluable work not only presents Marx's thoughts in his own words, it... (read more)

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Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate (A Progressive Guide to Action)
Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate (A Progressive Guide to Action)
by George Lakoff
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Don't Think of An Elephant! is the antidote to the last forty years of conservative strategizing and the right wing?s stranglehold on political dialogue in the United States. Author George Lakoff explains how conservatives think, and how to counter... (read more)

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Media Control : the Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (2ND 02 Edition)
Media Control : the Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (2ND 02 Edition)
by Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomskys backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to... (read more)

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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
by Paul Kennedy
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About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe.... (read more)

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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
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The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage. Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join... (read more)

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How Would a Patriot Act?
How Would a Patriot Act?
by Glenn Greenwald
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Glenn Greenwald was not a political man. Not liberal, not conservative. Politicians were all the same and it didn't matter which party was in power. Extremists on both ends canceled each other out, and the United States would essentially remain forever... (read more)

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