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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
by Jane Mayer
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Mayer offers a riveting account of the Bush administration's reaction to 9/11 and its war on terrorism and civil liberties. Gripping and appalling in equal measure, The Dark Side details how and why our country stooped to torture and unlawful wiretapping... (read more)

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Fight Global Warming Now: The Handbook for Taking Action in Your Community
Fight Global Warming Now: The Handbook for Taking Action in Your Community
by Bill Mckibben
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Bestselling author Bill McKibben turns activist in the first hands-on guidebook to stopping climate change, the worlds greatest threat  Drawing on the experience of Step It Up, a national day of rallies held on April 14, McKibben and the Step... (read more)

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Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance
Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance
by Noam Chomsky
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The worlds foremost intellectual activist narrates his irrefutable analysis of Americas pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that are sure to follow The United States is in the process of staking out not just the globe but the... (read more)

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A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
by Bill Oreilly
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The year was 1957, the month September, and I had just turned eight years old. Dwight Eisenhower was President, but in my life it was the diminutive, intense Sister Mary Lurana who ruled, at least in the third-grade class where I was held captive. For... (read more)

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Leviathan (06 Edition)
Leviathan (06 Edition)
by Thomas Hobbes
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Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures as well as methods of science were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world. This edition... (read more)

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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage)
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage)
by Barack Obama
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The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics—a politics that builds upon those shared understandings that pull us together as Americans. Lucid in his vision of America's place in the world, refreshingly candid about... (read more)

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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)
by Robert Spencer
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Islam expert Robert Spencer reveals Islam's ongoing, unshakable quest for global conquest and why the West today faces the same threat as the Crusaders did--and what we can learn from their experience.... (read more)

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The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them
The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them
by Amy Goodman
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Now in paperback, the national bestseller that challenges the corporate and political hypocrisy that has silenced America n Exception to the Rulers, award-winning journalist Amy Goodman exposes the lies, corruption, and crimes of the power elite-an elite... (read more)

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Confronting Mass Democracy and Industrial Technology: Political and Social Theory from Nietzsche to Habermas
Confronting Mass Democracy and Industrial Technology: Political and Social Theory from Nietzsche to Habermas
by John P Mccormick
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With a groundbreaking, interdisciplinary approach to German political and social theory, Confronting Mass Democracy and Industrial Technology provides fresh insight into the thought of many of the most influential intellectual figures of the twentieth... (read more)

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What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
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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Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink
Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink
by Thom Hartmann
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From America's #1 progressive radio host, the idealogical heir to his influential The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight More than three million listeners tune in every weekday to hear what Thom Hartmann has to say about the state of our world. Now, as the... (read more)

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Time for Outrage: Indignez-Vous!
Time for Outrage: Indignez-Vous!
by Stephane Hessel
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This controversial, impassioned call-to-arms for a return to the ideals that fueled the French Resistance has sold millions of copies worldwide since its publication in France in October 2010. Rejecting the dictatorship of world financial markets and... (read more)

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Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (Open Media)
Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (Open Media)
by Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky’s 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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Common Sense (Dover Thrift Editions)
Common Sense (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Thomas Paine
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Enormously popular and widely read pamphlet, first published in January of 1776, clearly and persuasively argues for American separation from Great Britain and paves the way for the Declaration of Independence. This highly influential landmark document... (read more)

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Fixed Ideas: America Since 9.11
Fixed Ideas: America Since 9.11
by Joan Didion
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In Fixed Ideas Joan Didion describes how, since September 11, 2001, there has been a determined effort by the administration to promote an imperial America --a "New Unilateralism"-- and how, in many parts of America, there is now a "... (read more)

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Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
by Mark R Levin
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When nationally syndicated radio host Mark R. Levins Liberty and Tyranny appeared in the early months of the Obama presidency, Americans responded by making his clarion call for a new era in conservatism a #1 New York Times bestseller for an astounding... (read more)

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Terrorist Next Door the Militia Movement
Terrorist Next Door the Militia Movement
by Daniel Levitas
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September 11, 2001, focused America's attention on the terrorist threat from abroad, but as the World Trade Center towers collapsed, domestic right-wing hate groups were celebrating in the United States. "Hallelu-Yahweh! May the WAR be started! DEATH to... (read more)

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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (09 Edition)
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (09 Edition)
by Jean-jacques Rousseau
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In his Discourses (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau shows with unparalledled eloquence how it robs us not only of our... (read more)

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Rule by Secrecy: Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids, the
Rule by Secrecy: Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids, the
by Jim Marrs
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In this astonishing book, celebrated reporter and New York Times — bestselling author Jim Marrs painstakingly explores the world's most closely guarded secrets, exposing clandestine cabals and the power they have wielded throughout time.? Defiantly... (read more)

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American Power and the New Mandarins: Historical and Political Essays
American Power and the New Mandarins: Historical and Political Essays
by Noam Chomsky
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Long out of print, this collection of seminal essays helped to establish Chomsky as a leading critic of United States foreign policy. With a new Foreword by the author of "A People's History of the United States, " this book is a renewed call for... (read more)

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