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The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science--And Reality
The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science--And Reality
by Chris Mooney
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Praise for the Republican War on Science "Nothing short of a landmark in contemporary political reporting." —Salon.com "Mooney has bravely tackled a gigantic and complex topic." —The Washington Post "The Republican War on Science does score... (read more)

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Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character
Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character
by Jack Hitt
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WHAT IS IT THAT DRIVES THE SUCCESS OF AMERICA AND THE IDENTITY OF ITS PEOPLE? ACCLAIMED WRITER AND CONTRIBUTING EDITOR TO THIS AMERICAN LIFE JACK HITT THINKS IT’S BECAUSE WE’RE ALL A BUNCH OF AMATEURS. America’s self-invented tinkerers... (read more)

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Heart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers, and the Race for the Cannabis Cup
Heart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers, and the Race for the Cannabis Cup
by Mark Haskell Smith
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Reporting for the Los Angeles Times on the international blind tasting competition held annually in Amsterdam known as the Cannabis Cup, novelist Mark Haskell Smith sampled a variety of marijuana that was unlike anything he’d experienced.  It... (read more)

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America the Philosophical
America the Philosophical
by Carlin Romano
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   A bold, insightful book that rejects the myth of America the Unphilosophical, arguing that America today towers as the most philosophical culture in the history of the world, an unprecedented marketplace of truth and argument that far... (read more)

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Trickle Down Tyranny: Crushing Obama's Dream of the Socialist States of America
Trickle Down Tyranny: Crushing Obama's Dream of the Socialist States of America
by Michael Savage
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This One Book Can Stop Obama's Tyranny The USA or the USSA? The United States of America or the Union of Socialist States of America? That is the question. Will President Obama transform the greatest engine of freedom the world has ever known into a... (read more)

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Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph
Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph
by Dennis Prager
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In this visionary book, Dennis Prager, one of America's most original thinkers, contends that humanity confronts a monumental choice. The whole world must decide between American values and its two oppositional alternatives: Islamism and European... (read more)

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The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas
The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas
by Jonah Goldberg
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The bestselling author of Liberal Fascism dismantles the progressive myths that are passed-off as wisdom in our schools, media and politics. According to Jonah Goldberg, if the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t... (read more)

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The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama
The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama
by Eric Alterman
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The definitive history of American postwar liberalism, told through the lens of those who brought it to life. Liberalism stands proudly at the center of American politics and culture. Driven by passion for social justice, tempered by respect for the... (read more)

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The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times
The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times
by Arlie Russell Hochschild
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From the famed author of the bestselling The Second Shift and The Time Bind, a pathbreaking look at the transformation of private life in our for-profit world The family has long been a haven in a heartless world, the one place immune to market forces... (read more)

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Screwed!: How Foreign Countries Are Ripping America Off and Plundering Our Economy-And How Our Leaders Help Them Do It
Screwed!: How Foreign Countries Are Ripping America Off and Plundering Our Economy-And How Our Leaders Help Them Do It
by Dick Morris
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The bestselling authors return with a blistering exposÉ of how America is being ripped off by friends and enemies alike—with the help of our own ruling elites. Our jobs go to China. Foreign aid goes to our enemies. Pakistan uses our money to... (read more)

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Marijuana: Let's Grow a Pound: A Day by Day Guide to Growing More Than You Can Smoke
Marijuana: Let's Grow a Pound: A Day by Day Guide to Growing More Than You Can Smoke
by Seemorebuds
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Designed in a journal entry format, Lets Grow a Pound is an easy to follow day-by-day guide for growing a bigger, more potent crop in a small space with little financial investment. The secrets of SeeMoreBuds success are the use of a 1000 high pressure... (read more)

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Popular Culture and Philosophy #65: Chuck Klosterman and Philosophy: The Real and the Cereal
Popular Culture and Philosophy #65: Chuck Klosterman and Philosophy: The Real and the Cereal
by Seth Vannatta
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Since he burst on the world with his heavy-metal memoir Fargo Rock City in 2001, Chuck Klosterman has been one of the most successful novelists and essayists in America. His collections of essays Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Chuck Klosterman IV: A... (read more)

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Pot, Inc.: Inside Medical Marijuana, America's Most Outlaw Industry
Pot, Inc.: Inside Medical Marijuana, America's Most Outlaw Industry
by Greg Campbell
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Greg Campbell, coauthor of the bestselling Flawless and Blood Diamonds, presents a compelling, close-up investigation of a hot-button topic: America's schizophrenic attitude to the legalization of pot. Campbell, a suburban father whose biggest vice... (read more)

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Stupid Conservatives: Weird and Wacky Tales from the Right Wing
Stupid Conservatives: Weird and Wacky Tales from the Right Wing
by Leland Gregory
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Leland Gregory's 17 previous humor collections with AMP are all in print and all are staples on the humor backlist, including Stupid American History, which was a New York Times best-seller, and Stupid History, which has shipped over 130,000 copies... (read more)

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The Tea Party: A Brief History
The Tea Party: A Brief History
by Ronald P. Formisano
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The Tea Party burst on the national political scene in 2009-2010, powered by right-wing grassroots passion and Astroturf big money. Its effect on electoral politics and the political process is undeniable, but the message, aims, and staying power of the... (read more)

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Of Thee I Zing: America's Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots
Of Thee I Zing: America's Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots
by Laura Ingraham
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My culture is depraved, Not sure it can be saved . . . Of Thee I Zing. Land filled with STDs, Pants way down to the knees, Nary a “thanks” or “please” This is going to sting. . . . While Laura Ingraham was walking through a... (read more)

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Stupid Liberals: Weird and Wacky Tales from the Left Wing
Stupid Liberals: Weird and Wacky Tales from the Left Wing
by Leland Gregory
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Leland Gregory's 17 previous humor collections with AMP are all in print and all are staples on the humor backlist, including Stupid American History, which was a New York Times best-seller, and Stupid History, which has shipped over 130,000 copies... (read more)

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Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World!
Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World!
by Andrew Breitbart
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Known for his network of conservative websites that draws millions of readers everyday, Andrew Breitbart has one main goal: to make sure the liberally biased major news outlets in this country cover all aspects of a story fairly. Breitbart is convinced... (read more)

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Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability
Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability
by Philip E. Auerswald
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The Disappearance of the Social in American Social Psychology
The Disappearance of the Social in American Social Psychology
by John D. Greenwood
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