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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco Staff Pick Chris Hedges's writing and reportage is consistently trenchant and unequivocal, notable for its discerning examinations and penetrating insights. Joe Sacco's award-winning work as a cartoonist is as distinctive as it is compassionate. Combining the... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose Staff Pick At the heart of the immense and growing interest in Lewis and Clark in recent years stands this book. WWII historian Stephen Ambrose had long harbored a private obsession for the Expedition of the Corps of Discovery, and in Undaunted Courage he was able... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K Shipler Staff Pick The Working Poor is a deeply impressive book, a thorough and balanced study of the millions of Americans living at or around the poverty line. Shipler's varied portraits and interviews are insightful and moving, and his analysis of causes and suggestions... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Vintage) by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Staff Pick In this thought-provoking and profoundly inspiring book, Kristof and WuDunn reveal the cruel and maddening reality faced by women who experience violence and oppression. Half the Sky will stir feelings of admiration and discomfort, and hopefully sow the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power by Seth Rosenfeld Staff Pick Ronald Reagan and his apologists have always claimed that he never pointed the finger at a single individual in his dealings with American clandestine agencies. But as Seth Rosenfeld makes clear, thanks in large part to the 20 years of lawsuits he... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War by Joe Bageant Staff Pick Deer Hunting with Jesus is a hilarious, depressing, and painfully honest chronicle of an America often cited but rarely listened to: rural lower-class whites. With brilliant, spot-on detail, Joe Bageant reports on the historical, economic, and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J Ellis Staff Pick Few biographies so completely capture their multifaceted subjects. With fresh insight, Joseph Ellis's well-researched book gives readers a personal look at America's premier Founding Father.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein Staff Pick To be honest, I could not finish this book. It made me too angry. These are the stories about our country you don't want to know. Naomi Klein has cast a spotlight on the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of the American dream. The Shock Doctrine... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Staff Pick Completely autobiographical and, as always, hilarious, Me Talk Pretty One Day is my favorite of all the David Sedaris collections. The first half of the book focuses on his childhood in North Carolina and his very unusual family; the second half details... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell Staff Pick Leave it to Sarah Vowell to roam across America in search of the motivations and culture of political murder. Obsessive, edifying, and, of course, witty, Assassination Vacation is unlike any other historical tourism or travel writing book you'll ever... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges Staff Pick "The title might give the impression that this book would be at home on Patton's shelf, but a glance at the chapter headings shows the book's true heart and mind: 'The Myth of War,' 'The Plague of Nationalism,' 'The Highjacking and Recovery of Memory... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer Staff Pick 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) List Price $27.50 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Taz the Temporary Autonomous Zone 2ND Edition by Hakim Bey Staff Pick "Since the WTO, anarchism is once again a household word. This book introduced a whole new generation to the enticements of the anarchist lifestyle when it was released in the early 90's. Still a password for acceptance in many circles, it is an... (read more) Your price: $11.95 New - Trade Paper
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Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Staff Pick Ali's memoir Infidel reveals an extraordinary woman who survived a harrowing early life, fled to the Netherlands to escape an arranged marriage, and was elected to that country's Parliament before death threats landed her under 24-hour guard. Not every... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age by Steven Johnson Staff Pick Fascinating, insightful, and deliciously readable, Future Perfect is at once a deep social analysis and a sharp forecast of how things can, should, and might soon be done. Consider: the news media like big events, and there's always room for complaint... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Staff Pick In this thought-provoking and profoundly inspiring book, Kristof and WuDunn reveal the cruel and maddening reality faced by women who experience violence and oppression. Half the Sky will stir feelings of admiration and discomfort, and hopefully sow the... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville by Bernard Henri Levy Staff Pick Hoping to gauge the success of America's experiment in democracy, France's leading journalist follows Tocqueville's journey across our once nascent nation to rediscover what it means to be an American. Here in opposing and quick succession, we meet... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot by Naomi Wolf Staff Pick 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) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman Staff Pick Is there really such a thing as too much information? Not in this case. Hodgman's follow-up to The Areas of My Expertise is packed with even more lists, charts, and made-up facts that are so brilliant and hilarious you'll wish they were true!... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone (Vintage) by Raji Chandrasekaran Staff Pick Not to be lost amid the many books on Iraq, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, former Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post, gives us a fascinating look at what life inside the Green Zone was like in the first year of post-Saddam Iraq. Here Chandrasekaranââ... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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