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America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy
America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy
by James Gustave Speth
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"At a time when forgettable blueprints for social change appear almost daily, this one stands out for being remarkably fresh, readable, and incisive."--Solutions Green Book Festival - JM Northern Media... (read more)

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Hear No Evil: Politics, Science, and the Forensic Evidence in the Kennedy Assassination
Hear No Evil: Politics, Science, and the Forensic Evidence in the Kennedy Assassination
by Donald Byron Thomas
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Did a shot from the “grassy knoll” kill President Kennedy? If so, was Oswald part of a conspiracy or an innocent patsy? Why have scientific experts who examined the evidence failed to put such questions to rest? In 2001, scientist Dr. Donald... (read more)

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Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America
Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America
by Dan Balz
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From the bestselling author of The Battle for America 2008 and longtime Washington Post correspondent, an inside view and analysis of the Obama-Romney presidential race. Four years ago, a bright young presidential candidate named Barack Obama campaigned... (read more)

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Aftershock(inequality for All--Movie Tie-In Edition) (Vintage)
Aftershock(inequality for All--Movie Tie-In Edition) (Vintage)
by Robert B. Reich
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Updated and With a New Introduction When the nation’s economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street bankers. But Robert B. Reich, one of our most experienced and trusted voices on public policy, suggests another... (read more)

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Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
by Sheila Bair
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Appointed by George W. Bush as the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in 2006, Sheila Bair witnessed the origins of the financial crisis and in 2008 became--along with Hank Paulson, Ben Bernanke, and Timothy Geithner--one of the... (read more)

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The Activist's Handbook: Winning Social Change in the 21st Century
The Activist's Handbook: Winning Social Change in the 21st Century
by Randy Shaw
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“A must read for grassroots activists, Shaw offers indispensable insights into the strategies and tactics necessary to overcome powerful interests. This new edition significantly expands and updates the original, which is an organizing classic... (read more)

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All in the Family: The Realignment of American Democracy Since the 1960s
All in the Family: The Realignment of American Democracy Since the 1960s
by Robert O. Self
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In the 1960s, Lyndon Johnsons Great Society and War on Poverty promised an array of federal programs to assist working-class families. In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan declared the GOP the party of “family values” and promised to keep government... (read more)

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Victory Lab (13 Edition)
Victory Lab (13 Edition)
by Sasha Issenberg
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Price of Politics (12 Edition)
Price of Politics (12 Edition)
by Woodward
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See how and why Washington is not functioning.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Bob Woodward's freshly reported, thirty-five-page Afterword to his national bestseller, andlt;Iandgt;The Price of Politicsandlt;/Iandgt;, provides a detailed, often verbatim... (read more)

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Why We Drive: The Past, Present, and Future of Automobiles in America
Why We Drive: The Past, Present, and Future of Automobiles in America
by Andy Singer
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Taking the position that Americas love affair with cars and highways is not a cultural phenomenon but a problem of entrenched economic and political forces, this manifesto chronicles the rise of the U.S. highway system from its orchestrated genesis to... (read more)

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The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era
The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era
by Michael Grunwald
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Drawing on new documents and interviews with more than 400 sources, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald reveals the vivid story behind one of the most important and least understood laws in U.S. history, President Obama's $800 billion stimulus... (read more)

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A Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Political Corruption and American Culture
A Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Political Corruption and American Culture
by Alexander Cockburn
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Who Stole the American Dream?
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith
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Pulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith’s new book is an extraordinary achievement, an eye-opening account of how, over the past four decades, the American Dream has been dismantled and we became two Americas. In his bestselling The Russians, Smith... (read more)

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Free Market Revolution
Free Market Revolution
by Yaron Brook
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Already a National Bestseller, in Free Market Revolution, the keepers of Ayn Rands legacy argue that the answer to our current economic woes lies not in "trickle-down government" but in Rand's inspiring philosophy of capitalism and self-interest&... (read more)

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A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home (Occupied Media Pamphlet)
A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home (Occupied Media Pamphlet)
by Laura Gottesdiener
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Told through the eyes of four homeowners—a grandmother in Detroit, an entrepreneur in rural North Carolina, a disabled man in Chattanooga, and a mother in Chicago—A Dream Foreclosed presents a peoples history of the U.S. financial crisis and... (read more)

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State of the Union: A Century of American Labor (Revised and Expanded Edition) (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)
State of the Union: A Century of American Labor (Revised and Expanded Edition) (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)
by Nelson Lichtenstein
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"Scholars have come to look to Nelson Lichtenstein for state-of-the-art work on American labor history. Now he has synthesized his immense learning into a powerful narrative of the ups and downs of unions since the New Deal. Elegiac, sympathetic, and... (read more)

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Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America
Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America
by Jonathan Kozol
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In this powerful and culminating work about a group of inner-city children he has known for many years, Jonathan Kozol returns to the scene of his prize-winning books Rachel and Her Children and Amazing Grace, and to the children he has vividly portrayed,... (read more)

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My American Revolution: A Modern Expedition Through History's Forgotten Battlegrounds
My American Revolution: A Modern Expedition Through History's Forgotten Battlegrounds
by Robert Sullivan
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Named a Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street Journal Americans tend to think of the Revolution as a Massachusetts-based event orchestrated by Virginians, but in fact the war took place mostly in the Middle Colonies—in New York and New... (read more)

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Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama
Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama
by Ann Coulter
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“Few things are as rare as an honest book about race. This is one of the very few, and one of the very best.” —Thomas Sowell   For decades, the Left has been putting on a play with themselves as heroes in an ongoing civil rights... (read more)

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The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use "Plain English" to Rob You Blind
The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use "Plain English" to Rob You Blind
by David Cay Johnston
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A bestselling authors shocking analysis of the many ways we are victimized by corporations   David Cay Johnston, the bestselling author of Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch, is famous for exposing the perfidies of our biggest institutions. Now he turns... (read more)

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