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Years of Lyndon Johnson Volume 1: The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. 1 by Robert Caro Publisher Comments This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country. The Path to Power reveals in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy, and ambition that set LBJ apart. It follows... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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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: $8.00 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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Rebuild the Dream by Van Jones Publisher Comments In Rebuild the Dream, green economy pioneer Van Jones reflects on his journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider. For the first time, he shares intimate details of his time in government – and reveals why he chose to resign his post... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution by David Harvey Publisher Comments Long before the Occupy movement, modern cities had already become the central sites of revolutionary politics, where the deeper currents of social and political change rise to the surface. Consequently, cities have been the subject of much utopian... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in A G-Zero World by Ian Bremmer Publisher Comments G-Zero — \JEE-ZEER-oh\ —nA world order in which no single country or durable alliance of countries can meet the challenges of global leadership. If the worst threatened—a rogue nuclear state with a horrible surprise, a global health... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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There Is Power in a Union (10 Edition) by Philip Dray Publisher Comments From the nineteenth-century textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, to the triumph of unions in the twentieth century and their waning influence today, the contest between labor and capital for the American bounty has shaped our national experience... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order by Robert Kagan Publisher Comments At a time when relations between the United States and Europe are at their lowest ebb since World War II, this brief but cogent book is essential reading. Robert Kagan, a leading scholar of American foreign policy, forces both sides to see themselves... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America by Thomas Frank Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rachel Maddow: The Powells.com Interview
Rachel Maddow's first book, Drift, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. This isn't terribly surprising. Not only is Maddow the host...
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The Power of Derision
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