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How Would a Patriot Act? by Glenn Greenwald Publisher Comments Glenn Greenwald was not a political man. Not liberal, not conservative. Politicians were all the same and it didn't matter which party was in power. Extremists on both ends canceled each other out, and the United States would essentially remain forever... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Terrify No More: Young Girls Held Captive and the Daring Undercover Operation to Win Their Freedom by Gary A Haugen Publisher Comments "Terrify No More" focuses on the dramatic rescue of dozens of young sex slaves in a small village outside of Phnom Pehn, and uses flashbacks to tell the stories of many other victims who were given a second chance at life by the International Justice... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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One World Democracy: A Progressive Vision for Enforceable Global Law by Jerry Tetalman Publisher Comments In One World Democracy, authors Jerry Tetalman and Byron Belitsos describe the only known long-term solution to the urgent global problems that threaten the survival of humankind: democratic world government and the rule of law at the global level—a... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Using Terri: The Religious Right's Conspiracy to Take Away Our Rights by Jon B. Eisenberg Publisher Comments The Terri Schiavo case was a key battle in a larger political struggle over abortion, stem-cell research, physician-assisted suicide, gay rights, and the appointment of federal judges. The religious Right chose to make it a national spectacle because... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Hardcover
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When the Nazis Came to Skokie: Freedom for Speech We Hate (Landmark Law Cases and American Society) by Philippa Strum Publisher Comments In the Chicago suburb of Skokie, one out of every six Jewish citizens in the late 1970s was a survivor -- or was directly related to a survivor -- of the Holocaust. These victims of terror had resettled in America expecting to lead peaceful lives free... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Pakistan: Deep Inside the World's Most Frightening State by Mary Anne Weaver Publisher Comments No nation is more critical to U.S. foreign policy than nuclear-armed Pakistan. Wedged between India and Afghanistan, it is the second largest country in the Islamic world. But with militant Islamists now expanding their control over some of the country's... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Patriotism and the American Land by Richard Nelson and Barry Lopez and Terry Tempest Williams Publisher Comments Terrorism. Homeland Security. Patriotism. Since September 11, 2001, these terms have emerged as a fundamental part of our cultural lexicon, with their unsaid assumptions and attendant emotions being used to inspire and buttress a varied set of... (read more) List Price $8.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman Publisher Comments This 1988 Newbery Medal Book tells the story of Abraham Lincoln with photographs and prints, providing a vivid look at the life and times of one of the nation's great leaders.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin Publisher Comments "This shit would be really interesting if we weren't in the middle of it." Barack Obama, September 2008 In 2008, the presidential election became blockbuster entertainment. Everyone was watching as the race for the White House unfolded like something... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Webs of Power: Notes from the Global Uprising by Starhawk Publisher Comments Writing from the front lines, Starhawk chronicles the global justice movement sparked by Seattle's 1999 anti-World Trade Organization protest. A life-long activist, Starhawk is deeply involved as a direct action participant and trainer in the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Crime So Monstrous: Face-To-Face with Modern-Day Slavery by E Benjamin Skinner Publisher Comments To be a moral witness is perhaps the highest calling of journalism, and in this unforgettable, highly readable account of contemporary slavery, author Benjamin Skinner travels around the globe to personally tell stories that need to be told -- and heard.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security by Christopher Cooper Publisher Comments "[A] tightly crafted, very readable book . . . the best in-depth contemporary analysis we are going to get."--Stephen Flynn, The Washington Post When Hurricane Katrina roared ashore on August 29, 2005, federal and state officials were not prepared... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $4.75 Sale - Hardcover
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From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist by Bob Avakian Publisher Comments Spanning some of the most tumultuous and storied decades of American history, this account of one man's political life touches on what it takes to lead a revolution and how such a leader is made. Bob Avakian, radical activist and communist leader, takes... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Creating a World That Works for All by Sharif Abdullah Publisher Comments Exclusivity--the desire to stay separate from other people--is at the root of most of the world's problems, according to Abdullah, who then presents a unique blueprint for social justice.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rules and Reason: Perspectives on Constitutional Political Economy by Ram Mudambi Publisher Comments Explores shifting conceptions of constitutional political economy and suggests possible future strategies for change.... (read more) List Price $38.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic (American Empire Project) by Chalmers Johnson Publisher Comments "Impressive . . . a powerful indictment of U.S. military and foreign policy." -Los Angeles Times Book Review, front page In the years after the Soviet Union imploded, the United States was described first as the globe's "lone superpower," then as a... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative by David Brock Publisher Comments In a powerful and deeply personal memoir in the tradition of Arthur Koestler's The God That Failed, David Brock, the original right-wing scandal reporter, chronicles his rise to the pinnacle of the conservative movement and his painful break with it.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hardball: How Politics Is Played Told by One Who Knows the Game by Christophe Matthews Publisher Comments Timed to re-release simultaneously with Chris Matthews’s new book Jack Kennedy, which Simon and Schuster will publish this fall, this national bestseller explores the fascinating, largely unknown, relationship between Nixon and Kennedy and the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx Publisher Comments Originally published on the eve of the 1848 European revolutions, The Communist Manifesto is a condensed and incisive account of the worldview Marx and Engels developed during their hectic intellectual and political collaboration. Formulating the... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Take Back the Right: How the Neo-Cons and the Religious Right Have Hijacked the Conservative Movement by Philip Gold Publisher Comments From the days of Barry Goldwater through his work for presidential candidate Steve Forbes, Philip Gold was an active and influential conservative. The Great Society of the ‘60s seemed like a scam to this poor Jewish kid from Pittsburgh, so off he... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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