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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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What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J Sandel Publisher Comments Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science--And Reality by Chris Mooney Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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The Occupy Handbook by Janet Byrne PW Review "Assembled in an astonishing three months by editor and author Byrne (A Genius for Living: The Life of Frieda Lawrence), this hefty tome tackles the mercurial Occupy movement that has spread from Wall Street across the world via 55 essays from writers of... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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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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Oregon Plans: The Making of an Unquiet Land Use Revolution by Sy Adler Publisher Comments Oregon Plans provides a rich, detailed, and nuanced analysis of the origins and early evolution of Oregon’s nationally renowned land use planning program. Drawing primarily on archival sources, Sy Adler describes the passage of key state laws... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America by Charles Ferguson Publisher Comments Charles H. Ferguson, who electrified the world with his Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job, now explains how a predator elite took over the country, step by step, and he exposes the networks of academic, financial, and political influence, in all... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent by E. J. Dionne Publisher Comments Our Divided Political Heart will be the must-read book of the 2012 election campaign. Offering an incisive analysis of how hyper-individualism is poisoning the nations political atmosphere, E. J. Dionne Jr. argues that Americans cant agree on who we are... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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Marx's Das Kapital for Beginners (For Beginners) by Michael Wayne Publisher Comments Marx’s Das Kapital cannot be put into a box marked “economics.” It is a work of politics, history, economics, philosophy and even in places, literature (yes Marx’s style is that rich and evocative). Marx’s Das Kapital For... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do about It by Chuck Collins Publisher Comments The focus of the worldwide Occupy protests is creating a world that works for 99% of people and businesses, not just the richest and most powerful 1%. But who are the 99%? Who are the 1%? How extensive and systemic is inequality in different areas of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family--A Test of Will Andfaith in World War I by Louisa Thomas Publisher Comments It was a time of testing and uncertainty. Even before World War I, there was a sense that country was changing. As Louisa Thomas reveals in Conscience, for the Thomas brothers, the struggle did not only take place on the battlefields. It was within... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica, Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II by David Rohde Publisher Comments 'Powerful...definitive...Rohde tells the Srebrenica story with all the shades of gray the truth demanded." -The Washington Post In 1996, at the height of the Bosnian wars, a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor names David Rohde... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper
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Me the People: One Man's Selfless Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the United States of America by Kevin Bleyer Publisher Comments The United States Constitution promised a More Perfect Union. It’s a shame no one bothered to write a more perfect Constitution—one that didn’t trigger more than two centuries of arguments about what the darn thing actually says. ... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Only One Group Can save America!: A 3 Step Plan to Convince Congress to Begin Making Decisions by Freddy Bishop Publisher Comments America's is headed for bankruptcy and ultimate disaster. America's leaders are failing Americans. Only one Group can save the United States! A Three Step Plan.... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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West of Eden: Communes and Utopia in Northern California by Iain Boal Publisher Comments In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, a large portion of the population had become disenchanted with the American way of life that they did not feel they belonged to. While some openly revolted in the streets, others took to turning away from the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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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Votes, Vetoes, and the Political Economy of International Trade Agreements by Edward D. Mansfield Publisher Comments Preferential trading arrangements (PTAs) play an increasingly prominent role in the global political economy, two notable examples being the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement. These agreements foster economic integration among... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $26.58 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Expelled: A Journalist's Descent into the Russian Mafia State by Luke Harding Publisher Comments In 2007 Luke Harding arrived in Moscow to take up a new job as a correspondent for the British newspaper, The Guardian. Within months, mysterious agents from Russia's Federal Security Service --the successor to the KGB--had broken into his apartment. He... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment? by Fawaz Gerges Publisher Comments A hard-hitting assessment of Obama's current foreign policy and a sweeping look at the future of the Middle East The 2011 Arab Spring upended the status quo in the Middle East and poses new challenges for the United States. Here, Fawaz Gerges... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment? by Fawaz A. Gerges Publisher Comments A hard-hitting assessment of Obama's current foreign policy and a sweeping look at the future of the Middle East The 2011 Arab Spring upended the status quo in the Middle East and poses new challenges for the United States. Here, Fawaz Gerges, one of the... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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