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Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right by Thomas Frank Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of What's the Matter with Kansas?, a wonderfully insightful and sardonic look at why the worst economy since the 1930s has brought about the revival of conservatism Economic catastrophe usually brings social protest and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 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: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--And a Plan to Stop It by Lawrence Lessig Publisher Comments @font-face { font-family: Times; }@font-face { font-family: Geneva; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } In an era when... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance (City Lights Open Media) by Noam Chomsky Publisher Comments "Unwavering political contrarian Noam Chomsky smart-bombs the U.S. military's global Interventions (City Lights). Shock and awe!"—Vanity Fair Making the Future presents more than fifty concise and persuasively argued commentaries on U.S. politics... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Time for Outrage! by Stephane Hessel Publisher Comments St phane Hessel, Resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor, tells the young of today that their lives and liberties are worth fighting for. Remembering the ideals for which he risked his life, while never forgetting the evils against which he... (read more) Your price: $7.00 New - Trade Paper
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This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement by Sarah Van Gelder Publisher Comments We Are the 99% The Occupy Wall Street movement named the core issue of our time: the overwhelming power of Wall Street and large corporations— something the political establishment and most media have long ignored. But the movement goes far beyond... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Reagan Revolution (09 Edition) by Gil Troy Publisher Comments "They called it the Reagan revolution," Ronald Reagan noted in his Farewell Address. "Well, I'll accept that, but for me it always seemed more like the great rediscovery, a rediscovery of our values and our common sense." Nearly two decades after that... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J Ellis Publisher Comments In a landmark work of history, the National Book Award-winning author of "American Sphinx" explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed men--Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison--set the course for our nation. A... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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And the Pursuit of Happiness by Maira Kalman Publisher Comments And the Pursuit of Happiness is beloved artist and author Maira Kalman's yearlong investigation of democracy and how it works. Energized and inspired by the 2008 elections, on inauguration day Kalman traveled to Washington, D.C., launching a national... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics) by Alexander Hamilton Publisher Comments The dissenting opinions of Patrick Henry and others who saw the Constitution as a threat to our hard-won rights and liberties.... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic by John Ferling Publisher Comments It was an age of fascinating leaders and difficult choices, of grand ideas eloquently expressed and of epic conflicts bitterly fought. Now comes a brilliant portrait of the American Revolution, one that is compelling in its prose, fascinating in its... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring) by Christopher Hitchens Publisher Comments In the book that he was born to write, provocateur and best-selling author Christopher Hitchens inspires future generations of radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, angry young (wo)men, and dissidents. Who better to speak to that person who finds him or... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Democracy Incorporated (08 Edition) by Sheldon S. Wolin Publisher Comments "With his fundamental grasp of political theory and restless spirit to get at the essence of what threatens modern democracy, Wolin demonstrates that the threats to our democratic traditions and institutions are not always from outside, but may come from... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics (07 Edition) by Andras Szanto Publisher Comments Propaganda. Manipulation. Spin. Control. It has ever been thus—or has it? On the eve of the 60th anniversary of George Orwell's classic essay on propaganda (Politics and the English Language), writers have been invited to explore what Orwell didn't&#... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation by Barbara Ehrenreich Publisher Comments America in the aughts—hilariously skewered, brilliantly dissected, and darkly diagnosed by one of the countrys most prominent social critics Now in paperback, Barbara Ehrenreichs widely acclaimed This Land Is Their Land takes the measure of what we... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Immigrants and Right To Stay (10 Edition) by Joseph H. Carens Publisher Comments The Obama administration promises to take on comprehensive immigration reform in 2010, setting policymakers to work on legislation that might give the approximately eleven million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States a path to... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Thomas Sowell Reader by Thomas Sowell Publisher Comments These selections from the many writings of Thomas Sowell over a period of a half century cover social, economic, cultural, legal, educational, and political issues. The sources range from Dr. Sowells letters, books, newspaper columns, and articles in... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Hardcover
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Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues by Bill Moyers About the Author One of the unique voices of his generation, Bill Moyers has revealed how a relentless curiosity, probing questions, and the ability to contextualize can illuminate the complex issues of the day. His work—from The Power of Myth with Joseph Campbell... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence by Judith P. Butler Publisher Comments In her most impassioned and personal book to date, Judith Butler responds in this profound appraisal of post-9/11 America to the current US policies to wage perpetual war, and calls for a deeper understanding of how mourning and violence might instead... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States by Pauline Maier Publisher Comments Just in time for Independence Day, here is a pocket-sized edition of the United States' most important documents. Featuring a lively Introduction by Pauline Maier, the author of "American Scripture", a "New York Times" Top Ten Book of 1997, this pairing... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market
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