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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
by Rachel Maddow
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"One of my favorite ideas is, never to keep an unnecessary soldier," Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1792. Neither Jefferson nor the other Founders could ever have envisioned the modern national security state, with its tens of thousands of "privateers"; its... (read more)

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The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
by Naomi Wolf
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The End of America should be required reading for every American. Rather than giving us a partisan 600-page tome on the crimes of the Bush administration, Naomi Wolf lays out clearly and concisely how we as a people have allowed our government to move... (read more)

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The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science--And Reality
The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science--And Reality
by Chris Mooney
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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)

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Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right
Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right
by Thomas Frank
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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)

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While America Sleeps: A Wake-Up Call for the Post-9/11 Era
While America Sleeps: A Wake-Up Call for the Post-9/11 Era
by Russ Feingold
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Former senator Russ Feingold looks at institutional failures, both domestic and abroad, since the 9/11 terrorist attacks and proposes steps to be taken—by the government and by individuals—to ensure that the next ten years are focused on... (read more)

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Trickle Down Tyranny: Crushing Obama's Dream of the Socialist States of America
Trickle Down Tyranny: Crushing Obama's Dream of the Socialist States of America
by Michael Savage
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This One Book Can Stop Obama's Tyranny The USA or the USSA? The United States of America or the Union of Socialist States of America? That is the question. Will President Obama transform the greatest engine of freedom the world has ever known into a... (read more)

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Screwed!: How Foreign Countries Are Ripping America Off and Plundering Our Economy-And How Our Leaders Help Them Do It
Screwed!: How Foreign Countries Are Ripping America Off and Plundering Our Economy-And How Our Leaders Help Them Do It
by Dick Morris
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The bestselling authors return with a blistering exposÉ of how America is being ripped off by friends and enemies alike—with the help of our own ruling elites. Our jobs go to China. Foreign aid goes to our enemies. Pakistan uses our money to... (read more)

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Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
by Mark R Levin
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When nationally syndicated radio host Mark R. Levins Liberty and Tyranny appeared in the early months of the Obama presidency, Americans responded by making his clarion call for a new era in conservatism a #1 New York Times bestseller for an astounding... (read more)

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Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History
Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History
by Matt Taibbi
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A brilliantly illuminating and darkly comic tale of the ongoing financial and political crisis in America   The financial crisis that exploded in 2008 isn’t past but prologue. The grifter class—made up of the largest players in the... (read more)

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The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas
The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas
by Jonah Goldberg
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The bestselling author of Liberal Fascism dismantles the progressive myths that are passed-off as wisdom in our schools, media and politics. According to Jonah Goldberg, if the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t... (read more)

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Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America
Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America
by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose
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A simultaneously rollicking and sobering indictment of the policies of President George W. Bush, Bushwhacked chronicles the destructive impact of the Bush administration on the very people who put him in the White House in the first place. Here are the... (read more)

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The Obama Hate Machine: The Lies, Distortions, and Personal Attacks on the President--And Who Is Behind Them
The Obama Hate Machine: The Lies, Distortions, and Personal Attacks on the President--And Who Is Behind Them
by Bill Press
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In Toxic Talk, Bill Press exposed the ways in which the extreme right-wing media has done an end run around the American voting populace by exerting a disproportionate control over open political debate. In The Obama Hate Machine, Press returns to show... (read more)

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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century
by Kevin Phillips
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From America's premier political analyst, an explosive examination of the axis of religion, politics, and borrowed money that threatens to destroy the nation. In his two most recent New York Times bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and... (read more)

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Using Terri: The Religious Right's Conspiracy to Take Away Our Rights
Using Terri: The Religious Right's Conspiracy to Take Away Our Rights
by Jon B. Eisenberg
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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)

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Being George Washington: The Indispensable Man, as You've Never Seen Him
Being George Washington: The Indispensable Man, as You've Never Seen Him
by Glenn Beck
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IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW GEORGE WASHINGTON, THINK AGAIN. This is the amazing true story of a real-life superhero who wore no cape and possessed no special powers—yet changed the world forever. It’s a story about a man whose life reads as if... (read more)

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Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America
Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America
by Mark R. Levin
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AN INTELLECTUALLY BRACING NEW VOLUME ON AMERICAS TRANSFORMATION AND THE CLASH BETWEEN CONSTITUTIONALISM AND UTOPIANISM—FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIBERTY & TYRANNY , MARK R. LEVIN Hailed by Rush Limbaugh as “... (read more)

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A Simple Government: Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington (and a Trillion That We Don't!)
A Simple Government: Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington (and a Trillion That We Don't!)
by Mike Huckabee
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The New York Times bestseller that offers clear solutions to the key issues facing our nation. Armed with little money but a lot of common sense, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee surprised the nation by coming in second during the 2008 Republican... (read more)

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The Founders' Key: The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It
The Founders' Key: The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It
by Larry Arnn
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Dr. Larry Arnn, President of Hillsdale College, reveals the integral unity of the Declaration and the Constitution, and warns us of the threat they are under from the modern Progressive movement. The ringing words of the Declaration of Independence have... (read more)

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Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, 2nd Ed
Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, 2nd Ed
by George Lakoff
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In this classic text, the first full-scale application of cognitive science to politics, George Lakoff analyzes the unconscious and rhetorical worldviews of liberals and conservatives, discovering radically different but remarkably consistent conceptions... (read more)

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Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries
Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries
by Naomi Wolf
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In Give Me Liberty, author Naomi Wolf follows up her 2007 must-read The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot with a handbook designed to teach each of us how to take back our democracy. As we citizens yield more of our rights to a... (read more)

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