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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide 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 $27.95 Your price: $19.56 Sale - Hardcover 
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein Staff Pick You wouldn't expect the author of the searing bestseller No Logo to pull any... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria Synopsis 'Zakaria . . . may have more intellectual range and insights than any other public thinker in the West.' '"Boston Sunday... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Stripping Bare the Body: Politics, Violence, War by Mark Danner Publisher Comments For the past two decades, Mark Danner has reported from Latin America, Haiti, the Balkans, and the Middle East. His perceptive, award-winning dispatches have not only explored the real consequences of American engagement with the world, but also the... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Hardcover
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Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer Publisher Comments An award-winning author tells the stories of the audacious American politicians, military commanders, and business executives who took it upon themselves to depose monarchs, presidents, and prime ministers of other countries with disastrous long-term... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Very Short Introductions #86: Globalization by Manfred B Steger Publisher Comments "Globalization" has become the buzz-word of our time. A growing number of scholars and political activists have invoked the term to describe a variety of changing economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are alleged to... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington Publisher Comments Based on the author's seminal article in Foreign Affairs, Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order is a provocative and prescient analysis of the state of world politics after the fall of communism. In this... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins Publisher Comments From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, comes an exposof international corruptionand an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generations With a presidential election around the corner... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Publisher Comments In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cost of Living (Modern Library) by Arundhati Roy Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of The God of Small Things comes a scathing and passionate indictment of big government's disregard for the individual. In her Booker Prize-winning novel, The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy turned a compassionate but... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank by Lisa Margonelli Publisher Comments Oil on the Brain is a smart, surprisingly funny account of the oil industry: the people, economies, and pipelines that bring us petroleum, brilliantly illuminating a world we encounter every day. Americans buy ten thousand gallons of gasoline a second... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt Publisher Comments The Israel Lobby by John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, was one of the most controversial articles in recent memory. Originally published in the London Review of Books in... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West by Christopher Caldwell Publisher Comments Can you have the same Europe with different people in it? The answer, says Christopher Caldwell, is no. Europe has undergone a demographic revolution it never expected. A half century of mass immigration has failed to produce anything resembling an... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy by Allison Stanger Publisher Comments International relations scholar Allison Stanger shows how contractors became an integral part of American foreign policy, often in scandalous ways--but also maintains that contractors aren't the problem; the absence of good government is. Outsourcing... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges Staff Pick "War is seductive," Hedges tells readers in this powerful and intelligent book. Throughout our history, it has appealed to the human mind by providing a false sense of purpose and the opportunity to rise above everyday life. Using examples from his... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam Is Destroying the West from Within by Bruce Bawer Publisher Comments The struggle for the soul of Europe today is every bit as dire and consequential as it was in the 1930s. Then, in Weimar, Germany, the center did not hold, and the light of civilization nearly went out. Today, the continent has entered yet another “... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Remaking Global Order: The Evolution of Europe-China Relations and Its Implications for East Asia and the United States by Nicola Casarini Publisher Comments Relations between the European Union and China have grown at a sustained pace across the board in recent times, transforming the relationship from one of previous neglect into a matter of global strategic significance. This book offers an examination of... (read more) Your price: $98.95 New - Hardcover
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When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order by Martin Jacques Publisher Comments How China's ascendance as an economic superpower will alter the cultural, political, social, and ethnic balance of global power in the twenty-first century, unseating the West and in the process creating a whole new world According to even the most... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria Publisher Comments One of our most distinguished thinkers argues that the "rise of the rest" is the great story of our time. "This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else." So begins Fareed Zakaria's important new work on... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Great Turning : From Empire To Earth Community (06 Edition) by David C. Korten Publisher Comments *Sweeping survey of world history offering a new understanding of the key challenge of our time *Offers a positive message of hope for a sustainable and just future and a practical strategy for getting there In The Great Turning, David Korten argues that... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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