Air America
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser  
Powells.com Staff Pick "What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the last forty thousand," Schlosser observes, yet most Americans know very little about how that food is made, where, by whom, and at what cost. Fast Food Nation traces the industry's...
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The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-first Century
by Robert W. McChesney Publisher Comments The symptoms of the crisis of the U.S. media are well-known--a decline in hard news, the growth of info-tainment and advertorials, staff cuts and concentration of ownership, increasing conformity of viewpoint and suppression of genuine debate. McChesney...
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In the Company of Heroes
by Michael J. Durant and Steven Hartov Publisher Comments "Durant's experience is one of the most harrowing in the history of the American military, and one of the most compelling ever told." -from the introduction by Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk over...
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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
by Al Franken Publisher Comments Al Franken, one of our "savviest satirists" (People), has been studying the rhetoric of the Right. He has listened to their cries of "slander," "bias," and even "treason." He has examined the Bush administration's policies of squandering our surplus...
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The 9/11 Commission Report: The Full Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Publisher Comments Nearly three thousand people died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In Lower Manhattan, on a field in Pennsylvania, and along the banks of the Potomoc, the United States suffered the single largest loss of life from an enemy attack on its...
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Oh, the Things I Know!
by Al Franken Publisher Comments Al Franken, or Dr. Al Franken as he prefers to be called, has written the first truly indispensable book of the new millennium. Filled with wisdom, observations, and practical tips you can put to work right away, Oh, the Things I Know! is a cradle-to...
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The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century
by Paul Krugman
Powells.com Staff Pick Though Paul Krugman has been sounding the alarm twice a week in his New York Times column, he is no alarmst. That such a distinguished economist has become so distressed about current policies should concern citizens of all political persuasions. That he...
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A Fist in the Hornet's Nest: On the Ground in Baghdad Before, During, and After the War
by Richard Engel Publisher Comments On the ground in Baghdad before, during and after the war....
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Why Not Me?
by Al Franken Publisher Comments Updated with more on the real race in 2000! First came Theodore White's The Making of the President, 1960. Then All the President's Men. Now the searing chronicle that will forever change the way we view the man and the office... Why Not Me...
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Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack: A Boyhood Year During World War II
by Charles Osgood Publisher Comments The notable journalist offers a funny, nostalgic, autobiographical slice of American life and a moving look at World War II from the perspective of a child far away from the fighting, but very conscious of the reverberations....
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A Rip in Heaven: A Memoir of Murder and Its Aftermath
by Jeanine Cummins Publisher Comments When my parents packed my brother, sister and me into the family van and drove us to Missouri for Spring Break, we brought our entirely imagined city-hardness with us. The hard truth that we were about to learn was that, in fact, we weren't tough kids at...
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Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet
by Jim Mann Publisher Comments In the tradition of The Wise Men, the first group portrait of the inner circle of George W. Bush's team — Rumsfeld, Cheney, Powell, Armitage, Rice, and Wolfowitz. When George W. Bush campaigned for the White House, he was such a novice in...
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy : An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Corporate Cons, Globalization, and High-Finance Fraudsters
by Greg Palast Publisher Comments Investigative journalist Greg Palast has uncovered scandal, fraud, corruption, and lies in the highest seats of power — from the White House to corporate America. Known in Britain as "the greatest investigative reporter of our time" (Tribune...
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Salam Pax: The Baghdad Blog
by Salam Pax Publisher Comments Salam Pax has attracted a huge worldwide readership for the Internet diary he kept during the buildup, prosecution, and aftermath of the war in Iraq. Bringing his incisive and sharply funny Web postings together in print for the first time, Salam Pax...
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Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order
by Mark Crispin Miller Publisher Comments Read a newspaper or catch the news on television, and you might get the impression that America's current leadership is "mainstream": perhaps a bit more conservative and in its foreign policy more belligerent than its predecessors, but still a federal...
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The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies That Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity-A Diplomat's Memoir
by Joseph Wilson Publisher Comments Through the last three presidential administrations and two wars with Iraq, no one has personally witnessed, influenced, or fueled news over more history-making events than Joseph Wilson. The last American diplomat to sit face-to-face with Saddam Hussein,...
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The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and The Media That Love Them
by Amy Goodman and David Goodman
Publisher Comments The acclaimed host of Pacifica Network's Democracy Now! challenges the corporate and political hypocrisy that has silenced America. Her comments turned Charlie Rose red in the face. Bill Clinton called her "hostile, combative, and even disrespectful."...
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Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House
by Sally Bedell Smith Publisher Comments In GRACE & POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleled access and insight. Having interviewed scores of Kennedy intimates...
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The Bush-Haters Handbook: An A-Z Guide of the Most Appalling Presidency of the Past 100 Years
by Jack Huberman Publisher Comments This is an A-Z guide to the most appalling presidency of the past 100 years. Books like Michael Moore's "Stupid White Men," Greg Palast's "Best Democracy Money Can Buy" and Vincent Bugliosi's "The Betrayal of America" show that strongly polemical books...
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Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing Is Turning America Into a One-Party State
by Sheldon Rampton Publisher Comments The bestselling authors of Weapons of Mass Deception expose how the "right-wing conspiracy," as represented by the GOP and its mouthpieces in media, lobbying groups, and the legal system, is undermining dissent and squelching pluralistic politics in...
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