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Secrets of Temple : How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country (87 Edition)
by William Greider  Publisher Comments This ground-breaking best-seller reveals for the first time how the mighty and mysterious Federal Reserve operates -- and how it manipulated and transformed both the American economy and the world's during the last eight crucial years. Based on...
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The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
by Fareed Zakaria Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-267) and index....
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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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Sleeping With the Devil : How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude (03 Edition)
by Robert Baer Publisher Comments “Saudi Arabia is more and more an irrational state—a place that spawns global terrorism even as it succumbs to an ancient and deeply seated isolationism, a kingdom led by a royal family that can’t get out of the way of its own greed. Is...
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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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Right Wing Justice: The Conservative Campaign to Take Over the Courts
by Herman Schwartz Publisher Comments Schwartz raises the alarm about the creeping conservative campaign to "pack" America's courts with judges more identified with their ideological affiliation than their skill or regard for the Constitution....
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Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror
by Mahmood Mamdani Publisher Comments In this brilliant look at the rise of political Islam, the distinguished political scientist and anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani brings his expertise and insight to bear on a question many Americans have been asking since 9/11: how did this happen...
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything
by Joe Trippi Publisher Comments Joe Trippi’s campaign for Howard Dean marked a quantum leap in how the Internet could be used to shake up politics and empower Americans—now Trippi reveals how technology can harness the power of the people in every sector. When Joe Trippi...
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House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
by Craig Unger Publisher Comments Newsbreaking and controversial -- an award-winning investigative journalist uncovers the thirty-year relationship between the Bush family and the House of Saud and explains its impact on American foreign policy, business, and national security. House of...
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Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America
by Arianna Huffington Publisher Comments As America's leaders fight pre-emptive wars abroad and ordinary Americans fight to keep their heads above water here at home, Arianna Huffington offers a no-holds-barred account of where we stand and a clear and remarkable vision of where we should be...
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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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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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Disarming Iraq
by Hans Blix Publisher Comments The war against Iraq divided opinion throughout the world and generated a maelstrom of spin and counterspin. The man at the eye of the storm, and arguably the only key player to emerge from it with his integrity intact, was Hans Blix, head of the UN...
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Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy in an Age of Interdependence
by Benjamin Barber Publisher Comments The author of Jihad vs. McWorld analyzes how American foreign policy has gone wrong — and how it could go right. In this hard-hitting but pragmatic new critique of the Bush administration's foreign policy, Benjamin R. Barber exposes in detail the...
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Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel
by Aaron McGruder Publisher Comments This scathingly hilarious political satire—produced from a collaboration of three of our funniest humorists—answers the burning question: Would anyone care if East St. Louis seceded from the Union? East St. Louis, Illinois (“the inner...
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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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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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Terror and Liberalism
by Paul Berman Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-214)....
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Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America
by Robert B. Reich Publisher Comments From Robert B. Reich, passionate believer in American democracy, and public servant in both Democratic and Republican administrations–an urgent call to liberals to reclaim their political clout. Reason is a guide to confronting and derailing what...
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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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