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Follow the Money: How George W. Bush and the Texas Republicans Hog-Tied America
by John Anderson  Publisher Comments With its barbecues, new Cadillacs, and $4,000 snakeskin cowboy boots, Texas is all about power and money -- and the power that money buys. This detailed and wide-scope account shows how a group of wealthy Texas Republicans quietly hijacked American...
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The Merchants of Fear: Why They Want Us to Be Afraid...
by Christop Catherwood Publisher Comments It's nothing new--the peddling of paranoia by governments and corporations to influence and control a society. But the extent of that use in America today--and the mounting, long-term impact on American freedom and democracy--is unprecedented and...
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The New American Story
by Bill Bradley Publisher Comments Politics is stuck, writes Bill Bradley, in this insightful, informative, and provocative book about America at a crossroads, but idealism isn't dead. It can be reawakened. What will it take to make America a better, stronger, truer country? asks the...
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No Place Left to Bury the Dead: Denial, Despair and Hope in the African AIDS Pandemic
by Nicole Itano Publisher Comments In this haunting investigation, acclaimed journalist Itano eats, sleeps, and lives with women in Africa who suffer daily from the raging epidemic of AIDS. This work not only puts a human face on the impact of the disease, but also increases global...
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Los Republicanos: Why Hispanics and Republicans Need Each Other
by Leslie Sanchez Publisher Comments Hispanics comprise one of America's largest business-minded, faith-based, culturally-conservative entities--and their numbers continue to grow. Long assumed to be aligned with the Democrats, Hispanics have been ignored by many Republicans. Noted Hispanic...
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Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo
by Murat Kurnaz Publisher Comments In October 2001, nineteen-year-old Murat Kurnaz traveled to Pakistan to visit a madrassa. During a security check a few weeks after his arrival, he was arrested without explanation and for a bounty of $3,000, the Pakistani police sold him to U.S. forces....
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Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market (Russell Sage Foundation Books at Harvard University Press)
by Katherine S Newman Publisher Comments Now that the welfare system has been largely dismantled, the fate of America's poor depends on what happens to them in the low-wage labor market. In this timely volume, Katherine S. Newman explores whether the poorest workers and families benefited from...
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Free Ride: John McCain and the Media
by David Brock Publisher Comments We live in a gotcha media culture that revels in exposing the foibles and hypocrisies of our politicians. But one politician manages to escape this treatment, getting the benefit of the doubt and a positive spin for nearly everything he does: John McCain....
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Antiwar Soldier: How to Dissent Within the Ranks of the Military
by Jonathan Hutto Publisher Comments Many active duty, reserve, and guard service members are concerned about the war in Iraq and support the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Last year able seaman Jonathan Hutto banded together with a small group of fellow service men and women and build one of...
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The Contenders
by Laura Flanders Publisher Comments Is there a difference between one Democratic candidate and another? Or has the electoral system leveled the field, so that it always and only comes down to money and powerful friends? For the first time in many years, the Democratic Party contenders...
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Leave Us Alone: Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives
by Grover Norquist Publisher Comments Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, argues that a new political movement--comprised of taxpayers, gun owners, faith communities, and others--now controls much of the Republican Party. In this new book, he describes how this movement will...
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A Contract with the Earth
by Newt Gingrich 
Publisher Comments Focusing the environmental debate on the principle of common commitment, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and eminent conservationist Terry L. Maple present A Contract with the Earth. They declare a need for bipartisan environmentalism -- a new...
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Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton
by Jeff Gerth Synopsis HER WAY has already sent shockwaves through the election season, influencing the decisions of voters, providing pundits with tons of ammunition, andforcing Hillary Clinton's camp to answer some difficult question. The first truly balancaed investigation...
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The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World
by Larry Diamond Publisher Comments One of Americas preeminent experts on democracy charts the future prospects for freedom around the world in the aftermath of Iraq and deepening authoritarianism....
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Impeachment of the President
by Strauss Publisher Comments An inside look at the possible impeachment President Clinton and what it would mean to the country. Including detailed information on the Starr report, a history of impeachment and the impeachment process....
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Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters (Boston Review Books)
by Hans Blix Publisher Comments In 2002 Dr. Hans Blix, then chief United Nations weapons inspector, lead his team on a search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Before the United States went to war with Iraq the next March, he maintained there were no WMD in Iraq. History proved...
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Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower
by Zbigniew Brzezinski Publisher Comments Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski offers a reasoned but unsparing assessment of the last three presidential administrations’ foreign policy. Though they cover less than two decades, these three administrations span a vitally...
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Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair (and What We Can Do about It)
by William Poundstone Publisher Comments Our Electoral System is Fundamentally Flawed, But There's a Simple and Fair Solution. At least five U.S. presidential elections have been won by the second most popular candidate. The reason was a "spoiler" — a minor candidate who takes enough...
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Stupid Black Men: How to Play the Race Card -- And Lose
by Larry Elder Publisher Comments Is life unfair for black Americans? Is racial equality the answer to every question of public policy? Are a huge group of citizens being kept down by "the man"? Radio host and bestselling author Larry Elder has made a career out of being a...
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The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control
by Abraham H Foxman Publisher Comments The representative of the Jewish community and staunch defender of human rights, Foxman delivers a powerful blow to such ideas as "The Israel Lobby." He shows how old stereotypes associated with the most virulent forms of bigotry have been resurfacing...
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