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Fixed Ideas: America Since 9.11
by Joan Didion  
Publisher Comments Novelist and essayist Joan Didion writes about the refusal of Americans to openly discuss and debate the Bush administration's new unilateralism toward both domestic and international policies since 9/11. This provocative and persuasive essay was...
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Sissy Nation: How America Became a Culture of Wimps and Stoopits
by John Strausbaugh
Publisher Comments Praised by The New York Times Book Review for being "persuasive [and] provocative," John Strausbaugh reveals in furious, funny, and ferocious strokes how Americans became sissified, soft, and scared — and offers us unforgettable solutions on how to...
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See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
by Robert Baer Publisher Comments In his explosive New York Times bestseller, top CIA operative Robert Baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides startling evidence of how Washington politics sabotaged the CIA’s efforts to root out the world...
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The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future Is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream
by Jeremy Rifkin Publisher Comments New in paperback comes the national bestseller that shows how the American Dream is languishing, surpassed worldwide by a powerful alternative in the lifestyle of the new Europe....
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The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson
by William Adams Publisher Comments In 1784 Thomas Jefferson moved to the sophisticated and exhilarating city of Paris, where he spent the next five years as ambassador from the new United States of America. This engaging book recreates in word and illustration the atmosphere and...
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Patterns of Democracy : Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-six Countries (99 Edition)
by Arend Lijphart Publisher Comments In this updated and expanded edition of his highly acclaimed book Democracies, Arend Lijphart offers a broader and deeper analysis of worldwide democratic institutions than ever before. Examining thirty-six democracies during the half-century from 1945...
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Living My Life Volume 2
by Emma Goldman Publisher Comments Volume 2 of the candid, no-holds-barred account by foremost American anarchist Goldman continues with the fascinating story of her life, the anarchist movement, her famous contemporaries, and their influential ideas....
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Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA: A State and the Nation
by Donald G Mathews Publisher Comments Feminism has changed the United States -- but not to universal applause. The defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1982 not only suggested the extent of anti-feminism in our nation; it also triggered a remarkable range of emotions. To its supporters...
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Liquid Modern Fears
by Zygmunt Bauman Publisher Comments In this brilliant new account of the fears and anxieties that weigh on us today, Zygmunt Bauman one of the foremost social thinkers of our time alerts us to the scale of the task confronting us in the current century if we wish our fellow humans to...
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Leviathan (96 Edition)
by Thomas Hobbes Publisher Comments Leviathan is both a magnificent literary achievement and the greatest work of political philosophy in the English language. Permanently challenging, it has found new applications and new refutations in every generation. This new edition reproduces the...
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Earth Democracy : Justice, Sustainability (05 Edition)
by Vandana Shiva Publisher Comments A leading voice in the struggle for global justice, Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental activist and physicist. In Earth Democracy, Shiva updates the struggles she helped bring to international attention--against genetic food engineering...
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Approaches To Peace : a Reader in Peace Studies (00 Edition)
by David P. (ed.) Barash Publisher Comments Approaches to Peace provides a unique and interdisciplinary sampling of classic articles and short literary selections focusing on the diverse aspects of peace and conflict studies. Readings cover the causes of war and proposed means of preventing it, so...
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Ideology: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Michael Freeden Publisher Comments Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking. It...
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Bismarck
by A J P Taylor Publisher Comments A reevaluation of Bismarck's motives and methods, focusing on the chancellor's rise to power in the 1860's and his removal from office in 1890....
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The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
by Douglas Brinkley
Powells.com Staff Pick "Probably the best of the 'flood' of recent books on the Katrina disaster, Brinkley takes us hour by hour through the events of August 29 through September 3, 2005. By letting survivors tell their stories, he gives us a window to the great loss of...
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The Nightingale's Song
by Robert Timberg Publisher Comments Robert Timberg weaves together the lives of five well-known naval Academy graduates to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America. "This is an amazing piece of work that could make you cry over descriptions of bravery so bold and so big that...
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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...
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Presidential Difference : Leadership Style From FDR To George W. Bush (2ND 04 Edition)
by Fred I. Greenstein Publisher Comments For a quarter-century, Fred I. Greenstein has been one of our keenest observers of the modern presidency. Here, he provides a fascinating and instructive account of the qualities that have served well and poorly in the Oval Office, beginning with...
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Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
by Peter Mitchell and John Schoeffel Publisher Comments The best of Chomsky's recent talks on the past, present, and future of the politics of power. In a series of enlightening and wide-ranging discussions, all published here for the first time, Chomsky radically reinterprets the events of the past three...
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Propaganda (05 Edition)
by Edward Bernays Publisher Comments "Bernays' honest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and influential institutions of contemporary industrial state capitalist democracies."-Noam Chomsky<P>"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the...
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