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Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy (Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, & Comp...)
by Mark R Warren  Publisher Comments Dry Bones Rattling offers the first in-depth treatment of how to rebuild the social capital of America's communities while promoting racially inclusive, democratic participation. The Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) network in Texas and the Southwest is...
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The Soccer War
by Ryszard Kapuscinski 
Powells.com Staff Pick Ryszard Kapuscinski is one of the greatest journalists alive and one of the greatest writers, too. The titles don't always fit together easily, but what Kapuscinski does is far more than just journalism. His writing has been part of what he calls the...
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Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
by Haruki Murakami Publisher Comments From Haruki Murakami, internationally acclaimed author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Norwegian Wood, a work of literary journalism that is as fascinating as it is necessary, as provocative as it is profound. In March of 1995, agents of a Japanese...
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The Perversion of Autonomy: Coercion and Community in a Liberal Society
by Willard Gaylin Publisher Comments Modern psychological and political theory meet head-on in this powerful re-evaluation of America's contradictory and sometimes dangerous addiction to individualism. Best-selling author Gaylin and co-author Jennings investigate the contentious...
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It Takes a Village 10TH Anniversary Edition
by Hillary Clinton Publisher Comments In celebration of the tenth anniversary of "It Takes a Village," this splendid edition includes photographs and a new Introduction by Senator Clinton. As relevant as ever, this anniversary edition makes it abundantly clear that the choices made by...
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China Shakes the World : a Titan's Rise and Troubled Future - and the Challenge for America (06 Edition)
by James Kynge Publisher Comments " Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world." Napoleon' s words seem eerily prescient today, as the shock waves from China' s awakening reverberate across the globe. In China Shakes the World, the former China bureau...
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Privatization: Successes and Failures (Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia)
by Gerard Roland Publisher Comments The privatization of large state-owned enterprises is one of the most radical policy developments of the last quarter century. Right-wing governments have privatized in an effort to decrease the size of government, while left-wing governments have...
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The War on Islam
by Enver Masud Publisher Comments A collection of essays revised to include new information about the war on terror, this analysis examines world affairs and dispels myths put forth from a doctored and complacent United Sates media. Urgent, important, and topical, this treatise gives...
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After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College
by John C. (edt) Fortier Publisher Comments The extraordinary presidential election contest in 2000 raised new issues about the electoral process. In the third edition of After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College, leading constitutional, political, and legal scholars use examples...
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How Would God Vote?: Why the Bible Commands You to Be a Conservative
by David Klinghoffer Publisher Comments From How Would God Vote? “The Bible commands a style of politics that in the American context could only be described as deeply conservative. Is, then, the politics of God theocratic? “A strong case could be made for theocracy, American-style,...
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McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion #16: Christian Attitudes Towards the State of Israel
by Paul Merkley Publisher Comments To most evangelical and fundamentalist Christians, loyalty to Israel is a second patriotism, nurtured by the conviction that Israel's restoration is a part of God's plan for history. Mainstream Protestantism, however, champions Palestinian nationalism...
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Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
by Al Gore Publisher Comments Re-released on the heels of Al Gores #1 New York Times bestseller, An Inconvenient Truth, comes the paperback edition of his classic bestseller, Earth in the Balance. First published in 1992, it helped place the environment on the national agenda; now...
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The Prince (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Niccolo Machiavelli Publisher Comments Classic, Renaissance-era guide to acquiring and maintaining political power. Today, nearly 500 years after it was written, this calculating prescription for autocratic rule continues to be much read and studied....
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Lincoln
by David Herbert Donald Publisher Comments David Herbert Donald's Lincoln is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln's life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever- expanding political circles in Illinois, and...
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The Essential America: Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition
by George Mcgovern Publisher Comments Liberalism is the oldest and most enduring American tradition, a philosophy and way of life we inherited from the Founding Fathers. This is the central idea of The Essential America by George McGovern, America's best-known (and most consistent) liberal...
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Crossing the Rubicon (04 Edition)
by Ruppert Publisher Comments The attacks of September 11, 2001, were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. "Crossing the Rubicon" discovers and identifies key suspects-finding some of them in the highest echelons of American government-by showing...
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Invisible Empire (89 Edition)
by Albion Winegar Tourgee Publisher Comments The Invisible Empire investigates white supremacy as it emerged from the milieu of slavery, war, politics, and Reconstruction. Tourgee argues that organizations such as the Klan appealed to the mass of white southerners as a means of ameliorating their...
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Censorship (Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America)
by Mark Paxton Publisher Comments Ever since the Bill of Rights became the cornerstone on which individual Americans' rights and liberties rest, the practical realities of honoring the grand principles of the First Amendment have been hotly contested, and none more so than freedom of...
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Democracy and Disagreement P
by Amy Gutmann Publisher Comments Gutmann and Thompson show how a deliberative democracy can address some of our most difficult controversies--from abortion and affirmative action to health care and welfare--and can allow diverse groups to reason together....
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The New Case Against Immigration: Both Legal and Illegal
by Mark Krikorian Publisher Comments New research reveals why America can no longer afford mass immigration Mark Krikorian has studied the trends and concluded that America must permanently reduce immigrationboth legal and illegalor face enormous problems in the near future. His argument is...
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