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Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorism
by David Cortright  Publisher Comments Is there room for nonviolence in an age of terrorism? Longtime peace activist and authority on creative nonviolence David Cortright makes a strong case for the need for nonviolent action now more than ever. Drawing on the legend and lessons of Gandhi...
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What Would Jefferson Do?: A Return to Democracy
by Thom Hartmann Publisher Comments When the Founding Fathers were searching for the best and fairest form of government, they studied the models of Athenian democracy, the Roman republic, and the Iroquois Confederacy and created what is now called a modern liberal democracy. Today, 81...
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The Life of Elizabeth I
by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I reigned prosperously for more than forty years, from 1558 until her death in 1603. During her rule, however, she remained an extremely private person, keeping her own...
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A Nation of Sheep
by Andrew Napolitano Publisher Comments Judge Napolitano, Fox News Channels senior judicial analyst, holds a conversation with the American voter in which he asks questions about taxes, why government never acknowledges mistakes, why government grows bigger and more expensive, and more....
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
by Walter Isaacson Publisher Comments Rescuing Franklin from the cliche of the genial codger, the bestselling author of 'Kissinger' celebrates the most advanced and earthy of the founding fathers in a riveting biography that brings Benjamin Franklin to life....
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Earth Democracy : Justice, Sustainability (05 Edition)
by Vandana Shiva Publisher Comments Boldly confronting the neoconservative Project for the New American Century, world-renowned physicist and activist Vandana Shiva responds with Earth Democracy, or, as she prophetically names it, "The People's Project for a New Planetary Millennium."A...
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Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times
by Amy Goodman Synopsis The award-winning journalists and authors of "The Exception to the Rulers" and "Static" return with this revolutionary work that celebrates the ordinary heroes who have stood up, often at great risk, to defend democracy and change America for the better....
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The Sutras of Abu Ghraib: Notes from a Conscientious Objector
by Aidan Delgado Publisher Comments A young man's transformation from Army Reserve volunteer to Buddhist conscientious objector and critic of the war in Iraq In 2003 Aidan Delgado was deployed to Nasiriyah and Abu Ghraib with the U.S. Army Reserve. When his colleagues learned that he spoke...
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Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World
by Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart Publisher Comments Today between forty and sixty nations, home to close to two billion people, have either collapsed or are teetering on the brink of failure. The world's worst problems — terrorism, drugs and human trafficking, absolute poverty, ethnic conflict...
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Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics
by Morley Winograd Synopsis Change in the 2008 election will cause another of our countrys periodic political makeovers resulting from the coming of age of the Millennial Generationand the full emergence of the Internet-based communications technology that this generation uses so...
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Using Evidence - How Research Can Inform Public Services
by Book News Annotation Drawing most of their study material from a British context, Nutley (public management, U. of Edinburgh, UK), Walter (research fellow, Social Dimensions of Health Institute, Universities of Dundee and St. Andrews), and Davies (director, Social...
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High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families
by Peter Gosselin Publisher Comments The U.S. economy is wrapping up twenty-five years of some of the strongest, smoothest growth in its history-a performance so sweet economists have given it a name: “the Great Moderation.” So why have so many of us, even those making hundreds...
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Voices of a People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn Publisher Comments Here in their own words are Frederick Douglas, George Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr, Bruce Springsteen, Mark Twain and Malcolm X, to name just a few of the hundreds of voices that appear in this volume....
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Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas Wolf Publisher Comments Since this classic work was originally published in 1984, there have been major shifts in the nonprofit world -- the growth of more profit-oriented ventures, the overhaul of accounting rules, new partnerships, and an emphasis on customer-oriented...
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A More Perfect Constitution: Why the Constitution Must Be Revised: Ideas to Inspire a New Generation
by Larry J. Sabato Publisher Comments The political book of the year, from the acclaimed founder and director of the Center for politics at the University of Virginia. A More Perfect Constitution presents creative and dynamic proposals from one of the most visionary and fertile political...
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Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of 'Energy Independence'
by Robert Bryce Publisher Comments A surprising, irreverent, and scrupulously reported deconstruction of today's fashions in energy policy. Everybody is talking about "energy independence." But is it really achievable? Is it actually even desirable? In this controversial, meticulously...
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Image of the City (60 Edition)
by Kevin Lynch Publisher Comments The classic work on the evaluation of city form....
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Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (The American Empire Project)
by Noam Chomsky Publisher Comments An immediate national bestseller, Hegemony or Survival demonstrates how, for more than half a century the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of staking out the globe. Our leaders have shown themselves willing — as...
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NO LOGO: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs
by Naomi Klein 
Publisher Comments With a new Afterword to the 2002 edition. No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament to detail the insidious practices and far-reaching effects of corporate marketing—and the powerful potential of a growing activist sect that will...
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The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country
by Howard Fineman Publisher Comments Howard Fineman is one of our best-known and most trusted political journalists. Mixing vivid scenes and figures from the campaign trail with forays into four hundred years of American history, Fineman shows that every debate, from our nation’s...
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