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The Fight Is for Democracy: Winning the War of Ideas in America and the World
by George Packer  Publisher Comments < p> Americans aren't fighting just a war on terrorism ... they are fighting, and losing, a war of ideas.< /p> < p> This riveting collection of original essays by some of the best political minds in America argues that the post&...
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The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right
by Michael Lerner 
Publisher Comments The unholy alliance of the Political Right and Religious Right threatens to destroy the America we love. It also threatens to generate a popular aversion to God and religion by identifying religious values with a pro–war, pro–business, pro...
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On Empire: America, War, and Global Supremacy
by E. J Hobsbawm Publisher Comments In there four incisive and keenly perceptive essays, one of out most celebrated and respected historians of modern Europe looks at the world situation and some of the major political problems confronting us at the start of the third millennium. With his...
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Please Don't Remain Calm: Provocations and Commentaries
by Michael Kinsley Publisher Comments A lucid deconstruction of the politics and public figures shaping the social, financial, and military disasters of our times. This selection of Michael Kinsley's trenchant editorial writing in Slate (and elsewhere) since 1995 covers the end of the...
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On the Brink: An Insider's Account of How the White House Compromised American Intelligence
by Tyler Drumheller Publisher Comments Though much has been written about the machinations of the Bush Administration and the recent failures of the Central Intelligence Agency, there is still a great deal of information that remains unknown to the American public. In this eye-opening book...
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A Bush & Botox World (Counterpunch)
by Saul Landau Publisher Comments "Read Saul Landau."-Barbara Ehrenreich Botox promoters promise to wipe away wrinkles, the signs of aging-the signs of time passing. Such "eternal youth" potions metaphorically help erase the very notion of time itself. In a phony world, increasingly...
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In Praise of Barbarians: Essays Against Empire
by Mike Davis Publisher Comments The author of City of Quartzand Planet of Slumsattacks the current fashion for empires and white men's burdens in this blistering collection of radical essays. He skewers contemporary idols such as Mel Gibson, Niall Ferguson, and Howard Dean; unlocks...
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A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track
by Andy Stern Publisher Comments Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans' hard work is rewarded in today's hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union...
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Dissent: Voices of Conscience
by Ann Wright and Susan Dixon Publisher Comments "When the actions of government become dangerous to the security of the nation, it takes a special courage for men and women inside the government to speak out. If we care about keeping democracy alive, we must welcome this book." Howard Zinn, author of...
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Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights
by Thom Hartmann
Publisher Comments Was the Boston Tea Party the first WTO-style protest against transnational corporations? Did Supreme Court sell out America's citizens in the nineteenth century, with consequences lasting to this day? Is there a way for American citizens to recover...
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Turning Back the Clock: Hot Wars and Media Populism
by Umberto Eco Publisher Comments The time: 2000 to 2005, the years of neoconservatism, terrorism, the twenty-four-hour news cycle, the ascension of Bush, Blair, and Berlusconi, and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Umberto Eco’s response is a provocative, passionate, and...
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A Letter to America
by David Boren Publisher Comments A Letter to America boldly faces the question of how long the United States, with only six percent of the world's population, can remain a global superpower. University of Oklahoma president David Boren explains with unsparing clarity why the country is...
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A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can't Win
by Shelby Steele Publisher Comments In Shelby Steele's beautifully wrought and thought-provoking new book, A Bound Man, the award-winning and bestselling author of The Content of Our Character attests that Senator Barack Obama's groundbreaking quest for the highest office in the land is...
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Library of America #166: American Speeches Revolution to Civil War: Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War
by Not Available (na) Publisher Comments A historian and former presidential speechwriter presents an unprecedented two-volume collection of the greatest speeches in American history....
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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century
by Kevin Phillips Publisher Comments From America's premier political analyst, an explosive examination of the axis of religion, politics, and borrowed money that threatens to destroy the nation. In his two most recent New York Times bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and...
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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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How Would a Patriot Act?
by Glenn Greenwald Publisher Comments Glenn Greenwald was not a political man — neither liberal nor conservative. To him, the U.S. was generally on track and would remain forever centrist. But all that has changed. Over the past five years, a creeping extremism has taken hold of our...
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Federalist Papers (04 Edition)
by Alexander Hamilton Publisher Comments ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay's brilliant and controversial collection of essays and articles that define and explain the ideals upon which the United States of America was...
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Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression
by David Wallis Publisher Comments One hundred political cartoons you wanted to see, but weren't allowed to: all were banned for being too hot to handle. Think you live in a society with a free press? These celebrated cartoonists and illustrators found out otherwise. Whether blasting Bush...
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Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights
by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose Publisher Comments Until her death in January 2007, Ivins made at least one speech a month for no fee in defense of the Bill of Rights. During her travels, she met ordinary people going to extraordinary measures to protect their rights, and, in this book, she celebrates...
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