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The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn't
by Cliff Schecter  Synopsis Thinking about voting for McCain? Read this book. Cliff Schecter's hard-hitting profile explores the gap between the public record of Senator John McCain and his media image. Drawing on a range of sources and adding his unique perspective and humor...
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Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (American Empire Project)
by Chalmers Johnson Publisher Comments The long-awaited final volume of Chalmers Johnson's bestselling Blowback trilogy confronts the overreaching of the American empire and the threat it poses to the republic. In his prophetic book Blowback, Chalmers Johnson linked the CIA's clandestine...
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What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
by Thomas Frank Publisher Comments With a new afterword by the author The New York Times bestseller, praised as "hilariously funny...the only way to understand why so many Americans have decided to vote against their own economic and political interests" (Molly Ivins) Hailed as...
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Smells Like Dead Elephants: Dispatches from a Rotting Empire
by Matt Taibbi Publisher Comments Matt Taibbi is notorious as a journalistic agitator, a stone thrower, a natural provocateur (Salon.com). His scathing, vibrant prose shines an unflinching spotlight on the corruption, dishonesty, and sheer laziness of our leaders. Smells Like Dead...
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Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir
by John Mccain Publisher Comments Senator John McCain learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy.Both their careers and their courage helped prepare McCain for the biggest challenge of his life when, as a naval aviator, he was...
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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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Affluenza : All-consuming Epidemic (2ND 05 Edition)
by John Degraaf 
Publisher Comments Based on two highly acclaimed PBS documentaries watched by 10 million viewers, Affluenza uses the whimsical metaphor of a disease to tackle a very serious subject: the damage done ? to our health, our families, our communities, and our environment ? by...
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What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics
by Andras (edt) Szanto Publisher Comments Propaganda. Manipulation. Spin. Control. It has ever been thus—or has it? On the eve of the 60th anniversary of George Orwell's classic essay on propaganda (Politics and the English Language), writers have been invited to explore what Orwell didn't&...
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Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth about the American Voter
by Rick Shenkman Publisher Comments Levees break in New Orleans. Iraq descends into chaos. The housing market teeters on the brink of collapse. Americans of all political stripes are heading into the 2008 election with the sense that something has gone terribly wrong with American politics....
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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 Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States
by United States Declaration Of Independence (cor) Publisher Comments Just in time for Independence Day, here is a pocket-sized edition of the United States' most important documents. Featuring a lively Introduction by Pauline Maier, the author of "American Scripture", a "New York Times" Top Ten Book of 1997, this pairing...
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Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War
by Joe Bageant Publisher Comments After thirty years spent scratching together a middle-class life out of a "dirt-poor" childhood, Joe Bageant moved back to his hometown of Winchester, Virginia, where he realized that his family and neighbors were the very people who carried George W...
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Where Does the Money Go?: Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis
by Scott Bittle Publisher Comments From the editors of the award-winning nonpartisan Web site Public Agenda Online comes this irreverent and candid guide to the federal budget crisis that breaks down into plain English exactly what the fat cats in Washington are arguing about Federal debt...
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Petrodollar Warfare: Oil, Iraq and the Future of the Dollar
by William R. Clark Publisher Comments The invasion of Iraq may well be remembered as the first oil currency war. Far from being a response to 9/11 terrorism or Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, "Petrodollar Warfare" argues that the invasion was precipitated by two converging...
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Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment
by Anthony Lewis Publisher Comments More than any other people on earth, Americans are free to say and write what they think. The media can air the secrets of the White House, the boardroom, or the bedroom with little fear of punishment or penalty. The reason for this extraordinary freedom...
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Living History
by Hillary Rodham Clinton Publisher Comments Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor and passion about her upbringing in...
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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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Fire-Breathing Liberal: How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress
by Robert Wexler Publisher Comments There’s a reason The Nation, America’s leading progressive magazine, named Robert Wexler the country’s “Most Valuable Congressman.” It's the same reason right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh refers to him as “disgusting....
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Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
by Noam Chomsky Publisher Comments This is an essential introduction to the "propaganda model" of media analysis. Chomsky offers a message of hope, reminding us that resistance is possible, necessary and effective....
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Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership
by Madeleine Albright Publisher Comments The next president, whether Democrat or Republican, will face the daunting task of repairing America's core relationships and tarnished credibility after the damage caused during the past seven years. In Memo to the President Elect, former secretary of...
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