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What Then Must We Do?: Straight Talk about the Next American Revolution by Gar Alperovitz Publisher Comments Never before have so many Americans been more frustrated with our economic system, more fearful that it is failing, or more open to fresh ideas about a new one. The seeds of a new movement demanding change are forming.But just what is this thing called a... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism (12 Edition) by Thomas E. Mann Publisher Comments Acrimony and hyperpartisanship have seeped into every part of the political process. Congress is deadlocked and its approval ratings are at record lows. America’s two main political parties have given up their traditions of compromise... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America by David Stockman Publisher Comments A New York Times bestseller The Great Deformation is a searing look at Washingtons craven response to the recent myriad of financial crises and fiscal cliffs. It counters conventional wisdom with an eighty-year revisionist history of how the American... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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Rules for Radicals : a Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals (71 Edition) by Saul D. Alinsky Publisher Comments First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know “the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.” Written in... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA by Scott C. Johnson Publisher Comments Growing up, Scott C. Johnson always suspected that his father was different. Only as a teenager did he discover the truth: his father was a spy, one of the CIA’s most trusted officers. At first the secret was thrilling. But over time Scott began to... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Nickel and Dimes-10TH Anniversary Edition ((Rev)11 Edition) by Barbara Ehrenreich Publisher Comments Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity. Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know by Alexandra Horowitz Publisher Comments The bestselling book that asks what dogs know and how they think, now in paperback.The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill Publisher Comments Meet Blackwater USA, the powerful private army that the U.S. government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil. With its own military base, a fleet of twenty aircraft, and twenty-thousand troops at the ready... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible by Jorge Cervantes Publisher Comments Featuring information by more than 300 contributors--a veritable "whos who" of cannabis cultivation--this is the most complete book on the subject available. New greenhouse and outdoor growing chapters make the book one that both indoor and outdoor... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Centrist Manifesto by Charles Wheelan Publisher Comments From debt ceiling standoffs to single-digit Congress approval ratings, America’s political system has never been more polarized—or paralyzed—than it is today. As best-selling author and public policy expert Charles Wheelan writes, now... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill Staff Pick Enter the secretive world of the most powerful private army on the planet. Here Scahill exposes the disturbing story of Blackwater, a shadowy private company offering specialized military services for hire. A dark study of both the organization and the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Radio on: A Listener's Diary by Sarah Vowell Publisher Comments There are approximately 502 million radios in America. For this savvy, far-reaching diary, celebrated journalist and author Vowell turned hers on and listened--closely, critically, creatively--for an entire year. As a series of impressions and... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks Publisher Comments With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live. Now, with the intellectual curiosity and emotional wisdom that make his columns... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Ernie Colon and Sid Jacobson Publisher Comments The 9/11 Report for Every American On December 5, 2005, the 9/11 Commission issued its final report card on the government's fulfillment of the recommendations issued in July 2004: one A, twelve Bs, nine Cs, twelve Ds, three Fs, and four incompletes... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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NO LOGO: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs by Naomi Klein Publisher Comments NO LOGO was an international bestseller and "a movement bible" (The New York Times). Naomi Klein's second book, The Shock Doctrine, was hailed as a "master narrative of our time," and has over a million copies in print worldwide. In the last... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency by James Bamford Publisher Comments The National Security Agency is the worlds most powerful, most far-reaching espionage. Now with a new afterword describing the security lapses that preceded the attacks of September 11, 2001, Body of Secrets takes us to the inner sanctum of Americas spy... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer Publisher Comments A riveting examination of a nation in crisis, from one of the finest political journalists of our generation. Our American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic economic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $21.50 Used - Hardcover
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Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman Publisher Comments Q: What is this book about? A: Well, that’s difficult to say. I haven’t read it yet—I’ve just picked it up and casually glanced at the back cover. There clearly isn’t a plot. I’ve heard there’s a lot of stuff... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright Publisher Comments A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright's remarkable book is based on... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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My Misspent Youth by Meghan Daum Publisher Comments An essayist in the tradition of Joan Didion, Meghan Daum is one of the most celebrated nonfiction writers of her generation, widely recognized for her fresh, provocative approach with which she unearths the hidden fault lines in the American landscape... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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