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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow Publisher Comments "One of my favorite ideas is, never to keep an unnecessary soldier," Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1792. Neither Jefferson nor the other Founders could ever have envisioned the modern national security state, with its tens of thousands of "privateers"; its... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover 
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins Publisher Comments In his controversial book, John Perkins tells the gripping tale of the years he spent working for an international consulting firm where his job was to convince underdeveloped countries to accept enormous loans, much bigger than they really needed, for... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Thinking Points: Communicating Our American Values and Vision: A Progressive's Handbook by George Lakoff Publisher Comments Two years ago George Lakoff published the bestselling Don't Think of an Elephant Its account of the conservative monopoly on effective framing touched off a national discussion about political language. It also gave rise to a chorus of pleas for more... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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While America Sleeps: A Wake-Up Call for the Post-9/11 Era by Russ Feingold Publisher Comments Former senator Russ Feingold looks at institutional failures, both domestic and abroad, since the 9/11 terrorist attacks and proposes steps to be taken—by the government and by individuals—to ensure that the next ten years are focused on... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning by Jonah Goldberg Publisher Comments Replacing myths with research, Goldberg shows that the original fascists were really on the Left and that liberals, from Woodrow Wilson to FDR to Hillary Clinton, have advocated policies and principles remarkably similar to those of Hitlers National... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution by Mary Gabriel Publisher Comments Brilliantly researched and wonderfully written, LOVE AND CAPITAL is a heartbreaking and dramatic saga of the family side of the man whose works would redefine the world after his death. Drawing upon years of research, acclaimed biographer Mary Gabriel... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $28.00 Used - Hardcover
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Media Control : the Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (2ND 02 Edition) by Noam Chomsky Publisher Comments Noam Chomskys backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Carne Ross Publisher Comments The Leaderless Revolution explains why our government institutions are inadequate to the task of solving major problems and offers a set of steps we can take to create lasting and workable solutions ourselves. In taking these steps, we can not only... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear by Paul Rogat Loeb Publisher Comments In The Impossible Will Take a Little While, a phrase borrowed from Billie Holliday, the editor of Soul of a Citizen brings together fifty stories and essays that range across nations, eras, wars, and political movements. Danusha Goska, an Indiana... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine, Mao Tse-Tung, Gandhi and Others by Robert Blaisdell Publisher Comments This concise anthology presents a broad selection of writings by leading revolutionary figures of the world.... (read more) List Price $4.50 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Other Lands Have Dreams: From Baghdad to Pekin Prison (Counterpunch) by Kathy Kelly Publisher Comments In the spring of 2004, human rights activist Kathy Kelly, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, was sent to Pekin Federal Prison for leading a protest at the School of the Americas. While in prison, Kelly’s organization, Voices in the... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Injustice: Exposing the Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department by J Christian Adams Synopsis The Department of Justice Watches Over the Law But Who Watches the Watchmen? The Department of Justice is Americas premier federal law enforcement agency. And according to J. Christian Adams, its also a base used by leftwing radicals to impose a fringe... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot by Naomi Wolf Staff Pick The End of America should be required reading for every American. Rather than giving us a partisan 600-page tome on the crimes of the Bush administration, Naomi Wolf lays out clearly and concisely how we as a people have allowed our government to move... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People by Jonathan Schell Publisher Comments "This book mounts perhaps the most impressive argument ever made that there exists a viable and desirable alternative to the continued reliance on war." -The New York Times At times of global crisis, Jonathan Schell's writings have offered important... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age by Paul Starobin Publisher Comments Farsighted and fascinating predictions for a new world order Veteran international correspondent Paul Starobin masterfully mixes fresh reportage with rigorous historical analysis to envision a world in which the United States is no longer the domi&... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Breaking the Sound Barrier by Amy Goodman Publisher Comments Amy Goodman has taken investigative journalism to new heights of exciting, informative, and probing analysis.--Noam Chomsky You can learn more of the truth about Washington and the world from one week of Amy Goodman's Democracy Now than from a month of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Understanding Objectivism: A Guide to Learning Ayn Rand's Philosophy by Michael S Berliner Publisher Comments Based on a series of lectures given in 1983 by Dr. Leonard Peikoff, Understanding Objectivism offers a deeper and more profound study of Ayn Rand's philosophy, and outlines a methodology of how to approach the study of Objectivism and apply its... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism by Andrew J. Bacevich Publisher Comments “Andrew Bacevich speaks truth to power, no matter whos in power, which may be why those of both the left and right listen to him.”—Bill Moyers An immediate New York Times bestseller, The Limits of Power offers an unparalleled examination... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health Care Law and What It Means for Us All by Washington Post Publisher Comments The Washington Post’s must-read guide to the health care overhaul What now? Despite the rancorous, divisive, year-long debate in Washington, many Americans still don’t understand what the historic overhaul of the health care system will—... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House by Valerie Plame Wilson and Laura Rozen Publisher Comments On July 6, 2003, four months after the United States invaded Iraq, former ambassador Joseph Wilson's now historic op-ed, "What I Didn't Find in Africa," appeared in The New York Times. A week later, conservative pundit Robert Novak revealed in his... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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