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Locke: Two Treatises of Government Student Edition (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by John Locke Publisher Comments This is a new revised version of Dr. Laslett's standard edition of Two Treatises. First published in 1960, and based on an analysis of the whole body of Locke's publications, writings, and papers. The Introduction and text have been revised to... (read more) List Price $20.50 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Rules for Radicals 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: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul M Kennedy Publisher Comments About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Marx-Engels Reader by Karl Marx Synopsis This revised and enlarged edition of the leading anthology provides the essential writings of Marx and Engels--those works necessary for an introduction to Marxist thought and ideology.... (read more) List Price $36.25 Your price: $18.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Genocide and Resistance in Southeast Asia (07 Edition) by Ben Kiernan Synopsis Two modern cases of genocide and extermination began in Southeast Asia in the same year. Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, and Indonesian forces occupied East Timor from 1975 to 1999. This book examines the horrifi c... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest o by Peter Schweizer Publisher Comments THE BOOK WASHINGTON DOES NOT WANT YOU TO READ As Ben Franklin knew, ambition and avarice, the love of power and the love of money, “when united in view of the same object . . . have in many minds the most violent effects.” In Throw Them All... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx Publisher Comments The Communist Manifesto, drafted on the eve of the 1848 revolutions, is the most brilliant and incisive political text ever written; a work of great literary power as well as historical insight. Eric Hobsbawm, whose writing has brilliantly described the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Death of the Liberal Class by Chris Hedges Publisher Comments The liberal class plays a vital role in a democracy. It gives moral legitimacy to the state. It makes limited forms of dissent and incremental change possible. The liberal class posits itself as the conscience of the nation. It permits us, through its... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope by Gabrielle Giffords Publisher Comments AS INDIVIDUALS, CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, showed Americans how optimism, an adventurous spirit, and a call to service can help change the world. As a couple, they became a national example of the healing... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Why America Failed: The Roots of Imperial Decline by Morris Berman Publisher Comments Praise for Why America Failed "Morris Berman is one of our most prescient and important social and cultural critics. He marries a laser-like intelligence with a deep moral core. His writing is as lucid and crisp as it is insightful.His newest book, Why... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Greedy Bastards: How We Can Stop Corporate Communists, Banksters, and Other Vampires from Sucking America Dry by Dylan Ratigan Publisher Comments Dylan Ratigan is mad as hell. Infuriated by government corruption and corporate communism, incensed by banksters shaking down taxpayers, and despairing of an ailing health care system, an age-old dependency on foreign oil, and a failing educational... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Obamas by Jodi Kantor Publisher Comments When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with his wife. Contrary to Michelle's fears, politics now seemed like a worthwhile, even noble pursuit. Together they planned a White House life that would be as... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? by Molly Ivins Publisher Comments Whether she's writing about redneck politics in her native Texas or the discreet charms of Bushwazee, Molly Ivins in never less than devastatingly honest--and hilarious. Our toughest, funniest, and savviest columnist delivers the goods on: -Texas... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America by Chris Hedges Publisher Comments Twenty-five years ago, when Pat Robertson and other radio and televangelists first spoke of the United States becoming a Christian nation that would build a global Christian empire, it was hard to take such hyperbolic rhetoric seriously. Today, such... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria Publisher Comments 'This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else.' So begins Fareed Zakaria"s blockbusting bestseller on the United States in the twenty-first century. How can Americans understand this rapidly changing... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule by Thomas Frank Publisher Comments From the most astute political scoffer since H. L. Mencken, the definitive account of the conservative reign of misrule and corruption Hailed as a “hunk of dynamite” (Salon) and celebrated for its “satiric wit” (The New York Times... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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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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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Staff Pick In this thought-provoking and profoundly inspiring book, Kristof and WuDunn reveal the cruel and maddening reality faced by women who experience violence and oppression. Half the Sky will stir feelings of admiration and discomfort, and hopefully sow the... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein Staff Pick To be honest, I could not finish this book. It made me too angry. These are the stories about our country you don't want to know. Naomi Klein has cast a spotlight on the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of the American dream. The Shock Doctrine... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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