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1967: Israel, the War, and the Year That Transformed the Middle East (Book)

Tom Segev;Jessica Cohen

ISBN:9780805070576

From Israel's leading historian, a sweeping history of 1967--the war, what led up to it, what came after, and how it changed everything Tom Segev's acclaimed works One Palestine...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:673

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A Failure of Nerve: Obama's Promise and the Enduring Power of Wall Street (Book)

Robert Kuttner

ISBN:9780805091359

From the bestselling journalist, a scathing indictment of Wall Street's influence and a challenge to Washington to deliver the reform that the economy needs

Barack Obama was elected at a moment of dire financial crisis...more details

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A People's History of American Empire (Book)

Howard Zinn;Mike Buhle PaulKonopacki

ISBN:9780805077797

Adapted from the bestselling grassroots history of the United States, the story of America in the world, told in comics form Since its landmark publication in 1980...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:273

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A People's History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation (Book)

Howard Zinn;Paul Konopacki MikeBuhle

ISBN:9780805087444

Adapted from the bestselling grassroots history of the United States, the story of America in the world, told in comics form Since its landmark publication in 1980...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:273

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A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City (Book)

Anonymous;Philip Boehm

ISBN:9780805075403

An astonishing find-the landmark journal of a woman living though the Russian occupation of Berlin-which has already earned comparisons to diaries by Etty Hillesum and Victor Klemperer For six weeks in 1945...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:261

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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance (Book)

Atul Gawande

ISBN:9780805082111

"The New York Times" bestselling author of "Complications" examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:273

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Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America (Book)

Barbara Ehrenreich

ISBN:9780805087499

A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism

Americans are a "positive" people--cheerful...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:235

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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Book)

Atul Gawande

ISBN:9780805063196

A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:288

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Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy (Book)

Barbara Ehrenreich

ISBN:9780805057232

From the bestselling social commentator and cultural historian, a fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy
In the acclaimed "Blood Rites...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:320

USD $34.24

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Dismantling the Empire: America's Last Best Hope (Book)

Chalmers Johnson

ISBN:9780805093032

The author of the bestselling Blowback Trilogy reflects on America's waning power in a masterful collection of essays 

In his prophetic book "Blowback...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:212

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Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century (Book)

Ruth Harris

ISBN:9780805074710

The definitive history of the infamous scandal that shook a nation and stunned the world

In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:541

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Eden (Book)

Yael Hedaya

ISBN:9780805092653

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Format:Hardcover  Pages:486

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Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution (Book)

Ruth Scurr

ISBN:9780805079876

A riveting biography of the French Revolution's most enigmatic figure that restores him to his pivotal historic place
Since his execution by guillotine in July 1794...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:408

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Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media (Book)

Eric Klinenberg

ISBN:9780805078190

A groundbreaking investigative work by a critically acclaimed sociologist on the corporate takeover of local news and what it means for all Americans
For the residents of Minot...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:339

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Footnotes in Gaza: A Graphic Novel (Book)

Joe Sacco

ISBN:9780805092776

"Sacco brings the conflict down to the most human level, allowing us to imagine our way inside it, to make the desperation he discovers, in some small way...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:418

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Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism (Book)

Susan Jacoby

ISBN:9780805074420

An authoritative history of the vital role of secularist thinkers and activists in the United States, from a writer of "fierce intelligence and nimble...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:417

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Haiti: The Aftershocks of History (Book)

Laurent DuBois

ISBN:9780805093353

A passionate and insightful account by a leading historian of Haiti that traces the sources of the country's devastating present back to its turbulent and traumatic history

Even before the recent earthquake destroyed much of the country...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:448

USD $34.34

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Here Comes Mrs. Kugelman (Book)

Minka Pradelski

ISBN:9780805082128

An enchanting novel of listening and telling, of the silence between Holocaust survivors and their children, and the power of stories to mend broken bonds

When feisty young Tsippy Silberberg of the curious eating habits receives word from Tel Aviv that a distant aunt has left her a mysterious inheritance—...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:256

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How to Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior (Book)

Laura Kipnis

ISBN:9780805089790

We all relish a good scandal--the larger the figure (governor, judge) and more shocking the particulars (diapers, cigars)--the better. But why "do" people feel compelled to act out their tangled psychodramas on the national stage...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:209

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Ideal Illusions: How the U.S. Government Co-Opted Human Rights (Book)

James Peck

ISBN:9780805083286

From a noted historian and foreign-policy analyst, a groundbreaking critique of the troubling symbiosis between Washington and the human rights movement

The United States has long been hailed as a powerful force for global human rights. Now...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:384

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In the Land of Believers: A Journey to the Heart of Evangelical America (Book)

Gina Welch

ISBN:9780805083378

An undercover exploration of the world of evangelicals, offering an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the faithful

Ever since evangelical Christians rose to national prominence...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:333

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Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal (Book)

Anthony Arnove

ISBN:9780805082722

"An urgent book."--Arundhati Roy
Three years after the start of the war in Iraq, violence and misery continue to plague the country, and conservatives and liberals alike are struggling with the question of when--and under what circumstances--U.S. and coalition forces should leave. In this cogent and compelling book...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:177

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Marx's General: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels (Book)

Tristram Hunt

ISBN:9780805080254

A remarkable new biography from one of Britain's leading young historians that recovers the co-founder of communism from the shadows of historyFriedrich Engels is one of the most intriguing and contradictory figures of the nineteenth century. Born to a prosperous Prussian mercantile family...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:430

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My Father's Fortune (Book)

Michael Frayn

ISBN:9780805093773

For the first time, Michael Frayn, the "master of what is seriously funny,"* turns his humor and narrative genius on his own family's story...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:273

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My Life as a Russian Novel: Memoir (Book)

Emmanuel Carrere

ISBN:9780805087550

An unsparingly truthful account of love, betrayal, and the traps we set for ourselves, by France's master of psychological suspense

In work after work...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:276

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Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire (Book)

Robert Perkinson

ISBN:9780805080698

A vivid history of America's biggest, baddest prison system and how it came to lead the nation's punitive revolution

In the prison business...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:484

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The Appointment (Book)

Herta Mueller

ISBN:9780805060126

From the winner of the IMPAC Award, a fierce novel about a young Romanian woman's discovery of betrayal in the most intimate reaches of her life
"I've been summoned. Thursday...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:214

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The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives (Book)

Gilbert Achcar

ISBN:9780805089547

An unprecedented and judicious examination of what the Holocaust means--and doesn't mean--in the Arab world, one of the most explosive subjects of our time

There is no more inflammatory topic than the Arabs and the Holocaust--the phrase alone can occasion outrage...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:386

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The Birth of Love (Book)

Joanna Kavenna

ISBN:9780805091540

From the winner of the Orange Award for New Writers, an epic novel of childbirth--past, present, and future

The year is 1865. In Vienna...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:304

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The Book of Love: The Story of the Kamasutra (Book)

James McConnachie

ISBN:9780805088182

An engaging, enlightening "biography" of the ancient Hindu manuscript that became the world's most famous sex manual The "Kamasutra "is one of the world's best-known yet least-understood texts...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:267

USD $37.02

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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (Book)

Atul Gawande

ISBN:9780805091748

The "New York Times"-bestselling author and surgeon reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist. Dr. Gawande explains how this simplest of technologies has helped doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches....more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:209

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The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives (Book)

Nick Turse

ISBN:9780805078961

A mind-boggling investigation of the allpervasive, constantly morphing presence of the Pentagon in daily life--a real-world "Matrix "come alive Here is the new...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:290

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The Crimean War: A History (Book)

Orlando Figes

ISBN:9780805074604

From "the great storyteller of modern Russian historians,"* the definitive account of the forgotten war that shaped the modern age

The Charge of the Light Brigade...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:576

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The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? (Book)

Linda Polman

ISBN:9780805092905

A no-holds-barred, controversial exposé of the financial profiteering and ambiguous ethics that pervade the world of humanitarian aid

A vast industry has grown up around humanitarian aid: a cavalcade of organizations—some 37...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:229

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The Land of Green Plumsho Swallowed a Trout (Book)

Herta Mueller

ISBN:9780805042955

Set in Romania at the height of Ceauescu's reign of terror, "The Land of Green Plums" tells the story of a group of young people who leave the impoverished province for the city in search of better prospects and camaraderie. But their hopes are ravaged...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:256

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The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure (Book)

Hans Magnus Enzensberger;Rotraut Susanne Heim Michael HenryBerner

ISBN:9780805062991

The international best-seller that makes mathematics a thrilling exploration.
In twelve dreams, Robert, a boy who hates math, meets a Number Devil...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:262

USD $21.46

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The Road to Whatever: Middle-Class Culture and the Crisis of Adolescence (Book)

Elliott Currie

ISBN:9780805067637

From the Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sharp and compassionate investigation of the root causes of the epidemic of drug abuse, violence, and despair among "mainstream" American teenagers
In the past few years...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:305

USD $38.00

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The Romantic (Book)

Barbara Gowdy

ISBN:9780312423247

When she is nine-years-old, Louise Kirk's mother disappears, leaving a note that reads only--and incorrectly--"Louise knows how to work the washing machine." It is not long before a strange couple and their adopted son...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:305

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The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories (Book)

Edward Hollis

ISBN:9780805087857

A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents Concrete, marble...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:338

USD $36.88

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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Book)

Naomi Klein

ISBN:9780805079838

The bestselling author of "No Logo" shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq In her groundbreaking reporting over the past few years...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:558

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The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality (Book)

Walter Benn Michaels

ISBN:9780805078411

A brilliant assault on our obsession with every difference except the one that really matters--the difference between rich and poor If there's one thing Americans agree on...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:243

USD $33.12

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The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention (Book)

Guy Deutscher

ISBN:9780805079074

Blending the spirit of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" with the science of "The Language Instinct," an original inquiry into the development of that most essential-and mysterious-of human creations: Language
Language is mankind's greatest invention-except...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:358

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The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia (Book)

Orlando Figes

ISBN:9780805074611

From the award-winning author of "A People's Tragedy" and "Natasha's Dance," a landmark account of what private life was like for Russians in the worst years of Soviet repression
There have been many accounts of the public aspects of Stalin's dictatorship: the arrests and trials...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:739

USD $34.15

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The Woman Who Shot Mussolini (Book)

Frances Stonor Saunders

ISBN:9780805091212

The astonishing untold story of a woman who tried to stop the rise of Fascism and change the course of history

At 11 a.m. on Wednesday...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:380

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This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation (Book)

Barbara Ehrenreich

ISBN:9780805088403

America in the 'aughts--hilariously skewered, brilliantly dissected, and darkly diagnosed by the bestselling social critic hailed as "the soul mate"* of Jonathan Swift

Barbara Ehrenreich's first book of satirical commentary...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:235

USD $32.15

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Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages (Book)

Guy Deutscher

ISBN:9780805081954

A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how—and whether—culture shapes language and language...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:304

USD $30.05

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Untitled Novel (Book)

Ronit Matalon

ISBN:9780805091601

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Format:Hardcover  Pages:304

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What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World (Book)

Noam Chomsky;David Barsamian

ISBN:9780805086713

An indispensable set of interviews on foreign and domestic issues with the bestselling author of "Hegemony or ""Survival," "America's most useful citizen." ("The Boston Globe") In this new collection of conversations...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:223

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Padre Pio: Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age (Book)

Sergio Luzzatto

ISBN:9780805089059

The first historical appraisal of the astonishing life and times of a controversial twentieth-century saint Padre Pio is one of the world's most beloved holy figures...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:371

USD $39.95

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