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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>>     sort list by author | publication date Debt The First 5,000 Years David Graeber An history of debt written by an anarchist-sympathizing anthropologist (and a respected one, mind you)—who better to dig beneath the assumptions taken for granted by the Western science of Economics? From blood debts in moneyless societies... Destiny Disrupted A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes Tamim Ansary We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years. In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world... Detroit An American Autopsy Charlie LeDuff Back in his broken hometown, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charlie LeDuff searches through the ruins for clues to its fate, his family's, and his own. El Fuego y La Palabra Gloria Muñoz Ramírez Una Historia del Movimiento Zapatista Bellamente ilustrada con dibujos y la colección fotográfica más emblemática de la historia zapatista, El Fuego y la Palabra es un testimonio inspirador de resistencia y esperanza. El Narco Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency Ioan Grillo The world has watched, stunned, the bloodshed in Mexico. Forty thousand murdered since 2006; police chiefs shot within hours of taking office; mass graves comparable to those of civil wars; car bombs shattering storefronts; headless corpses heaped... Embers of War The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam Fredrik Logevall The struggle for Vietnam occupies a central place in the history of the twentieth century. Fought over a period of three decades, the conflict drew in all the world's powers and saw two of them—first France, then the United States... Escape From Alcatraz J. Campbell Bruce In 1963, just weeks before the original publication of this book, the last prisoner was escorted off Devil's Island and Alcatraz ceased to be a prison. Author J.Campbell Bruce chronicles in spellbinding detail the Rock's transition from a Spanish fort... Fantasies of the Master Race Literature, Cinema, and the Colonization of American Indians Ward Churchill Chosen an "Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in the United States" by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights. In this volume of incisive essays, Ward Churchill looks at representations of American Indians in literature... The Fire and the Word A History of the Zapatista Movement Gloria Muñoz Ramírez Beautifully illustrated with drawings and the most emblematic photo collection of Zapatista history, The Fire and the Word is an inspiring testimony of resistance and hope. First World, Ha, Ha, Ha! The Zapatista Challenge Elaine Katzenberger The Zapatista Army emerged from the jungle on New Year's Day, 1994, and provoked a national crisis in Mexico. At a demonstration in Mexico City, over 100,000 people marched together and shouted, First World, HA HA HA!-a defiant declaration of... Games Without Rules The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan Tamim Ansary Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism. That war is real; but it sits atop an older struggle, between Kabul and the countryside, between order and chaos, between a modernist... Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown John Kuo Wei Tchen 130 rare photos offer fascinating visual record of Chinatown before the great 1906 earthquake. Informative text traces history of Chinese in... Ghost Wars The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 Steve Coll Comprehensively and for the first time, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Steve Coll recounts the history of the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and sowed the seeds of the September 11 attacks. Going Clear Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief Lawrence Wright Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief is based on more than two hundred interviews with current and former Scientologists, as well as other sources. The book offers an exhaustive account of the church, from its founding by... <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>>