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<<< 1 2 3 >>>     sort list by title | publication date Citizens of the Empire The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity Robert Jensen The Heart of Whiteness Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege Robert Jensen As devastating as the physical destruction brought by Katrina has been, it may turn out that one of the hurricane's most enduring legacies is the way it made visible the effect of racial and class disparities on who lived and who died, who escaped... The Shock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein At the core of Klein's book is the use of cataclysmic events to advance radical privatization, combined withy the privatization of the disaster response itself. Klein argues that by capitalizing on crises, the "disaster capitalism complex" now exists... Fire in the Ashes Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America Jonathan Kozol In this powerful and culminating work about a group of inner-city children he has known for many years, Jonathan Kozol returns to the scene of his prize-winning books Rachel and Her Children and Amazing Grace, and to the children he has vividly... The Conscience of a Liberal Paul Krugman "The most consistent and courageous—and unapologetic—liberal partisan in American journalism." —Michael Tomasky, New York Review of Books In this "clear, provocative" (Boston Globe) New York Times bestseller, Paul Krugman, today's most widely... 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. Selected Cronicas Clarice Lispector Selected Crônicas gathers the newspaper columns of the Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector. This collection captures Lispector's gifted voice and supplies a view of Brazil from her childhood, after her Ukrainian parents emigrated there, until the... The Capitalism Papers Fatal Flaws of an Obsolete System Jerry Mander Rule by Secrecy The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids Jim Marrs You can believe this book or not -- but first you must read it, so that you can contemplate your misunderstanding of the past. This is a book of disturbing secret societies that have run the world as we know it for too long. After you finish you will... Salt Sugar Fat How the Food Giants Hooked Us Michael Moss From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how companies use salt, sugar, and fat... Against Empire Michael Parenti Richly informed and written in an engaging style, Against Empire exposes the ruthless agenda and hidden costs of the U.S. empire today. Documenting the pretexts and lies used to justify violent intervention and maldevelopment abroad, Parenti shows... America Besieged Michael Parenti America Besieged deals with the underlying forces within U.S. society that deeply affect our lives. Showing how we are being misled and harmed by those who profess to have our interests at heart, Michael Parenti writes: "We are indeed a nation... Contrary Notions The Michael Parenti Reader Michael Parenti “Radical in the true sense of the word, [Parenti] digs at the roots which... sustain our public consciousness.”— Los Angeles Times Book Review Dirty Truths Michael Parenti Essays are enjoying renewed popularity, from the personal essays of Lewis Thomas, to the intellectual treats of Marguerite Yourcenar, to the political and social commentary of Michael Parenti in this superb collection. Parenti covers the myth of the... <<< 1 2 3 >>>