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2/15: The Day the World Said No to War
by Arun Gandhi, Barbara Sauermann, Connie Koch, Keiron O'Connor

ISBN 1902593855 (1-902593-85-5)
Hardcover, A K Pr Distribution

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The Acharnians
by Aristophanes

ISBN 0140442871 (0-14-044287-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA

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Addicted To War: Why The U.s. Can't Kick Militarism
by Joel Andreas

ISBN 1904859011 (1-904859-01-1)
Softcover, A K Pr Distribution

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All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque

ISBN 0449213943 (0-449-21394-3)
Softcover, Fawcett Books

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Considered by many the greatest war novel of all time, All Quiet on the Western Front is Erich Maria Remarques masterpiece of the German experience during World War I.

I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. . . .

This is the testament of Paul Bäumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army during World War I. They become soldiers with youthful enthusiasm. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught breaks in pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches.

Through years of vivid horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another . . . if only he can come out of the war alive.

The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.The New York Times Book Review [via]
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Anne FrankTagebuch
by Anne Frank, Fassung Von Otto H. Frank

ISBN 3596152771 (3-596-15277-1)
Softcover, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag

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Dieses lebendige, Einblick gewährende Tagebuch ist seit seiner ersten Veröffentlichung 1947 ein geliebter Klassiker und ein passendes Denkmal für den begabten jüdischen Teenager, der 1945 im Konzentrationslager Bergen-Belsen ums Leben kam. 1929 geboren, bekam Anne Frank zu ihrem 13. Geburtstag ein neues, unbeschriebenes Tagebuch geschenkt, nur wenige Wochen bevor sie und ihre Familie im von den Nazis besetzten Amsterdam untertauchen mußten. Ihre wunderbar detaillierten persönlichen Eintragungen zeichnen 25 anstrengende Monate klaustrophobischer, streitgeladener Intimität mit ihren Eltern, ihrer Schwester, einer zweiten Familie und einem älteren Zahnarzt nach, der wenig Toleranz für Annes Lebhaftigkeit zeigt. Der universelle Reiz des Tagebuchs beruht auf seiner fesselnden Mischung aus den schmuddeligen Besonderheiten des Lebens im Krieg (karge, schlechte Mahlzeiten; schäbige Kleider, aus denen man längst herausgewachsen ist, die aber nicht ersetzt werden können; die ständige Angst, entdeckt zu werden) und der offenherzigen Auseinandersetzung über Gefühle, die jedem Heranwachsenden bekannt sind: "Jeder kritisiert mich, niemand erkennt meine wahre Natur, wann werde ich endlich geliebt?" Aber Anne Frank war kein gewöhnlicher Teenager: Die späteren Eintragungen verraten einen für eine kaum 15jährige bemerkenswerten Sinn für Mitgefühl und spirituelle Tiefe. Ihr Tod verkörpert den Wahnsinn des Holocaust, aber für die Millionen, die Anne durch ihr Tagebuch kennengelernt haben, ist er auch ein sehr persönlicher Verlust. --Wendy Smith [via]
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Aristophanes' Lysistrata: Translated With Introduction and Notes
by Aristophanes

ISBN 0941051021 (0-941051-02-1)
Softcover, Focus Pub R Pullins & Co

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Aristophanes' Lysistrata
by Hilton J. Turner

ISBN 0929524039 (0-929524-03-9)
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An Autobiography or the Story of My Experiments With Truth
by M.K. Gandhi

ISBN 8172290810 (81-7229-081-0)
Hardcover, South Asia Books

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Western India in 1869. He was educated in London and later travelled to South Africa, where he experienced racism and took up the rights of Indians, instituting his first campaign of passive resistance. In 1915 he returned to British-controlled India, bringing to a country in the throes of independence his commitment to non-violent change, and his belief always in the power of truth. Under Gandhi's lead, millions of protesters would engage in mass campaigns of civil disobedience, seeking change through ahimsa or non-violence. For Gandhi, the long path towards Indian independence would lead to imprisonment and hardship, yet he never once forgot the principles of truth and non-violence so dear to him. Written in the 1920s, Gandhi's autobiography tells of his struggles and his inspirations; a powerful and enduring statement of an extraordinary life. [via]
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Catch-22
by Joseph Heller

ISBN 0684833395 (0-684-83339-5)
Softcover, Scribner

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There was a time when reading Joseph Heller's classic satire on the murderous insanity of war was nothing less than a rite of passage. Echoes of Yossarian, the wise-ass bombardier who was too smart to die but not smart enough to find a way out of his predicament, could be heard throughout the counterculture. As a result, it's impossible not to consider Catch-22 to be something of a period piece. But 40 years on, the novel's undiminished strength is its looking-glass logic. Again and again, Heller's characters demonstrate that what is commonly held to be good, is bad; what is sensible, is nonsense.
Yossarian says, "You're talking about winning the war, and I am talking about winning the war and keeping alive."
"Exactly," Clevinger snapped smugly. "And which do you think is more important?"
"To whom?" Yossarian shot back. "It doesn't make a damn bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead."
"I can't think of another attitude that could be depended upon to give greater comfort to the enemy."
"The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on."
Mirabile dictu, the book holds up post-Reagan, post-Gulf War. It's a good thing, too. As long as there's a military, that engine of lethal authority, Catch-22 will shine as a handbook for smart-alecky pacifists. It's an utterly serious and sad, but damn funny book. [via]
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Cliffsnotes All Quiet on the Western Front
by Susan Van Kirk

ISBN 0764586718 (0-7645-8671-8)
Softcover, Cliff Notes

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The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.
In CliffsNotes on All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque takes you inside the gruesome realities of World War I through the eyes of Paul Baumer, a sensitive teenager and typical infantryman in the German army.
This study guide will help you begin to consider how Remarque's views on war might relate to modern-day conflicts. You'll also gain insight into the life and cultural background of the author. Other features that help you study include
Character analyses of major players
A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
Critical essays
A review section that tests your knowledge
A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites
Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
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Diario
by Ana Frank

ISBN 9871138679 (987-1138-67-9)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori

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Dude, Where's My Country?
by Michael Moore

ISBN 0446693790 (0-446-69379-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub

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The people of the United States, according to author and filmmaker Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine, Stupid White Men), have been hoodwinked. Tricked, he says, by Republican lawmakers and their wealthy corporate pals who use a combination of concocted bogeymen and lies to stay rich and in control. But while plenty of liberal scholars, entertainers, and pundits have made similar arguments in book form, Moore's Dude, Where's My Country? stands out for its thoroughly positive perspective. Granted, Moore is angry and has harsh words for George W. Bush and his fellow conservatives concerning the reasoning behind going to war in Iraq, the collapse of Enron and other companies, and the relationship between the Bushes, the Saudi Arabian government, and Osama bin Laden. But his book is intended to serve as a handbook for how people with liberal opinions (which is most of America, Moore contends, whether they call themselves "liberals" or not) can take back their country from the conservative forces in power. Moore uses his trademark brand of confrontational, exasperated humor skillfully as he offers a primer on how to change the worldview of one's annoying conservative blowhard brother-in-law, and he crafts a surprisingly thorough "Draft Oprah for President" movement. Refreshingly, Dude, Where's My Country? avoids being completely one-sided, offering up areas where Moore believes Republicans get it right as well as some cutting criticisms of his fellow lefties. Such allowances, brief though they may be, make one long for a political climate where the shouting polemicists on both sides would see a few more shades of gray. Dude, Where's My Country? is a little bit scattered, as Moore tries to cram opinions on Iraq, tax cuts, corporate welfare, Wesley Clark, and the Patriot Act into one slim volume--and the penchant to go for a laugh sometimes gets in the way of clear arguments. But such variety also gives the reader more Moore, providing a broader range of his bewildered, enraged, yet stalwartly upbeat point of view. --John Moe [via]
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The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Svejk During the World War
by Jaroslav Hasek

ISBN 1585004286 (1-58500-428-6)
Softcover, Authorhouse

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Some writers so capture the soul and spirit of a people that they are identified with them forever after. In England, it was Charles Dickens, in the United States, it was Mark Twain. For the Slavic nations, and to some extent for all Central Europeans, it is the Czech writer, Jaroslav Hasek.
Hasek's most important work was centered around a Czech soldier's experiences in World War One. It's actual title is The Fateful Adventures of The Good Soldier Svejk during the World War, but it is known by tens of millions of Central Europeans as simply, The Good Soldier Svejk. This monumental, humorous work is acknowledged as ". . . one of the greatest masterpieces of satirical writing" by no less a standard and exalted reference than the Encyclopedia Britannica.
The book's central character is a quintessential, working-class citizen-soldier, often abused by the fates and the forces of the Austrian empire. In both civilian and military life, Svejk lives by his wits. His chief ploy is to appear witless to those in authority. In fact, he is fond of pointing out that he has been certified to be an imbecile by an official military medical commission. Consequently, he reasons, he cannot be held responsible for his sometimes questionable actions because he's a certified nitwit!
Yet, Svejk is not a coward, nor is he indolent. He is drafted back into the army as cannon fodder to die for an Emperor he despises. His method of subverting the Austrian Empire is to carry out his orders to an absurd conclusion. His is an inspired resistance. He holds the foreign authorities, and their Czech fellow travelers, accountable for their ridiculous platitudes and pseudo-patriotic blather. [via]
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The Fixer : A Story from Sarajevo
by Joe Sacco

ISBN 1896597602 (1-896597-60-2)
Hardcover, Drawn & Quarterly Publications

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Forever War
by Joe W. Haldeman

ISBN 0060510862 (0-06-051086-2)
Softcover, Eos

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In the 1970s Joe Haldeman approached more than a dozen different publishers before he finally found one interested in The Forever War. The book went on to win both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, although a large chunk of the story had been cut out before it saw publication. Now Haldeman and Avon Books have released the definitive version of The Forever War, published for the first time as Haldeman originally intended. The book tells the timeless story of war, in this case a conflict between humanity and the alien Taurans. Humans first bumped heads with the Taurans when we began using collapsars to travel the stars. Although the collapsars provide nearly instantaneous travel across vast distances, the relativistic speeds associated with the process means that time passes slower for those aboard ship. For William Mandella, a physics student drafted as a soldier, that means more than 27 years will have passed between his first encounter with the Taurans and his homecoming, though he himself will have aged only a year. When Mandella finds that he can't adjust to Earth after being gone so long from home, he reenlists, only to find himself shuttled endlessly from battle to battle as the centuries pass. --Craig E. Engler [via]
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Get Your War on
by David Rees, Colson Whitehead

ISBN 188712876X (1-887128-76-X)
Softcover, Soft Skull Pr

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David Rees' Get Your War On is already a cult Web site and it looks set to continue to garner even more fans with the release of this excellent 100 page paperback collection. Subverting the traditional three-frame cartoon format by its use of ubiquitous static clip-art coupled with some of the harshest, bile-filled satire around, Rees has produced an absolute winner. Each cartoon manages to portray the anger, disillusion, cynicism, intelligence and stupidity of our times and Rees's outrage, humanity and perspicacity is as heart-warming as it is hilarious. Caustic, derisive, direct comedy, Get Your War On is essential reading for these mad, bad times. --George Bowman [via]
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Good Soldier Schweik
by Hasek Jaroslav

ISBN 0848800982 (0-8488-0098-2)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd

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Good Soldier Schweik
by Jaroslav Hasek

ISBN 0451518942 (0-451-51894-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics

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The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the War
by Jaroslav Hasek, Cecil Parrott, Josef Lada

ISBN 0434313750 (0-434-31375-0)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science & Technology Books

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Translates the iconoclastic Czech's classic satire depicting the adventures of a soldier during the First World War. [via]
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The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War
by Jaroslav Hasek, Josef Lada, Cecil Parrott

ISBN 0140449914 (0-14-044991-4)
Softcover, Penguin Classics

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Im Westen Nichts Neues
by Erich Maria Remarque

ISBN 3462027212 (3-462-02721-2)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books

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Will man den Wehrdienst verweigern und Zivildienst ableisten, dann sollte man in der Gewissensprüfung darlegen können, warum man sich denn keinen Dienst an der Waffe vorstellen kann. Und mehr als einmal dürfte dann als Begründung die Lektüre von Erich Maria Remarques Im Westen nicht Neues folgen.
Dieser Roman schildert aufs Eindringlichste die schauerlichen Erlebnisse des Soldaten Paul Bäumer an der Westfront des Ersten Weltkrieges, wo sich Deutsche und Alliierte in einem grausamen Grabenkrieg gegenüberstanden. Aber eigentlich sind Schauplatz und Zeit bedeutungslos, beherrschend ist das sinnlose Töten und die zu reinem Menschenmaterial degradierten Soldaten, die schon lange den Glauben an den "gerechten Krieg" aufgegeben haben. Hier ist kein Platz für klischeehaft mutige Helden, Verlierer sind sie letztlich alle, die da im Schlamm der Schützengräben liegen.
So mancher Leser wird nach diesem Roman seine Meinung zu Krieg und Militärdienst geändert haben. Wer heute noch glaubt, Krieg könne eine heldenhafte Sache sein, der kennt das Buch wahrscheinlich nicht und sollte einmal einen Blick hinein werfen. Danach ist er entweder eines besseren belehrt oder scheinbar schon völlig abgestumpft. --Joachim Hohwieler [via]
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Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal
by Anthony Arnove, Zinn, Howard (AFT), Howard Zinn

ISBN 1595580794 (1-59558-079-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

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A forceful argument for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

Howard Zinn's book Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal, though it appeared five years before the United States eventually abandoned that war, argued with remarkable foresight that getting out was the only realistic option. Now, nearly forty years later, the United States is once again involved in a seemingly intractable foreign conflict. And, following in the footsteps of Zinn, Anthony Arnove (his co-editor on the widely acclaimed Voices of a People's History of the United States) has written a book that will likely prove equally prescient.

Arnove sets out a compelling case for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Countering widespread arguments made in support of the occupation by conservatives and liberals alike, Arnove insists that the U.S. presence is the major source of instability and suffering for the Iraqi people. He challenges the idea that George W. Bush has ever been interested in bringing democracy to the country and explores the real reasons behind the invasion, which centrally involve control over strategic Middle Eastern energy resources. And he sets out a constructive vision for the antiwar movement, one that involves soldiers, military families, and the many communities affected by the occupation, who together can build a coalition to bring the troops home. [via]
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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
by Anthony Swofford

ISBN 141651340X (1-4165-1340-X)
Softcover, Pocket Books

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In his New York Times bestselling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers and family. When the U.S. Marines-or "jarheads"-were sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for the Gulf War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in sand for six months; he was punished by boredom and fear; he considered suicide, pulled a gun on a fellow marine, and was targeted by both enemy and friendly fire. As engagement with the Iraqis drew near, he was forced to consider what it means to be an American, a soldier, a son of a soldier, and a man. [via]
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Johnny Got His Gun
by Dalton Trumbo

ISBN 0553274325 (0-553-27432-5)
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The powerful story of a young boy and his tragic fate in World War I makes a terrifying statement on the horrors of war and a compelling plea for peace. [via]
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Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five
by Harold Bloom

ISBN 0791059251 (0-7910-5925-1)
Hardcover, Facts on File

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Lysistrata
by Aristophanes, Ranjit Bolt

ISBN 1840026456 (1-84002-645-6)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group

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Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led by the title character, the women of the warring city-states of Greece agree to withhold sexual favors with their husbands until they agree to cease fighting. The war of the sexes that ensues makes Lysistrata a comedy without peer in the history of theater. [via]
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Lysistrata and Other Plays
by Aristophanes, Alan H. Sommerstein

ISBN 0140448144 (0-14-044814-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. In Lysistrata a band of women tap into the awesome power of sex in order to end a war. The darker comedy of The Clouds satirizes Athenian philosophers, Socrates in particular, and reflects the uncertainties of a generation in which all traditional religious and ethical beliefs were being challenged.

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The Lysistrata of Aristophanes
by Aristophanes, Aubrey Beardsley

ISBN 0902620665 (0-902620-66-5)
Softcover, Academy Editions Ltd

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A Man Without a Country
by Kurt Vonnegut

ISBN 158322713X (1-58322-713-X)
Hardcover, Seven Stories Pr

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"[This] may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir." -Los Angeles Times"Like [that of] his literary ancestor Mark Twain, [Kurt Vonnegut's] crankiness is good-humored and sharp-witted. . . . [Reading A Man Without a Country is] like sitting down on the couch for a long chat with an old friend." -The New York Times Book ReviewIn a volume that is penetrating, introspective, incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny, one of the great men of letters of this age-or any age-holds forth on life, art, sex, politics, and the state of America's soul. From his coming of age in America, to his formative war experiences, to his life as an artist, this is Vonnegut doing what he does best: Being himself. Whimsically illustrated by the author, A Man Without a Country is intimate, tender, and brimming with the scope of Kurt Vonnegut's passions."For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person." -USA Today"Filled with [Vonnegut's] usual contradictory mix of joy and sorrow, hope and despair, humor and gravity." -Chicago Tribune"Fans will linger on every word . . . as once again [Vonnegut] captures the complexity of the human condition with stunning calligraphic simplicity." -The Australian"Thank God, Kurt Vonnegut has broken his promise that he will never write another book. In this wondrous assemblage of mini-memoirs, we discover his family's legacy and his obstinate, unfashionable humanism." -Studs Terkel [via]
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Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground And the Politics of Solidarity
by Dan Berger

ISBN 1904859410 (1-904859-41-0)
Softcover, A K Pr Distribution

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Dan Berger represents an emerging generation of radical activist scholars. A meticulously researched and well-referenced study of the Weather Underground. . . . A gripping story, drawing important lessons for the younger generation of activists.Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years, 19601975
Outlaws of America brings to life the motivations and actions of Americas most famous renegades, who bombed their way into history. Through detailed and original research, Dan Berger offers a nuanced and compelling portrait of the group that risked everything in opposition to war and racism.
This explosive, engaging, and timely book uncovers the untold story of the Weather Underground, from its incendiary beginning to its tumultuous endingnever sparing a critical analysis of the group. Especially noteworthy is Bergers groundbreaking discussion of the infamous 1981 Brinks case, where former Weather Underground members allied with the Black Liberation Army in a failed robbery that resulted in the deaths of three men and the longtime incarceration of several activists.
Outlaws of America is culled from dozens of in-depth interviews with former Weather Underground members, as well as with civil rights activists, Black Panthers, Young Lords, and othersmany of whom speak about their experiences publicly here for the first time. The book also features an extensive appendix including Weather Underground communiqués, a chronology of actions, a collection of rare photographs, and current biographical sketches of many ex-Weather Underground members.
Outlaws of America is published at a time of surging interest in the history of the group, immediately following the release of the Oscar-nominated documentary entitled The Weather Underground, of which Outlaws is the essential companion volume.
Dan Berger is a writer, activist, and PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. A longtime anti-racism organizer, he is the co-editor of Letters From Young Activists (Nation Books, 2005).
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Point of Departure: Experiment in Biography
by James Cameron, Andrew Marr

ISBN 1862078246 (1-86207-824-6)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square

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Slaughter House Five
by Kurt Vonnegut

ISBN 0385333846 (0-385-33384-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes unstuck in time after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden.
Don't let the ease of reading fool you--Vonnegut's isn't a conventional, or simple, novel. He writes, "There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick, and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters..." Slaughterhouse-Five (taken from the name of the building where the POWs were held) is not only Vonnegut's most powerful book, it is as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch- 22, it fashions the author's experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works, but the book's basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it a unique poignancy--and humor. [via]
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The Vaudevilles
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Ann Dunnigan

ISBN 0451522702 (0-451-52270-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics

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Newly repackaged, here are the five masterpieces by one of the world's greatest playwrights, in translation by Ann Dunnigan. As Robert Brustein declares in the foreword to this edition: "in the modern theater...there are none who bring the drama to a higher realization of its human role." [via]
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Vibrant With Words: The Letters of Ursula Bethell
by Peter Whiteford, Ursula Bethell

ISBN 0864735049 (0-86473-504-9)
Softcover, Victoria Univ Pr

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Ursula Bethell was a modernist poet who helped shape New Zealand's literary scene between the two world wars. This collection of letters tells the story of her early life of travel and social work in Europe and opens a window on her subsequent writerly life as she describes the origins of many of her poems.
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War Prayer
by Mark Twain, John Groth

ISBN 0060911131 (0-06-091113-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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Written by Mark Twain during the Philippine-American War in the first decade of the twentieth century, The War Prayer tells of a patriotic church service held to send the town's young men off to war. During the service, a stranger enters and addresses the gathering. He tells the patriotic crowd that their prayers for victory are double-edged-by praying for victory they are also praying for the destruction of the enemy... for the destruction of human life.
Originally rejected for publication in 1905 as "not quite suited to a woman's magazine," this antiwar parable remained unpublished until 1923, when Twain's literary executor collected it in the volume Europe and Elsewhere. Handsomely illustrated by the artist and war correspondent Philip Groth, The War Prayer remains a relevant classic by an American icon. [via]
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The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
by Howard Zinn

ISBN 1888363541 (1-888363-54-1)
Softcover, Seven Stories Pr

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No other radical historian has reached so many hearts and minds as Howard Zinn. It is rare that a historian of the Left has managed to retain as much credibility while refusing to let his academic mantle change his beautiful writing style from being anything but direct, forthright, and accessible. Whether his subject is war, race, politics, economic justice, or history itself, each of his works serves as a reminder that to embrace one's subjectivity can mean embracing one's humanity, that heart and mind can speak with one voice. Here, in six sections, is the historian's own choice of his shorter essays on some of the most critical problems facing America throughout its history, and today. [via]
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Adicto A La Guerra: Por QuT El EEUU No Puede Librarse Del Militarismo
by Joel Andreas

ISBN 190485902X (1-904859-02-X)
Softcover, A K Pr Distribution

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The first Spanish-language edition of the illustrated exposé of U.S. military policy, Addicted to War. Political comics at its best. Bitterly amusing, lively and richly informative. For people of all ages who want to understand the link between U.S. militarism, foreign policy and corporate greed at home and abroad.Michael Parenti
Addicted to War . . . shows that the current war dance by the Bush administration is just the latest in a long series of foreign adventures that cause more damage than reward for us as a country. This book is one of the best tools we could hope for in making a transition from the U.S. being an empire to being just one nation in a community of nations.Medea Benjamin and Kevin Danaher, co-founders of Global Exchange
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Autobiografia Mahatma Ghandi/ Mahatma Ghandi Auto Biography
by M Ghandi

ISBN 8489897492 (84-89897-49-2)
Softcover, Arkano Books

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Pocos personajes historicos despiertan un interes tan universal como el de este extraordinario caudillo de la paz, que fue el llamado Mahatma (Alma Grande) Gandhi, lider del movimiento nacionalista de la India y organizador de la resistencia civil contra la dominacion inglesa. [via]
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Diario / Diary
by Ana Frank

ISBN 8497593065 (84-9759-306-5)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori

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Anne Frank's diary is a modern classic, the living testimony of a Jewish girl caught in the nightmare horror of Hitler's Final Solution. Her extraordinary story can be read in over 50 languages, and millions of copies are in print in various editions throughout the world. [via]
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Diario De Ana Frank/Diary of Anne Frank
by Anne Frank

ISBN 9681500555 (968-15-0055-5)
Softcover, Editores Mexicanos Unidos-Mex

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Tras la invasion de Holanda, los Frank, comerciantes judios alemanes emigrados a Amsterdam en 1933, se ocultaron de la Gestapo en una buhardilla anexa al edificio donde el padre de Ana tenia sus oficinas. Estas ocho personas permanecieron recluidas desde junio de 1942 hasta agosto de 1944, fecha en que fueron detenidos y enviados a diversos campos de concentracion. En esta buhardilla y en las mas precarias condiciones, Ana, a la sazon una nina de trece anos, escribio un estremecedor Diario: un testimonio unico en su genero sobre el horror y la barbarie nazi, y sobre los sentimientos y experiencias de la propia Ana y de sus acompanantes. Ana murio en el campo de Bergen-Belsen en marzo de 1945. Su Diario nunca morira. [via]
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Estupidos Hombres Blancos / Stupid White Men
by Michael Moore

ISBN 8466612815 (84-666-1281-5)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano

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Returning to size up the new century, award-winning provocateur Michael Moore exposes the big, ugly special-interest group that's laying waste to the world: stupid white men. Whether he's calling for United Nations action to overthrow the Bush family junta, calling on African-Americans to place "whites only" signs over the entrances of unfriendly businesses, or praying that Jesse Helms will get kissed by a man, these commentaries are Mike's manifesto on malfeasance and mediocrity.
En una divertida sátira política, premiado provocador Michael Moore revela el gran grupo que están asolando del mundo: los estúpidos hombres blancos. Cómo el "presidente" Bush quién robó la elección contando sólo con la ayuda de su hermano, cómo los ricos siguen siendo ricos mientras nos obligan a que vivamos en un miedo permanente a los malos resultados económicos; y cómo los políticos se han aliado con el mundo de los grandes negocios. Este libro sirve como el manifesto de Mike sobre la mediocridad y mala conducta.
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Que le Hicieron a mi Pais, Man? / Dude, Where's My Country?
by Michael Moore

ISBN 8466616845 (84-666-1684-5)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano

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Intended to serve as a handbook for people with liberal opinions to take back their country from the conservative forces in power, this book skillfully makes use of Michael Moore's trademark brand of confrontational, exasperated humor to lambast the concocted threats and lies designed by the conservative right to stay rich and in control. On these pages no one is safe from Moore's sharp-tongued critiques: corporate barons who have bilked millions out of their employees' lifetime savings, legislators who have stripped away our civil liberties in the name of "homeland security," and even the ever-present right-wing brother-in-law who manages, year after year, through his babbling idiocy, to ruin Thanksgiving dinner.

Una sarcástica y despiadada cruzada, este libro tiene una clara misión: acabar de una vez por todas con el mandato de George W. Bush, el hombre que se coló en la Casa Blanca gracias a los compinches de su papá. Moore no deja títere con cabeza a invitar al lector a ponerse manos a la obra para tratar de salvar al mundo de uno de los hombres más poderosos y nocivos del planeta. Llena de su humor característica, nadie escape de sus críticas: ni los negociantes, ni los legisladores, ni el cuñado que maneja a arruinar cada cena de familia con sus opiniones idiotas e conservadoras.
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C'etait La Guerre Des Tranchees: 1914-1918
by Jacques Tardi

ISBN 2203359056 (2-203-35905-6)
Hardcover, Casterman

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Journal
by Anne Frank

ISBN 2253001279 (2-253-00127-9)
Softcover, Librairie Generale Francaise, LGF

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De juillet 1942 à août 1944, une petite fille juive partage le sort précaire de sept personnes contraintes de se cacher pour échapper à la gestapo. Tandis que les nazis ajoutent un chapitre capital et sanglant au "Bréviaire de la haine", elle note dans son journalier les menus faits et gestes de la communauté. Anne Frank tient la chronique d'une microsociété clandestine, sans rien abandonner de sa propre subjectivité. Malgré la réclusion, la peur, le monde extérieur en feu, elle reproduit fidèlement la gamme des sentiments que lui inspirent son âge et son coeur : tour à tour irritée, tendre, injuste, amoureuse. Comme si, se sentant menacée par l'imminence d'un destin tragique, elle voulait vivre en accéléré l'histoire de sa sensibilité. [via]
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Paroles
by Jacques Prevert

ISBN 2070367622 (2-07-036762-2)
Softcover, Flammarion et Cie

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Traces d'usages, légères pliures jaquette, qq peu défraîchi mais sinon bel ouvrage.Expédition rapide de votre commande avec protection soignée de vos articles.Professionnel de la vente à distance.Professional on e-business.Fast delivery of your order.Item very well packed(réf 19M) [via]
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Peace Signs: The Anti-War Movement Illustrated
by Jim Mann, Howard Zinn

ISBN 3283004870 (3-283-00487-0)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square

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Peace Signs is the ultimate collection of posters and graphics from the war in Iraquncensored, political, and thought-provoking. It includes over 200 full color posters from artists and designers from over 22 countries worldwide, featuring artwork by the prominent American poster artists Seth Tobocman, Shepard Fairey, Winston Smith, Chuck Sperry, Sue Coe, Ward Sutton, Nicole Schuman, and Mike Flugennock.
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Borgerlige Partisaner
by Leif Larsen

ISBN 8700000612 (87-00-00061-2)
Hardcover, Gyldendal

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Het Achterhuis: Dagboekbrieven 12 Juni 1942-1 Augustus 1944
by Anne Frank, Mirjam Pressler, Otto Frank

ISBN 9035125622 (90-351-2562-2)
Hardcover, B. Bakker

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Anne FrankTagebuch
by Anne Frank, Fassung Von Otto H. Frank

ISBN 3596113776 (3-596-11377-6)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc

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Dieses lebendige, Einblick gewährende Tagebuch ist seit seiner ersten Veröffentlichung 1947 ein geliebter Klassiker und ein passendes Denkmal für den begabten jüdischen Teenager, der 1945 im Konzentrationslager Bergen-Belsen ums Leben kam. 1929 geboren, bekam Anne Frank zu ihrem 13. Geburtstag ein neues, unbeschriebenes Tagebuch geschenkt, nur wenige Wochen bevor sie und ihre Familie im von den Nazis besetzten Amsterdam untertauchen mußten. Ihre wunderbar detaillierten persönlichen Eintragungen zeichnen 25 anstrengende Monate klaustrophobischer, streitgeladener Intimität mit ihren Eltern, ihrer Schwester, einer zweiten Familie und einem älteren Zahnarzt nach, der wenig Toleranz für Annes Lebhaftigkeit zeigt. Der universelle Reiz des Tagebuchs beruht auf seiner fesselnden Mischung aus den schmuddeligen Besonderheiten des Lebens im Krieg (karge, schlechte Mahlzeiten; schäbige Kleider, aus denen man längst herausgewachsen ist, die aber nicht ersetzt werden können; die ständige Angst, entdeckt zu werden) und der offenherzigen Auseinandersetzung über Gefühle, die jedem Heranwachsenden bekannt sind: "Jeder kritisiert mich, niemand erkennt meine wahre Natur, wann werde ich endlich geliebt?" Aber Anne Frank war kein gewöhnlicher Teenager: Die späteren Eintragungen verraten einen für eine kaum 15jährige bemerkenswerten Sinn für Mitgefühl und spirituelle Tiefe. Ihr Tod verkörpert den Wahnsinn des Holocaust, aber für die Millionen, die Anne durch ihr Tagebuch kennengelernt haben, ist er auch ein sehr persönlicher Verlust. --Wendy Smith [via]
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