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1968-McCarthy-New Hampshire: I Hear America Singingby David Charles HoehISBN 188347700X (1-883477-00-X)
Softcover, Lone Oak Pr
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American Democracy in Peril: Seven Challenges to America's Futureby William E. HudsonISBN 1889119369 (1-889119-36-9)
Softcover, Cq Pr
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The Analectsby Confucius, David HintonISBN 1887178635 (1-887178-63-5)
Hardcover, Counterpoint
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Anti-Americanismby Jean-Francois Revel, Diarmid CammellISBN 1893554856 (1-893554-85-6)
Hardcover, Encounter Books
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Big John Forrest 1847-1918: A Founding Father of the Commonwealth of Australiaby F. K. CrowleyISBN 1876268441 (1-876268-44-1)
Hardcover, Intl Specialized Book Service Inc
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Book of Who: An Onomasticon of People And Characters Real And Imaginaryby Rodney DaleISBN 1904919227 (1-904919-22-7)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Buffalo City Hall: Americanesque Masterpieceby John H. ConlinISBN 1879201143 (1-879201-14-3)
Softcover, Western New York Wares Inc
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Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Speciesby Laura FlandersISBN 1859845878 (1-85984-587-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Powerby Nicholas D. KristofISBN 1857881583 (1-85788-158-3)
Softcover, Nicholas Brealey Intl
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The Chomsky Trilogy: Secrets, Lies and Democracy/the Prosperous Few and the Restless Many/What Uncle Sam Really Wantsby Noam ChomskyISBN 1878825070 (1-878825-07-0)
Softcover, Odonian Pr
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In these fact-filled, illusion-shattering masterpieces, the man the "New York Times" called "arguably the most important intellectual alive," explains why "what the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.' Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it."
Normally somewhat difficult to read, Chomsky is at his most accessible in his speeches and interviews, and that's what these books are compiled from. Here are some examples of what he has to tell you:
In 1970, about 90% of international capital was used for trade and long-term investment-more or less productive things--and 10% reserved for speculation. By 1990, those figures were reversed.
Haiti, a starving island, is exporting food to the U.S.--about 35 times as much under Clinton as under Bush.
The gap between how much income is held by the richest and poorest 20? has increased dramatically over the past 30 years--about double for rich vs. poor countries and far more for rich vs. poor people. [via]
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Conspiracy to Murder: The Rwanda Genocideby Linda MelvernISBN 1859845886 (1-85984-588-6)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Court Societyby Norbert Elias, Stephen Mennell, Edmund JephcottISBN 1904558402 (1-904558-40-2)
Hardcover, Univ College Dublin Pr
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The Culture of Make Believeby Derrick JensenISBN 1893956288 (1-893956-28-8)
Softcover, Context Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Culture of Make Believe'Book summary:In the Culture of Make Believe, Derrick Jensen sets the bar as high as possible, examining the atrocities that characterize so much of our culture-from lynchings in early 20th-century America, modern slavery and corporate misdeeds to manufacturing disasters, death squads in developing nations and the destruction of the natural world.
Interweaving political, historical, philosophical and deeply personal perspectives, Jensen argues that only by understanding past horrors can we hope to prevent future ones. Impeccably researched, The Culture of Make Believe arrives at some shocking and thought-provoking conclusions. As readers of A Language Older than Words can attest, Jensen is a public intellectual of rare abilities. [via]
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Dead Soulsby Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, Nikolai Vasilevich GogolISBN 1857152808 (1-85715-280-8)
Hardcover, Everyman's Library
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Delta Greenby John Tynes, Dennis Detwiller, Adam Scott GlancyISBN 1887797084 (1-887797-08-4)
Softcover, Tynes Cowan Corp
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Discipling the Nations: The Government upon His Shoulderby Dennis WoodsISBN 1880692252 (1-880692-25-2)
Softcover, Legacy Communications
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A Distant Soil 4: Codaby Colleen DoranISBN 1887279512 (1-887279-51-2)
Softcover, Image Comics
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The Dream and the Nightmare: The Sixties' Legacy to the Underclassby Myron MagnetISBN 1893554023 (1-893554-02-3)
Softcover, Encounter Books
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Texas Governor George W. Bushs presidential campaign has highlighted the continuing importance of The Dream and the Nightmare. Bush read the book before his first campaign for governor in 1994, and, when he finally met Magnet in 1998, he acknowledged his debt to this work. Karl Rove, Bushs principal political adviser, cites it as a road map to the governors philosophy of compassionate conservatism.More editions of The Dream and the Nightmare: The Sixties' Legacy to the Underclass:
East Timor: Genocide in Paradiseby Matthew Jardine, Noam ChomskyISBN 1878825224 (1-878825-22-4)
Softcover, Pluto Press
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This book tells the story of East Timor's heroic struggle against impossible odds and explains why you so seldom hear about it in the western media.
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Famineby Liam O'FlahertyISBN 1903582202 (1-903582-20-2)
Softcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc
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The First Ladies of the United States of Americaby Allida M. Black, Margaret KlapthorISBN 185759410X (1-85759-410-X)
Softcover, Scala Books
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First Lady of the Senate: A Life of Margaret Chase Smithby Alberta Gould, Jane WeinbergerISBN 1883650275 (1-883650-27-5)
Softcover, Windswept House
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A Game of Thronesby George R. R. Martin'SISBN 1892065290 (1-892065-29-0)
Hardcover, Meisha Merlin Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Game of Thrones'Book summary:Readers of epic fantasy series are: (1) patient--they are left in suspense between each volume, (2) persistent--they reread or at least review the previous book(s) when a new installment comes out, (3) strong--these 700-page doorstoppers are heavy, and (4) mentally agile--they follow a host of characters through a myriad of subplots. In A Game of Thrones, the first book of a projected six, George R.R. Martin rewards readers with a vividly real world, well-drawn characters, complex but coherent plotting, and beautifully constructed prose, which Locus called "well above the norms of the genre."
Martin's Seven Kingdoms resemble England during the Wars of the Roses, with the Stark and Lannister families standing in for the Yorks and Lancasters. The story of these two families and their struggle to control the Iron Throne dominates the foreground; in the background is a huge, ancient wall marking the northern border, beyond which barbarians, ice vampires, and direwolves menace the south as years-long winter advances. Abroad, a dragon princess lives among horse nomads and dreams of fiery reconquest.
There is much bloodshed, cruelty, and death, but A Game of Thrones is nevertheless compelling; it garnered a Nebula nomination and won the 1996 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. So, on to A Clash of Kings! --Nona Vero [via]
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Get Your War onby David Rees, Colson WhiteheadISBN 188712876X (1-887128-76-X)
Softcover, Soft Skull Pr
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Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Workingby Jonathan RauchISBN 1891620495 (1-891620-49-5)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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Grassroots Tyranny: The Limits of Federalismby Clint BolickISBN 1882577000 (1-882577-00-0)
Softcover, Cato Institute
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Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956ISBN 186046632X (1-86046-632-X)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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**Time Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of the 20th Century**
In this masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn has orchestrated thousands of incidents and individual histories into one narrative of unflagging power and momentum. Written in a tone that encompasses Olympian wrath, bitter calm, savage irony, and sheer comedy, it combines history, autobiography, documentary, and political analysis as it examines in its totality the Soviet apparatus of repression from its inception following the October Revolution of 1917.
This second volume in Solzhenitsyn's narrative chronicles the appalling inhumanity of the Soviets' ''destructive-labor camps'' and the fate of prisoners in them--felling timber, building canals and railroads, and mining gold without equipment or adequate food and clothing, and subject always to the caprices of the camp authorities. Most tragic of all is the life of the women prisoners and the luckless children they bear.
Once again, this chronicle of appalling inhumanity is made endurable by the vitality and emotional range of the writing. In one truly remarkable chapter, a parody of an anthropological treatise, Solzhenitsyn achieves new heights of sardonic wit. In the final section the music changes, and he provides a magnificent coda on the possibilities of redemption and purification through suffering. [via]More editions of Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956:
Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftISBN 1890517011 (1-890517-01-1)
Hardcover, Core Knowledge Foundation
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Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism/Includes Afterword and Annotated Bibliographyby Suzanne PharrISBN 1890759015 (1-890759-01-5)
Softcover, Womens Project
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How to Label a Goat: The Silly Rules and Regulations That Are Strangling Britainby Ross ClarkISBN 1897597959 (1-897597-95-9)
Hardcover, Harriman House Pub
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Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflictby Norman G. FinkelsteinISBN 1859844421 (1-85984-442-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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First published in 1995, this polemical study challenges generally accepted truths of the Israel-Palestine conflict as well as much of the revisionist literature. This new edition critically re-examines dominant popular and scholarly images in the light of the current failures of the peace process. [via]More editions of Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict:
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Immigration: Questions & Answersby Carl R. BaldwinISBN 1880559323 (1-880559-32-3)
Softcover, Watson-Guptill Pubns
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Incoherent Empireby Michael MannISBN 1859845827 (1-85984-582-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Introducing Machiavelliby Patrick Curry, Oscar Zarate, Richard AppignanesiISBN 1874166285 (1-874166-28-5)
Softcover, Natl Book Network
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The Invention of the White Race: The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-Americaby Theodore W. AllenISBN 1859840760 (1-85984-076-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Isolationism in America 1935-1941by Manfred JonasISBN 1879176017 (1-879176-01-7)
Softcover, Imprint Pubns
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James Madison: Writingsby James Madison, Jack N. RakoveISBN 1883011663 (1-883011-66-3)
Hardcover, Library of America
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Julius Caesarby David DanielISBN 1904271049 (1-904271-04-9)
Hardcover, Arden Shakespeare
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The Lanahan Readings in the American Polityby Everett C. Ladd, Ann Gostyn SerowISBN 1930398034 (1-930398-03-4)
Softcover, Lanahan Pub Inc
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Latin America : From Colonization to Globalizationby Noam ChomskyISBN 1876175133 (1-876175-13-3)
Softcover, Pluto Press
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Leading Change Toward Sustainability: A Change-Management Guide for Business, Government and Civil Societyby Bob DoppeltISBN 1874719640 (1-874719-64-0)
Softcover, Greenleaf Pubns
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Lenihan: His Life and Loyaltiesby James DowneyISBN 1874597979 (1-874597-97-9)
Softcover, New Island Books
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Losing the New China: A Story of American Commerce, Desire and Betrayalby Ethan GutmannISBN 189355483X (1-893554-83-X)
Hardcover, Encounter Books
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Mayor Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigmaby Paul GrondahlISBN 1881324028 (1-881324-02-8)
Hardcover, Washington Park Pr
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The New Intifada: Resisting Israel's Apartheidby Roane Carey, Noam ChomskyISBN 1859843778 (1-85984-377-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Frustrated by the failure of the peace process to end the Israeli occupation, and outraged by Ariel Sharon's invasion, with one thousand armed guards, of the Al-Aqsa holy site in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian population of Israel and the Occupied Territories rose up in September 2000. A new intifada has raged ever since.
In these pages, a group of writers and analysts, many of them directly involved in the conflict, trace the origins of the uprising, its consequences for the Palestinian people and the Israeli state, and its likely impact on the future of peace in the Middle East. They discuss the role of the United States in the conflict, pick apart the fraudulence of the Oslo accords, examine the brutal response of the Barak and Sharon governments, and critically appraise the strategy of the Palestinian leadership. In addition, several contributors provide eloquent first-hand reports from the front-line of the intifadafrom the streets of Jerusalem and Gaza, to refugee camps in Lebanon and schools on the West Bank. Photographs provide searing testimony to the heroism and costs of the resistance. Maps illustrate the stranglehold Israel continues to exert over the Palestinian territories. The case for an international grassroots movement in support of Palestinian rights is made with urgency and persuasive clarity.
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The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflictby James BelichISBN 1869400127 (1-86940-012-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The No-Nonsense Guide to Class, Caste and Hierarchiesby Jeremy SeabrookISBN 1859844650 (1-85984-465-0)
Softcover, Verso Books
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The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracyby Richard SwiftISBN 1859844707 (1-85984-470-7)
Softcover, Verso Books
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The No-Nonsense Guide to Indigenous Peoplesby Lotte HughesISBN 1859844383 (1-85984-438-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Not for Sale : Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornographyby Christine Stark, Rebecca WhisnantISBN 1876756497 (1-876756-49-7)
Softcover, Spinifex Press
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A People Betrayed: The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocideby Linda MelvernISBN 185649831X (1-85649-831-X)
Softcover, Zed Books
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People, Potholes, and City Politicsby Karen HerlandISBN 1895431522 (1-895431-52-2)
Softcover, Black Rose Books
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Political Arrangementsby Henri Lustiger-ThalerISBN 1895431549 (1-895431-54-9)
Softcover, Black Rose Books Ltd
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Politico's Guide to Careers in Politics and Governmentby Sally GillmanISBN 1902301307 (1-902301-30-7)
Softcover, Politicos Pub
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Politics in Europe: An Introduction to the Politics of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Russia, and the European Unionby Stephen White, Raphael Zariski, M. Donald Hancock, B. Guy Peters, William Safran, David P. ConradtISBN 1889119342 (1-889119-34-2)
Softcover, Cq Pr
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Post-Scarcity Anarchismby Murray BookchinISBN 1904859062 (1-904859-06-2)
Softcover, A K Pr Distribution
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President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetimeby Lou CannonISBN 1891620916 (1-891620-91-6)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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› Find signed collectible books: 'President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime'Book summary:This is possibly the single best book available on the Reagan presidency. Lou Cannon began reporting on Ronald Reagan as a journalist when Reagan first ran for governor of California in 1966, and then covered him again in Washington after his 1980 presidential election. In short, there is probably no man or woman who has spent more years writing about the Gipper than Cannon. The result is a magisterial account of Reagan's two terms in the White House. Cannon is broadly sympathetic to his subject, but also coolly detached. President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime pulled off the remarkable feat of winning praise from both Reagan's admirers and detractors when it was first published in 1991. This reissued edition, which includes a new preface describing Reagan's postpresidential descent into the abyss of Alzheimer's disease, must now be considered the standard text on the subject--especially in light of the controversy surrounding the book that aspired to Cannon's mantle, Edmund Morris's quasi biography Dutch.
Cannon's book is full of wise analysis and sound observation. He explains Reagan's success convincingly: "Optimism was not a trivial or peripheral quality. It was the essential ingredient of an approach to life.... [Reagan] had a knack of converting others to his optimism, almost as if he drew upon some private reservoir of self-esteem. People who listened to Reagan tended to feel good about him and better about themselves." Though the book bursts with detail, it's never so cumbersome that it bogs down Cannon's narrative. And these pages give only cursory attention to Reagan's life before the White House; this is more a biography of President Reagan than of Ronald Reagan. Conservatives who are defensive about Reagan's legacy may bristle at certain points; Cannon's portrait is not always a flattering one. Yet it's a compelling biography of a compelling man's most important years. It's possible to imagine that a fuller biography of Reagan will be written some day. Right now, however, this is the best there is--and it's very, very good. --John J. Miller [via]
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Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalismby Max WeberISBN 1891487434 (1-891487-43-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism'Book summary:A new translation of Max Webers classic The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism--one of the most enduring and influential books in sociology--is now available from Roxbury.
Translator Stephen Kalberg is an internationally acclaimed Weberian scholar. In this Third Roxbury Edition, Kalberg offers a precise and nuanced rendering of The Protestant Ethic that captures Webers style as well as the unusual subtlety of his descriptions and causal arguments. Kalbergs standardization of Webers terminology facilitates understanding of the various twists and turns in his complex lines of reasoning. Webers original italicization, highlighting major themes, has been restored. A glossary of major terms and numerous clarifying endnotes have been added; foreign terms have been translated; bracketed insertions in the text identify obscure names. In short, the Protestant Ethic thesis is presented in a clear and highly readable manner.
There are three compelling reasons for students to read this classic:
It explores the continuing debate regarding the origins and legacy of modern capitalism in the West.
It helps the reader better understand economic development today around the world, especially in Russia, Eastern Europe, Asia, and South America.
It plumbs the deep cultural forces that affect contemporary work life and the workplace in the United States and Europe.In his introduction, Kalberg offers a sketch of Webers life and his major concerns, examines the intellectual context at the time The Protestant Ethic was written, and summarizes major aspects of Webers complex analysis. Kalberg also discusses this classical study in the context of Webers other writings. Finally, Kalberg investigates the contribution of The Protestant Ethic for understanding the role played by cultural forces in modern economic development.
The new translation includes Webers 1906 essay "The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism." Written after his extensive travels in the United States in 1904, Weber comments here on the diverse ways in which the legacies of early American Protestantism remain influential. Also contained in this edition are Webers masterful prefatory remarks to his Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion, in which he defines the uniqueness of Western societies and asks what "ideas and interests" combined to call forth modern Western rationalism.
For students, The Protestant Ethic is a starting point toward understanding the multiple dimensions of social change. The continuing debates about the main elements of modern life, economic cultures and business ethics, our "common sense" economic determinism and "rational choices," the future of modern capitalism, the relationship between cultural forces and social structures, and the tension between science and religion are very much part of the Weberian project. Small wonder, then, that The Protestant Ethic continues to be one of the most frequently assigned readings in sociology.
Translator Stephen Kalberg is the author of Max Webers Comparative-Historical Sociology (1994), Max Webers Sociology of Civilizations, and numerous articles on Weber. He is the editor of Max Weber: The Confrontation with Modernity (2003l). He teaches at Boston University, where he is Associate Professor of Sociology. He is also co-chair of the German Study Group at Harvard University's Center for European Studies. [via]
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Public Records Online: The National Guide to Private & Government Online Sources of Public Recordsby Peter J. Weber, Michael L. SankeyISBN 1889150428 (1-889150-42-8)
Softcover, Natl Book Network
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Public Records Online: The National Guide to Private and Government Online Sources of Public Recordsby Carl R Ernst, Michael L. SankeyISBN 1889150029 (1-889150-02-9)
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Quest for Justice: Towards Homosexual Emancipationby Anthony GreyISBN 1856191559 (1-85619-155-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle With a Deadly Industryby David KesslerISBN 1891620800 (1-891620-80-0)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhoodby Kim AndersonISBN 1894549120 (1-894549-12-0)
Softcover, Sumach Pr
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The Right to Be Lazyby Paul Lafargue, Len BrackenISBN 1892355035 (1-892355-03-5)
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The Roots of American Orderby Russell KirkISBN 1882926994 (1-882926-99-4)
Softcover, Isi Books
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Secrets, Lies, and Democracyby Noam Chomsky, David BarsamianISBN 1878825046 (1-878825-04-6)
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Sleaze: The Corruption of Parliamentby David Leigh, Ed VulliamyISBN 1857026942 (1-85702-694-2)
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The Starr Evidence: The Complete Text of the Grand Jury Testimony of President Clinton and Monica Lewinskyby Monica Lewinsky, United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit) Division, Washington Post, Bill Clinton, Kenneth StarrISBN 1891620258 (1-891620-25-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Starr Evidence: The Complete Text of the Grand Jury Testimony of President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky'Book summary:There has never been a document like Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starrs explosive report to Congress. Now, for the first time, here is the essential evidence behind Starrs report. Included is previously secret testimony by President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, as well as supporting documents assembled by Starr to prove his case, with private e-mails, the FBIs test report on Lewinskys dress, and a previously undisclosed Lewinsky diary. Also included is analysis and reporting by the Pulitzer Prizewinning staff of the Washington Post. The Starr Report was the Independent Counsels attempt to explain what happened. Now the participants in the scandal finally tell their own story, in their own words. [via]
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The Starr Report: The Findings of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr on President Clinton and the Lewinsky Affair With Analysis by the Staff of the Washington Postby Kenneth StarrISBN 189162024X (1-891620-24-X)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Starr Report: The Findings of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr on President Clinton and the Lewinsky Affair With Analysis by the Staff of the Washington Post'Book summary:Here it is--the result of four years of investigative research, at an approximate cost of $40 million. Back in 1994, Kenneth Starr was appointed to investigate a series of investments made by Bill and Hillary Clinton; the Whitewater allegations never bore fruit, but then somebody whispered stories about the president and an intern named Monica Lewinsky into Starr's ear. He and his team of prosecutors sniffed around, and this is what they've come up with: "According to Ms. Lewinsky, she and the President had ten sexual encounters, eight while she worked at the White House and two thereafter." The details are bathetic in their precision: "during many of their sexual encounters," Starr notes, "the President stood leaning against the doorway of the bathroom across from the study, which, he told Ms. Lewinsky, eased his sore back." And yes, as far as we know, that was the president's semen on Monica's navy dress.
Whether or not it's the government's job to produce hackneyed narratives about young women who find themselves falling in love with powerful men is for voters to decide, but this story would be rejected outright by readers of Harold Robbins or Jackie Susann were it not for the newsworthy elements. Of course, there's also the second half of the report, in which Starr explains how Clinton's attempts to prevent his relationship with Lewinsky from becoming public knowledge constitute grounds for his impeachment. That's the part of the document that matters most from a political perspective ... but it's doubtful that it'll be the part that lingers in historical memory. (Note: You can also read the Starr report in electronic form for free at a number of locations on the Web, including the Library of Congress site and the commercial sites AOL.com, Netscape Netcenter, and Yahoo!) [via]
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The Strawberry Statement: Notes of a College Revolutionaryby James KunenISBN 1881089525 (1-881089-52-5)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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A Student's Guide to Political Philosophyby Harvey C. MansfieldISBN 1882926439 (1-882926-43-9)
Softcover, Isi Books
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Terrible Beauty: A Life of Constance Markievicz, 1868-1927by Diana NormanISBN 1853710075 (1-85371-007-5)
Softcover, Irish Books & Media
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Terror on the Internet: The New Arena, the New Challengesby Gabriel WeimannISBN 1929223714 (1-929223-71-4)
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That's Very Canadian!: An Exceptionally Interesting Report About All Things Canadian, By Rachelby Vivien Bowers, Dianne EastmanISBN 1897066058 (1-897066-05-8)
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Thomas Paine: Collected Writings Common Sense, the Crisis, and Other Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters Rights of Man The Age of Reasonby Thomas Paine, Eric FonerISBN 1883011035 (1-883011-03-5)
Hardcover, Library of America
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Tough on Kids: Rethinking Approaches to Youth Justiceby Ross Gordon, Kearney F. HealyISBN 1895830222 (1-895830-22-2)
Softcover, Purich Pub
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, David DaniellISBN 1903436214 (1-903436-21-4)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most political plays, Julius Caesar continued Shakespeare's interest in Roman history, first developed in Titus Andronicus. Drawing on Plutarch, the great historian of Rome, Shakespeare dramatises one of the most crucial moments in Roman history--the assassination of Julius Caesar. Loved by the Roman crowd but increasingly feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. Antony joins forces with Caesar's son Octavius to defeat Cassius and Brutus in battle, and establish an uneasy alliance whose collapse is dramatised in Shakespeare's later play Antony and Cleopatra. Written at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Julius Caesar has been seen by many as a radically pro-Republican play which sailed close to the political wind of the time. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Tudor Courtby D. M. LoadesISBN 1873041381 (1-873041-38-1)
Hardcover, Headstart History
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Unintended Consequencesby John RossISBN 1888118040 (1-888118-04-0)
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Voltaire: Candideby Haydn Trevor MasonISBN 1853993697 (1-85399-369-7)
Softcover, Intl Pub Marketing Inc
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Waging Modern Warby Wesley K. ClarkISBN 1903985552 (1-903985-55-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Waging Modern War'Book summary:General Wesley K Clark was Supreme Allied Commander of NATO forces in Europe between 1997 and 2000, and in Waging Modern War he recounts how he masterminded "Operation Allied Force", the ultimately successful war against Serbia in Kosovo throughout the early months of 1999. However, this is no simple-minded military memoir. As a West Point graduate and Rhodes Scholar, Clark was regarded as both an intellectual and a hawk, a difficult position that led to a series of awkward political encounters throughout the military campaign. One of the most absorbing dimensions of the book is Clark's description of how he
...was torn between the guidance and perspective I gained from NATO, heavily influenced by the Department of State, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Downing Street, and the White House, and what I would hear in my US military chain reporting to the Pentagon.
As Clark increasingly pushed for a land invasion, US political interference ensured that the completion of the operation became even more difficult. Clark's clashes with both Slobodan Milosevic and US Secretary of Defence William Cohen are both fascinating insights into contemporary realpolitik, while President Clinton remains a remarkably shadowy, ambivalent figure on the political margins of Clarke's book.Waging Modern War is also an ambitious statement on the changing nature of warfare. Clark argues that Kosovo represented "modern war--limited, carefully constrained in geography, scope, weaponry and effects. Every measure of escalation was excruciatingly weighed". This is a timely reassessment of the political and military shape of the world in the aftermath of the Cold War by someone operating at its very heart. Clark emerges as a quiet but determined and ferociously competitive figure, who has written a formidably detailed account of Europe's first, and hopefully last "modern war". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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When Corporations Rule the Worldby David C. KortenISBN 1887208046 (1-887208-04-6)
Softcover, Ingram Pub Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'When Corporations Rule the World'Book summary:Squarely addressing the controverial issue of modern corporate power, this book explains how economic globalization has concentrated the power to govern in global corporations and financial markets, detaching them from the human interest. Korten presents a policy for restoring democracy and rooting power in people and communities. "A must-read".--Archibishop Desmond Tutu.[via]More editions of When Corporations Rule the World:
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Whiteout: The Cia, Drugs and the Pressby Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. ClairISBN 1859841392 (1-85984-139-2)
Softcover, Verso Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Out : The CIA, Drugs and the Press'Book summary:Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair take the revelations of the links between the Central Intelligence Agency, the Nicaraguan Contras, and the Los Angeles crack market that journalist Gary Webb exposed in 1996--revelations that are the basis of Webb's book Dark Alliance--and use them as a springboard for a tale of the U.S. government's involvement with the illegal drug trade that extends much further back than Webb's tale.
The specific revelations are not, perhaps, entirely new; many know, for example, that even before there was a CIA, the WWII-era Office of Strategic Services enlisted the aid of gangster "Lucky" Luciano in arranging support among the Sicilian Mafia for the American invasion of Italy, or that the CIA was actively involved in the Southeast Asian opium trade during the Vietnam War. But Cockburn and St. Clair persuasively argue that the traditional explanation for such events--"rogue elements"--is deliberately misleading, and that the mainstream "liberal" press plays an active role in this obfuscation (noting, for example, that Webb's three biggest attackers were the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post). By providing an overarching narrative rather than treating these incidents as isolated, the authors present a damning indictment of the CIA--but one that fully admits that the agency was not acting on its own, but was merely fulfilling the mandates of the American government. --Ron Hogan [via]
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Who's Running This Country: Government in Australiaby John NicholsonISBN 1864485884 (1-86448-588-4)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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Why We Must Abolish the Income Tax and the IRS: A Special Report on the National Sales Taxby Nelson HultbergISBN 1891191489 (1-891191-48-9)
Hardcover, AFR Publications
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Writingsby George Washington, John H. RhodehamelISBN 188301123X (1-883011-23-X)
Hardcover, Library of America
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writings'Book summary:Bringing together 450 letters, orders, addresses, and other significant historical documents penned by America's first president during the course of his life, a substantial anthology is arranged chronologically beginning with a journal written at age sixteen. [via]
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