 | A Hope in the Unseen : An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
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by Broadway
Hardcover
(18 May, 1998)
(99 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Ron Suskind won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1995 for his stories on Cedric Jennings, a talented black teenager struggling to succeed in one of the worst public high schools in Washington, D.C |
 | A Prayer for the City
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by Vintage
Paperback
(29 December, 1998)
(27 reviews)
Customer Review: A compelling examination of the plight of urban America: When Ed Rendell took office, he promised that he would work overtime to saving Philadelphia. |
 | A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle With a Deadly Industry
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by PublicAffairs
Paperback
(19 March, 2002)
(33 reviews)
Customer Review: A "Required Reading" for any Health Care Professional: I would recommend to all physicians and health-care professionals, the recently released book published by Dr. |
 | A World Transformed
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by Vintage
Paperback
(07 September, 1999)
(19 reviews) 
Customer Review: Surprisingly good and informative: I did not have high expectations for this book, given the dramatically uneven quality of most historical memoirs. |
 | Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
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by Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Paperback
(01 August, 2002)
(55 reviews)
Customer Review: Mr. President, Have you Read This Book?: Sure, I've heard about the disappearing rainforests and the many species of animals and plants becoming endangered or extinct, |
 | Afterwords: Stories and Reports from 9/11 and Beyond
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by Washington Square Press
Paperback
(03 September, 2002)
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 | All the Laws but One : Civil Liberties in Wartime
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by Vintage
Paperback
(04 January, 2000)
(12 reviews) 
Customer Review: A Timely Book, but not an Easy Read: "All the Laws but One" was published in 1998, but it somewhat anticipates the contentious post 9-11 question of how far the U.S |
 | All Things Censored
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by Seven Stories Press
Paperback
(10 May, 2001)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: Brilliant Writer, Mighty Suspicious Guy: Mumia Abu Jamal is undoubtedly correct with regard to his opinions about the American Judicial System, |
 | American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword
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by W. W. Norton & Company
Paperback
(01 April, 1997)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Some good stuff here, but basically a collection of articles: First chapter is quite good on the basics of American Exceptionalism as Lipset sees it. |
 | American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center
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by North Point Press
Hardcover
(24 October, 2002)
(39 reviews)
Customer Review: A story that has not been told: William Langewiesche is a superb writer. I had read one of the three articles on the Trade Towers he had written for the Atlantic Monthly and was stunned by the insight and honesty of what he had observed and been a part of while at ground zero. |
 | American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us
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by Free Press
Hardcover
(04 February, 2002)
(30 reviews)
Editorial Review: Some have said that the events of September 11 took every American by surprise. That's not true. There were Cassandras among us warning about the dangers of Islamic terrorism--and one of their leaders was Steven Emerson, |
 | American Rhapsody
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by Vintage
Paperback
(13 March, 2001)
(79 reviews)
Customer Review: An outraged wail over a breach of faith: Author/screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is a child of the 60's and 70's reared, by his own admission, |
 | An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror
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by Random House
Hardcover
(30 December, 2003)
(146 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Some observers see the global political landscape as a complex amalgam of divergent worldviews, shades of gray that usually move in harmony but sometimes collide with violent results. David Frum and Richard Perle, |
 | And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
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by Stonewall Inn Editions
Paperback
(09 April, 2000)
(43 reviews)
Customer Review: The truth about the AIDS epidemic.: What do we usually think of when the word AIDS is mentioned? What is the first impression we get of someone who talks about it? |
 | Anthrax a Deadly Shot in the Dark: Unmasking the Truth Behind a Hazardous Vaccin
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by Crystal Communications
Paperback
(01 April, 2002)
(1 reviews) 
Customer Review: Integrity: The shot our military truly needs: Thomas S. Heemstra (LTC,INANG,retired), did what he was trained to do...used his integrity to take care of those under his command. |
 | Apollo 13: Anniversary Edition
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by Houghton Mifflin
Hardcover
(11 April, 2000)
(33 reviews)
Customer Review: A Kluger-Lovell Masterpiece: I don't want to repeat all of the well-deserved accolades in the other reviews, but knowing how these kinds of co-authored books really are written, |
 | Author Unknown: Tales of a Literary Detective
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by Henry Holt & Company
Paperback
(01 September, 2001)
(34 reviews)
Customer Review: He's the guy to know!: I first became aware of Don Foster when I read JON BENET: INSIDE THE RAMSEY MURDER INVESTIGATION, the book written by one of the lead detectives on the infamous child beauty pageant queen. |
 | Balancing Act : Washington's Troubled Path to a Balanced Budget
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by Vintage
Paperback
(29 September, 1998)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: This thorough and enjoyable book reads like a good novel!: When assigned to read a book that covered the history of the budget deficit crisis for my Grad school class I was less than overwhelmed with excitement. |
 | Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth
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by Thomas Dunne Books
Hardcover
(25 May, 2003)
(138 reviews)
Editorial Review: Conservative talk show hosts and newspaper columnists have made an industry out of incessantly deriding the American left, citing liberals for everything from moral decay to bad economic policy to a soft approach on terrorism. |
 | Bin Laden, Islam, and America's New "War on Terrorism" (Open Media Series)
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by Seven Stories Press
Paperback
(05 March, 2002)
(15 reviews) 
Customer Review: Not balanced, but useful: While I would never call this a balanced book, it does have its virtues. First, given how we in America tend to only hear the Israeli side, |
 | Blinded by Might
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by Zondervan Publishing Company
Paperback
(01 August, 2000)
(25 reviews)
Customer Review: A true reflection of the sate of political nature!: Blinded By Might gives a poignant insight into the world of Church/State politics and what is presented is not the most uplifting view. |
 | Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
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by Metropolitan Books
Hardcover
(01 March, 2000)
(62 reviews)
Editorial Review: If the 20th century was the American century, the 21st century may be a time of reckoning for the United States. Chalmers Johnson, an authority on Japan and its economy, offers a troubling prognosis of what's to come. |
 | Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There [BARGAIN PRICE]
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by Simon & Schuster
Hardcover
(03 May, 2000)
(166 reviews)
Editorial Review: You've seen them: They sip double-tall, nonfat lattes, chat on cell phones, and listen to NPR while driving their immaculate SUVs to Pottery Barn to shop for $48 titanium spatulas. They tread down specialty cheese aisles in top-of-the-line hiking boots and think nothing of laying down $5 for an olive-wheatgrass muffin. |
 | Brotherhood
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by American Express Publishing
Hardcover
(01 December, 2001)
(29 reviews)
Customer Review: In tears: is the only way I can describe how I felt looking at the images in this beautiful book. God bless the men who made the ultimate sacrifice for others. |
 | Buddhism in America
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by Columbia University Press
Paperback
(15 November, 2000)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: Engaging and informative: This "road map to the American Buddhist landscape" succeeds in being both "engaging and informative," as the author intended. |
 | Bush Unplugged: The True Patriot's Guide to George W. Bush
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by True Patriots Pr
Paperback
(June, 2004)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Please get off the fence and read this book!!!!: Bush Unplugged is a concise but encyclopedic collection of wrongs that GW, his family and his ilk have perpetrated on the American people and the world. |
 | Cold New World : Growing Up in Harder Country (Modern Library (Paperback))
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by Modern Library
Paperback
(07 June, 1999)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: Our cold world: William Finnegan has written a truly American book, even though its characters are not quite representative of Americans at all. |
 | Collateral Language: A User's Guide to America's New War
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by New York University Press
Paperback
(01 November, 2002)
(4 reviews)
Customer Review: Good for thought: I actually had one of the editors of this (Glover) as a teacher for a sociology course I took, and he brought this book to our attention for the latter third of the semester. |
 | Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America's Addiction to Credit
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by Basic Books
Paperback
(24 December, 2001)
(18 reviews)
Customer Review: Mr Manning Should Be Honored By Congress: Robert Manning has provided a vital service to our nation...for many years I was caught in the credit vise, |
 | Democracy at Risk: Rescuing Main Street from Wall Street
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by Perseus Publishing
Hardcover
(16 May, 2000)
(3 reviews)
Editorial Review: "We've created a mean economy--a sumptuous heaven for some, an ungodly struggle for most, and a living hell for many," writes Jeff Gates in Democracy at Risk. The United States, he says, suffers from "affluenza." |
 | Empower the People : Overthrow The Conspiracy That Is Stealing Your Money And Freedo
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by Perennial Currents
Paperback
(02 June, 1999)
(12 reviews)
Customer Review: Great truths have finally been revealed by Mr Brown: The only way people can truly be free, not only in the USA but throughout the world is by enpowering them economically. |
 | Extreme Islam: Anti-American Propaganda of Muslim Fundamentalism
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by Last Gasp
Paperback
(January, 2002)
(14 reviews)
Customer Review: It's a better idea to be objective and not in a "haze.": The title of this book is somewhat misleading. Most of the "propaganda" is not propaganda at all but facts that document the absurd rulings and dictates of various factions of Islam such as the Taliban, |
 | For Common Things: Irony, Trust and Commitment in America Today
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by Vintage
Paperback
(12 September, 2000)
(79 reviews)
Customer Review: Yesterday's hero: Better watch out! Ole Jed Purdy (born '74) is on a mission against the excess of irony and lack of sincerity in our time. |
 | FOR YOUR OWN GOOD : THE ANTI SMOKING CRUSADE AND THE TYRANNY OF PUBLIC HEALTH
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by Free Press
Hardcover
(01 April, 1998)
(16 reviews)
Editorial Review: In this controversial book, Jacob Sullum demolishes the leading claims of the antismoking movement; their assertions have been advanced, he says, because the movement's principalswould like the government to take control of the tobacco industry. |
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