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What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception

With unprecedented candor, one of George W. Bush’s closest aides takes readers behind the scenes of the Bush presidency, and what exactly happened to take it off course. Scott McClellan was one of a few Bush loyalists from Texas who … Continue reading

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Wiser in Battle: A Soldier’s Story

Amid all of the criticisms of America’s war in Iraq, one essential voice has remained silent – until now. In his groundbreaking new memoir, “Wiser in Battle”, Lieutenant General Ricardo S. Sanchez, former commander of coalition forces in Iraq, reports … Continue reading

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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America

Thomas L. Friedman’s no. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy—both … Continue reading

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Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism

Democracy is struggling in America–by now this statement is almost cliché. But what if the country is no longer a democracy at all? In Democracy Incorporated, Sheldon Wolin considers the unthinkable: has America unwittingly morphed into a new and strange … Continue reading

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The Post-American World

“Zakaria . . . may have more intellectual range and insights than any other public thinker in the West.” —Boston Sunday Globe “This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else.” … Continue reading

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The Return of History and the End of Dreams

Hopes for a new peaceful international order after the end of the Cold War have been dashed by sobering realities: Great powers are once again competing for honor and influence. Nation-states remain as strong as ever, as do the old, … Continue reading

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Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence

A surprising, irreverent, and scrupulously reported deconstruction of today’s fashions in energy policy. Everybody is talking about “energy independence.” But is it really achievable? Is it actually even desirable? In this controversial, meticulously researched book, Robert Bryce exposes the false … Continue reading

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The Age of American Unreason

Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon–one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. With mordant wit, she surveys an anti-rationalist landscape extending … Continue reading

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Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis

An updated and revised look at the truth behind America’s housing and mortgage bubbles In the summer of 2007, the subprime empire that Wall Street had built all came crashing down. On average, fifty lenders a month were going bust-and … Continue reading

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The World Without Us

A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity’s impact on the planet:he asks us to envision our Earth, without us.In this far-reaching narrative, Weisman … Continue reading

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