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The Immobile Empire
Written by Alain Peyrefitte
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.00
In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see... Read more >
Written by Alain Peyrefitte
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.00
In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see... Read more >
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The Immobile Empire
Written by Alain Peyrefitte
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.99
In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see... Read more >
Written by Alain Peyrefitte
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.99
In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Stuffed and Starved
The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Written by Raj Patel
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $19.95
Revised and Expanded Edition
"For anyone attempting to make sense of the world food crisis, or understand the links between U.S. farm policy and the ability of the world's poor to feed themselves, Stuffed and Starved is indispensable."
—Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma
It’s a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving... Read more >
The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Written by Raj Patel
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $19.95
Revised and Expanded Edition
"For anyone attempting to make sense of the world food crisis, or understand the links between U.S. farm policy and the ability of the world's poor to feed themselves, Stuffed and Starved is indispensable."
—Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma
It’s a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Stuffed and Starved
The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Written by Raj Patel
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $19.95
Completely updated and revised edition of one of the most widely-praised food books of recent years.
It’s a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before, while there are also more people who are overweight.
To find out how we got to... Read more >
The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Written by Raj Patel
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $19.95
Completely updated and revised edition of one of the most widely-praised food books of recent years.
It’s a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before, while there are also more people who are overweight.
To find out how we got to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
10 Reasons to Abolish the IMF & World Bank
Written by Kevin Danaher
Foreword by Anuradha Mittal
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $8.95
A veritable "Globalization for Dummies," 10 Reasons to Abolish the IMF & World Banklays bare the most common myths of globalization in a clear and understandable way. Looking with hope to grassroots movement-building on a global scale, Danaher presents ten arguments for abolishing the IMF and World Bank and replacing them... Read more >
Written by Kevin Danaher
Foreword by Anuradha Mittal
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $8.95
A veritable "Globalization for Dummies," 10 Reasons to Abolish the IMF & World Banklays bare the most common myths of globalization in a clear and understandable way. Looking with hope to grassroots movement-building on a global scale, Danaher presents ten arguments for abolishing the IMF and World Bank and replacing them... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback and a
trade paperback.
Columbus and Other Cannibals
The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism
Written by Jack D. Forbes
Foreword by Derrick Jensen
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $14.95
Celebrated American Indian thinker Jack D. Forbes’s Columbus and Other Cannibals was one of the founding texts of the anticivilization movement when it was first published in 1978. His history of terrorism, genocide, and ecocide told from a Native American point of view has inspired America’s most influential activists for decades... Read more >
The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism
Written by Jack D. Forbes
Foreword by Derrick Jensen
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $14.95
Celebrated American Indian thinker Jack D. Forbes’s Columbus and Other Cannibals was one of the founding texts of the anticivilization movement when it was first published in 1978. His history of terrorism, genocide, and ecocide told from a Native American point of view has inspired America’s most influential activists for decades... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Masters of War
Latin America and U.S. Agression From the Cuban Revolution Through the Clinton Years
Written by Clara Nieto
Translated by Chris Brandt
Foreword by Howard Zinn
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $24.95
In Masters of War, Clara Nieto adeptly presents the parallel histories of the countries of Latin America, histories that are intertwined, each reflecting the United States’ "coherent policy of intervention" set into motion by the Monroe Doctrine. As the value of this continued policy comes increasingly into question, Nieto argues for... Read more >
Latin America and U.S. Agression From the Cuban Revolution Through the Clinton Years
Written by Clara Nieto
Translated by Chris Brandt
Foreword by Howard Zinn
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $24.95
In Masters of War, Clara Nieto adeptly presents the parallel histories of the countries of Latin America, histories that are intertwined, each reflecting the United States’ "coherent policy of intervention" set into motion by the Monroe Doctrine. As the value of this continued policy comes increasingly into question, Nieto argues for... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Resurrecting Empire
Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2010
Price: $17.00
Begun as the United States moved its armed forces into Iraq, Rashid Khalidi's powerful and thoughtful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the region and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent Middle East incursions. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the political and cultural history of... Read more >
Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2010
Price: $17.00
Begun as the United States moved its armed forces into Iraq, Rashid Khalidi's powerful and thoughtful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the region and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent Middle East incursions. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the political and cultural history of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Sowing Crisis
The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: Trade Paperback, 328 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2010
Price: $17.00
Acclaimed historian and political commentator Rashid Khalidi presents the compelling case that U.S. and Soviet intervention in the Middle East not only exacerbated civil wars and provoked the breakdown of fragile democracies, but continues to this day to shape global conflict in the region. Examining the strategic interplay of cold war... Read more >
The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: Trade Paperback, 328 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2010
Price: $17.00
Acclaimed historian and political commentator Rashid Khalidi presents the compelling case that U.S. and Soviet intervention in the Middle East not only exacerbated civil wars and provoked the breakdown of fragile democracies, but continues to this day to shape global conflict in the region. Examining the strategic interplay of cold war... Read more >
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Sowing Crisis
The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2009
Price: $25.95
During the 45 years of the Cold War, policymakers from the United States and the Soviet Union vied for primacy in the Middle East. Their motives, long held by historians to have had an ideological thrust, were, in fact, to gain control over access to oil and claim geographic and strategic... Read more >
The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2009
Price: $25.95
During the 45 years of the Cold War, policymakers from the United States and the Soviet Union vied for primacy in the Middle East. Their motives, long held by historians to have had an ideological thrust, were, in fact, to gain control over access to oil and claim geographic and strategic... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Sowing Crisis
The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 1, 2009
Price: $17.00
Acclaimed historian and political commentator Rashid Khalidi presents the compelling case that U.S. and Soviet intervention in the Middle East not only exacerbated civil wars and provoked the breakdown of fragile democracies, but continues to this day to shape global conflict in the region. Examining the strategic interplay of cold war... Read more >
The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 1, 2009
Price: $17.00
Acclaimed historian and political commentator Rashid Khalidi presents the compelling case that U.S. and Soviet intervention in the Middle East not only exacerbated civil wars and provoked the breakdown of fragile democracies, but continues to this day to shape global conflict in the region. Examining the strategic interplay of cold war... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Columbus and Other Cannibals
The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism
Written by Jack D. Forbes
Foreword by Derrick Jensen
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $16.95
Celebrated American Indian thinker Jack D. Forbes’s Columbus and Other Cannibals was one of the founding texts of the anticivilization movement when it was first published in 1978. His history of terrorism, genocide, and ecocide told from a Native American point of view has inspired America’s most influential activists for decades... Read more >
The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism
Written by Jack D. Forbes
Foreword by Derrick Jensen
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $16.95
Celebrated American Indian thinker Jack D. Forbes’s Columbus and Other Cannibals was one of the founding texts of the anticivilization movement when it was first published in 1978. His history of terrorism, genocide, and ecocide told from a Native American point of view has inspired America’s most influential activists for decades... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
|
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Resurrecting Empire
Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2005
Price: $17.00
Begun as the United States moved its armed forces into Iraq, Rashid Khalidi's powerful and thoughtful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the region and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent Middle East incursions. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the political and cultural history of... Read more >
Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2005
Price: $17.00
Begun as the United States moved its armed forces into Iraq, Rashid Khalidi's powerful and thoughtful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the region and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent Middle East incursions. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the political and cultural history of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Villains of All Nations
Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
Written by Marcus Rediker
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2005
Price: $20.00
Villains of All Nations explores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates.
Rediker introduces us to the dreaded black flag, the Jolly Roger; swashbuckling figures such as Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard; and the unnamed, unlimbed pirate who... Read more >
Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
Written by Marcus Rediker
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2005
Price: $20.00
Villains of All Nations explores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates.
Rediker introduces us to the dreaded black flag, the Jolly Roger; swashbuckling figures such as Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard; and the unnamed, unlimbed pirate who... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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10 Reasons to Abolish the IMF & World Bank
Written by Kevin Danaher
Foreword by Anuradha Mittal
Format: Trade Paperback, 136 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2004
Price: $8.95
A veritable "Globalization for Dummies," 10 Reasons to Abolish the IMF & World Bank lays bare the most common myths of globalization in a clear and understandable way. Looking with hope to grassroots movement-building on a global scale, Danaher presents ten arguments for abolishing the IMF and World Bank and replacing... Read more >
Written by Kevin Danaher
Foreword by Anuradha Mittal
Format: Trade Paperback, 136 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2004
Price: $8.95
A veritable "Globalization for Dummies," 10 Reasons to Abolish the IMF & World Bank lays bare the most common myths of globalization in a clear and understandable way. Looking with hope to grassroots movement-building on a global scale, Danaher presents ten arguments for abolishing the IMF and World Bank and replacing... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
|
||||
Masters of War
Latin America and U.S. Agression From the Cuban Revolution Through the Clinton Years
Written by Clara Nieto
Translated by Chris Brandt
Foreword by Howard Zinn
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2003
Price: $24.95
In Masters of War, Clara Nieto adeptly presents the parallel histories of the countries of Latin America, histories that are intertwined, each reflecting the United States’ "coherent policy of intervention" set into motion by the Monroe Doctrine. As the value of this continued policy comes increasingly into question, Nieto argues for... Read more >
Latin America and U.S. Agression From the Cuban Revolution Through the Clinton Years
Written by Clara Nieto
Translated by Chris Brandt
Foreword by Howard Zinn
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2003
Price: $24.95
In Masters of War, Clara Nieto adeptly presents the parallel histories of the countries of Latin America, histories that are intertwined, each reflecting the United States’ "coherent policy of intervention" set into motion by the Monroe Doctrine. As the value of this continued policy comes increasingly into question, Nieto argues for... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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