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One Man's America
One Man's America
Written by George Will
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307454362
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One Man's America
The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation
Written by George Will


Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $16.00

In his provocative and compelling new book, America’s most widely read and most influential commentator casts his gimlet eye on our singular nation. Moving far beyond the strict confines of politics, George F. Will offers a fascinating look at the people, stories, and events–often unheralded–that make the American drama so endlessly... Read more >
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Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism
Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism
Written by George Weigel
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ISBN: 9780385524780
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Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism

Written by George Weigel


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $13.00

With an unsettled Middle East, al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups actively plotting against America and its allies, and spillover from religious conflict in Muslim countries spreading instability and violence worldwide, George Weigel’s Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism is an acute analysis of one of the most dynamic forces in... Read more >
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Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy
Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy
Written by Susan Griffin
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ISBN: 9781590307069
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Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy
On Being an American Citizen
Written by Susan Griffin


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $14.95

What does is it mean to be a citizen of the United States? Susan Griffin’s provocative investigation of that question takes us from the Declaration of Independence to the Iraq War, with many stops in between. Her conclusion: democracy is nothing less than a revolution of consciousness, and the revolution has... Read more >
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Defend the Realm
Defend the Realm
Written by Christopher Andrew
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307263636
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Defend the Realm
The Authorized History of MI5
Written by Christopher Andrew


Format: Hardcover, 1056 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $40.00

An unprecedented publishing event: to mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian. The book reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British... Read more >
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Defend the Realm
Defend the Realm
Written by Christopher Andrew
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ISBN: 9780307272911
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Defend the Realm
The Authorized History of MI5
Written by Christopher Andrew


Format: eBook, 1056 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $40.00

An unprecedented publishing event: to mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian. The book reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British... Read more >
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Defend the Realm
Defend the Realm
Written by Christopher Andrew, Read by Robin Sachs
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ISBN: 9780307576606
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Defend the Realm
The Authorized History of MI5
Written by Christopher Andrew
Read by Robin Sachs


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $37.50

An unprecedented publishing event: to mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian. The book reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British... Read more >
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Science as a Contact Sport
Science as a Contact Sport
Written by Stephen H. Schneider, Introduction by Tim Flannery
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426205408
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Science as a Contact Sport
Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate
Written by Stephen H. Schneider
Introduction by Tim Flannery


Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $28.00

It’s been nearly four decades since scientists first realized that global warming posed a potential threat to our planet. Why, if we knew of the threats way back in the Carter Administration, can’t we act decisively to limit greenhouse gases, deforestation, and catastrophic warming trends? Why are we still addicted to... Read more >
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Science as a Contact Sport
Science as a Contact Sport
Written by Stephen H. Schneider
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ISBN: 9781426205613
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Science as a Contact Sport
Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate
Written by Stephen H. Schneider


Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $28.00

It’s been nearly four decades since scientists first realized that global warming posed a potential threat to our planet. Why, if we knew of the threats way back in the Carter Administration, can’t we act decisively to limit greenhouse gases, deforestation, and catastrophic warming trends? Why are we still addicted to... Read more >
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Hell or High Water
Hell or High Water
Written by Paul Martin
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ISBN: 9780771056932
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Hell or High Water
My Life in and out of Politics
Written by Paul Martin


Format: Trade Paperback, 504 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $18.95

National bestseller

Paul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew — in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world.

“The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell.” (Chapter 2)

“From the moment I flipped his truck... Read more >
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Hell or High Water
Hell or High Water
Written by Paul Martin
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781551993324
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Hell or High Water
My Life in and out of Politics
Written by Paul Martin


Format: eBook
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $18.95

National bestseller

Paul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew — in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world.

“The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell.” (Chapter 2)

“From the moment I flipped his truck... Read more >
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Revolution 1989
Revolution 1989
Written by Victor Sebestyen
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780375425325
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Revolution 1989
The Fall of the Soviet Empire
Written by Victor Sebestyen


Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $30.00

From the author of Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution comes a revealing new account of the collapse of the Soviet Union’s European empire during months of largely peaceful revolution that profoundly changed the world.

At the start of 1989, six European nations were Soviet vassal states. By... Read more >
Shakedown
Shakedown
Written by Ezra Levant
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771046193
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Shakedown
How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights
Written by Ezra Levant


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $15.95

Part memoir, part investigative journalism, this is a shocking and controversial look at the corruption of Canada’s human rights commissions.

“On January 11, 2008, I was summoned to a 90-minute government interrogation. My crime? As the publisher of Western Standard magazine, I had reprinted the Danish cartoons of Mohammed to illustrate a... Read more >
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The Republican War Against Women
The Republican War Against Women
Written by Tanya Melich
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307573896
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The Republican War Against Women
An Insider's Report from Behind the Lines
Written by Tanya Melich


Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2009
Price: $25.00

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Pushing Past the Night
Pushing Past the Night
Written by Mario Calabresi, Translated by Michael Moore
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ISBN: 9781590513002
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Pushing Past the Night
Coming to Terms With Italy's Terrorist Past
Written by Mario Calabresi
Translated by Michael Moore


Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $12.95

December 15, 1969, was the most important day of Mario Calabresi's life, although he would not be born for another year. On that date, the anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli fell to his death from a window at the Milan police headquarters, where he was being questioned about his role in the Piazza... Read more >
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Pushing Past the Night
Pushing Past the Night
Written by Mario Calabresi, Translated by Michael Moore, Introduction by Roger Cohen
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ISBN: 9781590513781
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Pushing Past the Night
Coming to Terms with Italy's Terrorist Past
Written by Mario Calabresi
Translated by Michael Moore
Introduction by Roger Cohen


Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $9.99

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Uncivil Society
Uncivil Society
Written by Stephen Kotkin, Contribution by Jan Gross
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780679642763
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Uncivil Society
1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment
Written by Stephen Kotkin
Contribution by Jan Gross


Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $24.00

Twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell. In one of modern history’s most miraculous occurrences, communism imploded–and not with a bang, but with a whimper. Now two of the foremost scholars of East European and Soviet affairs, Stephen Kotkin and Jan T. Gross, drawing upon two decades of reflection, revisit this... Read more >
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Uncivil Society
Uncivil Society
Written by Stephen Kotkin, Contribution by Jan Gross
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ISBN: 9781588369178
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Uncivil Society
1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment
Written by Stephen Kotkin
Contribution by Jan Gross


Format: eBook
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $24.00

Twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell. In one of modern history’s most miraculous occurrences, communism imploded–and not with a bang, but with a whimper. Now two of the foremost scholars of East European and Soviet affairs, Stephen Kotkin and Jan T. Gross, drawing upon two decades of reflection, revisit this... Read more >
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The Predictioneer's Game
The Predictioneer's Game
Written by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita
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ISBN: 9780307702142
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The Predictioneer's Game
Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
Written by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $20.00

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is a master of game theory, which is a fancy label for a simple idea: People compete, and they always do what they think is in their own best interest. Bueno de Mesquita uses game theory and its insights into human behavior to predict and even engineer... Read more >
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The Predictioneer's Game
The Predictioneer's Game
Written by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita
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ISBN: 9781400067879
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The Predictioneer's Game
Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
Written by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita


Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $27.00

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is a master of game theory, which is a fancy label for a simple idea: People compete, and they always do what they think is in their own best interest. Bueno de Mesquita uses game theory and its insights into human behavior to predict and even engineer... Read more >
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The Predictioneer's Game
The Predictioneer's Game
Written by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita
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ISBN: 9781588369086
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The Predictioneer's Game
Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
Written by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $27.00

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is a master of game theory, which is a fancy label for a simple idea: People compete, and they always do what they think is in their own best interest. Bueno de Mesquita uses game theory and its insights into human behavior to predict and even engineer... Read more >
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We Are Doomed
We Are Doomed
Written by John Derbyshire
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307409584
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We Are Doomed
Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism
Written by John Derbyshire


Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $26.00

To his fellow conservatives, John Derbyshire makes a plea: Don't be seduced by this nonsense about "the politics of hope." Skepticism, pessimism, and suspicion of happy talk are the true characteristics of an authentically conservative temperament. And from Hobbes and Burke through Lord Salisbury and Calvin Coolidge, up to Pat Buchanan... Read more >
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We Are Doomed
We Are Doomed
Written by John Derbyshire
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307462480
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We Are Doomed
Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism
Written by John Derbyshire


Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $26.00

To his fellow conservatives, John Derbyshire makes a plea: Don't be seduced by this nonsense about "the politics of hope." Skepticism, pessimism, and suspicion of happy talk are the true characteristics of an authentically conservative temperament. And from Hobbes and Burke through Lord Salisbury and Calvin Coolidge, up to Pat Buchanan... Read more >
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The Strongest Tribe
The Strongest Tribe
Written by Bing West
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ISBN: 9780812978667
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The Strongest Tribe
War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
Written by Bing West


Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $17.00

In Iraq, the United States made mistake after mistake. Many Americans gave up on the war. Then two generals—David Petraeus and Raymond Odierno—displayed the leadership America expected. Bringing the reader from the White House to the fighting in the streets, combat journalist and bestselling author Bing West explains this astounding turnaround... Read more >
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The Vanishing Voter
The Vanishing Voter
Written by Thomas E. Patterson
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307548672
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The Vanishing Voter
Public Involvement in an Age of Uncertainty
Written by Thomas E. Patterson


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 9, 2009
Price: $14.95

The disputed presidential election of 2000 highlighted a range of flaws in the American voting system, from ballot procedures to alleged voter intimidation to questions about the fairness of the Electoral College. But as Harvard University political scientist Thomas E. Patterson shows, one problem dwarfs all of these, a predicament that... Read more >
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Half the Sky
Half the Sky
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307267146
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Half the Sky
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn


Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $27.95

From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.

With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia... Read more >
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