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The Oath

(Available June 4, 2013)
The Oath
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307390714
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The Oath
The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin


Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $16.00

A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction

From the moment Chief Justice Roberts botched Barack Obama's oath of office, the relationship between the Court and the White House has been a fraught one. Grappling with issues as diverse as campaign finance, abortion, and the right to bear arms, the Roberts court has...

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Leading the Way
Leading the Way
Written by Lee Edwards
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780770435783
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Leading the Way
The Story of Ed Feulner and the Heritage Foundation
Written by Lee Edwards


Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $27.50

The remarkable history of The Heritage Foundation, its influential founder, and the conservative movement in America.

Leading the Way tells the story of how Ed Feulner has transformed policymaking in Washington and has led The Heritage Foundation into becoming the most influential conservative think tank in the nation. Under Ed Feulner and for... Read more >
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Leading the Way
Leading the Way
Written by Lee Edwards
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780770435790
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Leading the Way
The Story of Ed Feulner and the Heritage Foundation
Written by Lee Edwards


Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $13.99

The remarkable history of The Heritage Foundation, its influential founder, and the conservative movement in America.

Leading the Way tells the story of how Ed Feulner has transformed policymaking in Washington and has led The Heritage Foundation into becoming the most influential conservative think tank in the nation. Under Ed Feulner and for... Read more >
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Agony of American Left
Agony of American Left
Written by Christopher Lasch
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307830500
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Agony of American Left

Written by Christopher Lasch


Format: eBook
On Sale: March 20, 2013
Price: $15.99

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New Radicalsm in America
New Radicalsm in America
Written by Christopher Lasch
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307830517
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New Radicalsm in America

Written by Christopher Lasch


Format: eBook
On Sale: March 20, 2013
Price: $11.99

Around the turn of the century, the American liberal tradition made a major shift away from politics. The new radicals were more interested in the reform of education, culture, and sexual mores. Through vivid biographies, Christopher Lasch chronicles these social reformers from Jane Addams, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Lincoln Steffens to... Read more >
World of Nations
World of Nations
Written by Christopher Lasch
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307830586
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World of Nations

Written by Christopher Lasch


Format: eBook
On Sale: March 20, 2013
Price: $11.99

The world of nations is the world men have made, in contrast to the world of nature. Seeking to understand the civil society Americans have made, Christopher Lasch, author of The Agony of the American Left, reexamines the liberal and radical traditions in the United States and the limitations of both... Read more >
The Last Line of Defense
The Last Line of Defense
Written by Ken Cuccinelli
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780770437091
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The Last Line of Defense
The New Fight for American Liberty
Written by Ken Cuccinelli


Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $25.00

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli leads the historic fight against the unprecedented overreach of the federal government.
 
With Obamacare and agencies like the EPA, the FCC, and the National Labor Relations Board attempting to exercise unprecedented control over the American people, the Obama Administration was breaking federal laws, ignoring federal... Read more >
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The Last Line of Defense
The Last Line of Defense
Written by Ken Cuccinelli
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780770437107
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The Last Line of Defense
The New Fight for American Liberty
Written by Ken Cuccinelli


Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $12.99

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli leads the historic fight against the unprecedented overreach of the federal government.
 
With Obamacare and agencies like the EPA, the FCC, and the National Labor Relations Board attempting to exercise unprecedented control over the American people, the Obama Administration was breaking federal laws, ignoring federal... Read more >
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The Righteous Mind
The Righteous Mind
Written by Jonathan Haidt
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307455772
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The Righteous Mind
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Written by Jonathan Haidt


Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $16.00

As America descends deeper into polarization and paralysis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has done the seemingly impossible—challenged conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to everyone on the political spectrum. Drawing on his twenty five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, he shows how moral...

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Manufacturing Hysteria
Manufacturing Hysteria
Written by Jay Feldman
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307388230
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Manufacturing Hysteria
A History of Scapegoating, Surveillance, and Secrecy in Modern America
Written by Jay Feldman


Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $16.00

A riveting and unsettling history of the assault on civil rights and liberties in America—from World War I to the War on Terror—by the acclaimed author of When the Mississippi Ran Backwards.
 
In this ambitious and wide-ranging account, Jay Feldman takes us from the run-up to World War I and its anti-German...

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That's Not What They Meant!
Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing
Written by Michael Austin


Format: eBook
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $12.99

This book is essential reading for anyone seeking the accurate historical background to many of the today's hot-button political debates. In 2011, Glenn Beck released a "modern translation" of the Federalist Papers and a new biography of George Washington. In the same year, Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, published a... Read more >
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The Oath
The Oath
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385527200
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The Oath
The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin


Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $28.95

From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.

From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the... Read more >
The Oath
The Oath
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385536301
Our Price: $14.99
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The Oath
The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $14.99

From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.

From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the... Read more >
The Oath
The Oath
Written by Jeffrey Toobin, Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780449013670
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The Oath
The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Read by Robertson Dean


Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $45.00

From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.

From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the... Read more >
The Oath
The Oath
Written by Jeffrey Toobin, Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780449013687
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The Oath
The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Read by Robertson Dean


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $24.00

From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.

From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audio CD, eBook, hardcover and a trade paperback.
That's Not What They Meant!
That's Not What They Meant!
Written by Michael Austin
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781616146702
Our Price: $19.00
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That's Not What They Meant!
Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing
Written by Michael Austin


Format: Trade Paperback, 253 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $19.00

This book is essential reading for anyone seeking the accurate historical background to many of the today's hot-button political debates. In 2011, Glenn Beck released a "modern translation" of the Federalist Papers and a new biography of George Washington. In the same year, Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, published a... Read more >
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American Dreamers
American Dreamers
Written by Michael Kazin
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307279194
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American Dreamers
How the Left Changed a Nation
Written by Michael Kazin


Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $16.00

An intimate history of the reformers, radicals, and idealists who fought for a different America, from the abolitionists to Michael Moore and Noam Chomsky.
 
While the history of the left is a long story of idealism and determination, it has also been a story of movements that failed to gain support...

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The New Hate
The New Hate
Written by Arthur Goldwag
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307742513
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The New Hate
A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right
Written by Arthur Goldwag


Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $16.00

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012

From the author of -Isms and -Ologies and Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies, here is a deeply researched, fascinating history of the role that organized hatred has played in American politics. The New Hate takes readers on a surprising, often shocking, sometimes bizarrely amusing tour...

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Demonic
Demonic
Written by Ann Coulter
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ISBN: 9780307353498
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Demonic
How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America
Written by Ann Coulter


Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $16.00

The demon is a mob, and the mob is demonic. The Democratic Party activates mobs, depends on mobs, coddles mobs, publicizes and celebrates mobs—it is the mob. Sweeping in its scope and relentless in its argument, Demonic explains the peculiarities of liberals as standard groupthink behavior. To understand mobs is to... Read more >
The Righteous Mind
The Righteous Mind
Written by Jonathan Haidt
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307377906
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The Righteous Mind
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Written by Jonathan Haidt


Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $28.95

Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.
 
His...

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The Righteous Mind
The Righteous Mind
Written by Jonathan Haidt
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307907035
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The Righteous Mind
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Written by Jonathan Haidt


Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $11.99

Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.
 
His...

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The Fox Effect
The Fox Effect
Written by David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt and Media Matters for America
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307279583
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The Fox Effect
How Roger Ailes Turned a Network into a Propaganda Machine
Written by David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt and Media Matters for America


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $15.00

Based on the meticulous research of the news watchdog organization Media Matters for America, David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt show how Fox News, under its president Roger Ailes, changed from a right-leaning news network into a partisan advocate for the Republican Party.

The Fox Effect follows the career of Ailes from... Read more >
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The Fox Effect
The Fox Effect
Written by David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt and Media Matters for America, Read by Bob Dunsworth
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307969262
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The Fox Effect
How Roger Ailes Turned a Network into a Propaganda Machine
Written by David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt and Media Matters for America
Read by Bob Dunsworth


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $20.00

Based on the meticulous research of the news watchdog organization Media Matters for America, David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt show how Fox News, under its president Roger Ailes, changed from a right-leaning news network into a partisan advocate for the Republican Party.

The Fox Effect follows the career of Ailes from... Read more >
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Mad as Hell
Mad as Hell
Written by Dominic Sandbrook
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400077243
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Mad as Hell
The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right
Written by Dominic Sandbrook


Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $17.95

“I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” The words of Howard Beale, the fictional anchorman in 1976’s hit film Network, struck a chord with a generation of Americans. In this colourful new history, Dominic Sandbrook ranges seamlessly over the political, economic, and cultural high (and low)...

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The New Hate
The New Hate
Written by Arthur Goldwag
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307379696
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The New Hate
A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right
Written by Arthur Goldwag


Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $27.95

From “Birthers” who claim that Barack Obama was not born in the United States to counter-jihadists who believe that the Constitution is in imminent danger of being replaced with Sharia law, conspiratorial beliefs have become an increasingly common feature of our public discourse. In this deeply researched, fascinating exploration of the...

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