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The Age of Austerity
How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics
Written by Thomas Byrne Edsall
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $24.95
One of our most prescient political observers provides a sobering account of how pitched battles over scarce resources will increasingly define American politics in the coming years—and how we might avoid, or at least mitigate, the damage from these ideological and economic battles.
In a matter of just three years... Read more >
How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics
Written by Thomas Byrne Edsall
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $24.95
One of our most prescient political observers provides a sobering account of how pitched battles over scarce resources will increasingly define American politics in the coming years—and how we might avoid, or at least mitigate, the damage from these ideological and economic battles.
In a matter of just three years... Read more >
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The Age of Austerity
How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics
Written by Thomas Byrne Edsall
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $13.99
One of our most prescient political observers provides a sobering account of how pitched battles over scarce resources will increasingly define American politics in the coming years—and how we might avoid, or at least mitigate, the damage from these ideological and economic battles.
In a matter of just three years... Read more >
How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics
Written by Thomas Byrne Edsall
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $13.99
One of our most prescient political observers provides a sobering account of how pitched battles over scarce resources will increasingly define American politics in the coming years—and how we might avoid, or at least mitigate, the damage from these ideological and economic battles.
In a matter of just three years... Read more >
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Back to Work
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Written by Bill Clinton
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2011
Price: $24.00
President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us "back in the future business.” He explains how we got into... Read more >
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Written by Bill Clinton
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2011
Price: $24.00
President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us "back in the future business.” He explains how we got into... Read more >
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Back to Work
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Written by Bill Clinton
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $23.95
President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us "back in the future business.” He explains how we got into... Read more >
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Written by Bill Clinton
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $23.95
President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us "back in the future business.” He explains how we got into... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and in
large print trade paperback.
Back to Work
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Written by Bill Clinton
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $11.99
“I wrote this book because I love my country and I'm concerned about our future,” writes Bill Clinton. “As I often said when I first ran for President in 1992, America at its core is an idea—the idea that no matter who you are or where you're from, if you work... Read more >
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Written by Bill Clinton
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $11.99
“I wrote this book because I love my country and I'm concerned about our future,” writes Bill Clinton. “As I often said when I first ran for President in 1992, America at its core is an idea—the idea that no matter who you are or where you're from, if you work... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Back to Work
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Written by Bill Clinton
Read by Bill Clinton
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $30.00
President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us "back in the future business.” He explains how we got into... Read more >
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Written by Bill Clinton
Read by Bill Clinton
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $30.00
President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us "back in the future business.” He explains how we got into... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Back to Work
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Written by Bill Clinton
Read by Bill Clinton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $15.00
President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us "back in the future business.” He explains how we got into... Read more >
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Written by Bill Clinton
Read by Bill Clinton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $15.00
President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us "back in the future business.” He explains how we got into... Read more >
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Griftopia
A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History
Written by Matt Taibbi
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $16.00
A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History
Written by Matt Taibbi
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $16.00
A brilliantly illuminating and darkly comic tale of the ongoing financial and political crisis in America
The financial crisis that exploded in 2008 isn’t past but prologue. The grifter class—made up of the largest players in the financial industry and the politicians who do their bidding—has been growing in power, and the...
The Mirage Man
Bruce Ivins, the Anthrax Attacks, and America's Rush to War
Written by David Willman
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2011
Price: $13.99
For the first time, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist David Willman tells the whole gripping story of the hunt for the anthrax killer who terrorized the country in the dark days that followed the September 11th attacks. Letters sent surreptitiously from a mailbox in New Jersey to media and political figures in New... Read more >
Bruce Ivins, the Anthrax Attacks, and America's Rush to War
Written by David Willman
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2011
Price: $13.99
For the first time, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist David Willman tells the whole gripping story of the hunt for the anthrax killer who terrorized the country in the dark days that followed the September 11th attacks. Letters sent surreptitiously from a mailbox in New Jersey to media and political figures in New... Read more >
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The Secret Mulroney Tapes
Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister
Written by Peter C. Newman
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 18, 2011
Price: $15.99
The Secret Mulroney Tapes is an outrageous and intimate portrait of a Canadian prime minister, as told in his own words. There has never been a political book like this, and there will almost certainly never be another.
Peter C. Newman, the author of books about John Diefenbaker, Lester B. Pearson... Read more >
Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister
Written by Peter C. Newman
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 18, 2011
Price: $15.99
The Secret Mulroney Tapes is an outrageous and intimate portrait of a Canadian prime minister, as told in his own words. There has never been a political book like this, and there will almost certainly never be another.
Peter C. Newman, the author of books about John Diefenbaker, Lester B. Pearson... Read more >
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Real Common Sense
Written by Brian Kahn
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $19.95
America's extreme Right falsely claims the Founding Fathers as allies for their radical agenda. Pundit Glenn Beck has gone so far as to use the title of Tom Paine’s famous 1776 pamphlet Common Sense for his own book—a book that attacks the political, social and economic rights which Paine and the... Read more >
Written by Brian Kahn
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $19.95
America's extreme Right falsely claims the Founding Fathers as allies for their radical agenda. Pundit Glenn Beck has gone so far as to use the title of Tom Paine’s famous 1776 pamphlet Common Sense for his own book—a book that attacks the political, social and economic rights which Paine and the... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Griftopia
Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Written by Matt Taibbi
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $26.00
The dramatic story behind the most audacious power grab in American history
The financial crisis that exploded in 2008 isn’t past but prologue. The stunning rise, fall, and rescue of Wall Street in the bubble-and-bailout era was the coming-out party for the network of looters who sit at the nexus... Read more >
Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Written by Matt Taibbi
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $26.00
The dramatic story behind the most audacious power grab in American history
The financial crisis that exploded in 2008 isn’t past but prologue. The stunning rise, fall, and rescue of Wall Street in the bubble-and-bailout era was the coming-out party for the network of looters who sit at the nexus... Read more >
Griftopia
Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Written by Matt Taibbi
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $11.99
Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Written by Matt Taibbi
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $11.99
A brilliantly illuminating and darkly comic tale of the ongoing financial and political crisis in America
The financial crisis that exploded in 2008 isn’t past but prologue. The grifter class—made up of the largest players in the financial industry and the politicians who do their bidding—has been growing in power, and the...
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Griftopia
Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Written by Matt Taibbi
Read by Patrick Egan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $20.00
The dramatic story behind the most audacious power grab in American history
The financial crisis that exploded in 2008 isn’t past but prologue. The stunning rise, fall, and rescue of Wall Street in the bubble-and-bailout era was the coming-out party for the network of looters who sit at the nexus... Read more >
Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Written by Matt Taibbi
Read by Patrick Egan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $20.00
The dramatic story behind the most audacious power grab in American history
The financial crisis that exploded in 2008 isn’t past but prologue. The stunning rise, fall, and rescue of Wall Street in the bubble-and-bailout era was the coming-out party for the network of looters who sit at the nexus... Read more >
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Madison and Jefferson
Written by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
Format: Hardcover, 848 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $35.00
A WATERSHED ACCOUNT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL FRIENDSHIP IN AMERICAN HISTORY
In Madison and Jefferson, esteemed historians Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg join forces to reveal the crucial partnership of two extraordinary founders, creating a superb dual biography that is a thrilling and unprecedented account of early America.
The third and fourth... Read more >
Written by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
Format: Hardcover, 848 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $35.00
A WATERSHED ACCOUNT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL FRIENDSHIP IN AMERICAN HISTORY
In Madison and Jefferson, esteemed historians Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg join forces to reveal the crucial partnership of two extraordinary founders, creating a superb dual biography that is a thrilling and unprecedented account of early America.
The third and fourth... Read more >
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Madison and Jefferson
Written by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $15.99
“[A] monumental dual biography . . . a distinguished work, combining deep research, a pleasing narrative style and an abundance of fresh insights, a rare combination.”—The Dallas Morning News
The third and fourth presidents have long been considered proper gentlemen, with Thomas Jefferson’s genius overshadowing James Madison’s judgment and common sense... Read more >
Written by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $15.99
“[A] monumental dual biography . . . a distinguished work, combining deep research, a pleasing narrative style and an abundance of fresh insights, a rare combination.”—The Dallas Morning News
The third and fourth presidents have long been considered proper gentlemen, with Thomas Jefferson’s genius overshadowing James Madison’s judgment and common sense... Read more >
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So Damn Much Money
The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government
Written by Robert G. Kaiser
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 9, 2010
Price: $16.95
With a New Foreword
In So Damn Much Money, veteran Washington Post editor and correspondent Robert Kaiser gives a detailed account of how the boom in political lobbying since the 1970s has shaped American politics by empowering special interests, undermining effective legislation, and discouraging the country’s best citizens from serving in office... Read more >
The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government
Written by Robert G. Kaiser
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 9, 2010
Price: $16.95
With a New Foreword
In So Damn Much Money, veteran Washington Post editor and correspondent Robert Kaiser gives a detailed account of how the boom in political lobbying since the 1970s has shaped American politics by empowering special interests, undermining effective legislation, and discouraging the country’s best citizens from serving in office... Read more >
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eBook.
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Kids' Letters to President Obama
Edited by Bill Adler
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $11.99
Barack Obama has inspired millions of people around the world–and an unwavering chorus of those admirers are children. This delightfully charming collection includes more than two hundred letters that kids have written to President Obama. Some of these messages are humorous, some are heartwarming, all of them are sincere–making this volume... Read more >
Edited by Bill Adler
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $11.99
Barack Obama has inspired millions of people around the world–and an unwavering chorus of those admirers are children. This delightfully charming collection includes more than two hundred letters that kids have written to President Obama. Some of these messages are humorous, some are heartwarming, all of them are sincere–making this volume... Read more >
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hardcover.
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Kids' Letters to President Obama
Edited by Bill Adler
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $15.00
Barack Obama has inspired millions of people around the world–and an unwavering chorus of those admirers are children. This delightfully charming collection includes more than two hundred letters that kids have written to President Obama. Some of these messages are humorous, some are heartwarming, all of them are sincere–making this volume... Read more >
Edited by Bill Adler
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $15.00
Barack Obama has inspired millions of people around the world–and an unwavering chorus of those admirers are children. This delightfully charming collection includes more than two hundred letters that kids have written to President Obama. Some of these messages are humorous, some are heartwarming, all of them are sincere–making this volume... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Pierre
Colleagues and Friends Talk about the Trudeau They Knew
Edited by Nancy Southam
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $14.99
#1 national bestseller
When Pierre Elliott Trudeau died in 2000, the outpouring of emotion was extraordinary. Thousands of people across Canada — and all over the world — mourned the loss of one of our greatest prime ministers, a man who touched the hearts and challenged the minds of a nation. In... Read more >
Colleagues and Friends Talk about the Trudeau They Knew
Edited by Nancy Southam
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $14.99
#1 national bestseller
When Pierre Elliott Trudeau died in 2000, the outpouring of emotion was extraordinary. Thousands of people across Canada — and all over the world — mourned the loss of one of our greatest prime ministers, a man who touched the hearts and challenged the minds of a nation. In... Read more >
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The 12-Step Bush Recovery Program
A Lifesaving Guide to Shaking Off the Horrors of the Last Eight Years, with Practical Advice on Relapse, Remission, and Recounts
Written by Gene Stone
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $7.99
The first step is admitting that you have a Bush problem–and that you have ten bucks for this book.
• Do you think that after eight years of George Bush, this country is in good shape?
• Do you feel that the U.S. Constitution has too many Amendments?
• Do you often dream... Read more >
A Lifesaving Guide to Shaking Off the Horrors of the Last Eight Years, with Practical Advice on Relapse, Remission, and Recounts
Written by Gene Stone
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $7.99
The first step is admitting that you have a Bush problem–and that you have ten bucks for this book.
• Do you think that after eight years of George Bush, this country is in good shape?
• Do you feel that the U.S. Constitution has too many Amendments?
• Do you often dream... Read more >
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Homo Politicus
The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government
Written by Dana Milbank
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 29, 2008
Price: $14.00
Washington’s most acerbic (and feared) columnist, the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank, skewers the peculiar and alien tribal culture of politics.
Deep within the forbidding land encircled by the Washington Beltway lives the tribe known as Homo politicus. Their ways are strange, even repulsive, to civilized human beings; their arcane rites often impenetrable... Read more >
The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government
Written by Dana Milbank
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 29, 2008
Price: $14.00
Washington’s most acerbic (and feared) columnist, the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank, skewers the peculiar and alien tribal culture of politics.
Deep within the forbidding land encircled by the Washington Beltway lives the tribe known as Homo politicus. Their ways are strange, even repulsive, to civilized human beings; their arcane rites often impenetrable... Read more >
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The Bush Survival Bible
250 Ways to Make It Through the Next Four Years Without Misunderestimating the D angers Ahead, and Other Subliminable Strategeries
Written by Gene Stone
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $2.99
Here is the reality: Bush won; Kerry lost.
Here is your reaction: AA#RGH*HG@GHW&WGRWW!!?!
Here is your salvation: The Bush Survival Bible
Although many of you may try, you can’t really do anything about the election results. But you can do something about your postelection stress disorder. Here are 250 ways to help you... Read more >
250 Ways to Make It Through the Next Four Years Without Misunderestimating the D angers Ahead, and Other Subliminable Strategeries
Written by Gene Stone
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $2.99
Here is the reality: Bush won; Kerry lost.
Here is your reaction: AA#RGH*HG@GHW&WGRWW!!?!
Here is your salvation: The Bush Survival Bible
Although many of you may try, you can’t really do anything about the election results. But you can do something about your postelection stress disorder. Here are 250 ways to help you... Read more >
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Without Precedent
The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission
Written by Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $14.95
The untold story of how the 9/11 Commission overcame partisanship and bureaucracy to produce its acclaimed report.
From the beginning, the 9/11 Commission found itself facing obstacles — the Bush administration blocked its existence for months, the first co-chairs resigned right away, the budget was limited, and a polarized Washington was suspicious... Read more >
The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission
Written by Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $14.95
The untold story of how the 9/11 Commission overcame partisanship and bureaucracy to produce its acclaimed report.
From the beginning, the 9/11 Commission found itself facing obstacles — the Bush administration blocked its existence for months, the first co-chairs resigned right away, the budget was limited, and a polarized Washington was suspicious... Read more >
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eBook.
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Lincoln
And the American Manifesto
Written by Allen Jayne
Format: Hardcover, 363 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2007
Price: $28.99
In this compelling study of the moral principles that most influenced the thinking of Abraham Lincoln, historian Allen Jayne argues persuasively that Lincoln regarded the Declaration of Independence, above all other documents, as the most important embodiment of American principles. This "American manifesto," as Jayne calls it, with its eloquent expression... Read more >
And the American Manifesto
Written by Allen Jayne
Format: Hardcover, 363 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2007
Price: $28.99
In this compelling study of the moral principles that most influenced the thinking of Abraham Lincoln, historian Allen Jayne argues persuasively that Lincoln regarded the Declaration of Independence, above all other documents, as the most important embodiment of American principles. This "American manifesto," as Jayne calls it, with its eloquent expression... Read more >
