Prophetic Encounters
Religion and the American Radical Tradition
Written by Dan McKanan
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $24.00
A broad, definitive history of the profound relationship between religion and movements for social change in America
The United States has always had an active, vibrant, and influential religious Left. In every period of our history, people of faith have envisioned a society of peace and justice, and their tireless efforts have...
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Que Me Entierren Con Narcocorridos
Written by Edmundo Perez
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $14.95
Muertes, desapariciones, tiroteos, miedo, odio, saña... Todo eso arrastra hoy a la sociedad mexicana por una decisión desatinada del poder, y no es para menos; lo cierto es que no existe ningún rincón del país libre de tensiones ni de violencia. Todo ello viene a cuento a propósito del libro
Que me entierren con narcocorridos, del...
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Unions For Beginners
Written by David Cogswell
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $16.99
It is a time when unions have returned to the front pages of newspapers and blogs and demonstrators are in the streets of America every day. It is a time when the right wing has tried to strike the final blow against what remains of the right to collective bargaining. It...
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The Missionary and the Libertine
Love and War in East and West
Written by Ian Buruma
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $12.99
From Naipaul’s India to the last days of Hong Kong, and from the ghosts of Pearl Harbor to Benazir Bhutto, Buruma delivers an engaging and incisive look at the ways East and West understand–and misunderstand–each other.
At home in both worlds, Buruma traverses the realms of journalism, literary criticism, and political...
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The Gift of Ford
An E-Book Original
Written by Ivor Tossell
Format: eBook, 73 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $2.99
When people talk about recalling politicians, it's usually because the politician delivered something other than what they advertised, and the voters voted for--lies, frauds and infidelities. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, however, is exactly what the voters endorsed. They elected him with full knowledge of his obstreperous history as a city councillor...
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Unions For Beginners
Written by David Cogswell
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $16.99
It is a time when unions have returned to the front pages of newspapers and blogs and demonstrators are in the streets of America every day. It is a time when the right wing has tried to strike the final blow against what remains of the right to collective bargaining. It...
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Cracking the AP U.S. Government & Politics Exam, 2013 Edition
Written by Princeton Review
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $12.99
If you need to know it, it’s in this book! The 2013 edition of
Cracking the AP U.S. Government and Politics Exam has been optimized for e-reader viewing with cross-linked questions, answers, and explanations. This eBook includes:
• 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations for each multiple-choice question, plus full breakdowns of how...
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Fight the Right
A Manual for Surviving the Coming Conservative Apocalypse
Written by Warren Kinsella
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $22.95
Everywhere you look, these days, Conservatives are winning elections. No matter where you look, the story is the same: white, angry men on the Right are winning power. The Left, meanwhile, is divided and dispirited, and rapidly losing ground.
Fight the Right is a handbook on how to survive the nasty...
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Stealth of Nations
The Global Rise of the Informal Economy
Written by Robert Neuwirth
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $16.00
An eye-opening account of the informal economy around the globe, Stealth of Nations traces the history and reach of unregulated markets, and explains the unwritten rules that govern them.
Journalist Robert Neuwirth joins globe-trotting Nigerians who sell Chinese cell phones and laid-off San Franciscans who use Twitter to market street food...
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Tension City
Inside the Presidential Debates
Written by Jim Lehrer
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2012
Price: $16.00
With an update by the author for the 2012 election
A veteran newsman who has presided over eleven presidential and vice-presidential debates, Jim Lehrer gives readers a ringside seat for some of the epic political battles of our time, shedding light on all of the critical turning points and rhetorical...
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God Believes in Love
Straight Talk About Gay Marriage
Written by Gene Robinson
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $24.00
From the Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church, the first openly gay person elected (in 2003) to the historic episcopate and the world's leading religious spokesperson for gay rights and gay marriage—a groundbreaking book that lovingly and persuasively makes the case for same-sex marriage using a...
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God Believes in Love
Straight Talk About Gay Marriage
Written by Gene Robinson
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $12.99
From the Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church, the first openly gay person elected (in 2003) to the historic episcopate and the world's leading religious spokesperson for gay rights and gay marriage—a groundbreaking book that lovingly and persuasively makes the case for same-sex marriage using a...
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Joseph Anton
A Memoir
Written by Salman Rushdie
Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $30.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle • Newsweek/The Daily Beast • The Seattle Times • The Economist • Kansas City Star • BookPageOn February 14, 1989, Valentine’s Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been “sentenced to death&rdquo...
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Joseph Anton
A Memoir
Written by Salman Rushdie
Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $15.99
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle • Newsweek/The Daily Beast • The Seattle Times • The Economist • Kansas City Star • BookPageOn February 14, 1989, Valentine’s Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been “sentenced to death&rdquo...
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