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The Lost Spring: U.S. Policy in the Middle East and Catastrophes to Avoid

Walid Phares · Palgrave Macmillan Trade

One of the greatest unanswered questions after the massive and violent changes that hit the Middle East in 2011, known to some as the "Arab Spring" and to others as the "Islamist Winter," is how the West failed to predict both cataclysmic seasons in world affairs and to meet...
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This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color

Cherrie Moraga (Editor), · State University of New York Press; 4 edition
Format: Hardcover

Updated and expanded edition of the foundational text of women of color feminism. Originally released in 1981, This Bridge Called My Back is a testimony to women of color feminism as it emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Through personal essays, criticism, interviews,...
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Imagine: Living in a Socialist USA

Frances Goldin · Harper Perennial
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

The polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes and droughts ravish the planet, and the earth's population is threatened by catastrophic climate change. Millions of American jobs have been sent overseas and aren't coming back. Young African-American men make up the majority of America's...
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Multiply/Divide: On the American Real and Surreal

Wendy S. Walters · Sarabande Books

In the manner of Calvino's Invisible Cities, Wendy S. Walters's essays deftly explore the psyches of cities such as Chicago, Detroit, New York, Portsmouth, and Washington, D.C. In "Cleveland," she interviews an African-American playwright who draws great reviews, but can't...
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The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East

Juan Cole · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Renowned blogger and Middle East expert Juan Cole takes us inside the youth movements in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, showing us how activists used technology and social media to amplify their message and connect with like-minded citizens The New York Times in this rousing study of the Arab...
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CODE RED: Computerized Election Theft and The New American Century: POST - E2014 Edition

Jonathan D Simon · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 4 edition

CODE RED is about what has happened to American elections, American politics, and America since computers took over the vote counting just a few short years ago. It identifies the red flags--including the glaring one waving over our most recent election, E2014--and provides accessible...
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Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War

James Risen · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Pages: 285
Format: Print book

War corrupts. Endless war corrupts absolutely. Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In Pay Any Price, James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: from squandered and stolen dollars,...
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Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for Obama’s Impeachment

Andrew C McCarthy · Encounter Books
Format: Hardcover

We still imagine ourselves a nation of laws, not of men. This is not merely an article of faith but a bedrock principle of the United States Constitution. Our founding compact provides a remedy against rulers supplanting the rule of law, and Andrew C. McCarthy makes a compelling case for using...
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Repositioning Reference: New Methods and New Services for a New Age

Lillian Rozaklis · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

To compete today, librarians need to not only provide old services in new ways but also to provide new services. Repositioning Reference New Methods and New Services for a New Age re-imagines reference services in libraries and information organizations and the role of reference librarians,...
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