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The World Is Flat

by Thomas L. Friedman

When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, and they come to the chapter "Y2K to March 2004," what will they say was the most crucial development? The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the Iraq war? Or the convergence of technology and events that allowed... (learn more about this book)

The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolo Machiavelli was a 16th century Italian public servant and political theorist. "The Prince" is his best known work, for which he is known as the originator of Machiavellian politics. Machiavelli intended this book to serve as a guide to Princes on how to maintain stability, govern... (learn more about this book)

Fast Food Nation

by Eric Schlosser

Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry... (learn more about this book)

The Audacity of Hope

by Barack Obama

“A government that truly represents these Americans — that truly serves these Americans — will require a different kind of politics. That politics will need to reflect our lives as they are actually lived. It won’t be pre-packaged, ready to pull off the shelf. It will have to be constructed... (learn more about this book)

Nickel and Dimed

by Barbara Ehrenreich

The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage. Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the... (learn more about this book)

Gandhi, an Autobiography

by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Translated by Mahadev Desai and with a New Preface The only authorized American edition Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography he recounts the story of his life and how he developed his concept of active nonviolent resistance, which... (learn more about this book)

I Am America

by Stephen Colbert

From Stephen Colbert, the host of television's highest-rated punditry show ("The Colbert Report"), comes the book to fill the other 23 hours of your day. "I Am America (And So Can You!)" contains all of the opinions that Stephen doesn't have time to shoehorn into his nightly broadcast.... (learn more about this book)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

by Alex Haley, Malcolm X

From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. As their spokesman he became identified in the white press as a terrifying teacher of race hatred; but to his direct... (learn more about this book)

America

by Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum

Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, and his coterie of patriots, deliver a hilarious look at American government. American-style democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which explains why so many other nations are eager for us to impose it... (learn more about this book)

The Communist Manifesto

by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

Originally published on the eve of the 1848 European revolutions, The Communist Manifesto is a condensed and incisive account of the worldview Marx and Engels developed during their hectic intellectual and political collaboration. Formulating the principles of dialectical materialism, they... (learn more about this book)