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  Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace

  by Gore Vidal

  The United States has been engaged in what the great historian Charles A. Beard called "perpetual war for perpetual peace." The Federation of American Scientists has catalogued nearly 200 military incursions since 1945 in which the United States has been the aggressor. In a series of penetrating and alarming essays, whose centerpiece is a commentary on the events of September 11, 2001 (deemed too controversial to... (more)
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  The Omnivore's Dilemma

  A Natural History of Four Meals

  by Michael Pollan

  The bestselling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans... (more)
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  Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia

  by Gore Vidal

  Gore Vidal has been described as the last ‘noble defender" of the American republic. In Imperial America, Vidal steals the thunder of a right wing America—those who have camouflaged their extremist rhetoric in the Old Glory and the Red, White, and Blue—by demonstrating that those whose protest arbitrary and secret government, those who defend the bill of rights, those who seek to restrain America's international... (more)
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  The Decline and Fall of the American Empire (The Real Story Series)

  by Gore Vidal

  Six essays on the theme of empire and republic, with particular focus on the national security state and the failure of the U.S. economic system./P>
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  Gore Vidal: Sexually Speaking: Collected Sex Writings

  by Gore Vidal

  Never before have the sex writings of Gore Vidal been collected in a single volume. These works offer some of the most provocative and reasoned insights into sex, gender, and sexual orientation ever composed by an American author. Gore Vidal: Sexually Speaking collects 13 essays and four interviews produced between 1961 and 1998. Topics include George Washington's homosexuality; Norman Mailer's feminism; bedding... (more)