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  Republican Gomorrah

  Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party

  by Max Blumenthal

  Over the last year, award-winning journalist and videographer Max Blumenthal has been behind some of the most sensational (and funniest) exposes of Republican machinations. Whether it was his revelation that Sarah Palin was "anointed" by a Kenyan priest famous for casting out witches, or his confronting Republican congressional leaders and John McCain's family at the GOP convention about the party's opposition to... (more)
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  Speech-Less

  Tales of a White House Survivor

  by Matthew Latimer

  As a young political geek, Matt Latimer dreamed of one day heading to Washington to work for a conservative president and usher in another Reagan Revolution. With the support of his slightly mortified liberal parents, he tried to do just that -- but his youthful exuberance began to cool as he moved up the rungs of power. On Capitol Hill he worked for a Congressman who “misremembered” basic facts, assisted a U.S.... (more)
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  American Creation

  Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic

  by Joseph J. Ellis

  From the prizewinning author of the best-selling Founding Brothers and American Sphinx , a masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the most politically creative era in American history, when a dedicated and determined group of men undertook a bold experiment in political ideals. It was a time of triumphs; yet, as Joseph J.... (more)
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  The Truth (with jokes)

  by Al Franken

  Al Franken’s landmark bestseller, Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right , was praised as a "bitterly funny assault" ( The New York Times ) that rang "with the moral clarity of an angel’s trumpet" (The Associated Press). Now, this master of political humor strikes again with a powerful and provocative message for all of us. In these pages, Al reveals the... (more)
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  The Republican War on Science

  by Chris Mooney

  The New York Times bestseller that exposes the conservative agenda to put politics ahead of scientific truth. Science has never been more crucial to deciding the political issues facing the country. Yet science and scientists have less influence with the federal government than at any time since Richard Nixon fired his science advisors. In the White House and Congress today, findings are reported... (more)
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  American Theocracy

  The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century

  by Kevin P. Phillips

  From America’s premier political analyst, an explosive examination of the axis of religion, politics, and borrowed money that threatens to destroy the nation In his two most recent New York Times bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy , Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that are ruling—and imperiling—the United... (more)
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  Tear Down This Myth

  How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future

  by William Bunch

  In this provocative new book, award-winning political journalist Will Bunch unravels the story of how a right-wing cabal hijacked the mixed legacy of Ronald Reagan, a personally popular but hugely divisive 1980s president, and turned him into a bronze icon to revive their fading ideology. They succeeded to the point where all the GOP candidates for president in 2008 scurried to claim his mantle, no matter how... (more)
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  The Authoritarians

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  John Adams: Architect of Freedom (1735-1826)

  by Joseph Cowley

  John Adams could be, and was on occasion, cantankerous, stubborn, tactless, even rude. He was also prone to vanity and self-pity, and sensitive to what he perceived as slights, or attacks on his reputation or character. He also had a lust for fame, as did many involved in the founding of this nation.But if fame was the spur, it was also the driving force be-hind Adams' enormous energy, energy guided by a strong... (more)
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  $a The making of evangelicalism : $b from revivalism to politics and beyond

  by Randall Herbert Balmer

  With impressively clear prose and a superb command of history, best-selling author Randall Balmer offers a spirited history of evangelical Christianity in the United States. Effortlessly situating developments in evangelicalism in their wider historical context, he demonstrates the ways American social and cultural settings influenced the course of the evangelical tradition. By revealing the four key moments in... (more)
• The Original Constitution of the State of Oklahoma 1907 & The Road to StatehoodKathy Jekel

  

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  The Original Constitution of the State of Oklahoma 1907 & The Road to Statehood

  by Kathy Jekel

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  The Fifteen Biggest Lies about the Economy

  And Everything Else the Right Doesn't Want you to Know about Taxes, Jobs, and Corporate America

  by Joshua Holland

  AlterNet editor Joshua Holland demolishes the Right's biggest and most outrageous myths about the economy Taxes kill growth. Labor unions hurt their members. Government regulation destroys jobs. These are just a few of the biggest lies in the web of misinformation spun by conservatives and the Chamber of Commerce. Holland's book dissects each malicious fiction to show how the Right is just plain... (more)
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  Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises (Paperback)

  by Joseph Cummins (Author)

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  Revolt!: How to Defeat Obama and Repeal His Socialist Programs

  by Dick Morris

  Now that the Republicans have taken the House, How can they use their majority to reverse Obama's Socialist agenda? Revolt! lays out a game plan for success. Dick Morris and Eileen McGann explain how to use the debt limit and budget fights to force Obama to accept Republican policies while, at the same time, undermining his chances of victory in 2012. Obamacare? Morris and McGann explain how to block... (more)
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  Young Republican, Yuppie Princess

  by Nicole Chardenet

  It's 1984 and the future looks bright for college student Joyce Bacyrus, rah-rah Reaganite and card-carrying Young Republican. She dreams of a high-powered Wall Street Yuppie career until her computer geek friend Hacker boinks it all up by opening a portal to another world in his dorm bathroom and dragging Joyce and their friends into it on a search for Stephanie, his missing lab partner and hopeful future... (more)
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  The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass

  by Bill Maher

  From bestselling author and host of HBO's Real Time , Bill Maher's new book of political riffs serves up a savagely funny set of rules for preserving sanity in an insane world. A follow-up to the New York Times -bestselling New Rules, The New New Rules delivers a series of hilarious, intelligent rants on everything from same-sex marriage to health care, from Republican agendas to celebrity meltdowns, with... (more)
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  Idiot America

  How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free

  by Charles P. Pierce

  The Culture Wars Are Over and the Idiots Have Won! A veteran journalist's acidically funny, righteously angry lament about the glorification of ignorance in the United States. In the midst of a career-long quest to separate the smart from the pap, Charles Pierce had a defining moment at the Creation Museum in Kentucky, where he observed a dinosaur. Wearing a saddle.... But worse than this was when the... (more)
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  Beyond Red and Blue: How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates

  by Peter S. Wenz

  On any given night cable TV news will tell us how polarized American politics is: Republicans are from Mars, Democrats are from Canada. But in fact, writes Peter Wenz in Beyond Red and Blue, Americans do not divide neatly into two ideological camps of red/blue, Republican/Democrat, right/left. If they did, what could explain Republicans who oppose the Patriot Act and support gay marriage, or liberals and... (more)
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  Gonzo Papers: Book 2

  Generation of Swine

  Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s

  by Hunter S. Thompson

  A running tally of the folly of the 80's, the decade known for men of "huge brains, small necks, weak muscles and fat wallets.." - NYT Book Review From the Trade Paperback edition.
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  Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America (Great Questions in Politics Series) (2nd Edition) (Great Questions in Politics)

  by Morris P. Fiorina

  Part of the "Great Questions in Politics" series, Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America  combines polling data with a compelling narrative to debunk commonly-believed myths about American politics–particularly the claim that Americans are deeply divided in their fundamental political views. This second edition of Culture War? features a new chapter that demonstrates how the elections of 2004 reinforce... (more)