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"Wandering Souls is an important, moving, utterly compelling, and wonderfully open-hearted book, one that will become a touchstone in America's literature about the aftershocks of our terrible misadventure in Vietnam."-Tim O' Brien, author of The Things They Carried

A deeply reported and intimately human view of the struggle for democracy in Burma, through the lens of one young activist who risked everything to fight against one of the world's most repressive governments.

One of the country's most prominent young writers on race delivers an unflinching account of what it means to be a young black man in America today, and how the existing script for black manhood is being rewritten in one of the most fascinating periods of American history.

Everything we've heard from the "new" feminist wave is dead wrong: achieving success in life is not about leaning in, working harder, or "having it all"-it's about a woman's right to pursue happiness.

A rising star in progressive journalism presents a deeply-reported exploration of the political and social movements that have arisen since the 2008 financial crisis, revealing how ordinary Americans across political beliefs struggle for change, and charting the effectiveness of new forms of resistance.

Ebola outbreaks, terrorist attacks, inner-city guns, illegal immigrants, the Zika virus, drug dealers, death panels. Sasha Abramsky sets out to uncover what things frighten us most

In this bold and urgent book, former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper tells us how we can finally turn warrior cops into neighbourhood-oriented community police.

An unforgettable journey of personal and political transformation, THE EMANCIPATION OF CECILY MCMILLAN tells the origin story of a remarkable young activist and organizer.

The authors of the New York Times-bestselling THE 9/11 REPORT: A GRAPHIC ADAPTATION movingly depict the revelatory Senate Intelligence Committee's report on CIA torture

Forty years ago, a majority of Americans were highly engaged in issues of war and peace. Whether to go to war or keep out of conflicts was a vital question at the heart of the country's vibrant, if fractious, democracy. But American political consciousness has drifted. In the last decade, America has gone to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, while pursuing a new kind of warfare in Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and Pakistan. National security issues have increasingly faded from the political agenda, due in part to the growth of government secrecy.In lucid and chilling detail, journalist and lawyer Scott Horton shows how secrecy has changed the way America functions. Executive decisions about war and peace are increasingly made by autonomous, self-directing, and unaccountable national security elites. Secrecy is justified as part of a bargain under which the state promises to keep the people safe from its enemies, but in fact allows excesses, mistakes, and crimes to go unchecked. Bureaucracies use secrets to conceal their mistakes and advance their power in government, invariable at the expense of the rights of the people. Never before have the American people had so little information concerning the wars waged in their name, nor has Congress exercised so little oversight over the war effort. American democracy is in deep trouble. Lords of Secrecy explores the most important national security debates of our time, including the legal and moral issues surrounding the turn to private security contractors, the sweeping surveillance methods of intelligence agencies, and the use of robotic weapons such as drones. Horton looks at the legal edifice upon which these decisions are based and discusses approaches to rolling back the flood of secrets that is engulfing America today.Whistleblowers, but also Congress, the public, and the media, play a vital role in this process.As the ancient Greeks recognized, too much secrecy changes the nature of the state itself, transforming a democracy into something else. Horton reminds us that dealing with the country's national security concerns is both a right and a responsibility of a free citizenry, something that has always sat at the heart of any democracy that earns the name.

An intimate biography of the missionary Catholic nun Maura Clarke, chronicling her spiritual and political journey from a tight-knit Irish community in Queens to radical, faith-based activism in Central America and her death at the hands of the Salvadoran military in 1980.

In the wake of the Citizen's United decision, elections will be controlled by moneyed interests as never before. award-winning authors John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney show what this influx of cash with zero transparency means for democracy-and how we can fix the system before it's too late.

This rousing critique sounds the alarm on how job automation, combined with stagnant capitalism, will generate unemployment and misery. The only solution is a renewal of democracy that lets citizens-not multinational corporations-chart the future.

A legendary journalist shows how the privacy of American citizens has been eroded and invaded by data-collecting corporations and snooping government entities-with dire consequences for our freedom and democracy.

The coauthor of Soccernomics and professor of sports management at the University of Michigan delivers an approachable introduction to soccer finance-explaining how player salaries, club profits, and wealthy investors determine the fate of your favorite team.

Nomi Prins, a former Wall Street insider, shows how six powerful Wall Street bankers became the unelected leaders of the 20th century that operated as a shadow government that transformed American economy and life. Through a riveting revisionist history, Prins reveals the surreptitious and highly personal connection between six influential bankers, and the highest office in the land.

The best-selling author argues that Obama's failure to deliver on his promises is due to a political system that stymies democracy when voters choose progressive change.

"Frances Moore Lappe brings us yet another gift in EcoMind. She cautions us to avoid the mental traps that block our thinking. She awakens us to our immense possibilities and potentials. She invites us to release our latent energies to be the change we want to see." " Vandana Shiva

An award-winning journalist shatters the myth of Ronald Reagan

Testimony from the largest number of on the record, named, combat veterans who reveal the disturbing, daily reality of war and occupation in Iraq

"Marwan Bishara's The Invisible Arab is the single most perceptive and accessible book I've read about the roots of revolt in the Middle East and the brave, chaotic, exciting and frightening new world they have begun to create." -Christopher Dickey, Newsweek/The Daily Beast

"[A] potent collection [that] ably communicates the hunger for social, cultural and racial justice that made Strummer's work so engaging." "Salon

A hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, or a federal minimum wage was considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for granted, because the radical ideas of one generation are often the common sense of the next. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of radicals and reformers who challenged the status quo of their day. Unfortunately, most Americans know little of this progressive history. It isn't taught in most high schools. You can't find it on the major television networks. In popular media, the most persistent interpreter of America's radical past is Glenn Beck, who teaches viewers a wildly inaccurate history of unions, civil rights, and the American Left. The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century , a colourful and witty history of the most influential progressive leaders of the twentieth century and beyond, is the perfect antidote.

Arizona has gone wild-over immigration, guns, healthcare, the Tea Party, and vigilantism. Award-winning author and Arizona local Jeff Biggers reports on what's troubling our 48th state, and how a radicalized Arizona has become a national bellwether.

On the night of the 2008 presidential election, Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel spoke for many: "For the first time in decades, electoral politics became a vehicle for raising expectations and spreading hope." But, she cautioned, "We progressives need to be as clear-eyed, tough, and pragmatic about Obama as he is about us." Where I Stand collects vanden Heuvel's commentaries and columns from the first years of the Obama administration, an era that has come to be defined by reform and reaction. In the wake of the economic crisis and challenges from the insurgent Tea Party movement, it is clear that it will take more than one election (and one person) to reshape American politics and repair the damage wreaked by a decade of calamitous conservative rule. Vanden Heuvel challenges the limits of our downsized political debate, arguing that timid incrementalism and the forces of money and establishment power that debilitate American politics will be overcome only by independent organizing, strategic creativity, bold ideas, and determined idealism.

A new edition of the award-winning expose of leading GOP presidential contender Rudy Guiliani

What's the one thing all women want in erotica? They want it hot - and that's what this book delivers. This giant new collection features hot new erotic stories that will appeal to wanton women everywhere. In "Ten Minutes in the Eighties," Alison Tyler delivers a scorching tale about an inexperienced college student who experiences her first orgasm - without ever being touched! In Cecilia Tan's "Bodies of Water," a sea crew rages wildly out of control when someone accidentally releases a virus that makes them sexually sensitive to water. And in "Needing a Push to Swing" by Maria Isabel Pita, a young slave woman is ordered to a swingers club by her master. . . but the erotic turn of events may surprise even her. Featuring 21 outrageous stories, for women, by women - this book is perfect for fueling a woman's secret fantasies.

A sensational expose of diplomatic malfeasance that challenges the myth that the US and Israel made the Palestinians "a generous offer."

In a crafty new novel featuring the world's greatest literary detective, Alan Vanneman extends the boundaries of the Sherlock Holmes canon with an investigation that takes the celebrated sleuth and his cohort Dr. Watson far from the cozy Victorian comforts of 221B Baker Street. Indeed, enjoying the luxuries of the Orient Express, they travel the breadth of fin de siècle Europe to exotic Constantinople, though not strictly in pursuit of pleasure. For death, too, is traveling first class. The mystery begins familiarly enough in London, in the middle of the night. Holmes and Watson are summoned to a crime scene that seems to vanish before their eyes, as they find themselves with neither evidence nor a client. They do not want for opposition, however, not with the governments of three great empires arrayed against them. As Holmes strives to unmask his most ruthless and elusive foe, he is transported into a world of high finance rife with intrigue and crime. With a cast of characters that includes the enchanting Countess D'Espinau and Winston Churchill, as well as a beggar girl whom Watson adopts, Holmes follows a trail that leads ultimately and unpredictably to the fabled and fabulous lost Hapsburg Tiara.