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State of denial
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Bob Woodward |
"State of Denial examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves. Two days after the May report, the Pentagon told Congre… |
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The Shadow Factory
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James Bamford |
James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency's existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA sinc… |
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A Pretext for War
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James Bamford |
The bestselling author of Body of Secrets and The Puzzle Palace presents his most hard-hitting book to date--a sweeping, authoritative, and fearless account of the failures of America's intelligence … |
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The governor
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Rod R. Blagojevich |
In his long-awaited and controversial book, former Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich finally details, for the first time ever, the story of the political scandal that continues to rock the nation. T… |
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Surrounded by idiots
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Mike Gallagher |
The 2004 election was a watershed moment in our nation's history--to conservatives it was an affirmation of what they'd known all along: conservatives are the mainstream and liberals are the fringe. … |
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Michelle Obama in Her Own Words
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Michelle Obama,Carlton Books Staff |
The election of Barack Obama has brought worldwide attention not only to what his policies will be, but to what kind of First Lady Michelle Obama will be. Throughout the long campaign season, Michell… |
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Static
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Amy Goodman |
In Static, the brother-sister team of Amy Goodman, host of the popular international TV and radio news show Democracy Now!, and investigative journalist David Goodman once again take on government li… |
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The 2000 Presidential Election and the Foundations of Party Politics
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Richard Johnston |
In the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election, campaigns suddenly seem to matter, as do questions about the electoral process. Professors Johnston, Hagen and Jamieson have examined the US electo… |
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Catastrophe
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Dick Morris |
It's time to take back our country.Now. It's that simple. It's that urgent.So begins Dick Morris and Eileen McGann's latest and most important book. They say that we must act before President Barack … |
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Decision Points
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George W. Bush |
In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life.
George W. Bush served as president of the United States… |
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Crusade
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James Carroll |
Publisher's description: With the words "this Crusade, this war on terror," George W. Bush defined the purpose of his presidency. And just as promptly, James Carroll-Boston Globe columnist, son of a … |
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Bushwomen
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Laura Flanders |
"The Bushwomen - the women appointed to the inner circle of the president's cabinet and sub-cabinet - are cast in the public mind as moderate, malleable, maverick, irrelevant or benign. Their careful… |
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Financing the 2008 election
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David B. Magleby |
"Provides analysis of how campaign finance and spending shaped the historic presidential and congressional races of 2008; latest in a series of volumes on the costs and trends of campaign finance pub… |
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100 ways America is screwing up the world
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John Tirman |
What do George W. Bush, Wal-Mart, Halliburton, gangsta rap, and SUVs have in common? They're all among the hundred ways in which America is screwing up the world. The country that was responsible for… |
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Authoritarianism and polarization in American politics
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Marc J. Hetherington,Marc J. Hetherington,Jonathan D. Weiler |
"Although politics at the elite level has been polarized for some time, a scholarly controversy has raged over whether ordinary Americans are polarized. This book argues that they are and that the re… |
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The war within
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Bob Woodward |
Bob Woodward's fourth book about the Bush presidency at war declassifies the secrets of America's political and military involvement in Iraq. Woodward once again pulls back the curtain on Washington … |
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The Conservative Soul
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Andrew Sullivan |
what does it mean to be a conservative anymore?With the Iraq war, the rise of Christian fundamentalism, exploding government spending, soaring debt, insecure borders, and an executive branch with gre… |
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The best of Slate
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David Plotz |
xix, 279 pages : 21 cm |
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God in the corridors of power
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Michael Ryan,Les Switzer |
God in the Corridors of Power: Christian Conservatives, the Media, and Politics in America is a comprehensive study of Christian conservative power in America's political culture -- how it was achiev… |
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Spoken from the heart
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Laura Welch Bush |
In a candid memoir, the former First Lady discusses the frantic and fearful months after September 11th, her trip to Afghanistan, her advocacy on behalf of women in oppressed countries, her love of l… |
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