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1	American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic more books like this by Joseph J Ellis add to wishlist From the prizewinning author of the bestselling "Founding Brothers" and "American Sphinx" comes this masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire more books like this by Matt Taibbi add to wishlist Perfect for an election year, and bound to provoke controversy, this scathingly funny, audaciously reported, and genuinely illuminating narrative of what America has become at the end of the Bush Era is written by a major new voice in political journalism. see all copies from $2.56! new only from $3.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country more books like this by Howard Fineman add to wishlist Fineman presents a brilliant new organizing principle to clarify the political issues that dominate American life. According to the author, there have been 13 main clashes of ideas--and every major debate can be traced back to one of these frameworks. see all copies from $2.36! new only from $2.36! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Writing in an Age of Silence more books like this by Sara Paretsky add to wishlist This is a brilliant exploration of the writer's art, by the bestselling author of the V. I. Warshawski novels. In this powerful new book, Sara Paretsky explores the traditions of political and literary dissent that have informed her life and work, against the unparallelled repression of free speech and thought in the USA today. In tracing the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain more books like this by George Lakoff add to wishlist The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Don't Think of an Elephant!" explains the science behind how we make political decisions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Thomas Paine and the Promise of America more books like this by Harvey J Kaye add to wishlist In this study of Tom Paine's life and legacy, historian Harvey J. Kaye identifies Paine as the source of an ongoing and lively radical tradition in American politics. The highly quotable pamphleteer of the American Revolution was born in England, but his complaint against the crown in COMMON SENSE struck a cord with colonists who agreed with Paine ... see all copies from $2.60! new only from $2.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption more books like this by Bob Ingle, Sandy McClure add to wishlist "The Soprano State" details the unbelievable but true stories of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics, government, and business for the past 30 years. see all copies from $4.99! new only from $8.89! \| SVS
8	The Character of Nations: How Politics Makes and Breaks Prosperity, Family, and Civility more books like this by Angelo M Codevilla add to wishlist An examination of the nature and processes of government, concentrating especially on the contemporary situation in the United States. Codevilla maintains that governmental activism of the sort pioneered by Roosevelt's New Deal and expanded by Johnson's Great Society programs is detrimental to the great majority of the populace and ought to be ... see all copies from $2.75! new only from $11.34! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East more books like this by Neil Macfarquhar add to wishlist A "New York Times" correspondent's affectionate, irreverent portrait of the Middle East he's known since childhood--an unexplored place hidden behind the usual headlines see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
10	Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth about the American Voter more books like this by Rick Shenkman add to wishlist Levees break in New Orleans. Iraq descends into chaos. The housing market teeters on the brink of collapse. Americans of all political stripes are heading into the 2008 election with the sense that something has gone terribly wrong with American politics. But what exactly? Democrats blame Republicans and Republicans blame Democrats. Greedy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	American Foreign Policy & Process more books like this by James M. McCormick add to wishlist This comprehensive text examines the way foreign policy has changed from its earliest years through the post-9/11 years and beyond. It also looks at the ways values and beliefs about foreign policy have changed over the course of U.S. history and demonstrates how the values and beliefs of a variety of domestic factors affect the foreign policy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $87.99! \| SVS
12 view cover	Principles & Practice of American Politics more books like this by Samuel Kernell (Editor), Steven S Smith (Editor) add to wishlist Without ever losing sight of the classics, Kernell and Smith take a fresh look at the implications of political science for our understanding of recent events and trends. This balance of the classic with the contemporary?along with careful editing to retain the flow of original pieces?distinguishes this highly regarded reader. Drawing from a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| SVS
13 view cover	Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy more books like this by Daron Acemoglu, James A Robinson add to wishlist This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless is not stable when ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $20.25! \| SVS
14 view cover	100 People Who Are Screwing Up America: (And Al Franken Is #37) more books like this by Bernard Goldberg add to wishlist This countdown of the vast left-wing conspiracy is from the author of BIAS and ARROGANCE, Bernard Goldberg. His selections come from Congress, Hollywood, the airwaves (or cable), journalism, academia, and sometimes everyday life. They include Bill Moyers, Dan Rather, Eminem, Michael Jackson, Barbara Walters, Barbra Streisand, Noam Chomsky (of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign more books like this by Professor Edward J Larson, J.D., PH.D. add to wishlist Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Larsons new book presents a masterful and revelatory account of the titanic election battle that had been so momentous to the countrys future that Thomas Jefferson had called it Americas second revolution. 16 pages of b&w photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16	Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream: Gonzo Papers more books like this by Hunter S Thompson add to wishlist This collection of articles, essays, rants, and even screeds, comprises the third volume of Thompson's Gonzo Papers. Written between 1959 and 1990, these pieces show Thompson covering topics as varied as Vietnam, Roxanne Pulitzer's highly publicized early-80s divorce trial, and Thompson's own troubles with the law, along with excerpts from several ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Multiculturalism: Expanded Paperback Edition more books like this by Charles Taylor, Amy Gutmann (Editor), Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah (Commentaries by) add to wishlist A new edition of the highly acclaimed book "Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition,"" this paperback brings together an even wider range of leading philosophers and social scientists to probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalism. Charles Taylor's initial inquiry, which considers whether the institutions of liberal ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $21.02! \| SVS
18 view cover	Lies more books like this by Al Franken add to wishlist Former Saturday Night Live writer and popular radio host Al Franken directs his satiric skills at two large targets: the George W. Bush administration and the right-wing media embodied by Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and others. While Franken is as outrageous here as he was in his previous RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS, he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Spirit of Disobedience: Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption, and the Culture of Total Work more books like this by Curtis White add to wishlist The intersection of religion and politics is among the most hotly debated see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.93! \| SVS
20 view cover	Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative Versus Participatory Democracy more books like this by Diana C Mutz add to wishlist 'Religion and politics', as the old saying goes, 'should never be discussed in mixed company.'And yet fostering discussions that cross lines of political difference has long been a central concern of political theorists. More recently, it has also become a cause c bre for pundits and civic-minded citizens wanting to improve the health of American ... see all copies from $7.94! new only from $7.94! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America's Superstate more books like this by Robert Bryce add to wishlist A deeply researched and deliciously delivered account of the forces that brought Bush to power - and why they're probably here to stay when his term is over No other state has a tighter hold on America's psyche, politics and wallet than Texas. Two of the last three American Presidents - and three of the last eight - have been Texans. Lyndon B ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Is Democracy Possible Here?: Principles for a New Political Debate more books like this by Ronald Dworkin add to wishlist Politics in America are polarized and trivialized, perhaps as never before. In Congress, the media, and academic debate, opponents from right and left, the Red and the Blue, struggle against one another as if politics were contact sports played to the shouts of cheerleaders. The result, Ronald Dworkin writes, is a deeply depressing political ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $12.69! \| SVS
23 view cover	110 People Who Are Screwing Up America: And Al Franken Is #37 more books like this by Bernard Goldberg add to wishlist The instant "New York Times" bestseller that took the country by storm and pointed fingers at the 100 people who are helping to destroy the culture of America, is now fully revised in paperback, with an updated introduction and 10 new names! A slow poison is running through America's veins, says Bernie Goldberg. It's a poison that is turning ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.68! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation more books like this by George F Will add to wishlist America's leading columnist presents his most intriguing collection to date, broadening his scope beyond politics to offer an illuminating exploration of American culture. Included are reflections on everything from his mother's death to the life of a baseball umpire-in-training. see all copies from $8.25! new only from $9.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium more books like this by Dick Meyer add to wishlist With a reporter's eye and the sharp pen of a satirist, Meyer exposes the phoniness and hypocrisy of American culture in this profound chronicle of mundane irritants, and offers a compelling theory for why Americans are so critical of their own nation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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