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Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom
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Fareed Zakaria · 304 pages
Examines the influence of democracy on politics, business and economics, law, culture, and religion in different regions of the world; explores the dark side of the democratic process; and reflects on the future of world democracy.
Liberty and Tyranny
Mark R. Levin · 250 pages
Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau · 34 pages
Written with the motto "that government is best that governs least", when men are ready for it, that will be the kind of government we will have. This book tries to tell us to think for ourselves. This is a Must Read for anyone anti-government. Please note: This book is in easy to read true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. This e-Book is printable.
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Barack Obama · 384 pages
Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our democracy. He explores those forces--from the fear of losing, to the perpetual need to raise money, to the power
Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw · 176 pages
Jesus for President is a radical manifesto to awaken the Christian political imagination, reminding us that our ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in Jesus and the incarnation of the peculiar politic of the church as a people "set apart" from this world. In what can be termed lyrical theology, Jesus for President poetically weaves together words and images to sing (rather tha
Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous!
Stephane Hessel · 40 pages
Rejecting the dictatorship of world financial markets and defending the social values of modern democracy, Hessel reminds us that life and liberty must still be fought for. She urges us to reclaim those essential rights we have permitted our governments to erode since the end of World War II.
How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter · 432 pages
Welcome to the world of Ann Coulter. With her monumental bestsellers Treason, Slander, and High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Coulter has become the most recognized and talked-about conservative intellectual in years--and certainly the most controversial. Now, in How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must), which is sure to ignite impassioned debate, she offers her most comprehensive analysis of the America
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
Howard Zinn · 293 pages
Ill Fares the Land
Tony Judt · 256 pages
In "Ill Fares The Land," Tony Judt, one of our leading historians and thinkers, reveals how we have arrived at our present dangerously confused moment and offers the language we need to address our common needs, rejecting the nihilistic individualism of the far right and the debunked socialism of the past. To find a way forward, Judt argues that we must look to our not so distant past and to socia
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates · 155 pages
An Amazon Best Book of July 2015: Readers of his work in The Atlantic and elsewhere know Ta-Nehisi Coates for his thoughtful and influential writing on race in America. Written as a series of letters to his teenaged son, his new memoir, Between the World and Me, walks us through the course of his life, from the tough neighborhoods of Baltimore in his youth, to Howard University—which Coates dubs “
What We Do Now: Standing Up For Your Values in Trump's America
Dennis Johnson, Valerie Merians · 211 pages
This collection of essays by progressive leaders suggest actual strategies on how to move forward in resistance to a Trump administration.
Smells Like Dead Elephants: Dispatches from a Rotting Empire
Matt Taibbi · 288 pages
"Smells Like Dead Elephants brings together notorious journalistic agitator Matt Taibbi's most incisive and hilarious work from his column in Rolling Stone. Written during a period in our history with no shortage of outrage to compel Taibbi's pen, these pieces paint a shocking portrait of our government at work, or rarely working. But Taibbi doesn't just hit inside the Beltway, he gets into the ac
Keep It Pithy: Useful Observations in a Tough World
Bill O'Reilly · 144 pages
O'Reilly offers a classic collection of the most memorable writings from his previous books and columns, topped off with a new introduction, and looks back at how his opinions and ideas have been proven right or wrong by the passage of time.
New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
Bill Maher · 230 pages
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Barbara Demick · 314 pages
A remarkable view into North Korea, as seen through the lives of six ordinary citizens Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years--a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung, the unchallenged rise to power of his son Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population. Taking us into a landscape most of us have nev
Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition
Silky Shah · 280 pages
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder · 128 pages
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin and the execution of their catastrophic policies. With Twenty Lessons, Snyder draws from the darkest hours of the twentieth century to provide hope for the twenty-first. As he writes, "Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism a
Hope in the Dark
Rebecca Solnit · 188 pages
A book as powerful and influential as Rebecca Solnit's Men Explain Things to Me, her Hope in the Dark was written to counter the despair of radicals at a moment when they were focused on their losses and had turned their back to the victories behind them—and the unimaginable changes soon to come. In it, she makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncert
Capitalism: A Ghost Story
Arundhati Roy · 130 pages
A Nation Worth Ranting About
Rick Mercer · 284 pages
How to Cure a Fanatic
Amos Oz · 104 pages
Internationally acclaimed novelist Amos Oz grew up in war-torn Jerusalem, where as a boy he witnessed firsthand the poisonous consequences of fanaticism. In these concise, powerful essays, the award-winning author offers unique insight into the true nature of extremism and proposes a reasoned and respectful approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. – from publisher information.