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  • Something to Fear

    FDR and the Foundations of American Insecurity, 1912-1945

    by Ira Chernus, Randall P. Fowler ...
    A presidency unlike any other, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s legacy in foreign affairs has been contested since the day of his passing. Few presidential statements have echoed through history like FDR’s charge to conquer “fear itself.” Yet immediately after the end of World War II, the United States was gripped by a pervasive sense of national insecurity.In Something to Fear, Ira Chernus and Randall ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Monsters to Destroy

    The Neoconservative War on Terror and Sin

    by Ira Chernus ...
    "This book takes an incisive look at the stories we are told -- and tell ourselves -- about evil forces and American responses. Chernus pushes beyond political rhetoric and media cliches to examine psychological mechanisms that freeze our concepts of the world." Norman Solomon, author, War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death In his new book Monsters to Destroy: The ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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  • What I Believe

    by Tariq Ramadan ...
    Tariq Ramadan is very much a public figure, named one of Time magazine's most important innovators of the twenty-first century. He is among the leading Islamic thinkers in the West, with a large following around the world. But he has also been a lightning rod for controversy. Indeed, in 2004, Ramadan was prevented from entering the U.S. by the Bush administration and despite two appeals, supported ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

  • Still the Best Hope

    Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph

    by Dennis Prager ...
    The conservative radio host and syndicated columnist provides a bold, sweeping look at the future of civilization.In Still the Best Hope, Dennis Prager offers a strong, cogent argument for why basic American values must triumph in a dangerously uncertain world. Humanity stands at a crossroads, and the only alternatives to the "American Trinity" of liberty, natural rights, and the melting-pot ideal ... Read more

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  • Democracy Matters

    Winning the Fight Against Imperialism

    by Cornel West ...
    **“Uncompromising and unconventional . . . Cornel West is an eloquent prophet with attitude.” — Newsweek“"A timely analysis about the current state of democratic systems in America." — The Boston Globe**In Democracy Matters, Cornel West argues that if America is to become a better steward of democratization around the world, we must first wake up to the long history of corruption that has plagued ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?

    Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century

    by Eric Kaufmann ...
    Dawkins and Hitchens have convinced many western intellectuals that secularism is the way forward. But most people don't read their books before deciding whether to be religious. Instead, they inherit their faith from their parents, who often innoculate them against the elegant arguments of secularists. And what no one has noticed is that far from declining, the religious are expanding their share ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Nonbeliever Nation

    The Rise of Secular Americans

    by David Niose ...
    A new group of Americans is challenging the reign of the Religious RightToday, nearly one in five Americans are nonbelievers - a rapidly growing group at a time when traditional Christian churches are dwindling in numbers - and they are flexing their muscles like never before. Yet we still see almost none of them openly serving in elected office, while Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and many others ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Choice

    Global Domination or Global Leadership

    by Zbigniew Brzezinski ...
    The overwhelming reality of our time is this: In the opening years of the 21st century, the United States finds itself not only the most powerful nation on earth but the most powerful nation that has ever existed. Given the contradictory roles America plays in the world, we are fated to be the catalyst for either a new global community or for global chaos. If we don't lead, Zbigniew Brzezinski ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Case for Civility

    And Why Our Future Depends on It

    by Os Guinness ...
    In a world torn apart by religious extremism on the one side and a strident secularism on the other, no question is more urgent than how we live with our deepest differences—especially our religious and ideological differences. The Case for Civility is a proposal for restoring civility in America as a way to foster civility around the world. Influential Christian writer and speaker Os Guinness ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • We Have Not Been Moved

    Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America

    by Alice Walker, Sonia Sanchez ...
    We Have Not Been Moved is a compendium addressing the two leading pillars of U.S. Empire. Inspired by the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who called for a “true revolution of values” against the racism, militarism, and materialism which he saw as the heart of a society “approaching spiritual death,” this book recognizes that—for the most part—the traditional peace movement has not been moved ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hate Spin

    The Manufacture of Religious Offense and Its Threat to Democracy

    by Cherian George ...
    Series series Information Policy
    How right-wing political entrepreneurs around the world use religious offense—both given and taken—to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents.In the United States, elements of the religious right fuel fears of an existential Islamic threat, spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric into mainstream politics. In Indonesia, Muslim absolutists urge suppression of churches and minority sects, fostering a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Hope in Troubled Times

    A New Vision for Confronting Global Crises

    by Bob Goudzwaard, Mark Vander Vennen, David Van Heemst ...
    Word Guild 2008 Writing Award (Culture)We want to have it all: financial strength, secure homes, clean air and water for our children. With the latest technological advances available, we deserve to have every dilemma resolved. Isn't that the way it's supposed to work? Hope in Troubled Times dares to say "no."Poverty, terrorism, and overtaxed land are planetary problems that make even believers ... Read more

    $17.29 USD