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  • The Essential John Derbyshire

    by John Derbyshire ...
    The Essential John Derbyshire collects more than two decades of sometimes controversial and always incisive essays from one of the Right’s most independent voices. This anthology charts the evolution of a writer who, like many of his generation, moved steadily away from mainstream conservatism toward a franker, more empirically grounded assessment of America and The West’s most pressing questions ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • We Are Doomed

    Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism

    by John Derbyshire ...
    To his fellow conservatives, John Derbyshire makes a plea: Don't be seduced by this nonsense about "the politics of hope." Skepticism, pessimism, and suspicion of happy talk are the true characteristics of an authentically conservative temperament. And from Hobbes and Burke through Lord Salisbury and Calvin Coolidge, up to Pat Buchanan and Mark Steyn in our own time, these beliefs have kept the ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

  • Rights vs. Public Safety after 9/11

    America in the Age of Terrorism

    by John D. Ashcroft, David Cole, John Derbyshire, Paul Glastris, Albert R. Hunt, Michael Kinsley, Douglas W. Kmiec, Mark Krikorian, Sen Patrick Leahy, Michael Lind, John McCain, Richard A. Posner, Steven V. Roberts, Bruce J. Schulman, Laurence H. Tribe, Alan Wolfe, C Robert Zelnick ...
    Series series Rights & Responsibilities
    Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the tension between civil rights and public safety has dominated public discourse. On issues ranging from racial profiling to military tribunals, Americans have had to ask whether it is possible for the United States to defend itself against terrorism without violating the values and principles that lie at the heart of its democratic order. In Rights vs. ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

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    Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

    by Angela Y. Davis ...
    In this collection of essays, interviews, and speeches, the renowned activist examines today's issues—from Black Lives Matter to prison abolition and more.Activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis has been a tireless fighter against oppression for decades. Now, the iconic author of Women, Race, and Class offers her latest insights into the struggles against state violence and oppression throughout ... Read more

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  • The Limits of Power

    The End of American Exceptionalism

    by Andrew Bacevich ...
    Series series American Empire Project
    "Andrew Bacevich speaks truth to power, no matter who's in power, which may be why those of both the left and right listen to him."—Bill MoyersAn immediate New York Times bestseller, The Limits of Power offers an unparalleled examination of the profound triple crisis facing America: an economy in disarray that can no longer be fixed by relying on expansion abroad; a government transformed by an ... Read more

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  • The Assault on Reason

    Our Information Ecosystem, from the Age of Print to the Age of Trump, 2017 Edition

    by Al Gore ...
    Now With a New Preface and Final Chapter: “Post-Truth: On Donald Trump and the 2016 Election”What has happened to our country and how can we fix it?We are in the midst of a deepening crisis for our democracy. After the strangest election cycle in modern American history it is important that we address the grave threats to our way of life that were glaringly revealed in this campaign. In The ... Read more

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  • Conservatives Without Conscience

    by John W. Dean ...
    On the heels of his national bestseller Worse Than Watergate, John Dean takes a critical look at the current conservative movementIn Conservatives Without Conscience, John Dean places the conservative movement's inner circle of leaders in the Republican Party under scrutiny. Dean finds their policies and mind- set to be fundamentally authoritarian, and as such, a danger to democracy. By examining ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Breach of Trust

    How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country

    by Andrew J. Bacevich ...
    Series series The American Empire Project
    This New York Times bestseller is a blistering critique of the gulf between America's soldiers and the society that sends them off to war.In Breach of Trust, Andrew J. Bacevich takes stock of the separation between Americans and their military, tracing its origins to the Vietnam era and exploring its pernicious implications: a nation with an abiding appetite for war waged at enormous expense by ... Read more

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  • Worse Than Watergate

    The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush

    by John W. Dean ...
    Nixon's White House counsel discusses the Bush-Cheney administration in this New York Timesbestseller: "Powerful . . . a riveting book." — Los Angeles Times Book ReviewFormer White House counsel John Dean, with the unique viewpoint and expertise born of working for Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, here looks critically at the administration of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, arguing ... Read more

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  • The New American Militarism

    How Americans Are Seduced by War

    by Andrew J. Bacevich ...
    In this provocative book, Andrew Bacevich warns of a dangerous dual obsession that has taken hold of Americans, both conservatives and liberals alike. It is a marriage of militarism and utopian ideology, of unprecedented military might wed to a blind faith in the universality of American values. This mindset, Bacevich warns, invites endless war and the ever-deepening militarization of U.S. policy. ... Read more

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  • The Drone Memos

    Targeted Killing, Secrecy and the Law

    by Jameel Jaffer ...
    "A trenchant summation" and analysis of the legal rationales behind the US drone policy of targeted killing of suspected terrorists, including US citizens ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In the long response to 9/11, the US government initiated a deeply controversial policy of "targeted killing"—the extrajudicial execution of suspected terrorists and militants, typically via drones. A ... Read more

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  • Right is Wrong

    by Arianna Huffington ...
    With her trademark passion, intelligence, and devastating wit, Huffington Post editor in chief Arianna Huffington tackles the issues that are crucial to this year’s presidential election and, even more so, to the fate of the country.Huffington makes the case that America has been hijacked from within by a radical element—the “lunatic fringe” of the Right that has taken over the Republican Party. ... Read more

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