Common Sense Democracy

The Political Mind: Why You Can’t Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain
by George Lakoff (Author)
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Publication Date: May 29, 2008

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The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order
by Parag Khanna (Author)
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Release Date: March 4, 2008

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The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
by Jeff Sharlet (Author)
Release Date: May 20, 2008

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Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence
by Robert Bryce (Author)
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Publication Date: March 3, 2008

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Wiser in Battle: A Soldier’s Story
by Ricardo S. Sanchez (Author), Donald T. Phillips (Author)
Release Date: May 6, 2008

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The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British
by Sarah Lyall (Author)
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Publication Date: August 18, 2008

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The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don’t Want You to Know About–Because They Helped Cause Them
by Iain Murray (Author)
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Publication Date: April 22, 2008

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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich (Author)
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Release Date: June 24, 2008

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Out of Mao’s Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China
by Philip P. Pan (Author)
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Publication Date: June 17, 2008

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Pure Goldwater
by John W. Dean (Author), Barry M. Goldwater (Author)
Release Date: April 15, 2008

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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
by Lee Iacocca (Author)
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Publication Date: April 15, 2008

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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich (Author)
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Release Date: June 24, 2008

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Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think
by John L. Esposito (Author), Dalia Mogahed (Author)
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Publication Date: February 28, 2008

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Stupid Black Men: How to Play the Race Card–and Lose
by Larry Elder (Author)
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Release Date: February 5, 2008

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The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East
by Kishore Mahbubani (Author)
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Publication Date: February 2008

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One of Asia’s leading intellectuals illuminates what will be on the agenda as Western domination ends and the Asian renaissance impacts world politics, markets, and history. For centuries, the Asians (Chinese, Indians, Muslims, and others) have been bystanders in world history. Now they are ready to become co-drivers. Asians have finally understood, absorbed, and implemented Western best… ( read more )

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Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
by Shane Claiborne (Author), Chris Haw (Author)
Publication Date: March 2008

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Starred Review. Here is the must-read election-year book for Christian Americans. What should Christians do when allegiances to the state clash with personal faith? Haw and Claiborne (The Irresistible Revolution) slice through politics as usual and well past the superficial layers of the culture wars with their lucid exploration of how Christians can and should relate to presidents and kings,… ( read more )

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Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present
by Michael B. Oren (Author)
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Publication Date: February 5, 2008

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Following up his acclaimed study of the Six-Day War, historian Oren analyzes America’s 200-plus–year involvement in the Middle East, from battling Barbary pirates to toppling Saddam Hussein. Dietz, one of AudioFile magazine’s Best Voices of the Century, with a measured, leisurely reading style, turns in another solid performance. Dietz comes from the classic school of readers, sounding like an… ( read more )

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Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism
by Alfred S. Regnery (Author)
Publication Date: February 12, 2008

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“Alfred Regnery’s book is marvelously thought out and marvelously executed. He gives us paragraphs describing the territory he intends to explore, and suggesting what paths he will examine. He then, in fourteen chapters, gives us history, learning, and delight. I could not imagine that what he took on in this book could have interested and engrossed this old hand and old friend, but he leaves the… ( read more )

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Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid (Author)
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Publication Date: June 3, 2008

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The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart
by Bill Bishop (Author)
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Publication Date: May 7, 2008

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