| 1. |  | A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
from Perennial (HarperCollins)
Customer Review:
Every high school student should read this book as a part of American history. While there is certainly a great deal more to know about our nation's history than what is contained in Zinn's analysis, it represents a critical perspective that is not to be found elsewhere.
And for those adults... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
from University Of Chicago Press
Price: $13.50
Customer Review:
This is a wonderful and timeless book that I recommend to any person interested in politics, economics, finance, ethics or current events. Friedman possessed a brilliant mind and the world is better off for having him. That being said, one must read this book with skepticism. In general, I... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The Communist Manifesto
from Monthly Review Press
Price: $10.00
Customer Review:
As other reviewers have noted, regardless of one's political views this is an important work. Beyond its historical significance, reading it provides a glimpse into what made it so popular for so long: the authors' new world view, their amazing foresight (and false predictions!), their rallying cry... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life (Vintage)
from Vintage
Price: $10.85
Customer Review:
thoughtful, well-written thesis on how we as americans fill various relationships in the economy, society and our democracy (ie. we are "investors," "consumers" and "citizens")...most often, in the modern global economy ("supercapitalism"), we as citizens, even with our democratic voices, lose out... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21stCentury
from Penguin Audio
Price: $29.16
Customer Review:
Viewers of C-Span and readers of his many books on politcs and economics have come to rely on the sober judgments of Kevin Phillips. The former White House strategist in the Nixon years has grown disillusioned with the politics of big oil, fundamentalistic religion and our nation's mad leap into the... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 6. | ![]() | The Future of Freedom
from Blackstone Audiobooks
Customer Review:
this book is a must read for every American, it gives you a broad perspective of world politics and the role of the USA in todays world. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries
from Simon & Schuster
Price: $11.16
Customer Review:
Ms. Wolf has a knack for being ahead of the crowd and with this book, she maintains her position in the vanguard of American political activists.
This work, coupled with her last book, are an effective call to arms for Americans to act aggressively and effectively as citizens who are frustrated... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Assault on Reason (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)
from Thorndike Press
Price: $28.44
Customer Review:
As the study of marketing gets smarter and more accurate so to does the language used to manipulate. Al Gore does society a favor in challenging the use of these tactics by partisans who insert calculated fear responses into political discourse. The effectiveness of the responses might have been... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $9.10
Customer Review:
935 page book with no index.
Come on, you don't need one.
You can remember that part about the aristocracy of the law...
was just about here...
Or was it here...
Don't worry, I've got it...
Just a sec... | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
from Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Price: $10.85
Customer Review:
The most striking recognition I made when rereading Schumpeter approximately 40 yeasr after my first intelectual rendevous with this great thinker is today's actuality of his work Capitalism, Socialism, and democracy.
Benno D. Hoffmann | 4.0 / 5.0
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