Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right
By: Thomas Frank
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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1. On Palestine
By: Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé
4.25
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dea… read more
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"It's quite standard for those who hold the clubs to say: "Forget about everything that happened and let's just go on from here." In other words, "I've got what I want, and out forget about what your …"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
"How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply forget that we are. We are all born with compassion, generosity, and love for others…"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
2. The 33 Strategies of War
By: Robert Greene , Joost Elffers
4.22
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Strategies of war—and the subtle social game of everyday life—by the bestselling author of The 48 L… read more
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"Life has more meaning in the face of Death."-Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
"Events in life mean nothing if you do not reflect on them in a deep way, and ideas from books are pointless if they have no application to life as you live it."-Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
"12--Lose Battles, But Win The War: Grand Strategy Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it."-Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
"The key to staying unintimidated is to convince yourself that the person you're facing is a mere mortal, no different from you-- which is in fact the truth. See the person, not the myth. Imagine him …"-Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
3. Class Notes: Posing As Politics and Other Thoughts on the American Scene
By: Adolph L. Reed Jr.
3.61
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Hailed by Publishers Weeklyfor its "forceful" and "bracing opinions on race and politics," Class No… read more
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4. Debt: The First 5,000 Years
By: David Graeber
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was inve… read more
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5. Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right
By: Angela Nagle
4.08
Format: 88 pages, ebook
Recent years have seen a revival of the heated culture wars of the 1990s, but this time its battle … read more
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6. The Witches of New York
By: Ami McKay
3.91
Format: 20 pages,
The beloved, bestselling author of The Birth Houseand The Virgin Cureis back with her most beguilin… read more
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7. Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
By: Michael Parenti
4.41
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Blackshirts & Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, rev… read more
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"Ecology's implications for capitalism are too horrendous for the capitalist to contemplate."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
"Decentralized parochial autonomy is the graveyard of insurgency-which may be one reason why there has never been a successful anarcho-syndicalist revolution."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
"A joke circulating in Russia in 1992 went like this: Q. What did capitalism accomplish in one year that communism could not do in seventy years? A. Make communism look good."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
"...the [pure socialist] critics [of communist countries] seem unable to apply their own leadership genius to producing a successful revolutionary movement in their own country."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
8. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
By: Noam Chomsky , Edward S. Herman
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: There are Alternate Cover Editions for this edition of this book . In this pathb… read more
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9. Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right
By: Thomas Frank
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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10. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
By: Naomi Klein
4.52
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking alternative history of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedm… read more
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11. The King in Yellow
By: Robert W. Chambers
3.55
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more
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"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
12. American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
By: Chris Hedges
3.59
Format: 320 pages,
Twenty-five years ago, when Pat Robertson and other radio and televangelists first spoke of the Uni… read more
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13. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
By: David Graeber
4.03
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfi… read more
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"Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"Bullshit jobs regularly induce feelings of hopelessness, depression, and self-loathing. They are forms of spiritual violence directed at the essence of what it means to be a human being."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"What we are witnessing is the rise of those forms of popular culture that office workers can produce and consume during the scattered, furtive shards of time they have at their disposal in workplaces…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"A fact-finding commission is a way of telling the public that the government is doing something it is not. But a large corporations will behave exactly the same way, if, say, there are revealed to be…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
14. Organizing for the Rest of Us: 100 Realistic Strategies to Keep Any House Under Control
By: Dana K. White
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
So you want to keep your kitchen counter clean but you aren't ready to toss the toaster? You want t… read more
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15. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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16. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
By: David Graeber
4.20
Format: 692 pages, Hardcover
A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more
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"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
17. How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
By: Jason F. Stanley
4.17
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Fascist politics are running rampant in America today—and spreading around the world. A Yale philos… read more
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"Fascist politics does not necessarily lead to an explicitly fascist state, but it is dangerous nonetheless. Fascist politics includes many distinct strategies: the mythic past, propaganda, anti-intel…"-Jason F. Stanley, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
18. Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
By: Matt Taibbi
4.11
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
Part tirade, part confessional from the celebrated Rolling Stone journalist, Hate Inc. reveals that… read more
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"More often, when explosive #Russiagate headlines go sideways, the original outlets simply ignore the new development, leaving the “retraction"-Matt Taibbi, Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
"In my experience conservatives hate reporters mainly because they see us as phonies. We reject the idea that we belong to a class, or that we have our own tribal beliefs. Sometimes the hypocrisy is s…"-Matt Taibbi, Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
19. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
By: Anthony Bourdain
3.64
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, televisi… read more
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"You know, I'll tell you honestly: if you like food and you haven't come here to eat, you're really missing the fucking boat. This is world-class food; this is world-class wine; this is world-class ch…"-Anthony Bourdain, World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
20. The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
By: Michael J. Sandel
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds ar… read more
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"A wealthy CEO could justify his or her advantages to a lower paid worker on a factory floor as: "I am not worthier then you nor morally deserving of the privileged position I hold. My generous compen…"-Michael J. Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
21. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America
By: Will Sommer
4.09
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
The definitive book on QAnon from the reporter knows them best; Will Sommer explains what it is, ho… read more
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22. Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
By: Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
4.00
Format: 157 pages, Paperback
A powerful indictment of the ways elites have co-opted radical critiques of racial capitalism to se… read more
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"A philosopher Briana Toole clarifies, by itself, one's social location only puts a person in a position to know; 'epistemic privilege' or advantage, on the other hand, is achieved only through delibe…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
"Elites do often make the environment worse and block solutions, but to blame the problem of elite capture entirely on their moral successes and failures is to confuse effect for cause. The true probl…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
"To opt for deference, rather than interdependence, may soothe short-term psychological wounds. But it does so at a steep cost: it may undermine the goals that motivated the project--and it entrenches…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
"As Carter G. Woodson realized, many of our decisions are shaped by decisions that someone with more power made before us. The whole social structure affects how institutional systems, like schools, f…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
23. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy
By: Thomas F. Schaller
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more
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24. Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking
By: Mehdi Hasan
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Win Every Argument shows how anyone can communicate with confidence, r… read more
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25. Filthy Rich Politicians: The Swamp Creatures, Latte Liberals, and Ruling-Class Elites Cashing in on America
By: Matt K. Lewis
3.72
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From one of America's sharpest political journalists is this searing, thought-provoking and hilario… read more
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26. The End of Policing
By: Alex S. Vitale
4.19
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
The problem is not overpolicing, it is policing itself Recent years have seen an explosion of pr… read more
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"Our standard of living is not declining because of migrants but because of unregulated neoliberal capitalism, which has allowed corporations and the rich to avoid paying taxes or decent wages. It is …"-Alex S. Vitale, The End of Policing
"There is no question that American police use their weapons more than police in any other developed democracy. Unfortunately, we don’t have fully accurate information about the number or nature of ho…"-Alex S. Vitale, The End of Policing
"As Jeffrey Reiman points out in the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, the criminal justice system excuses and ignores crimes of the rich that produce profound social harms while intensely crim…"-Alex S. Vitale, The End of Policing
"Heavy-handed immigration policing will not build a worker’s movement, it will shatter it. One of the mistakes that Trump supporters make is imagining that their own economic conditions will be improv…"-Alex S. Vitale, The End of Policing
27. American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress
By: Wesley Lowery
4.18
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
“American Whitelash is indispensable. Really. It is.” — Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Ant… read more
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28. America: The Farewell Tour
By: Chris Hedges
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Chris Hedges’s profound and provocative examination of America in crisis is “an exceedingly…provoca… read more
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29. The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
By: Chapo Trap House
3.92
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Instant New York Times bestseller “Howard Zinn on acid or some bullsh*t like that.” —Tim Heidecker … read more
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"The ugly truth is that no employer hires anyone unless they can extract more value from them than they have to pay out in wages and benefits."-Chapo Trap House, The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
"Finally, as 9/11 fell on December 7, 1941, America entered World War II, and wouldn’t you know it, the US actually recovered from the Depression. It turned out that with state control of production a…"-Chapo Trap House, The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
30. The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives (Jacobin)
By: Adolph L. Reed Jr.
4.19
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
A memoir and historical account of growing up in the Jim Crow South by a renowned political theoris… read more
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31. Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy
By: Batya Ungar-Sargon
4.13
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Something is wrong with American journalism. Long before “fake news” became the calling card of the… read more
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