Public Policy
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The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
$18.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book
The inspiration for PBS’s AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film The Poison Squad. From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true stor- Author: Blum, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 0143111124
- Language: English
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Wealth, Poverty and Politics
$40.00 Add to cartIn Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion … [more below]
- Author: Sowell, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 046509676X
- Language: English
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The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
$17.99 Add to cartA “razor-sharp” introduction to this political and economic ideology makes a galvanizing argument for modern socialism (Naomi Klein) — and explains how its core tenets could effect positive change in… [more below]
- Author: Sunkara, Bhaskar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1541647106
- Language: English
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Water: A Biography
$20.00 Read moreSpanning millennia and continents, a revealing history that “tackles the most important story of our time: our relationship with water in a world of looming scarcity” (Kelly McEvers, NPR Host).
“Far m- Author: Boccaletti, Giulio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0525566007
- Language: English
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An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
$19.00 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller/Washington Post Notable Book of 2017/NPR Best Books of 2017/Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2017
“This book will serve as the definitive guide to the past and future of h- Author: Rosenthal, Elisabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 13 2018
- ISBN10: 143110853
- Language: English
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Inside American Education
$24.95 Add to cartAn illuminating examination of the deterioration of the current school system in America, backed by detailed research and shocking statistics.
An indictment of the American educational system criticiz- Author: Sowell, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 14 2003
- ISBN10: 0743254082
- Language: English
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Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do about It
$28.00 Read more“This book gave me a new lens to see the world.”–Robert Krulwich, former co-host of WNYC’s Radiolab
Addressing the pressing issues affecting everyday Americans during an election year is essential–a… [more below]
- Author: Leopold, Les
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1645022331
- Language: English
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La Batalla Cultural: Reflexiones CrÃticas Para una Nueva Derecha
$22.99 Add to cartEl afamado escritor, politólogo, y conferencista AgustÃn Laje presenta La batalla cultural: Reflexiones crÃticas para una Nueva Derecha – un manifiesto que informará, animará y facultará a los “
- Author: Laje, Agustin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1400238412
- Language: Spanish
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The Solutions Are Already Here: Strategies of Ecological Revolution from Below
$24.95 Add to cart“Demonstrates how we have the means at hand to extinguish the blaze and reset our wayward course towards a more livable and just planet for all.”–Simon Spring, author, The Anarchist Roots of Geograph… [more below]
- Author: Gelderloos, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0745345115
- Language: English
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Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability
$45.00 Add to cartIn recent years, a little-known research group named Forensic Architecture began using novel research methods to undertake a series of investigations into human rights abuses. Today, the group provide
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Weizman, Eyal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 18 2019
- ISBN10: 1935408879
- Language: English
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The Last Philadelphia Gentlemen: The Sunset of an American Ruling Class
$28.95 Add to cartThe Book of Record Regarding the WASP Aristocracy and its Legacy
…From the Medieval chivalric code of the gentleman to the Ivy-covered quads of Princeton, Harvard, and Yale.
“In a style that echoes
- Author: Hutter, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: October 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1977256848
- Language: English
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Social Security for Dummies
$27.99 Read more“Social Security for Dummies is a must read for people of any age who want a comfortable retirement. … The difference between a smart claiming strategy and a dumb one can cost you hundreds of thousa
- Author: Peterson, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 27, 2020
- ISBN10: 1119689929
- Language: English
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Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid
$31.98 Add to cartWhen rolling blackouts come to the electric grid, they will be old news to the grid insiders.
Only the electricity customers will be surprised.
Grid insiders know how fragile the grid is becoming. Unfor
- Author: Angwin, Meredith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: October 19, 2020
- ISBN10: 0989119084
- Language: English
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Weed Rules: Blazing the Way to a Just and Joyful Marijuana Policy
$26.95 Add to cartWith full legalization seeming inevitable, it’s time to shift the conversation–from whether recreational cannabis should be legalized to how.
Weed Rules argues that it’s time for states to abandon th- Author: Wexler, Jay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0520343921
- Language: English
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The Gray Rhino
$20.99 Add to cartThe #1 English-language bestseller in China–the book that is shaping China’s planning and policy for the future.
A “gray rhino” is a highly probable, high impact yet all-too-often neglected threat: ki
- Author: Wucker, Michele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 13 2017
- ISBN10: 1250180287
- Language: English
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The Truth About Social Security: The Founders’ Words Refute Revisionist History, Zombie Lies, and Common Misunderstandings
$14.99 Add to cartNancy Altman, President of Social Security Works and renowned Social Security expert, brings us her third book, in which she uses the founders’ own words to debunk myths and reveal the truth about the
- Author: Altman, Nancy J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 14 2018
- ISBN10: 1947492160
- Language: English
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Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples With Its Historical Racial Trauma
$24.95 Add to cartBlack Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples with its Historical Racial Trauma, endorsed by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and the 400 Years of African American History Commiss
- Author: Johnson, Hannibal B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: July 20 2020
- ISBN10: 168179179X
- Language: English
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Decisions about Decisions
$39.99 Add to cartHere is one of the most fundamental questions in human life: How do we decide how we decide? We make such decisions all the time. If you trust your doctor, you might decide to follow a simple rule for… [more below]
- Author: Sunstein, Cass R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: July 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1009400460
- Language: English
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Ike in Love and War: How Dwight D. Eisenhower Sacrificed Himself to Keep the Peace
$35.00 Read moreDwight D. Eisenhower is one of America’s greatest and least appreciated presidents.
Behind the demeanor that made Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower so popular was a cold-as-steel intelligence that kept his c- Author: Striner, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1637584229
- Language: English
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The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You
$17.95 Read moreA Finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction
“Nayeri combines her own experience with those of refugees she meets as an adult, telling their stories with tenderness and reverence.” —The New Yor- Author: Nayeri, Dina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1646220218
- Language: English
