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We offer a range
of books, each addressing issues from diversity and multiculturalism to nonviolence
and peace. Many of the books work well when integrated into classrooms. We highly
recommend these texts of social responsibility.
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for Children
Many of our children's
books are full color and introduce young readers to important issues involving
self-esteem and community.
Books
For Teaching
Some of these books are published by Educators for Social Responsibility,
and are excellent resources for teaching conflict resolution to youth.
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for Organizing
We've collected a number of books that can help people
organize efficiently and responsibly.
Novels
for Learning
We also carry a number of novels to help you think and
grow.
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Book: 2010 National Co-op Directory: A Guide To The Cooperative Natural Food System in the U.S.
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2010 60 pages 8.5" x 11" 18th annual edition
A great resource to have on any long distance road trip, so you can find and shop at a food co-op. Some food co-ops honor your membership in your own local co-op and will give you the same discount as their own members get.
For the first time since it was first published 18 years ago, the number of food co-op listings has increased. I this time of financial crisis people across the country are creating new co-ops to help them increase their buying power, focus on buying local products, build their community and establish local, democratic co-ops they can depend on. Over 30 new co-ops are listed in the 2010 directory plus a handful of co-op stores that are an expansion of existing co-ops. Co-ops are listed in alphabetical order by state (also alphabetical). Each listing contains the complete address of the co-op, most include phone, fax, email, web page addresses, store hours, contact person, and directions for finding the store. In past years the directory has been 99.9% up-to-date. This year they've lowered it to 97% because co-ops are starting up faster than they can track them down.
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Book: Family of Secrets
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by Russ Baker 2010 *paperback
Learn why the conventional understanding of Watergate gets the story wrong. Discover how Nixon was implicated in a sprawling plot to which he was not a party, and how an aggressive effort was mounted to use the facts of the case to force him from office. Read new revelations about the precise involvement of Poppy Bush, Bob Woodward and White House counsel John Dean in this still-mysterious American epic.
Also learn:
Why George H.W. Bush cant remember where he was on November 22, 1963
Why oilman George H.W. Bush shows up in early CIA documents
The real story behind George W. Bushs missing military service
The inside scoop on the Bushes and Saudi influence in America
The strange saga of Harvard University and its endowment
The untold real story behind George W. Bushs religious awakening
Never before told anecdotes from George W. Bushs wild past
How the CIA monitors the White House and its occupants
Why Barack Obama and his supporters should read this book
AND MUCH MUCH MORE
Investigative journalist Russ Baker spent years fact-checking every statement in this book for accuracy.
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Book: If You Can Read This
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by Jack Bowen 2010 240 pages trade paperback
A PICTURE MAY BE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
BUT A FEW CHOICE WORDS CAN SPEAK VOLUMES!
If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Arent More People Happy?
Bottled Water Is for Suckers
Clones Are People Too
At Least the War on the Environment Is Going Well
Dont Believe Everything You Think
The Revolution Will Be Tweeted
Long before blogs, tweets, and sound bites, people were telling the world how they felt in brief, blunt bursts of information plastered on the backs of their cars. Whether theyre political or religious, passionate or proud, controversial or corny, these brightly colored, boldly lettered mini manifestos are declarations of who we are, where we stand, and what wed rather be doing. But as bestselling author and noted philosopher Jack Bowen reveals, theres much more to the pop-culture phenomenon of bumper stickers than rolling one-liners and drive-by propagandano less, in fact, than a wise, funny, poignant, contentious, and truthful discourse on the human condition.
Mixing pop culture with the ideas of historically prominent philosophers and scientists, If You Can Read This exposes the deeper wisdom couched behind these slogansor, as need be, exposes where they have gone wrong. If you brake for big ideas, nows the time.
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Book: Great Peacemakers: True Stories From Around The World
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by Ken Beller & Heather Chase 2008 Middle/High School, College/Adult Hardcover
This book tells the true life stories of 20 great peacemakers from around the world, including famous leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as lesser-known individuals from various walks of life who are making a positive difference in the world. Winner of 30 book awards!
"Powerful, well-researched and, above all, timely, Great Peacemakers should be required reading for the youth of the world. Classrooms are flooded with history textbooks that celebrate military heroes. It is long past time that our children learn from books that celebrate peace."
Dr. Oscar Arias
president of Costa Rica and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Ask about deep discounts ads uch as 45% off list price!
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Book: Wangari's Trees of Peace : A True Story from Africa
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by Jeanette Winter 2008 Hardcover Picturebook
As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do somethingand starts by planting nine seedlings in her own backyard. And as they grow, so do her plans...
This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one womans passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.
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Book: Reproduce & Revolt
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by Josh MacPhee and Favianna Rodriguez 2008 224 pages paperback
"This book is done in the spirit of Rini Templeton whose work was released in book form as free clip art book for the movement. In the same spirit, artists donated graphics for this book to be released to the public to be available for use on movement flyer and posters. I am proud to have a few images in the book, and I hope to see them in a flyer some day." - Favianna Rodriguez
An extensive collection of contemporary political graphics collected from around the world, including art from many of today's most exciting street artists, poster makers and graphic designers. All of these images are granted to the public domain, to be freely used for political purposes.
Street Posters. Graffiti. Bumper stickers. Activism depends on design to capture imaginations and spread a message. Reproduce and Revolt not only documents some of the best activist design work of the past few years, it shows readers how to do it themselves. Reproduce and Revolt features the work of artists from over a dozen countries. The collection contains hundreds of high-quality illustrations and graphics about social justice and political activism for use on flyers, posters, t-shirts, brochures, stencils, and any other graphic elements of social causes. The graphics are bold, easy to reproduce, and available to reproduce without permission. The book offers clear instructions on how to utilize the images to improve the effectiveness of visual campaigns. It also contains a short history of political graphics, highlighting the vital and powerful role that graphics have played in social movements all over the world - serving as tools to inspire, mobilize, and transform communities.
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Book: Addicted To War: Why The U.S. Can't Kick Militarism
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77 pages * 161 reference notes * 8.5" x 11" graphic format * Over 300,000 in print!
An illustrated expose by Joel Andreas, "Addicted to War" takes on the most active, powerful and destructive military in the world. Hard-hitting, carefully documented and heavily illustrated, it reveals why the United States has been involved in more wars in recent years than any other country.
The book reveals the terrible fact of the U.S.'s addiction to war and militarism, as well as powerful insights into the causes. In a format accessible to kids from nine to ninety-nine. Packed with historical photos and quotes, the book explains who benefits from our wars, who pays and who dies.
The book is endorsed by Veterans For Peace. This Third Edition has been updated in 2004 and 14 more pages have been added covering the war against Iraq. It has been translated into Japanese, Korean, Thai, Danish and German. A Spanish edition is also available from us. It is being used in hundreds of high schools and colleges as a supplemental U.S. history text. Watch a 4 minute video created from the first pages of the book.
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Book: Adicto a la Guerra [Espanol ed.]
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The same best-selling graphic history book, "Addicted To War" translated into Spanish. A must-read for Spanish-speaking recruitment-age youth.
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Book: A Young People's History of the United States
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by Howard Zinn with Rebecca Stefoff 2007 234 pages paperback
Originally published as two volumes, it is now in one book. The Young Adult edition of Zinn's classic telling of U.S. history. It brings the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans and others whose stories and their impact, are rarely included in history books.
"A brilliant and moving history of the American people." - Library Journal
"One of THE most important books I have ever read in a long life of reading... a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants...more." Howard Fast
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Book: The American Way Of War: Guided Missiles, Misguided Men and a Republic In Peril
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by Eugene Jarecki (director, "Why We Fight" film, 2007) 324 pages 2008 Simon & Shuster Publishers
What happens when an award-winning documentary film producer turns to a print monograph to make his case? If you are Eugene Jarecki, the answer
(to borrow a baseball metaphor) is: you hit a solid triple, with an eye toward home plate.
This book is a provocative and personal exploration of the same crucual themes he explored in his Sundance FGiolm Festival 2005 Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary, "Why We Fight."
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Book: Give Me Liberty - A Handbook for American Revolutionaries
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by Naomi (author of "The End of America") 2008 400 pages
As the practice of democracy becomes a lost art, Americans are increasingly desperate for a restored nation. Many have a general sense the system is in disorder if not on its way to functional collapse. Though it's easy to identify our political problems, the solutions are not always as clear. In "Give Me Liberty," bestselling author Naomi Wolf shows the breathtaking changes that can take place when ordinary citizens engage in the democratic system the way the founders intended and tells how to use that system, right now, to change your life, your community and, ulimately, the nation.
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Book: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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by Naomi Klein 2007 N.Y. Times Bestseller & bestseller in six countries. Paperback Now in 20 languages! Seventeen publications consider this the Best Book of the Year. (Updated paperback edition, June 2008)
Naomi Klein is the award-winning author of the acclaimed international bestseller "No Logo" (2000) and the essay collection "Fences & Widows." An internationally syndicated columnist, she co-created with Avi Lewis, the documentary film "The Take"
"This is a book that will anger you, yes, but in the best, most passionate way by arousing the kind of anger that might provoke you into action. This is one book that could actually make a difference in society." - Powell's Books, Portland, OR (Staff Pick)
"Superbly constructed and written... It deserves to be widely read." - S.F. Chronicle
"Brilliant, brave and terrifying." - Arundahti Roy, author "The God of Small Things"
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Peace: The Biography of a Symbol
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by Ken Kolsbun Published by National Geographic Society (March 2008) 176 pages 8" x 8" Hardcover 150 color photographs
As the boomer generation moves onward through the milestones of life, 1960's nostalgia holds tremendous meaning today. And nothing more eloquently symbolizes the counterculture era than the peace sign. How did this simple sketch become so powerful an image? "Peace: The Biography of a Symbol" tells the surprisiing story of the sign in words and pictures, from its origins in the nuclear disarmament movement in England in 1958, throughout the 1960s, through its stint as a mass-marketed commodity and its enduring relevance now.
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Book: War Is A Racket
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by General Smedley Butler 80 pages
This is the anti-war classic of all time. Written over seventy years ago by General Smedley Butler, who is still the most highly-decorated U.S. Marine in American history, This frank book shows how U.S. war efforts are animated and driven by big business interests, then as today. This extraordinary argument against war is more relevant today than ever. It remains the basic primer for all to read. Concisely tells the true story of his personal exoeriences as a soldier prtecting U.S. business interests in other countries. Coming as it does from the perspective of a brave and highly honored warrior, he is a source whom pro-military, pro-war readers will at least read, and may even find themselves agreeing with. A powerful, timeless document. Marine enlistees are taught about the history of the Marine Corps, and about Smedley Butler as a heroic U.S. Marine, but they don't teach about his personal conversion to opposition to war for corporate profit.
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Book: Black Ants & Buddhists: Thinking Critically & Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades"
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by Mary Cowhey 2006 244 pages
What would a classroom look like if understanding and respecting differences in race, culture, beliefs and opinions were at its heart? Welcome to Mary Cowhey's Peace Class in Northampton, Mass., where first and second graders view the entire curriculum through the framework of understanding the world and trying to do their part to make it a better place.
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Book: Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now
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by George McGovern & William R. Polk 2006 142 pages
Former Senator George McGovern and William R. Polk, a leading authority on the Middle East, offer a detailed plan for a speedy troop withdrawal from Iraq. Recommended reading for every American who cares about the future of our country and the world. (see also the DVD documentary "A Bright Shining Moment", about Senator McGovern's 1972 campaign for President during a time in America with many parallels to today in our DVD section)
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Book: The Secret History of the American Empire
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by John Perkins (author of "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man") 384 pages 2007
In his stunning memoir, "Confessions of an Economc Hit Man, John Perkins detaied his former role as an "economic hitman." Now, in this new book, Perkins zeroes in on hot spots around the world, and drawing on interviews with other Hit Men, Jackals, reporters, government officials and activists, examines the current geopolitical crisis. Instability is the norm it's clear that the world we've created is dangerous and no longer sustainable. How did we get here? Who's responsible? What good have we done and at what cost? And what can we do to change things for the next generations? Addressing these questions and more, Perkins reveals the secret history behind the events that have defined our world, including:
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Book: Voices of a People's History of the United States
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by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. 665 pages 2004 revised edition
"In Voices of a People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn has given us our true story, the ongoing, not-so-secret narative of race and class in America." --Russell Banks
"When I began work ...[on this book]... I wanted the voices of struggle, mostly absent from our history books, to be given the place they desere. I wanted labor history, which has been the battleground, decade after decade, century after century, of an ongoing fight for human dignity, to come to the fore. And I wanted my readers to experience how at key moments in our history some of the bravest and most effective political acts were the sounds of the human voice itself..." --Howard Zinn, from the introduction.
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Book: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
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This is how wars are fought now: by children, traumatized and hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47's. This beautifully written book tells Ishmael Beah's story beginning at 12 when separated from his family, he fled attacking rebels in Sierra Leone and wandered a land made unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen he'd been picked up by the government army and became a soldier with other boys his age. At sixteen, he was saved by a rehabilitation center. He learned how to regain his humanity and to heal. This is an extraordinary story of war and hope.
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Book: Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life.
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by Thich Nhat Hanh. (with a foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lama). Lucidly and beautifully written, this book contains commentaries and meditations, personal anecdotes and stories from Nhat Hanh's experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. The deceptively simple practices of Peace Is Every Step encourage the reader to work for peace in the world as he or she continues to work on sustaining inner peace by turning the "mindless" into the mindful.
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Book: Popco
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a novel by Scarlett Thomas 2005
PopCo tells the story of Alice Butler, a subversively smart girl in our commercial-soaked world, who grows from recluse orphan to burgeoning activist with a mission, buttressed by mystery, codes, math, and the sense that her grandparents gave her that she could change the world.
Alice, slight introvert, crossword compositor, works at PopCo, a globally successful and slightly sinister toy company...
From the author's Never Ending Interview: "It's mainly about a toy company and the process of developing a new idea in a remote, corporate 'thought camp.' But it's also about 17th century pirates, World War II, early computing, number theory, secret codes and ways of resisting authority. It's this crazy mix of things and I really hope it works.
Question: What kind of effect do you hope your books will have?
Occassionally I get e-mails from people who say that one of my books has made them look at the world in a slightly different way, or even better that the book has made them feel that they are not the only person experiencing lonliness or confusion or alienation. Getting an e-mail like that beats even the most brilliant review. In my books, it's OK to be a dreamer, to walk out of your job, to become a vegetarian, to try to start a revolution. I want my books to make people realise that these things are all completely OK... that they are desirable and logical in the world in which we live. On another level I want my books to make people think, 'huh?', to make the reader try to solve the puzzles (and there are lots of puzzles in PopCo) and to feel happy, at least on some level, at the end."
"No heroine this year was more beguiling than Alice in Scarlett Thomas's PopCo. This book might just change your life." - Independent On Sunday (London)
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Book: Peace Begins With You
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by Katherine Scholes. The concept of peace can be difficult for children to grasp, but award-winning author Katherine Scholes succeeds in explaining clearly and simply how and why peace has a place in all of our lives. The book begins at a personal level, looking at why different people's needs and wants don't always fit together easily, and how this can become a source of conflict. It then explores the many ways in which conflicts can be resolved, including the positive ways that avoid a winner/loser outcome.
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Book: Handbook For Nonviolent Action
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Co-published by War Resisters League and Donnelly/Colt.
This is the handbook used throughout the country for civil disobedience action trainings. Nonviolent civil disobedience requires discipline and preparation as well as a burning commitment and desire for change. This handbook continues a tradition of sharing and passing on beliefs, strategies, values and tactics. It offers the combined experience and wisdom of many people who have struggled to make the world more just. It empowers the the reader to honestly reflect on the guidance it offers. The four editions of this handbook have been widely used all over the country in nonviolence training sessions for many years. Even the single copy price is far less than the cost of photocopying the 36 pages (which at .07’ a page would cost $2.52 to photocopy, not including colating and binding) 4th revised edition. 36 pages. Save in bulk: $1.00 each for 10-25; 26-199 for .85’ each; Carton of 200 for .75’ each
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We Just Want to Live Here: A Palestinian Teenager, an Israeli Teenager" an Unlikely Friendship
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Book: We just want to live here
by Amal Rifai
Palestinian Amal Rifa'i and Israeli Odelia Ainbinder are two teenage girls who live in the same city, yet worlds apart. They met on a student exchange program to Switzerland. Weeks after they returned, the latest, violent Intifada broke out in the fall of 2000.
But two years later, Middle East correspondent Sylke Tempel encouraged Amal and Odelia to develop their friendship by facilitating an exchange of their deepest feelings through letters. In their letters, Amal and Odelia discuss the Intifada, their families, traditions, suicide bombers, and military service. They write frankly of their anger, frustrations, and fear, but also of their hopes and dreams for a brighter future.
Together, Amal and Odelia give us a renewed sense of hope for peace in the Middle East.
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Book: The Peace Book
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by Louise Diamond. 193 pages.
108 simple ways to create a more peaceful world. The Peace Book provides simple everyday tools that can help us have more peace in our lives and in the world. Not available in bookstores - this book is meant to be spread through our personal networks. We also carry another book with the same title, by Todd Parr. It is an illustrated children's book and it is not related to this book. To avoid confusion, we've titled his book, "Todd Parr's The Peace Book."
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Book: Todd Parr's The Peace Book
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by Todd Parr.
Like Parr's bestseller "It's Okay to Be Different," this primer about peace gives parents and teachers a valuable tool in talking about this challenging subject to younger children. Peace is described as making new friends, sharing a meal, feeling good about yourself, and more.
Another book we carry has the same title, but is not related to this book. It is by Louise Diamond.
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Book: Sophie Scholl & The White Rose
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Jud Newborn & Annette Dumbach 256 pages 2006 OUT-OF-PRINT
"Nothing is so unworthy of a civilized nation as allowing itself to be governed, without opposition, by an irresponsible clique that has yielded to base instnct." So wrote the White Rose, a group of ardent young activists inside Nazi Germany who opposed the reign of fascism in their country during the early 1940's.
"The animated narrative reads like a suspense novel." N.Y. Times
"Inspiring - ad could not be more timely." Studs Terkel
"Superbly written" Library Journal
"Heart-wrenching and inspiring...a story few readers wil forget." San Francisco Chronicle
"Could change your life forever." Dayton (Ohio) Daily News
"A must for anyone especiually young people to read." Evelyn Rubin, author of Ghetto Shanghai
"This is an impressive, highly readable and beautifully researched account of two brave German youths and their comrades who rejected Hitler's demonic vision and fought to open their countrymen's eyes to the horrors that lay ahead at the cost of their lives ...This book drives home the high cost of courage in a world gone mad, and the brilliant light these brave young people shone into the dark night of Nazi Germany." Susan Rubinowitz, political reporter, New York
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Book: In the Shadow of No Towers
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By Art Spiegelman.
In his first new book of comics since the groundbreaking Maus, Art Spiegelman gives us a deeply personal, politically charged, graphically and emotionally stunning account of the events and aftermath of September 11, 2001.
What Art Spiegelman saw in his lower Manhattan backyard on 9/11 was just the beginning of the horror for him. Panic soon gave way to fury as he watched the shameless co-opting of the tragedy by a government in the service of its own preconceived agenda. For Spiegelman, only one thing made sense passionate dissent, and done in the best way he knew how: through comics! This amazing book is the result.
In a large, two-page-spread format that echoes the scale of the earliest newspaper comics, Spiegelman relates his experience of the national tragedy in drawings and text that convey with his singular artistry and his characteristic provocation, outrage, and wit the unfathomable enormity of the event itself, the obvious and insidious effects it had on his life, and the extraordinary, often hidden changes that have been enacted in the name of post-9/11 national security and that have begun to undermine the very foundation of American democracy. Finally, Spiegelman shares with us a small folio of classic Sunday comics pages from the early years of the medium that resonate eerily today. Oversize book with hard 1/8" thick board pages.
Much more than a coffee table book or conversation piece, this one-of-a-kind book by a renowned American artist and author is already a classic in its genre. "In The Shadow of No Towers" is an invaluable first-person source document on the personal and national consequences of that horrific day.
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Book: Adventures In Peacemaking: A Conflict Resolution Activity Guide For School-age Programs
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"Adventures In Peace
making" includes hundred of hands-on, engaging activities designed to meet the unique needs of after-school programs, camps and recreation centers. The activities teach the skills of creative confilct resolution to school-age children through games, cooperative team challenges, drama, crafts, music and even cooking. The guide includes easy-to-implement strategies and tips for providers to both reduce conflict in their programs and to intervene effectively when conflict does occur. 345 pages.
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Book: Saving Fish from Drowning
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by Amy Tan.
"Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. 'Don't be scared,' I tell those fishes. 'I am saving you from drowning." Soon enough, the fishes grow calm and lie still. Yet, sad to say, I am always too late." Amy Tan's novel of 11 Americans stranded in Burma possesses the resonance of the fable of the Burmese fisherman. Another compelling fiction by the author of The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter's Daughter.
On an ill-fated art expedition into the southern Shan state of Burma, eleven Americans leave their Floating Island Resort for a Christmas-morning tour-and disappear. Through twists of fate, curses, and just plain human error, they find themselves deep in the jungle, where they encounter a tribe awaiting the return of the leader and the mythical book of wisdom that will protect them from the ravages and destruction of the Myanmar military regime.
Saving Fish from Drowning seduces the reader with a facade of Buddhist illusions, magician's tricks, and light comedy, even as the absurd and picaresque spiral into a gripping morality tale about the consequences of intentions both good and bad and about the shared responsibility that individuals must accept for the actions of others.
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Book: Cost of Freedom: The Anthology of Peace & Activism
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by Mike Palecek, Michael Annis & Whitney Trettien * 166 pages (14 full color) * 12" x 12.5" * 2007
Over 100 contributors from the U.S. and Canada.
"Not just a book, it's a national movement." Claire Dinneen, Anthology Books, Colorado
"If the world is ever going to be changed, it will be through the efforts of millions of individuals and small organizations. Cost of Freedom tells the encouraging stories of many who have begun this work." Pete Seeger
"Sexy, surreal, overwhelming. The definitive work of an era of alternative thinking, composition, visual art and publishing..." Booklist
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Book: An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
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Just in time for the elections, here's a concise briefing on what the Bush administration really means when it talks about "compassionate conservativism" and "the war on terror." Roy has great fun in these essays skewering the hypocrisy of the holier-than-thou crowd. But above all, it is the very essence of power that she aims to impart: the power of the people to undo the corruptions of their self-appointed leaders.
First delivered as fiery speeches to sold-out crowds, together these lucid essays are an impassioned call to arms against "the apocalyptic apparatus of the American empire." Focusing on the disastrous US occupation of Iraq, Roy urges us to recognizeand applythe scope of our power, exhorting dockworkers to refuse to load war material bound, reservists to refuse their call-ups, activists to organize boycotts of Halliburton, and citizens of other nations to mobilize against being deputized as janitor-soldiers cleaning up the mess of the US invasion.
Roy's Guide to Empire also offers us sharp theoretical tools for understanding the New American Empirea dangerous paradigm, Roy argues here, that is entirely distinct from the imperialism of the British or even the New World Order of George Bush, the elder. She also examines how resistance movements build power, looking in particular at examples of nonviolent organizing in India, South Africa, and the United States. Masterfully she draws the red thread through ostensibly disconnected issues and arenas, focusing on the parallels between globalization in India, the devastation in Iraq, the conditions under which many African Americans continue to despair, and more.
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Book/Poster: Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus
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by James Loewen (author of "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong" and "Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong") 9 pages 8.5" x 11" Includes a 22" x 34" full color poster, "The Truth About Columbus" printed on nontear material. The poster is folded to fit in the back of the book.
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Book: Cowboy In Caracas: A North American's Memoir of Venezuela's Democratic Revolution
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by Charles Hardy 145 pages Curbstone Press, Willimantic, CT
"An old and evil way of life is dying and those who enjoyed it are fighting to survive..."
"Charles Hardy has given us a unique persective on the Chavista revolution as viewed from a cardboard shack on a hillside barrio in Caracas. Writing in a graceful and conversational style in a series of vignettes, Hardy conveys with genuine affection and admiration the dignity and courage of the ordinary people of Venezuela people whom the western media, enscounced in fine hotels or toney apartments, only know as maids and waiters. A reader comes away understanding both why Hugo Chavez is loved by these people and why the U.S. government is trying so hard to oust him. With the Bush administration still trying to demonize Chavez and his backers, this book is a must-read for all Ameicans but a must-read that you won't be able to put down." Dave Lindorff, columnist for Counterpunch, Salon.com and author of The Case For Impeachment (2006)
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Book: Soldiers In Revolt: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War
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by David Cortwright * with a new introduction by Howard Zinn * 355 pages
SOLDIERS IN REVOLT documents one of the least known and most important aspects of the Vietnam War: the rebellion among U.S. soldiers opposed to the war. From the front lines to stateside military bases, the U.S. armed forces were wracked by widespread resistance, including combat refusals and mutinies. GI's produced more than 250 antiwar committees and underground newspapers to voice their discontent. A new chapter looks at the enduring imprint of this period on the U.S. military and the lessons this era holds for the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
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Book: After Dachau
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by Daniel Quinn (2001). In this new novel, Quinn departs from his usual battery of theory to explore the story of the fictional Mallory Hastings, a victim of an automobile accident who explores the possibility that her life may not be quite what she thought it was. A surprising twist midway through the novel leaves you thinking for days.
230 pages. Hardcover.
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Book: A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
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by Howard Zinn.
"Zinn has written a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those who have been exploited politically and economically and whose plights has been largely omitted from most histories. Extending its coverage...the book is an excellent antidote to established history. Seldom have quotations been so effectively used; the stories of blacks, women, Indians, and poor laborers of all nationalities are told in their own words. While the book is precise enough th please specialists it should satisfy any adult reader." Library Journal
If your last serious read of American history was in high school - or even in a standard college course - you'll want to read this amazing account of America as seen throuigh the eyes of its working people, women and minorities.
688 pages Paperback Revised & updated (2004)
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Book: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (Revised, Updated 2008 edition)
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High school students hate history. When they list their favorite subjects, history always comes in last. They consider it the most irrelevant of twenty-one school subjects; bo-o-o-ring is the adjective most often applied. James Loewen spent two years at the Smithsonian Institute surveying twelve leading high school textbooks of American history. What he found was an embarrassing amalgam of bland optimism, blind patriotism, and misinformation pure and simple, weighing in at an average of four-and-a-half pounds and 888 pages. Click on title for rest of the description.
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Book: J.F.K. & The Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters
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by James W. Douglass 2008 544 pages Hardcover
Preview the first 54 pages via this link to a PDF:
http://www.maryknollmall.org/chapters/978-1-57075-755-6.pdf
James Douglass lays out the journey that led JFK in the course of three years from his position as a traditional Cold Warrior to his determination to break with the logic of the Cold War and lead the world in an entirely different direction. This sequence of steps led his adversaries in the military and intelligence establishment to view him as a virtual traitor who had to be eliminated.
Douglass's book has all the elements of a political thriller. But the stakes couldn't be higher. Only by understanding the truth behind the murder of JFK can we grasp his vision and assume the urgent struggle for peace today.
"A remarkable book: devastating in its documented indictment of the dark forces that have long deformed the public life of this country, while also illuminating JFK's final vision of world peace and documenting beyond reasonable doubt the unspeakable assassination of our last partially admirable president. This book should be required reading for every American citizen. Richard Falk, Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University
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Book: The End of America - Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
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by Naomi Wolf 2007 168 pages paperback N.Y. Times Bestseller
Jon Elliot, host of Air America Radio show "The Best of America" called this the most important book he read in 2007.
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Book: What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda & the New Face of American Politics
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Edited by Andras Szanto Introduction by Orville Schell 2007 236 pages
Asking "What Orwell Didn't Know" is a timely exercise. the United States is the most powerful democracy in the world; yet its lavishly funded industries of political messaging and image making are unrivaled in their scale and technical wizardry...
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Book: David Suzuki's Green Guide
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September 2008 Paperback 6" x 8" 192 pages
By: David R. Boyd, Dr. David Suzuki
Everyone knows that human actions affect our natural environment. With this indispensable guide, readers will learn to consume fewer resources and become part of the solution as stewards of the planet. This book recommends actions for individuals to be more green in the homes where we live, the way we travel, the food we eat, and the things we buy. It also describes how all of us can ensure that governments support sustainable lifestyles. Suzuki and Boyd provide vital tips for readers to:
create a healthy indoor environment,
decrease energy and water use,
choose eco-friendly transportation,
make simple diet changes to eat fresher, healthier food
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Book: Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai
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April, 2006 Paperback 326 pages
In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai offers an inspiriting message of hope and prosperity through self-sufficiency. We see her studying with Catholic missionaries, earning bachelor's and master's degrees in the United States, and becoming the first woman both to earn a Ph.D. in East and Central Africa and to head a university department in Kenya. We witness her numerous run-ins with the brutal Moi government and she makes clear the political and personal reasons that compelled her, in 1977, to establish the Green Belt Movement.
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Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea By Mark Kurlansky
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2006 Paperback 203 pages
New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky discusses nonviolence as a distinct entity, a course of action, rather than a mere state of mind. Nonviolence can and should be a technique for overcoming social injustice and ending wars, he asserts, which is why it is the preferred method of those who speak truth to power.
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Book: Ishmael
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A modern-day classic. The book that has the whole world thinking and re-thinking. In this unforgettable novel, a man and a gorilla embark on an intellectual adventure that redefines what it means to be human. Their journey explores the most challenging problem humankind has ever faced: how to save the world from ourselves.
Click on title for a review by Thom Hartmann...
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Book: Hoodwinked - An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded and What We Need Need To Do To Remake Them
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Hardcover 2009 by John Perkins (author: Confessions of an Economic Hitman)
John Perkins has seen the signs of today's economic meltdown before. The subprime mortgage fiascos, the banking industry collapse, the rising tide of unemployment, the shuttering of small businesses across the landscape are all too familiar symptoms of a far greater disease. In his former life as an economic hit man, he was on the front lines both as an observer and a perpetrator of events, once confined only to the third world, that have now sent the United Statesand in fact the entire planetspiraling toward disaster.
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Book: Killing Hope: U.S. Military & C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II
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2003 (revised edition) by William Blum 500 pages softcover
If you flip over the rock of American foreign policy of the past century, this is what crawls out
invasions
bombings
overthrowing governments
occupations
suppressing movements for social change
assassinating political leaders
perverting elections
manipulating labor unions
manufacturing "news"
economic and political sanctions ... death squads
torture
biological warfare
depleted uranium
drug trafficking
mercenaries
It's not a pretty picture.
It is enough to give imperialism a bad name.
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Book: Running The Numbers - An American Self-Portrait
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Written & photographed by Chris Jordan 2009 112 pages 11.9" x 10" OUT-OF-PRINT
Statistics can be daunting and dry: 1,000,000 trees cut down every year; 9,000,000 American children without health insurance; 2,000,000 plastic bottles used every five minutes; 2,300,000 adults incarcerated in U.S. prisons. Renowned photographer Chris Jordan brings these staggering numbers to life in digital photographs that are at once alluring and shocking.
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Book: We the People - a Call to Take Back America
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by Thom Hartmann, Illustrated by Neil Cohn 205 pages, graphic book format, all factual, all footnoted. A valuable, accessible history for anyone. Written by respected author and daily progressive, nationally broadcast radio host, Thom Hartmann. A genuine voice of reason and intelligence in broadcast media, in stark contrast o the windbags and blowhards across the political spectrum who have the radio audience's attention in this attention-deficit (and truth deficit) grim era in our nation. Check out Thom's website: www.thomhartmann.com.
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY: Get a FREE copy of "Addicted To War" when you buy a copy of "We The People"!
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Book: I Love Myself When I Am Laughing and Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader.
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Edited by Alice Walker. I love the title of this book almost as much as the book. It sums up the work of Zora Neale Hurston quite well. In her introduction Alice Walker says, We love Zora Neale Hurston for her work, first, and then again we love her for herself. For the humor and courage with which she encountered a life she infrequently designed; for her absolute disinterest in becoming either white or bourgeois, and for her devoted appreciation of her own culture, which is an inspiration to us all. Softcover, 313 pages.
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