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• The Obama Nation - In this thoroughly researched and documented book, the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry explains why the extreme leftism of an Obama presidency would leave the United States weakened, diminished and d...
• Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush by Molly Ivins, ISBN 0375757147 - When it comes to reporting on politics, nobody does it smarter or funnier than bestselling author Molly Ivins. In Shrub, Ivins focuses her Texas-size smarts on the biggest politician in her home state: George Walker Bush, or "Shrub," as Ivins has nicknamed Bush the Yo...
• The Analects of Confucius: A Philosophical Translation by Roger T. Ames, ISBN 0345434072 - "To quietly persevere in storing up what is learned, to continue studying without respite, to instruct others without growing weary--is this not me?" --Confucius Confucius is recognized as China's first and greatest teacher, and his ideas have been the fertile soil...
• Hardball: How Politics in Played- Told by One Who Knows the Game by Christopher Matthews, ISBN 0684845598 - HOW POLITICS IS PLAYED BY ONE WHO KNOWS THE GAME ... Chris Matthews has spent a quarter century on the playing field of American politics -- from righthand man of Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill to host of NBC's highest rated cable talk show Hardball. In this revised and updat...
• Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, ISBN 0451528123 - Over one hundred and fifty years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French nobleman and an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. Democracy in America is the classic treatise on the American way of lif...
• Power Plays: Win or Lose--How History's Great Political Leaders Play the Game by Dick Morris, ISBN 0060004444 - Morris, a frank and outspoken political analyst, provides a revealing context for the machinations of contemporary politics. Casting an eye across the annals of history, Morris investigates 20 of the most dramatic political moves of all time--from the wildly effective to the di...
• Means of Ascent by Robert A. Caro, ISBN 067973371X - Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, also winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, continues -- one of the richest, most intensive and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American President. In...
• Taking On The Kennedys - A thrillingly provocative, modern-day David vs. Goliath battle set in the amphitheater of American politics, P.O.V. presents "Taking On The Kennedys," a sharply witty and brilliantly concise peek into the "brutal circus" of contemporary political warfare. In...
• All The King's Men (Full Frame) - In a bravura performance, Broderick Crawford won the 1949 Academy Award for Best Actor with his stunning portrayal of bull-headed, backwoods lawyer Willie Stark, in this powerful drama about political and personal corruption. A somber but realistic chronicle of raw, brutal powe...
• Does Anybody Have a Problem with That?: Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits by Bill Maher, ISBN 0345412818 - WITH BILL MAHER, ITS NEVER POLITICS AS USUAL!<br><br>Conservatives know what they want and they never forget it. Except for the time Reagan went to the Vietnam Memorial and shouted, Gorbachev, tear down this wall! <br><br>Heidi Fleiss and Dr. Kevorkian [...
• Killing the White Man's Indian: Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century by Fergus M. Bordewich, ISBN 0385420366 - In the face of a new lightly romanticized view of Native Americans, "Killing the White Man's Indian bravely confronts the current myths and often contradictory realities of tribal life today. Following two centuries of broken treaties and virtual government extermination o...
• American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic - From the prizewinning author of the best-selling Founding Brothers and American Sphinx, a masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the most politically creative era in American history, when ...
• The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, ISBN 0226500446 - The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and as shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and as a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended ...
• Al Franken: God Spoke - Brought to you by the makers of the Oscar-nominated "The War Room," "Al Franken: God Spoke" is an intimate and hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the life of the former Saturday Night Live comedian turned author, radio host, and political satirist. Go on th...
• Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Ideas in Politics, Media, and Life by Sean Hannity, ISBN 0060518138 - Hannity offers a survey of the world--political, social, and cultural--as he sees it. Drawing on stories from his life, and the inspiration of political figures Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, he recounts the experiences that have shaped his perspective on the dramatic issues...
• Berkeley (Widescreen) - Just as sex, drugs, rock & roll, hippies and Vietnam enters our consciousness, so it does for Ben Sweet, the shy, 18-year-old son of conservative businessman, Sy Sweet. Ben enters "Berkeley" in 1968 to study accounting and avoid the draft, but finds himself smack ...
• The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity - In "BusinessWeek, The Boston Globe," and "The American Prospect," Kuttner has established himself as one of the most lucid economic and political critics. Now he delves deeper, illuminating how the elite domination of American politics makes society less dem...
• Richard Nixon: Man And President - His political savvy took him to the height of governmental power. Corrupt political practices caused him to suffer a humiliating fall and ultimately cost him the presidency. Richard M. Nixon's life was a rollercoaster ride of supreme highs and devastating lows. Born on a modes...
• All the King's Men (Full Frame) - In a bravura performance, Broderick Crawford won the 1949 Academy Award for Best Actor with his stunning portrayal of bull-headed, backwoods lawyer Willie Stark, in this powerful drama about political and personal corruption. A somber but realistic chronicle of raw, brutal powe...
• John Oliver: Terrifying Times (WSE) - The British funnyman who keeps television viewers laughing with a recurring role on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart now brings his pointed brand of political humor to the stage in this stand-up comedy special captured live at the Symphony Space Theater in New York City. From ex...
• Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt, ISBN 037575895X - "All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined." --John Adams He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his somewhat botched transition from military hero to politician...
• Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Culture by Robert A. Caro, ISBN 0394528360 - Book Three of Robert A. Caro's monumental work," The Years of Lyndon Johnson--the most admired and riveting political biography of our era--which began with the best-selling and prizewinning "The Path to Power and Means of Ascent. "Master of the Senate carries ...
• Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution - Winner of the 2007 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award! Samuel Adams is perhaps the most unheralded and overshadowed of the founding fathers, yet without him there would have been no American Revolution. A genius at devising civil protests and political maneuvers that became a tr...
• Julia (Widescreen) - Based on a story from Lillian Hellman's best-seller, "Pentimento." Hellman (Jane Fonda) recalls her lifelong relationship with the fiercely independent and politically minded "Julia" (Vanessa Redgrave). Born to great wealth, Julia devotes her life to politic...
• See How They Run (Full Frame) - In the spirit of such hit films as "Primary Colors" and "The War Room", "See How They Run" is the ultimate insider's look at campaign politics. In 1999, celebrity mayor Willie Brown ruled San Francisco and appeared to be a shoo-in for re-election t...
• The Political Zoo - The Political Zoo
• Silent Partner (Full Frame) - Gordon Patrick (Nick Moran), a young CIA analyst is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a major Russian political figure. In Moscow, Gordon meets Dina (Tara Reid), a street-smart woman with a mysterious past. She leads him down a perilous journey of no return: where...
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible - More a culture war book than a work of religious apologetics, "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible" exposes the intellectual fraud, shoddy arguments, and totalitarian agenda of those who seek to further their political goals by mocking the authority of the Bi...
• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream - The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics--a politics that builds upon those shared understandings that pull us together as Americans. Lucid in his vision of America's place in the world, refreshingly candid about his family life and his time in the...
• The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America - The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "God's Politics" reinvigorates America's hope for the future, offering a roadmap to rediscover the nation's moral center and providing the inspiration and a concrete plan to change today's politics.
• Notes from the Trail: Presidential Politics from the Inside Out - The modern race for the presidency has become a national sport. We've seen the baby-kissing, the barbecues, and the photo-ops; news cameras have taken us inside Iowan living rooms leading up to the caucuses, and they've given us a bird's-eye view of the grand halls of political...
• Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals - Amid all the buzz of politics and elections, "Jesus for President" is a refreshing reminder that humanity's ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in the Jesus who gave his life for others.
• Still Standing: The Untold Story of My Fight Against Gossip, Hate, and Political Attacks - Praise for "Still Standing" "It took a twenty-two-year old beauty queen to remind America that there's still such a thing as free speech and that we don't have to kowtow to political correctness. That makes Carrie Prejean more than a beauty queen it makes her a...
• A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science, and Spirituality by Ken Wilber, ISBN 1570628556 - Here is a concise, comprehensive overview of Wilber's revolutionary thought and its application in today's world. In "A Theory of Everything, " Wilber uses clear, nontechnical language to present complex, cutting-edge theories that integrate the realms of body, mind, ...
• Strange Bedfellows: How Late-Night Comedy Turns Democracy Into a Joke - From Johnny Carson to Jon Stewart, to Stephen Colberts roasting of President Bush at the White House Correspondents Dinner, Strange Bedfellows explores what Americans have found so funny about our political institutions and the people who inhabit them, and asks what this says a...
• Mail To The Chief (Full Frame) - Here's some e-mail madness that will entertain the entire family! When "Average Joe" signs into a political chatroom and begins discussing current events with a savvy citizen, neither knows the other's surprising identity. You'll be "e-mazed" too as an entir...
• The American Political Tradition by Richard Hofstadter, ISBN 0679723153 - A revised edition of the clasic study of American politics from the Founding Fathers to FDR.
• U.S. Government and Politics by Hungry Minds, ISBN 0764586890 - U.S. Government and Politics
• Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America by Stokely Carmichael, ISBN 0679743138 - In 1967, this revolutionary work exposed the depths of systemic racism in this country and provided a radical political framework for reform: true and lasting social change would only be accomplished through unity among African-Americans and their independence from the preexist...
• The Republic by Plato, ISBN 0679413308 - (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Toward the end of the astonishing period of Athenian creativity that furnished Western civilization with the greater part of its intellectual, artistic, and political wealth, Plato wrote "The Republic," his discussion of the nature and...
• The Republic: The Complete and Unabridged Jowett Translation by Plato, ISBN 0679733876 - (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Toward the end of the astonishing period of Athenian creativity that furnished Western civilization with the greater part of its intellectual, artistic, and political wealth, Plato wrote "The Republic," his discussion of the nature and...
• Last Man Standing - P.O.V. presents "Last Man Standing," a humorously enlightening nail-biter that Variety calls "an intriguing ground-level look at Texas politics as a full-contact sport...a provocative pic!" If the down-home cowboy politics of George W. Bush seem to be a blue...
• Service Dress Blues - On the night before the 2008 Army-Navy Game, a midshipman is found stark naked and barely alive in the lobby of a cheap motel near the Naval Academy. The plebe's closest relatives are Ole and Lena Lindstrom, a pair of aging but still scrappy Wisconsin political activists who wa...
• Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press - "Boys on the Blog" by Eric Boehlert is an insider's look at how blogging and instant access media is changing politics today.
• My American Journey by Colin Powell, ISBN 0345466411 - "A GREAT AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY . . . AN ENDEARING AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK." --The New York Times Book Review Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overc...
• Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America - Just as presidential politic hits fever pitch, Coulter's new work promises to be timely, controversial, and filled with the author's fearless penchant for saying what needs saying about politics and culture today.
• 14 Women (Widescreen) - With the opening of the 109th Congress, the number of women in the US Senate rocketed from nine to fourteen, with more females serving in 2002 than in the entire 228-year history of the legislative branch. Three powerful states, Washington, California and Maine, were suddenly r...
• Women, Culture and Politics by Angela Davis, ISBN 0679724877 - A collection of her speeches and writings which address the political and social changes of the past decade as they are concerned with the struggle for racial, sexual, and economic equality.
• Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics - Change in the 2008 election will cause another of our countrys periodic political makeovers resulting from the coming of age of the Millennial Generationand the full emergence of the Internet-based communications technology that this generation uses so well.
• In The Loop (Widescreen) - The run-up to war makes for curious rivalries and uneasy alliances in this political satire from director and co-screenwriter Armando Iannucci. Simon Foster (Tom Hollander) is a minor minister of international development with the British government who, in the midst of a radio...
• Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future - In a spirited and persuasive argument, a popular political blogger deflates the image of Ronald Reagan as a transcendent historical figure and places the 40th president in a much-diminished position.
• Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (Widescreen) - This hour long documentary follows the award-winning reporter-sleuth Greg Palast on the trail of the Bush family, from Florida election finagling, to the Saudi connection, to the Bush team's spiking the FBI investigation of the Bin Laden family and the secret State Department p...
• The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election - Balz and Johnson offer a riveting account of the 2008 presidential election, which shattered political barriers; illuminated undercurrents of race, gender, and class; and ignited an extraordinary battle among some of the most formidable political rivals ever to seek the preside...
• Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line by Michael Eric Dyson, ISBN 0679781560 - "You couldn't ask for a fairer-minded, better-informed, or more enjoyable guide." --"Elle As a former welfare father who is also an ordained Baptist minister and a Princeton Ph.D., Michael Eric Dyson is one of those rare intellectuals who act not only as inter...
• The End of the Peace Process: Oslo and After by Edward W. Said, ISBN 0375725741 - Edward Said demonstrates why he is considered the preeminent observer and critic of the Middle East peace process in this collection of fifty essays, written mostly for Arab and European newspapers in the last five years and previously not readily available to American readers....
• My American Journey by Colin L. Powell, ISBN 0345407288 - "A GREAT AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY . . . AN ENDEARING AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK." --The New York Times Book Review Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overc...
• Third Term: Why George W. Bush (Loves) John McCain - For Democrats, Independents, and the majority of Republicans who are fed up with the GOP, a handbook for the most important election in our lifetime. With the indispensable chapters: The John McCain Quiz and Things John McCain is Older Than. In details that will surprise even c...
• A More Perfect Constitution: 23 Proposals to Revitalize Our Constitution and Make America a Fairer Country - Increasingly alarmed at the growing dysfunction and unfairness of our political system, the author suggests that the Constitution, the document that guides our political process, be revised. Here he presents 23 proposals to revitalize the Constitution in order to make America a...
• Lines of Contention: Political Cartoons of the Civil War - The political turmoil of the Civil War Era has been analyzed many times, but one area of this period's history is often overlooked: a large body of humorous, clever, and scathing editorial cartoons from publications such as "Harper's Weekly," "Vanity Fair," ...
• Barron's AP United States Government & Politics - This manualas general review of U.S. government and politics is specifically focused to reflect the most-often-asked questions on recent Advanced Placement exams. Topics covered include Constitutional development, the branches and institutions of the federal government, politic...
• In The Loop (Blu-ray) (Widescreen) - The run-up to war makes for curious rivalries and uneasy alliances in this political satire from director and co-screenwriter Armando Iannucci. Simon Foster (Tom Hollander) is a minor minister of international development with the British government who, in the midst of a radio...
• Safire's Political Dictionary - For anyone who wants to cut through the verbal haze that surrounds so much of American political discourse, Safire offers a work of scholarship, wit, and resolute bipartisanship.
• Bill Maher (Full Frame) - From "Politically Incorrect" to "Real Time" with Bill Maher, comedian and social commentator Bill Maher has been stirring the political pot for the past decade, creating some of the most interesting dialogue between conservatives and liberals alike. In Bill ...
• Ken Burns' Thomas Jefferson (Full Frame) - Revered as the author of the Declaration of Independence, the most sacred document in American history, yet condemned as a lifelong owner of slaves, Thomas Jefferson remains the enigma that is America. Part One: A young Thomas Jefferson from the Virginia wilderness is transfor...
• Don't Start the Revolution Without Me!: From the Minnesota Governor's Mansion to the Baja Outback: Reflections and Revisionings - Ventura--former governor, wrestler, and Navy SEAL--discusses what's wrong with the Democrats, the Republicans, and politics in America. He also reveals why he left politics, and why he is now considering reentering the arena with a possible independent run for the presidency in...
• The Chomsky Reader by Noam Chomsky, ISBN 0394751736 - The political and linguistic writings of America's leading dissident intellectual. He relates his political ideals to his theories about language.
• Rights of Man; And, Common Sense by Thomas Paine, ISBN 0679433147 - History has come to regard him as the figure who gave political cogency to the liberating ideas of the Enlightenment, and his great pamphlets, Common Sense and Rights of Man, are seen as classic arguments in defense of the individual's right to assert his or her freedom in the ...
• The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, ISBN 0393322572 - First published in 1963, "The Feminine Mystique" ignited a revolution that profoundly changed culture, consciousness, and lives. Today it newly penetrates to the heart of issues determining--and sounds a call to arms against the very real dangers of a new feminine mys...
• Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977 by Michel Foucault, ISBN 039473954X - Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madness and Civilization; hospitals in The Birth of the Clinic; prisons in Discipli...
• The Prince - Widely read for its insights into history and politics, "The Prince is one of the most provocative works of the Italian Renaissance. Based on Niccolo Machiavelli's observations of the effectiveness of both ancient and contemporary statesmen, the rules for governing set for...
• Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, ISBN 0553213407 - This classic of American political theory, first published in 1788, defends the Constitution and explains the complexities of a constitutional government based on the inherent rights of man.
• School of Fire by David Sherman, ISBN 0345406230 - Combat, betrayal, and murder at the edge of human space . . . Deployed to assist the oligarchs of Wanderjahr in putting down a rebellion that threatens the planet's political and economic stability, the Marines must fight two wars at the same time . . . one against the resource...
• Murder at the Watergate by Margaret Truman, ISBN 0449001946 - It is home to the powerful, the glamorous, and the politically connected. It has a gorgeous view and a notorious history. Now the Watergate, a vast complex of hotel rooms, apartments, health spas, and fine restaurants, is famous for something else: two shocking murders whose vi...
• The Soul of a Leader: Character, Conviction, and Ten Lessons in Political Greatness - In this wide-ranging, provocative new book, political scientist and cultural commentator Newell offers a fascinating perspective on the role of leadership in American life.
• Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism He Seas by Ann Coulter, ISBN 0739304038 - Critiques the patriotism of the American left, re-examining the history of the Cold War, the Gulf War, and the war on terrorism, explaining why liberals have been wrong in their political analyses and policy prescriptions.
• Mr. Ace (Full Frame) - Politics make strange bedfellows - but a ruthless congresswoman and a vengeful gangster? Contemporary politicians could take some lessons in scheming and deception from tough guy George Raft ("Oceans 11") as political boss "Mr. Ace" and Sylvia Sidney ("...
• Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America by Arianna Huffington, ISBN 1400051266 - Details recent corporate scandals, and argues that they represent a tendency for the top levels of corporate management to subvert the free enterprise system and American society for their own personal advantange.
• The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America's Promise - Four years ago, Scarborough stood alone in predicting the collapse of the Republican majority and the economic chaos that has shaken the country. Now, the author issues a challenge to his own political party: reform or die.
• Best Of United Artists Gift Sets, Volume 3: Paths Of Glory / Twelve Angry Men / Judgment At Nuremberg / A Bridge Too Far - "Best Of United Artists Gift Sets, Volume 3" includes: "Paths Of Glory" - Safe in their picturesque chateau behind the front lines, the French General Staff passes down a direct order to Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas): take the Ant Hill at any cost. A blatant su...
• The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy: The Arguments You Need to Defeat the Loony Left This Election Year - Now complete with the most current political and election year issues, this 2008 edition of "The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy" is a practical guide to help readers win arguments with even the looniest of liberals.
• Windy City: A Novel of Politics - For readers who loved "Primary Colors" and "Thank You for Smoking" comes thiswise and funny novel of politics--Chicago-style--from NPR anchor and nationalbestselling author Simon.
• The Future of the Race by Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., ISBN 0679763783 - Almost one-hundred years ago, W.E.B. Du Bois proposed the notion of the "talented tenth," an African American elite that would serve as leaders and models for the larger black community. In this unprecedented collaboration, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cornel West--two...
• Silver City (Widescreen) - From John Sayles comes a film that is equal parts scathing political lampoon and sun-stunned neo-noir detective story. "Silver City" follows grammatically-challenged "user-friendly" candidate Dicky Pilager during his gubernatorial campaign. When Pilager find...
• The Abduction by James M. Grippando, ISBN 0061097489 - Allison Leahy is the U.S. attorney general, the most renowned lawyer in America. She and her wealthy husband are the twenty-first-century version of the couple who has it all: a happy marriage and two successful careers. To top it off, Allison is the highly touted Democratic no...
• Grandes Pensadores - Carlos Monsivais Aceves (born May 4, 1938, in Mexico City) is a Mexican writer and journalist on the El Universal newspaper. He writes political opinion columns in other leading newspapers and is considered to be an opinion leader within the country's progressive sectors. Monsi...
• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City - Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
• Frat Boy Collection, The (Widescreen) - "The Frat Boy Collection" includes 3 hilarious comedies "Bachelor Party," "Porky's" and "P.C.U." "Bachelor Party" - This outrageously funny look at one man's final moments of bachelorhood stars Tom Hanks as Rick, reluctant recip...
• The Conscience of a Liberal - This original volume by the bestselling author of "The Great Unraveling" challenges America to reclaim the values that have made it great. Krugman weaves together a nuanced account of three generations of history with sharp political, social, and economic analysis.
• Animal Farm by George Orwell, ISBN 0679420398 - (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) "Animal Farm" is the most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories. Its account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny erected by their own kind, can...
• Moon And The Stars, The - 1939: Rome stands on the brink of the Second World War. Europe's political situation is a tense standoff between two blocks: the British and French liberal democracies against German Nazism and Italian Fascism. Mussolini's Italian government has signed "The Pact of Steel&q...
• John McCain: An American Life - From his heroic efforts in the Vietnam War to his one-of-a-kind conservative politics, John McCain has a long history of serving his country. The clear, accessible text carries readers through McCain's childhood, his military and political career, and now his race for the White...
• Bill Clinton: Hope, Charisma & Controversy - The first president to be born after WWII, he represented the strength and energy of a new generation. Although his term was marred by personal scandal and controversy, Bill Clinton managed to salvage his reputation and his career. Biography presents an intimate portrait of the...
• Red Letter Christians: A Citizen's Guide to Faith and Politics - Believing that Jesus is neither a Republican nor a Democrat, individuals known as Red Letter Christians want to jumpstart a religious movement that will transcend partisan politics and concentrate on ethical and moral issues. Campolo examines many of the hot-button issues facin...
• Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul Alinsky, ISBN 0679721134 - This primers tells the "have-nots" how they can organize to achieve real political power for the practice of true democracy.
• Magnum Force (Deluxe Edition) - "Magnum Force", which was released in 1973 as a sequel to "Dirty Harry" has Eastwood reprise his famous role as Inspector Callahan, which has him face crooked cops and a traitorous boss as well as suffering re-assignment from homicide to stakeout duty after ...
• Patlabor 2 (Widescreen) - Set three years after the first film, "Patlabor 2" draws police commanders Ki'ichi Gotoh and Shinobu Nagumo into the hunt for Tsuge, a rogue officer of the Japan Self-Defense Force connected with an escalating wave of terrorist attacks. But the investigation into the ...
• Live from Death Row by Mumia Abu-Jamal, ISBN 0380727668 - Once a prominent radio reporter, Mumia Abu-Jamal is now in a Pennsylvania prison awaiting his state-sactioned execution. In 1982 he was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner after a trial many have criticized as profoundl...
• Biography: Barack Obama (Election Update Edition) - When he called himself "a skinny kid with a funny name" at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, his star was already rising. By the time he triumphed in the 2004 Illinois Senate race, he was the golden child of a Democratic party in desperate need of a charismatic...
• Why We Fight (Widescreen) - Grand Jury Prize winner at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, "Why We Fight" offers a revealing look at how America has readied itself for battle, and what compels us to so frequently wage war around the world. Produced in the midst of the second Iraq War, documentary f...
• Quiet American, The (Widescreen) - A love triangle brews amidst a growing political tempest in this "brilliantly intellectual" (Los Angeles Times) film in which nothing is quite as it seems. Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Graham Greene, Academy Award-winning writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's ...
• Jeff Dunham: Spark Of Insanity (Widescreen) - Jeff Dunham and his socially reckless "suitcase posse" are back in this highly anticipated follow-up to "Arguing With Myself," his breakthrough television special and quintuple platinum selling release with over 500,000 DVDs sold! What's next? An ALL NEW sho...
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War - The author of "Robert E. Lee on Leadership" busts myths and shatters stereotypes as he profiles eminent--and colorful--military generals. Revealing little-known truths, this is the Politically Incorrect Guide that every Civil War buff must have.
• Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility - In this eagerly awaited follow-up to the authors original, controversial essay, The Death of Environmentalism, Shellenberger and Nordhaus present an expansive and eloquent manifesto for political change.
• Nietzsche by Martin Heidegger, ISBN 0060638419 - Heidegger's resistance to the crude biologism, racism, and anti-Semitism of the Nazi Party cannot, I believe, be doubted. Yet his ardent nationalism and anti-liberalism, his intransigent conservatism in matters economic, social, and political, along with his passion for histori...
• Say It Like Obama: The Power of Speaking with Purpose and Vision - Barack Obama's innovative communication techniques aren't only usable in politics--they can be tapped to motivate organizations as well. From constructing effective arguments to inspiring a workforce, this work has tools managers and executives can use to instill positive chang...
• Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? - "Justice" invites readers of all political persuasions to consider familiar controversies in fresh and illuminating ways. From affirmative action to physician-assisted suicide, Sandel shows how even the most hotly contested issues can be illuminated by reasoned moral ...
• Philosophy - An excellent guide through a complex and fascinating world of ideas that is sure to provoke further investigation. Knowledge and the sudden experience of understanding can be as thrilling as the solution to any puzzle or riddle, since knowledge always resolves a mystery-that ...
• Leave Us Alone: Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives - Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, argues that a new political movement--comprised of taxpayers, gun owners, faith communities, and others--now controls much of the Republican Party. In this new book, he describes how this movement will shape the next century.
• Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government - From Glenn Beck, #1 NYT bestselling author of "An Inconvenient Book, Arguing"" with Idiots "is the ultimate handbook to help confront political attackers.
• Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic - The long-awaited final volume of Johnsons bestselling trilogy--which began with "Blowback" and continued in "The Sorrows of Empire"--shows how imperial overstretch is undermining the republic itself, both economically and politically.
• Detroit Remember When: Vols. 1 & 2 - Motor City Memories And Hometown Traditions / The American Dream And The Automobile (Full Frame) - The Motor City meets the Motown scene in this homegrown tour of Detroit's past. Explores the city's musical, architectural, industrial, and political roots through interviews, archival footage, and photos. Part 1: "Motor City Memories And Hometown Traditions" takes yo...
• Frisky Dingo: The Complete Second Season - Season Two of "Frisky Dingo" takes a political turn as Killface and Xander Crews (Awesome-X) battle for the nation's top office. Killface claims to have cured global warming and teams up with rap megastar Taqu'il to spread the good news. Xander proves he puts his hot ...
• The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia--A Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy by Robert Kaplan, ISBN 0679751238 - Author of Balkan Ghosts, Robert D. Kaplan now travels from West Africa to Southeast Asia to report on a world of disintegrating nation-states, warring nationalities, metastasizing populations, and dwindling resources. He emerges with a gritty tour de force of travel writing and...
• Being There (Blu-ray) (Widescreen, Deluxe Edition) - Peter Sellers triumphs in his Award-winning role as an illiterate gardener hilariously catapulted into the fast lane of political power. Shirley MacLaine and Academy Award(R) winner Melvyn Douglas co-star. A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Wash...
• Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private by Anna Quindlen, ISBN 0449909050 - "A splendid collection...Eloquent, powerful, compassionate and droll. There is considerable variety in the subjects she addresses....Compelling." THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER Thinking out loud is what Anna Quindlen does best. A syndicated columnist with her finger on ...
• What Nietzsche Really Said by Robert C. Solomon, ISBN 0805210946 - What Nietzsche Really Said gives us a lucid overview -- both informative and entertaining -- of perhaps the most widely read and least understood philosopher in history. Friedrich Nietzsche's aggressive independence, flamboyance, sarcasm, and celebration of strength have struck...
• Set Your Compass True: The Wisdom of John, Robert & Edward Kennedy - With first-person quotes, excerpts from speeches, correspondence, and other published work by John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy, this is at once a celebration of an iconic American political dynasty and an inspirational guide to leading a meaningful life.
• 8MM 2 [WS] [Rated] - An extortionist threatens to derail the career of a prominent politician by revealing visual proof of his lurid sex life in this sequel to Joel Schumacher's disturbing 1999 hit. In the world of politics David Huxley Johnathon Schaech is on the move. A crafty political visionary...
• Best Of: Not The 9 O'Clock News, The - Attention, comedy fans: "Not The Nine O'Clock " is the real thing. This is scathing, no-holds-barred Brit humor at its best. Rapid-fire skits starring Rowan Atkinson ("Mr. Bean") are as politically incorrect as they are side-bustingly funny, sparing no one a...
• Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries - From an icon in the contemporary feminist movement and a well-respected political commentator comes this clear, accessible handbook about how to understand and use democracy.
• American Civil War (PC-DVD) - Players take on the roles of military and political leaders trying to lead their factions to military, political or economic victory during five historic years that divided the nation. Players must organize their military forces, all while managing supply and morale as they pla...
• The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy - Now comprising 25 nations and 450 million citizens, the European Union has more people, wealth and votes than the United States. The author explores the challenge it poses to American political and economic supremacy.
• Declare Yourself: Speak. Connect. Act. Vote. More Than 50 Celebrated Americans Tell You Why - Founded by legendary television producer Norman Lear, Declare Yourself is a national nonpartisan voter registration campaign. This collection contains 50 essays about why young people should vote and get involved politically, from well-known actors, writers, athletes, musicians...
• All in the Family: The Complete Third Season [3 Discs] (Full Frame) - The hilarious landmark comedy series "All In The Family" returns for its third season with its flawless sense of ensemble chemistry, precision timing, and lasting political relevance intact (and went on to win both the Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) for Outstanding Comed...
• New Rules: Polite Musings From A Timid Observer - New Rules: Polite Musings From A Timid Observer
• Tying The Knot - A provocative look at the ferocious political battle surrounding gay marriage. Extremely relevant, highly entertaining and utterly humanist, the critically-acclaimed film festival favorite "Tying The Knot" poignantly explores one of today's hottest issues, the ferocio...
• Mr. Show: The Complete Collection (Full Frame) - If you want comedy on the edge and out of control, "Mr. Show" with Bob and Dave is the show for you! It's the late-night series that pays homage to the sketch-comedy tradition of "Monty Python" and "Saturday Night Live," then launches into it's own...
• Las politicas de Dios/ The Politics of God - Las politicas de Dios/ The Politics of God
• When Religion Is an Addiction - Eye-opening and hard-hitting, Dr. Minor puts the political activities of the right-wing in a new perspective and explains how liberal responses can enable religious addiction. He applies contemporary understandings of addiction to the extreme Christian right-wing in the U.S., c...
• Joy Carpets Blue Bee Attitudes Rug - JC1242Cheerful, polite, friendly, obedient, helpful, honest, and kind... Mr. Bee will help all children to keep these attitudes in mind! Constantly reinforce good attitudes in your classroom with this fun carpet. Mr. Bee will become a friendly reminder to children how to behave...
• Biography: Barack Obama (Inaugural Edition) - When he called himself "a skinny kid with a funny name" at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, his star was already rising. By the time he triumphed in the 2004 Illinois Senate race, he was the golden child of a Democratic party in desperate need of a charismatic...
• The Undecided Voter's Guide to the Next President: Who the Candidates Are, Where They Come From, and How You Can Choose - From Halperin, "Time" magazine editor-at-large and political analyst for "ABC News," comes the voters ultimate tip sheet, guidebook, and analysis on the 2008 presidential candidates.
• Ronald Reagan: His Life And Legacy (Full Frame) - Follow the amazing story of Ronald Wilson Reagan, a small-town boy who found success in Hollywood and reached immortality in Washington, D.C. From his star-making role as George Gipp in "Knute Rockne - All American," to his terms as governor of California, to his elec...
• An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems - With the unique fusion of entertainment and politics that he uses on his popular syndicated radio show, Beck delivers a humorous and eye-opening account of the problems that America faces today. Unabridged. 5 CDs.
• Selected Poems 1947-1995 by Allen Ginsberg, ISBN 0060933763 - Assembled by Allen Ginsberg, "Selected Poems 1947-1995 is the definitive collection of the best works of one of the most influential and revolutionary poets of the twentieth century. Allen Ginsberg, famous for helping catalyze the Beat Generation, wrote poetry for more tha...
• Adam Clayton Powell - The Academy Award(R)-nominated "Adam Clayton Powell" delves into the gripping life and career of the most influential and flamboyant civil rights leader in America in the '30s, '40s and '50s. From his emergence as the princely pastor of Harlem's enormous Abyssinian Ba...
• Empire of Lies: The Truth about China in the Twenty-First Century - Before the totalitarian reign of Mao Zedong and his immediate successors, never in human history had an entire nation been under such intense surveillance. The Chinese not only had to speak alike; they had to think alike. Traveling to China regularly since 1967, and spending al...
• The Governor - In this riveting and intensely personal memoir, Blagojevich tells the real story behind his political ascension and downfall. He goes on to expose the corrupt nature of Illinois politics from the average alderman to the U.S. Senate.
• Lincoln and the Decision for War: The Northern Response to Secession - McClintock's groundbreaking work illuminates the immediate origins of the Civil War, demonstrating that Northern thought evolved quite significantly as the crisis unfolded. It also provides an intimate understanding of the antebellum political system as well as Lincoln's politi...
• Joy Carpets Red Bee Attitudes Rug - JC1078Cheerful, polite, friendly, obedient, helpful, honest, and kind... Mr. Bee will help all children to keep these attitudes in mind! Constantly reinforce good attitudes in your classroom with this fun carpet. Mr. Bee will become a friendly reminder to children how to behave...
• Rebel Yell - From the bestselling author of "The Wind Done Gone" comes a timely new novel of political intrigue, family secrets, and espionage, steeped in this country's racial history and framing America's unique political moment.
• Un Millon de Soles - In this, the closing novel in the trilogy that started with Los a??os in??tiles and continued with El a??o que romp?? contigo, Benavides delivers his most politically charged work. Un mill??n de soles depicts the behind-the-scenes happenings of the political elite in power duri...
• Assassination Vacation - A tour of key historic sites in America where incidents of political violence have occurred reveals lesser-known points of interest pertaining to each and shares information about how history has been shaped by popular culture and tourism.
• Teenage Politics - Teenage Politics
• The Threat Closer to Home: Hugo Chavez and the War Against America - Drawing on two decades of experience working at the highest level of Venezuelan and American politics, Schoen and Rowan go behind the scenes to examine the efforts of Hugo Chavez--the current president of Venezuela--to subvert the American economy.
• Failure of Intelligence: The Decline and Fall of the CIA - After former CIA director George Tenet's book, many people are questioning their conventional wisdom about the CIA. The truth is, it is now time for serious intelligence reform. Failure of Intelligence examines the CIA's recent failures and distorting of information for politic...
• The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West - The quest to bring political life under Gods authority has been revived, confounding expectations of a secular future. In this major book, Mark Lilla reveals the sources of this age-old quest--and its surprising role in shaping Western thought.
• In Her Day by Rita Mae Brown, ISBN 0553275739 - For years a "lost" collector's item, here is the second novel from a brilliant young author testing her literary muscle, and it's bursting at the seams with Rita Mae Brown's trademark cast of characters and crackling quips. Written immediately after her classic "...
• A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America by Shelby Steele, ISBN 0060931043 - From the author of the award-winning bestseller The Content of Our Character comes an essay collection that tells the untold story behind today's polarized racial politics. In A Dream Deferred, Shelby Steele argues that a second betrayal of black freedom in the United States --...
• For Love of Politics: Inside the Clinton White House - For Love of Politics: Inside the Clinton White House
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• The Inaugural Address: Together with Abraham Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural Addresses and the Gettysburg Address and Ralph Waldo Emerso - Celebrate the inauguration of America's 44th president with this "New York Times" bestseller Tying into the official theme for the 2009 inaugural ceremony, "A New Birth of Freedom" from Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address," Penguin presents a keepsake ...
• Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life by Avinash K. Dixit, ISBN 0393310353 - Uses game theory to create a set of basic strategic principles for sports, politics, business, and personal life
• Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions - In his first two books, radio sensation Michael Savage offered a blistering attack on the erosion of America's values. Now, in the third installment of his bold and biting trilogy, he offers provocative yet practical ways to reclaim America's social, political, and cultural int...
• 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about African American History by Jeffrey C. Stewart, ISBN 038548576X - Where can one go to get a comprehensive and entertaining account of the most significant events, individuals and social processes of African-American history? Fear not, because "1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African-American History is history at your fingertips-i...
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• Hell and High Water: Global Warming--The Solution and the Politics--And What We Should Do - Romm presents a scathing critique of the current environmental and energy policy with a passionate and practical call to action on global warming now before it's too late.
• Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future - Rosenberg explains the enormous political, economic, and spiritual changes that are underway in the world's most important countries.