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San Francisco, CA, USA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2012. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Forwword by Barbara Ehrenreich. A publication of the New Economy Working Group. The author is an organizer and senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, directing its Program on Inequality and the Common Good. Gently used, clean, unmarked, book, solidly bound. 150 pages, with Notes and Index. 2012, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, CA, USA

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Gently used book with a whisper of wear to cover. Internals as new. Twelve extended nonfiction pieces that have appeared over the previous seven years (prior to 1991) in The New Yorker. The subjects range from the tempest surrounding the nation's only drive-in movie critic, Joe Bob Briggs, to the rumors a murder unleashes among the churchgoing citizens of Emporia, Kansas. What emerges is an exceptionally intimate, revealing, sometimes funny, always convincing portrait of how Americans live today. 294 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 1991, Ticknor & Fields Publishers, New York.

Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press, 2002. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Tom Tomorrow; Matt Wuerker; Jennifer Warburg. 2nd Printing. Paperback in Very Good Condition. Cartoons by Tom Tomorow and Matt Wuerker. Photos by Jennifer Warburg. Clean, unmarked, solid book, no specific defects. The Press and Politics. In the Introduction, Molly Ivins states that the press's most serious failures are not its sins of commission, but its sins of omission--the stories we miss, the stories we don't see, the stories that don't hold press conferences. Cohen and Solomon attack all of this with and more wit henergy, brio, and with a sense of humor. They are on the side of the reader, the viewer, the common Joe and Anne trying to make sense out of any public debate while doing their own life job. So we have here some press-bashing, some honest sleuthing, news consumer tips, and happy hell-raising with the powers-that-be. MEDIA/POLITICS. 257 pages, indexed. 8vo - over… Read More

U.S.A: Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Dust Jacket As New. Bright, clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner name on ffep in ink, otherwise Fine. The author is the former counterterrorism czar for Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. 304 pages. 6.25 x 9.3 inches. Publisher: New York. Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2004.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library First Edition. Hardcover Ex-Library Book and jacket in Good Condition. Photographic illlustrations. Except for minimal lib marks, in very nice condition--quite clean and otherwise unmarked, tight, solid and square; Pages completely clean, no marks of any kind, no creasing. A vivid account of the history of how greed bred America's ills over the last forty years, and of the men most responsibl;e for them. 464 pages with Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inchers. 2011, Alfred A Knopf, New York.

USA: Penguin Press, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Fourth Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Fine binding in gray cloth over spine with gilt titles, burgundyboards, clean and unmarked tight and solid volume with trace wear to spine heel. Internals pristine. Gold and white jacket slightly wrinkled at spine head, else fine. Alan Greenspan shares the story of his life and the history he has experienced but also to help readers understand the underlying dynamics that drive world events. He goes on to the global economy to reveal the universals of economic growth, and goes into detail in each major country and region of the world. A prodigious undertaking. 531pages with Notes on Sources and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2007, Penguin Press, USA

New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Bound in blue cloth, gilt titled, very clean and unmarked, tight and solid sewn binding, square corners. Slight smudge on lower corner of text block. Former owner name on endpaper. Internals very clean, completely unmarked, no creases. The last of T. H. White's prize winning series on American Presidential politics. He tells of the dramas that lie behind the times of upheavals that shatter old dreams and ideas and transform American politics. His time frame is the twenty-five years that climax with the campaign and election of 1980 and its two principal characters, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. 465 pages, indexed. 9.5 x 6 inches. 1982, Harper & Row, New York, New York, USA

New York, New York, USA: Free Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Olasky's examines America's history to reveral how the character of American leaders, their values and moral convictions, has been, and remains, crucial to America's destiny. Black cloth over spine with gilt titles, cream cloth boards, trace wear to extremities. upper edge of text black has some faint marks. Tight, solid and square. Internals As New. xix + 298 pages with bibliography and index. 1999, Free Press, New York, New York, USA

New York: Crown/Random House, 2020. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Collectible. First Printing of First Edition. hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Pristine Condition. Looks untouched unread. 320 pages. 8vo. 2020, Crown/Random House. ISBN 0593239261 9780593239261

USA: J. B. Lippincott, 1972. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback Book in Good condition. Includes a collection of writings by Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Helen Hunt Jackson, Dick Gregory, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nursing Home Patient, U. S. Supreme Court, and many, many others. Heavy cover is clean with one scuff spot on front where the color has been rubbed off, about 3/4" x 1 1/2". Small crease to bottom corner. Light edge wear. Tight glued binding. Pages clean, and unmarked. 452 pages. 6 x 9.25 inches.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. First Edition Paperback. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 8 maps, b/w photographs. Clean and unmarked wraps with a touch a wear to corners and spine head, tight, solid and square binding, pages clean, have no markings of any kind, faintly toned. A comprehensive history of U. S. diplomacy in the 20th century, combining a narrative with an analysis that explains how and why policy is made. Schulzinger outlines the fundamental beliefs that underlie our foreign policy, tracing the consistent pattern of America's relatons with the rest of the world from the Spanish American War to the Reagan administration. 390 pages with index and bibliography. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 1984, Oxford University Press, New York.

New York, New York, USA: The Viking Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fair Dust Jacket in clear archival protective cover. Laski's magnum opus on the intellectual, political and social history of America. A work of major significance that warrants a review every decade or so, for democratic values are not a given, but have to be protected and cherished in order to thrive. Laski shows how the factors that made America a separate entity shaped the institutions, the mores, the culture of America. He provides a searching survey of our polititcal structure.our professions, labour, minority problems, business enterprises, press, cinema. radio, and domestic and foreign policies-admiting but not always approving. In we do not learn from mistakes, they will happen again. So here is a look at America, 1948. Binding of clean blue cloth with gilt titles on spiine, blind-stamped balance scales on… Read More

U.S.A: Free Press, 2008. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Gently used book, clean and unmarked with a whisper of wear to the cover; tight and solid glued binding; internals clean and free from any markings, no creases. A comprehensive and deeply sourced account of the secret relationship between neoconservative policy makers and the Christian Right, and how they assaulted the safeguards of America's constitutional democracy while pushing the country into the catastrophic Iraq quagmire. A most comprehensive account of how and why America went ot war with Iraq. 460 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. 2008, Free Press, USA

New York: Viking/Penguin Group, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Fine Condition. Clean, bright, tight, solid, unmarked volume A new in-depth look at four generations of the Bush family in which Phillips reveals how they have ascended to national power since World War I--Yale, Wall Street, the Senate, the CIA, the vice-presidency, and the White House. Four generations have dealt in special interest biases, scandals, such as arms dealings, and blatant favoritism In their ambition, the Bushed reinvented themselves from silver-spoon Yankees to born again Texans. By uncovering relationships and connecting facts, Phillips comes to the conclusion that the Bush family has systematically used its financial and social empire --the "aristocracy"--to gain the White House and to subvert the very core of American democracy: government by and for the people. "--a sweeping historical chronicle--" "--a brave… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Free Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Binding of red cloth over spine with silver titles, black boards, very clean and unmarked, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Internals Fine. Jarecki examines the evolution of America's views about war up through the invasion of Iraq. In the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq, he investigates how forces within the American political, economic, and military systems have come to undermine the structures of our republic, upsetting the balance of powers, vastly strengthening the hands of the presidents in taking us to war, and endangering American democracy. He explains that this process has not been simple corruption, but has unexpected origins, more worrisome to our democracy. Eisenhower warned us in 1961 of the "disastrous rise of misplaced power" that could result from the increasing… Read More

Custom House, 2018. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Collectible. First Printing of First Edition. Custom House Publishers, 2018. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Appears unread, pristine condition. Greg Miller investigates the truth about the Kremlin's covert attempt to destroy Hilary Clinton and help Donald Trump win the presidency, Trump's steadfast allegiance to Vladimir Putin, and Robert Mueller's ensuing investigation of the president and those close to him. Essential reading for anyone trying to understand Putin's secret operation, its catastrophic impact and the nature of betrayal. 448 pages. 8vo. 2018, Custom House Publishers.

Penguin Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. First Edition Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Fine binding of gray half-cloth, gray boards, pristine, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Al Gore provides a visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degradation of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason. He explains how the public sphere itself has evolved into a place hospitable to reason's enemies; to make us more aware of the forces at work on our own minds; and to lead us to an understanding of what we and do individually and collectively, to restore the rule of reason and safeguard our future. 308 pages with Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2007, Penguin Press, USA

USA: Penguin Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. First Edition Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Fine binding of gray half-cloth, gray boards, pristine, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Al Gore provides a visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degradation of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason. He explains how the public sphere itself has evolved into a place hospitable to reason's enemies; to make us more aware of the forces at work on our own minds; and to lead us to an understanding of what we and do individually and collectively, to restore the rule of reason and safeguard our future. 308 pages with Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2007, Penguin Press, USA

U.S.A: Regnery Publishing, 2002. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 294 pages. Card cover clean, bright, glossy; a bare touch of edge wear; tight glued binding. Bottom text block edge has dusty area and a spot and fore edge has a tiny spot. Internals are quite clean and completely unmarked, no underlining or highlighting, no creases. 2002, Regnery Publiching, USA

New York: Crown Publishers, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Slight forward lean to binding, else Fine. Slight wrinkling to jacket spine head and heel, else Fine. President Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics, a politics that builds upon shared understandings that pull Americans together, his vision for the future. 375 pages, indexed. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 2006, Crown Publishers, New York.