Dreams of the Presidents
Written by Charles Barasch
Price: $12.95
North Atlantic Books
The stuff of dreams—hopes, fears, and longings—represents universal subjects to which everyone can relate. Dreams take on a new cultural currency in this collection of dream-poems, one for each American president. Exploring power, as well as its limits and possibilities, linguistics instructor Charles Barasch plays no favorites, making light of the...
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The Worlding Project
Doing Cultural Studies in the Era of Globalization
Edited by Christopher Leigh Connery and Rob Wilson
Price: $16.00
North Atlantic Books
Globalization discourse now presumes that the “world space” is entirely at the mercy of market norms and forms promulgated by reactionary U.S. policies. An academic but accessible set of studies, this wide range of essays by noted scholars challenges this paradigm with diverse and strong arguments. Taking on topics that range...
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Hurricane Katrina
Response and Responsibilities
Edited by John Brown Childs
Price: $10.00
North Atlantic Books
On August 29, 2005, the most destructive and costly natural disaster in the history of the United States struck the Gulf Coast, displacing over a million residents. Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath exposed deep problems in the social and political landscape of the United States. A clear divide was visible between...
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shock and awe
war on words
Edited by Bregje van Eekelen, Jennifer Gonzalez, Bettina Stotzer and Anna Tsing
Price: $10.00
North Atlantic Books
If you don’t know what to say about global war, you need a dictionary. Shock and Awe: War on Words is just that: a keywords book that participates in a battle over the imagination, acknowledging the force of words, concepts, and images in framing our everyday lives. Located in the borderlands...
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Science Sold Out
Does HIV Really Cause AIDS?
Written by Rebecca Culshaw, Foreword by Harvey Bialy
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books
There are many well-established scientific reasons that the HIV/AIDS hypothesis is highly doubtful. In Science Sold Out, Rebecca Culshaw describes her slow uncovering of these reasons over her years researching HIV for her work constructing mathematical models of its interaction with the immune system. It is rare that a researcher who...
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Everyday Hopes, Utopian Dreams
Reflections on American Ideals
Written by Don Johnson
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books
Finding his idealism challenged by the reactionary forces that have proliferated in the post-9/11 world, Don Hanlon Johnson felt a need to recover more sober visions of hope amid the many reasons for despair and cynicism. Everyday Hopes, Utopian Dreams is a bracing backward turn toward the diverse and often conflicting...
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Prisons: Inside the New America
From Vernooykill Creek to Abu Ghraib
Written by David Matlin, Foreword by Ishmael Reed
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books
This powerful exposè reveals how America's ailing prison system undermines the public trust. For ten years, David Matlin taught at a maximum-security prison, where he confronted daily the nature of society, crime, and violence. Based on his experiences, this book examines the history of prisons in the United States and shows...
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What Does Al Qaeda Want?
Unedited Communiques
Commentaries by Robert Marlin
Price: $9.95
North Atlantic Books
In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, al-Qaeda has become the most infamous terrorist organization in history. While their actions are deplorable, it remains a populist and idealist movement—and one that continues to spread. Despite heavy media coverage, most people are unaware of the group's ultimate goals. Sampling from actual...
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The Geneva Accord
And Other Strategies for Healing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Written by Michael Lerner
Price: $9.95
North Atlantic Books
Using the Geneva Accord as a springboard for a discussion of the issues surrounding the supposedly unsolvable problem of Isreali-Palestinian peace, one of America's most respected Jewish peace activists, Michael Lerner, looks at the arguments against the Accord from both the Israeli right and the Palestinian left. He examines Ariel Sharon's...
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Healing Israel/Palestine
A Path to Peace and Reconciliation
Written by Michael Lerner
Price: $16.95
North Atlantic Books
Healing Israel/Palestine shows that it is possible to be both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine, and provides a clear blueprint for a peace settlement. Unequivocally opposed to war makers and terrorists, Rabbi Michael Lerner asserts that a spiritual and progressive perspective, rooted in the highest values of the human race, is crucial. Perfect...
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A Line in the Sea
The Qatar v. Bahrain Border Dispute in the World Court
Written by Jawad Al-Arayd
Price: $35.00
North Atlantic Books
The border dispute between Qatar and Bahrain simmered for more than 50 years before it was adjudicated by the International Court of Justice—a process that took ten long years. This authoritative book documents the controversy in the context of its imperial roots, the countries' ruling families, the discovery of oil, and...
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Woman from Mossad
The Story of Mordechai Vanunu and the Israeli Nuclear Program
Written by Peter Hounam
Price: $14.95
Frog Books
After three years' military service, Mordechai Vanunu answered an ad for a control room job at the nuclear research center near Dimona. In 1976 he was assigned to Mochon 2, where he discovered the nuclear weapons program that he later divulged to Peter Hounam. Before his story could be published however...
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Hidden Casualties
Environmental, Health and Political Consequences of the Persian Gulf War
Edited by Saul Bloom, John Miller, Phillippa Winkler and James Warner, Foreword by Nancy Pelosi
Price: $20.00
North Atlantic Books
This volume reveals the full extent of the 1991 Persian Gulf War's devastation (including oil spills seventy times larger than the Exxon Valdez disaster, how the West armed Iraq, the link between oil fires and the storms that devastated Bangladesh and China in 1991, and the impact on Iraqi, Kuwaiti, and...
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Case Against Free Trade
GATT, NAFTA and the Globalization of Corporate Power An Earth Island Press Book
Contribution by Ralph Nader and Jerry Brown
Price: $16.95
North Atlantic Books
This book examines the notion of "free trade" and the issues raised by adopting the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Essays by Ralph Nader, Jerry Brown, William Greider, Margaret Atwood, Mark Ritchie, Wendell Berry, Pat Choate, and others.
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