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"Empire's Workshop: Latin America, The United States & The Rise of The New Imperialism" [2006] by Greg Grandin Holt 8x6½ pb [5/2007] for $10.88 Metropolitan Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/2006] for $16.50 |
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"The Late Great U.S.A.: The Coming Merger With Mexico & Canada" [2007] by Jerome R. Corsi, PhD WND/World Ahead 9x6 hardcover [7/2007] for $17.13 |
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"Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves" [2007] by Kevin Bales Univ CA Press 9x6 hardcover [9/2007] for $16.47 "Disposable People: New Slavery In The Global Economy" [1999] by Kevin Bales Univ CA Press 8¾x6 pb [rev 11/2004] for $19.95 Univ CA Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/99] out of print/used |
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"Prince of Darkness: Richard Perle - The Kingdom, The Power & The End of Empire In America" [2007] by Alan Weisman Union Square Press 9x6¼ hardcover [11/2007] for $18.21 Richard Perle entry at Wikipedia |
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"A War Like No Other: The Truth About China's Challenge To America" [2007] by Richard C. Bush & Michael E. O'Hanlon Wiley & Sons 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2007] for $17.13 |
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"The True Cost of Low Prices: The Violence of Globalization" [2006] by Vincent A. Gallagher Orbis 7x5¼ pb [10/2006] for $11.25 |
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"Making Globalization Work" [2006] by Joseph E. Stiglitz W.W. Norton 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2006] for $17.79 co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics follow-up to "Globalization and Its Discontents" [2002 bestseller] below |
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"Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change From Hawaii To Iraq" [2006] by New York Times foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer Times Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [4/2006] for $16.50 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [5/2006] for $25.19 |
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"Diplomacy Lessons: Realism For An Unloved Superpower" [2006] by John Brady Kiesling Potomac Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [8/2006] for $19.11 author's website |
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"Failed States: The Abuse of Power & The Assault On Democracy" [2006] by Noam Chomsky Metropolitan 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2006] for $16.32 Audio Renaissance UNABR audio CD [4/2006] for $26.37 official website |
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"Understanding Global Slavery: A Reader" [2005] by Kevin Bales Univ CA Press 9x6¼ pb [11/2005] for $19.95 Univ CA Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2005] for $50.00 |
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"War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us To Death" [2005] by Norman Solomon "A must-read for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee, or to arm themselves for the debates about Iraq that are still to come." — Russ Baker in the Los Angeles Times Book Review Wiley & Sons 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2005] for $16.47 |
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"China, Inc.: How The Rise of The Next Superpower Challenges America & The World" [2005] by Ted C. Fishman Scribners 8½x5½ pb [4/2006] for $9.75 Scribners 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/2005] for $16.38 Tantor UNABR audio CD [7/2005] for $25.19 |
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Africa Unchained: The Blueprint For Africa's Future" [2005] by George B.N. Ayittey Palgrave Macmillan 8½x5¾ hardcover [1/2005] for $23.10 Free Africa Foundation Dr. Ayittey's faculty webpage |
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"The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed" [2004] by Ivan Eland {national security expert} Independent Institute 9½x6¼ hardcover [10/2004] for $16.47 |
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"An Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire" [2004] by Arundhati Roy South End Press 8½x5½ pb [9/2004] for $9.24 South End Press 8¾x5½ hardcover [9/2004] for $40.00 |
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"Imperial Hubris: Why The West Is Losing the War On Terror" [2004] by Anonymous {Michael Scheuer} Brassey's/Potomac Books 9x6 pb [3/2005] for $12.21 Brassey's/Potomac Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [7/2004] for $17.32 |
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"Mission Not Accomplished: How George Bush Lost The War On Terrorism" [2004] by William W. Turner Penmarin 8½x6½ pb [6/2004] for $12.71 publisher preview page |
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"America Alone: The Neo-Conservatives & The Global Order" [2004] by Stefan Halper & Jonathan Clarke Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [9/2005] for $10.19 Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2004] for $17.64 |
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"State-Building: Governance & World Order In The 21st Century" [2004] by Francis Fukuyama Cornell Univ Press 8x5¾ hardcover [5/2004] for $14.28 author's official website |
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"The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos & Crime" [2004] by William Langewiesche North Point Press 8¾x5¾ hardcover [5/2004] for $16.10 Audio Renaissance UNABR audio CD [5/2004] for $19.77 Audio Renaissance UNABR audio [5/2004] for $15.72 |
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"Against All Enemies: Inside The White House's War On Terror" [2004] by Richard A. Clarke "a searing indictment of the current administration" listed on Los Angeles Times Book Review Best of 2004 Free Press 8¼x5½ pb [8/2004] for $11.20 Free Press 9¼x6.4 hardcover [3/2004] for $18.90 S&S Audioworks ABR audio CD [3/2004] for $21.00 S&S Audioworks ABR audio [3/2004] for $18.20 movie in pre-production for 2008 release: latest info at IMDb |
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"America As Empire: Global Leader or Rogue Power?" [2004] by Jim Garrison Berrett-Koehler 9½x6.4 hardcover [1/2004] for $9.98 |
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"In Defense of Globalization" [2004] by Jagdish Bhagwati very even-handed explanation from a renowned expert Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2004] for $19.04 |
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"The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy & The End of The Republic" [2004] by Chalmers Johnson Owl Books 8¼x5½ pb [12/2004] for $10.88 Metropolitan Books 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2004] for $16.50 author's page at The American Empire Project |
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"Mexifornia: A State of Becoming" [2003] by Victor Davis Hanson Encounter Books 9¼x6.4 hardcover [6/2003] for $15.37 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [10/2003] for $29.95 Blackstone UNABR audio [10/2003] for $29.95 Encounter Books Adobe Reader ebook [1/2004] for $12.57 |
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"Imperial America: The Bush Assault On The World Order" [2003] by John Newhouse Knopf 8¾x6 hardcover [9/2003] for $13.80 |
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"Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism & The Failure of Good Intentions" [2003] by Clyde Prestowitz Basic Books 8x5¼ pb [5/2004] for $10.37 Basic Books 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2003] out of print/used |
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"The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy At Home & Abroad" [2003] by Fareed Zakaria W.W. Norton 8¼x5½ pb [4/2004] for $10.47 W.W. Norton 9½x6.3 hardcover [4/2003] for $17.47 Blackstone audio CD [5/2003] for $35.95 Blackstone UNABR audio [9/2003] for $49.95 |
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"Globalization and Its Discontents" [2002 bestseller] by Joseph E. Stiglitz W.W. Norton 8½x5½ pb [4/2003] for $10.85 W.W. Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2002] for $16.47 co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics |
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"On Globalization" [2002] by George Soros
Public Affairs Books 7½x5 pb [3/2005] for $10.20 Public Affairs Books 8x5½ hardcover [2/2002] for $15.60 Editorial Planeta Spanish-language hardcover [10/2002] for $25.95 "Open Society: Reforming Global Capitalism" [2000] by George Soros Public Affairs Books 9¼x6 hardcover [11/2000] for $32.30 "The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered" [1998] by George Soros Public Affairs Books 9½x6½ hardcover [12/98] for $22.76 |
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"See No Evil: The True Story of A Ground Soldier In The C.I.A.'s War On Terrorism" [bestseller 2002] by Robert Baer detailed recollections culled from twenty years of clandestine Middle Eastern operations Three Rivers 9¼x6¼ pb [1/2003] for $11.20 Crown hardcover [1/2002] out of print/used Random House ABR audio CD [1/2002] for $20.97 |
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"Disposable People: New Slavery In The Global Economy" [2000] by Kevin Bales Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [11/2004] for $11.67 Univ CA Press 9x6 hardcover [7/2000] out of print/used |
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"Rogue State: A Guide To The World's Only Superpower" [2000; 3rd edition 2005] by William Blum recommended by Osama bin Laden in his January 2006 video tape Common Courage Press 7¾x5 pb [10/2005] for $12.89 Common Courage Press 7¾x5¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $39.95 |
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"From Wealth To Power: The Unusual Origins of America's World Rule" [1998] by Fareed Zakaria Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [7/99] for $15.61 Princeton Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/98] out of print/used |
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"Theory of International Politics" [1979 classic] by Kenneth N. Waltz McGraw-Hill 9¼x6½ pb [1/79] for $79.06 |
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"Colonialism and Neocolonialism" [orig 1964; rev 2001] by Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Azzedine Haddour, Steve Brewer & Terence McWilliams Routledge pb [4/2006] for $19.95 Routledge 9¼x6½ pb [5/2001] for $26.95 |
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"The Ugly American" [classic 1958 bestseller] by William J. Lederer & Eugene Burdick The hero of the novel is an ugly chicken farmer from Iowa; the book was written (and the movie was filmed) before the war in VietNam began. W.W. Norton 8¼x5½ pb [1/99] for $11.16 Fawcett pb [9/87] out of print/used Fawcett pb [1/85] out of print/used W.W. Norton hardcover [6/58] out of print/used |
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"The Quiet American" [1955] by Grahame Green
Penguin Classics 8.4x5½ pb [9/2004] for $11.20 Penguin Classics pb [11/2002] for $10.40 Modern Library hardcover [10/92] for $10.47 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [2/2003] for $32.95 Blackstone UNABR audio [2/2003] for $19.77 M.B.A.P. ABR audio [10/2003] for $10.39 Blackstone audio [8/97] for $41.94 |
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"The Quiet American" feature film [Mirage Nov 2002] Directed by Phillip Noyce; based on the novel by Grahame Green; starring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser & Do Thi Hai Yen; listed AFI Best 10 Films of 2002; Oscar nomination for Best Actor (Caine) Miramax widescreen DVD [9/2004] for $17.39 Buena Vista color VHS [2/2004] for $14.99 Varese soundtrack CD [3/2003] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb |
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"Politics Among Nations: The Struggle For Power & Peace" [Knopf 1948 classic] by Hans J. Morgenthau [1904-80] 'Brief Edition' [1985]; Edited by Kenneth W. Thompson McGraw-Hill 9¼x6½ pb [7/92] for $56.25 McGraw-Hill 9½x6½ 6th edition hardcover [2/85] for $111.25 full text: McGraw-Hill 9x7¼ 7th edition pb [4/2005] for $60.63 |
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"Nationalism and Culture" [1935 & 1949] by Rudolf Rocker; translation by Ray E. Chase Black Rose Books 9x6 pb [12/97] for $28.99 Black Rose Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/97] for $57.99 |
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"Turbott Wolfe: A Novel" [1926] by William Plomer
"...still a pyrotechnic presence in the bulging canon of anti-colonialist fiction." — Nadine Gorimer, Los Angeles Times Book Review Modern Library 8x5¼ pb [12/2003] for $9.56 Harcourt pb [4/87] out of print/used |
War and Peace Section
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Middle East Politics
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"Daydream Believers: How A Few Grand Ideas Wrecked  American Power" [2008] by Fred Kaplan A devastating report on the Iraq war and on the Bush Administration's fantastic foreign policy in the Mideast Wiley & Sons 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2008] for $17.13 |
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"Oil, Power and Empire: Iraq & The U.S. Global Agenda" [2003] by Larry Everest Common Courage Press 9x6 pb [1/2004] for $15.56 Common Courage Press hardcover [5/2003] for $39.95 |
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"Discovery!: The Search For Arabian Oil" [2007] by Wallace Stegner written on-hire for Aramco; finished & rejected in 1956; published only in Lebanon in 1971; 'reissued' in 2007, with a Foreword by Thomas W. Lippman Selwa Press 9x6¼ hardcover [9/2007] for $16.47 |
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"On The Brink: An Insider's Account of How The White House Compromised American Intelligence" [2006] by Tyler Drumheller, with Elaine Monaghan The former head of C.I.A. covert operations in Europe reveals the steps taken by the Bush White House to undermine legitimate intelligence prior to and after the invasion of Iraq. Carroll & Graf 9x6¼ pb [10/2006] for $17.79 |
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"Blackwater: The Rise of The World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army" [2007] by Jeremy Scahill Nation Books 9x6 hardcover [2/2007] for $17.79 |
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"Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity In Iraq, From Churchill To Kennedy To George W. Bush" [2007] by Barry M. Lando Other Press 9x6 hardcover [1/2007] for $16.47 |
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"Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" [2006] by Jimmy Carter S&S 8¼x5½ pb [9/2007] for $10.20 S&S 9x6 hardcover [11/2006] for $17.82 S&S UNABR audio CD [11/2006] for $19.77 |
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"The Secret History of al Qaeda" [2006] by Abdel Atwan Univ CA Press hardcover [10/2006] for $15.72 |
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"Perilous Power: The Middle East & U.S. Foreign Policy Dialogues On Terror, Democracy, War & Justice" [2006] by Noam Chomsky & Gilbert Achcar Paradigm 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2006] for $15.61 |
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"Blood Money: A Story of Wasted Billions, Lost Lives & Corporate Greed In Iraq" [2006] by T. Christian Miller Back Bay Books pb [5/2007] for $10.19 Little, Brown 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/2006] for $15.74 |
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"The Looming Tower: al-Qaeda & The Road To 9/11" [2006] by Lawrence Wright Vintage 7¾x5¼ pb [8/2007] for $9.57 Knopf 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/2006] for $17.61 |
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"The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created A War Without End" [2006] by Peter W. Galbraith S&S 9x6 pb [6/2007] for $10.20 S&S 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2006] for $17.16 |
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"Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq" [2006] by Thomas E. Ricks Penguin hardcover [7/2006] for $16.77 |
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"A Bloody Business: America's War Zone Contractors & The Occupation of Iraq" [2006] by Col. Gerry Schumacher Zenith Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/2006] for $15.72 author website |
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"Cobra II: The Inside Story of The Invasion & Occupation of Iraq" [2006] by Michael R. Gordon & Gen. Bernard E. Trainor Vintage 8x5¼ pb [2/2007] for $10.88 Pantheon hardcover [4/2006] for $17.61 Random House ABR audio CD [4/2006] for $22.02 MRG's New York Times articles archive |
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"Thicker Than Oil: The U.S. & Saudi Arabia - A History" [2006] by Rachel Bronson Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2006] for $17.64 |
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"Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan & Iraq" [2006] Edited by Francis Fukuyama Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6¼ pb [1/2006] for $21.95 Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9&fracx6½ hardcover [1/2006] for $55.00 author's official website |
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"When News Lies: Media Complicity & The Iraq War" [2006] by Danny Schechter Select Books 9¼x7½ pb with DVD [1/2006] for $17.61 official moviesite; author's blogsite |
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"Neo-Conned!: Just War Principles - A Condemnation of War In Iraq" [2005] Edited by J. Forrest Sharpe & D. Liam O'Huallachain IHS Press pb [10/2006] for $11.53 IHS Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2005] for $19.72 official booksite |
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"The Great War For Civilisation: The Conquest of The Middle East" [2005] by long-time British journalist Robert Fisk { author fansite } Vintage 9¼x6 pb [2/2007] for $13.60 Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2005] for $25.40 Spanish-language edition: Planeta hardcover [1/2006] for $44.94 |
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"The al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime & The Coming Apocalypse" [2005] by Paul L. Williams Prometheus 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2005] for $15.75 |
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"United Arab Emirates Central Bank & 9/11 Financing" [2005] by Iqbal Ismail Hakim G.A.A.P. Publng pb [7/2005] for $19.95 official booksite |
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"Chain of Command: The Road From 9/11 To Abu Ghraib" [2004] by Seymour M. Hersh Harper Perennial 8x5¼ pb [7/2005] for $10.17 bargain edition hardcover for $6.99 HarperCollins 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2004] for $17.13 |
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"Forbidden Truth: U.S.-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia & The Failed Search For bin Laden" [2002] by Jean-Charles Brisard & Guillaume Dasquie A major hit in France, this book "links the events of September 11 to 'pipeline politics' of the Bush administration." Diane Publng 7½x4¾ pb [3/2004] for $13.00 The Nation Books 7½x5 pb [7/2002] for $10.36 |
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"The Reckoning: Iraq & The Legacy of Saddam Hussein" [2002] by Sandra MacKey W.W. Norton 8½x5½ pb [4/2003] for $11.53 W.W. Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2002] for $17.61 |
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"Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War" [limited release Aug 2004] Produced & directed by Robert Greenwald Disinformation DVD [3/2004] for $9.95 full credits from IMDb official movie website |
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"Plan of Attack" [2004] by Bob Woodward
S&S 8½x5½ pb [10/2004] for $10.50 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2004] for $17.64 S&S ABR audio CD [4/2004] for $18.87 S&S ABR audio [4/2004] for $16.38 |
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"House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between The World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties" [2004] by Craig Unger Scribner 9.3x6.3 hardback [3/2004] for $14.68 Audioworks ABR audio CD [3/2004] for $20.40 Audioworks ABR audio [3/2004] for $17.68 Radio Inside Scoop interview April 2004 [archived MP3] |
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"Sleeping With The Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul For Saudi Crude" [2003] by Robert Baer Crown 9½x6½ hardcover [7/2003] for $17.47 Random House ABR audio CD [7/2003] for $20.97 |
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"Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda In Bush's War On Iraq" [2003] by Sheldon Rampton & John Stauber J.P. Tarcher 8¼x5½ pb [7/2003] for $8.96 |
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"Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam & The Future of America" [2002] by Anonymous Brassey's 9x6 pb [2/2003] for $19.95 Brassey's 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2002] for $20.97 |
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"Operation Desert Shield/Storm Through The Eyes Of A Black Lieutenant" [2002] by William J. Simmons, Sr. BookSurge 7¼x5¼ pb [2/2002] for $9.99 |
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"Holy War, Inc.: Inside The Secret World of Osama Bin Laden" [2001] by Peter L. Bergen {CNN terrorism analyst} Free Press 8½x5½ pb [6/2002] for $11.20 Free Press 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2001] for $17.16 S&S ABR audio CD [11/2001] for $30.00 |
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