Common Sense by Big Fish Publishing Inc $9.95
In its time over 600,000 copies of Common Sense were circulated through the Colonies. Not one to be "politically correct" Thomas Paine's little book was key to starting a revolution we know today as the United States of America. Quotes from within these pages: "A long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT" "The cause of America is in a great...
The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics) by Signet Classics $7.95
The documents thatshaped a nation. Three of the founding fathers brilliantly defend their revolutionary charter: the Constitution of the United States, a milestone in political science and a classic of American history.
Greedy Bastards: How We Can Stop Corporate Communists, Banksters, and Other Vampires from Sucking America Dry by Simon & Schuster $25.00
Dylan Ratigan is mad as hell. Infuriated by government corruption and corporate communism, incensed by banksters shaking down taxpayers, and despairing of an ailing health care system, an age-old dependency on foreign oil, and a failing educational system, Ratigan sees an America that has allowed itself to be swindled and robbed. In this book, his first, he rips the lid off our deeply crooked...
The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan by Blue Rider Press $27.95
General Stanley McChrystal, the innovative, forward-thinking commanding general of international and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was living large. He was better known to some as Big Stan, M4, Stan, and his loyal staff liked to call him a "rock star." During a spring 2010 trip across Europe to garner additional allied help for the war effort, McChrystal was accompanied by journalist Michael...
Notes from the Underground (Holt Government 2010) by BiblioBazaar $13.99
The author of the diary and the diary itself are of course imaginary.
Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class by John Allen Nelson $29.99
We all know that the very rich have gotten a lot richer these past few decades while most Americans haven't. In fact, the exorbitantly paid have continued to thrive during the current economic crisis, even as the rest of Americans have fallen behind. Why do the "have-it-alls" have so much more? Lots of so-called experts claim to have solved this great mystery, but no one has really gotten to the...
What It Takes: The Way to the White House by Vintage $25.00
An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race -- and scours the psyches of contenders from George Bush...
Democracy In America, Volume 1 by CreateSpace $16.99
This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.
Declaration Of Independence, Constitution Of The United States Of America, Bill Of Rights And Constitutional Amendments (Including Images Of Original Historical American Documents) by James Madison $4.99
This paperback publication is a compilation of important American government documents including the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States of America, the Bill of Rights and the complete up to do amendment to the United States Constitution. This book is different from other publications because it also includes images of the original American founding documents. This book...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Ralph Steadman $14.00
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.Now this cult classic of gonzo journalism is a major motion picture from Universal, directed by...