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Imaginary Weapons

A Journey Through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld

By Sharon Weinberger


This wild ride through the bizarre underworld of official fringe science in America--exemplified by the military's ill-advised scheme to develop an isomer bomb--reveals the perverse incompetence of a partisan industry.

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Target Iran

The Truth About the White House's Plans for Regime Change

By Scott Ritter


In this "national intelligence assessment" of the Iranian imbroglio, Scott Ritter, a UN weapons inspector in Iraq in the 1990s, examines the Bush administration's regime-change policy and the potential of Iran to threaten U.S. national security interests.

Watch an interview with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! Ritter talks about the Republican National Convention, Joe Biden and the possibility of an attack on Iran here.
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The Impeachment of George W. Bush

A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens

By Elizabeth Holtzman and Cynthia L. Cooper


No one is better qualified to call for the impeachment of President George W. Bush than Elizabeth Holtzman, the former Congresswoman and vital member of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon.

Read an interview with Elizabeth Holtzman here.

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Kill the Messenger

How the CIA's Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb

By Nick Schou


Kill the Messenger is an unflinching portrait of the courageous but misunderstood reporter Gary Webb, who paid the highest price for his notoriety.

Read about the life and death of Gary Webb here.
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101 People Who Are Really Screwing America

(And Bernard Goldberg is Only #73)

By Jack Huberman


From the bestselling author of The Bush-Hater's Handbook comes this hilarious riposte to Bernard Goldberg's absurd right-wing attack on American liberals. 101 People Who Are Really Screwing America names the real "crooks liars, and cheats" who undermine American democracy.

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Denial and Deception

An Insider's View of the CIA

By Melissa Boyle Mahle


Melissa Boyle Mahle was a CIA covert operative in the Middle East from 1988 to 2002, one of a handful of women agents who spoke Arabic, and the top-ranked female Arabist in the agency. This is her revealing take on the CIA from the inside.

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Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O'Reilly


By Tom Breuer and Joseph Minton Amann


As host of The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly is a genuine media megastar. This book is a hilarious takedown of his outlandish, right-wing spin.

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Life Out of Context


By Walter Mosley


This powerful meditation by the bestselling author of the Easy Rawlins mysteries explores his evolution as an African-American writer and ends with a call to action.

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Black Women's Lives

Stories of Power and Pain

By Kristal Brent Zook


This book offers poignant accounts of the lives of African-American women, illuminating their diverse social roles and personal destinies.

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The Big Empty

Dialogues on Politics, Sex, God, Boxing, Morality, Myth, Poker and Bad Conscience in America

By Norman Mailer and John Buffalo Mailer


In this collection of conversations, John Buffalo Mailer poses a series of questions to his father, challenging the reflections and insights of the man who has dominated and defined much of American letters for the past sixty years.

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Darfur Diaries

Stories of Survival

By Jen Marlowe, Aisha Bain and Adam Shapiro


In November 2004, three independent filmmakers traveled to eastern Chad and crept across the border into Darfur. Improvising as they went, they spoke with dozens of Darfurians, learning about their history, hopes, and fears, and the resilience and tragedy of their everyday lives.

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Fighting Words

A Toolkit for Combating the Religious Right

By Robin Morgan


Most Americans lack the tools for arguing with the religious right, especially when fundamentalist conservatives claim their positions originated with the framers of the Constitution. Until now...

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Zapatistas! Making Another World Possible

Chronicles of Resistance 2000-2006

By John Ross


In his third volume on the Zapatista uprising, John Ross concludes his Mexican journey with a frontline account of the past six years of the insurgency, and a brilliant eyewitness portrayal.

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Blackout

How the Electric Industry Exploits America

By Gordon L. Weil


Ever since Thomas Edison created the first electrical utility, the energy industry has cheated American customers with impunity. Blackout delves into the history of this increasingly monopolized--and corrupt--industry.

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The Motherhood Manifesto

What America's Moms Want--And What to Do About It

By Joan Blades and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner


The Motherhood Manifesto is a call to arms for working moms and a blueprint for radical change in the attitudes and policies that define parenting and work in the United States.

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Appetite for Profit

How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back

By Michele Simon


This book exposes the hypocrisy of major food companies like Kraft, Coca-Cola, and McDonalds, that are staging massive PR campaigns to look like they are "part of the solution" while they simultaneously lobby against sound nutrition policies.

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How To Steal An Election

The Inside Story of How George Bush's Brother and Fox Network Miscalled the 2000 Election and Changed the Course of History

By David Moore


When Florida Governor Jeb Bush persuaded the Fox Network to call the presidential election for George W. Bush on Election Night 2000, the move triggered other news networks to make the same erroneous call, and Al Gore to concede the election.

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Mission Unaccomplished

Tomdispatch Interviews with American Iconoclasts & Dissenters

By Tom Engelhardt


Mission Unaccomplished is a series of provocative and candid interviews with some of the iconoclastic thinkers--and activists--of our time.

Check out the latest on TomDispatch.com.
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Unnatural Disaster

The Nation on Hurricane Katrina

By Betsy Reed


In the months that followed Hurricane Katrina, The Nation published a series of articles and editorials documenting the gross negligence of the Bush administration, the failures of neoliberalism, and the heroic effort of community organizers and ordinary citizens to put New Orleans back together again.

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Soccer Against the Enemy

How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions And Keeps Dictators in Power

By Simon Kuper


Soccer Against the Enemy is a highly-acclaimed look at the dark underbelly of the world's most popular sport.

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Cryptic Crosswords from The Nation


By Frank W. Lewis


From Frank W. Lewis--since 1947, the brains behind one of the signature features of America's leading progressive publication, The Nation--comes this collection of new, mind-bending crossword puzzles.

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Crimes of War: Iraq


By Richard Falk, Irene Gendzier and Robert Jay Lifton


From the same editorial team whose 1971 Crimes of War became one of the definitive Vietnam-era accounts of American war crimes comes this penetrating inquiry into the legal, historical, and psychological dimensions of the war in Iraq.

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The End of Romance

A Memoir of Love, Sex, and the Mystery of the Violin

By Norma Barzman


The End of Romance is a riveting memoir set against the backdrop of the rise of the Red Brigades and the resurgence of fascism in Italy.

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The Hijacking of Jesus

How the Religious Right Distorts Christianity and Promotes Prejudice and Hate

By Dan Wakefield


Millions of devout Christians like Dan Wakefield are appalled by the religious right's distortion of their faith.

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Nothing but an Unfinished Song

Bobby Sands, the Irish Hunger Striker Who Ignited a Generation

By Denis O'Hearn


The life, resistance, and death of Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands inspired millions around the world. This is his story.

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Bushit!

An A-Z Guide to the Bush Attack on Truth, Justice, Equality, and the American Way

By Jack Huberman


Zipping from A to Z, Bushit! laments the woes of the Bush Administration with vitriol and humor.

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Clive Stafford Smith on PBS Documentary

October 16 - November 20 | PBS Affiliates
Watch Nation Books author Clive Stafford Smith in a new PBS documentary, Torturing Democracy. Stafford Smith is the author of Eight o' Clock Ferry to the Windward Side and founder of the legal charity, Reprieve, whose clients include prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

November 20 - 21
This is Change?
(WBAI, MNN and more)
Watch/listen to Institute Fellow Jeremy Scahill talk about his latest article on AlterNet, titled, "This is Change?", which profiles the people likely to be major players in an Obama administration. MORE

November 23 | 10 am
Amy Alexander at Watergate Conference
(Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.)
Listen to Institute Fellow Amy Alexander talk with fellow panelists about how bloggers are changing politics. This event is part of the National Association of Black Journalists' Watergate Conference on Political and Congressional Reporting: Did Politics Change the Media or Did Media Change Politics? MORE

December 7 | 4 pm
Gary Younge Pays Tribute to Studs Terkel
(Great Hall, Cooper Union, NYC)
Institute Fellow Gary Younge will be one of the luminaries paying tribute to the life of legendary oral historian and activist Studs Terkel, who died on October 31 at the age of 96. The event will be open to the public and free of charge. MORE

December 8
The Nation Institute Annual Dinner Gala
(Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC)
The Nation Institute's Annual Gala Dinner is Monday, December 8 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York. Special guests include Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood; comedian Lewis Black; and Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor and Publisher of The Nation. MORE

January 15 | 8:30 am
Deepa Fernandes Wins North Star News Prize
(4 Times Square, NYC)
Institute Fellow Deepa Fernandes is one of three winners of the North Star News Prize, which recognizes people of color who have made outstanding contributions to journalism, media and communications, and public understanding of the struggle for social justice. MORE