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The Tyranny of Dead Ideas

Revolutionary Thinking for a New Age of Prosperity

Matt Miller St. Martin's Griffin

“Offers the most plausible way to renovate our political and policy thinking to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.”—Joe Klein, Time America is...

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Captive

My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban

Jere Van Dyk St. Martin's Griffin

Jere Van Dyk was on the wrong side of the border. He and three Afghan guides had crossed into the tribal areas of Pakistan, where no Westerner had ventured for...

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The Majestic Twelve

The True Story of the Most Feared Combat Escort Unit in Baghdad

Master Sergeant Jack W. Lynch II, USMC (Ret.) with Rick Lynch Thomas Dunne Books

As leader of the unit dubbed “The Majestic Twelve,” the author led his team on what some might call the most dangerous duty in the Iraq War—convoy escort....

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When Men Become Gods

Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back

Stephen Singular St. Martin's Griffin

Features an all-new chapter for this edition New York Times bestselling author Stephen Singular provides an inside look at the Mormon polygamist sect that...

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Trade Paperback : $16.99 Buy	Counterstrike The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker St. Martin's Griffin "Fast paced, gripping . . . [a] well written dive into the arcane world of counterterrorism over the past decade ." —Foreign Policy In Counterstrike, Eric...

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La Seduction

How the French Play the Game of Life

Elaine Sciolino St. Martin's Griffin

France is a seductive country, seductive in its elegance, its beauty, its sensual pleasures, and its joie de vivre. Elaine Sciolino, the longtime Paris...

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Soul of a Citizen

Living with Conviction in Challenging Times

Paul Rogat Loeb St. Martin's Griffin

Soul of a Citizen has become the handbook for budding social activists, veteran organizers, and anybody who wants to make a change—big or small—in the world...

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Trade Paperback : $9.99 Buy	The Barack & Michelle Obama Paper Doll & Cut-Out Book John Boswell; Illustrated by Randy Jones & Susann Ferris Jones St. Martin's Griffin The historic journey of Barack and Michelle Obama to the White House is memorialized in this fun yet fashionable paper doll book featuring the Obamas. For the...

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Soft Spots

A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Clint Van Winkle St. Martin's Griffin

A powerful, haunting, provocative memoir of a Marine in Iraq—and his struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in a system trying to hide the damage done...

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The Most Dangerous Man in America

Rush Limbaugh's Assault on Reason

John K. Wilson Thomas Dunne Books

Rush Limbaugh is the most prominent figure in the conservative movement today. With almost 20 million listeners every week on more than six hundred stations,...

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Deep Future

The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth

Curt Stager Thomas Dunne Books

A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title A bold, far-reaching look at how our actions will decide the planet’s future for millennia to come. ...

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Madoff's Other Secret

Love, Money, Bernie, and Me

Sheryl Weinstein St. Martin's Press

Nobody knew Bernie like I did, and nobody knows about me… Sheryl Weinstein met Bernie Madoff when she was just shy of forty, and went on to have a twenty-year...

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The Wichita Divide

The Murder of Dr. George Tiller and the Battle over Abortion

Stephen Singular St. Martin's Press

The New York Times bestselling author offers an in-depth account of the life and death of a controversial doctor, the debate that sparked his assassination,...

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The New Health Care System: Everything You Need to Know

David Nather St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

A primer in plain English that explains how healthcare will work under the new legislation and how it will affect your care and your choices going forward....

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City of Gold

Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism

Jim Krane Picador

Just a dusty fishing village in the 1950s, Dubai has grown faster than any other city in the world to become a glittering mecca for investors and...

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No Apology

Believe in America

Mitt Romney St. Martin's Griffin

In No Apology, Mitt Romney asserts that American strength is essential—not just for our own well-being, but for the world’s. Nations such as China and a...

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Animal Factory

The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment

David Kirby St. Martin's Griffin

Swine flu. Bird flu. Massive fish kills. Concentrations of cancer and other diseases. Recalls of contaminated meats, fruits, and vegetables. Recent public...

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Authentic Patriotism

How to Restore America's Ideals---Without Losing Our Tempers or Our Minds

Stephen P. Kiernan St. Martin's Griffin

A provocative, inspiring account of our neglected American ideals and the people who are living them today—and restoring our nation’s dream Patriotism has...

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Toxic Talk

How the Radical Right Has Poisoned America's Airwaves

Bill Press St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

Talk radio has done an end run around the voting public. With the far right controlling the five major syndicates, conservatives have a disproportionate voice...

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The Obama Hate Machine

The Lies, Distortions, and Personal Attacks on the President---and Who Is Behind Them

Bill Press Thomas Dunne Books

In Toxic Talk, Bill Press exposed the ways in which the extreme right-wing media has done an end run around the American voting populace by exerting a...

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Troublemaker

Let's Do What It Takes to Make America Great Again

Christine O'Donnell St. Martin's Press

The 2010 candidate for Senate—and established political “troublemaker”*--voices the quiet anger in America today: where it comes from, what it’s asking for,...

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What Is Best in America

Speech by President Obama at a Memorial Service for the Victims of the Shooting in Tucson, Arizona

Barack Obama St. Martin's Press

On January 8, 2011 a gunman opened fire in the parking lot of a Tucson, Arizona supermarket, where U. S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding an...

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Death at SeaWorld

Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity

David Kirby St. Martin's Press

From the New York Times bestselling author of Evidence of Harm and Animal Factory—a groundbreaking scientific thriller that exposes the dark side of SeaWorld,...

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Left Turn

How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind

Tim Groseclose St. Martin's Griffin

Dr. Tim Groseclose, a professor of political science and economics at UCLA, has spent years constructing precise, quantitative measures of the slant of media...

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