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Juan Gonzalez on America's role in Latin America
5/13/2011
Adam Hochschild on how World War I began
4/29/2011
Manning Marable, 1950 - 2011, dies days before publication of his biography of Malcolm X
2/2/2011
Edward Herman and David Peterson on Julian Assange and Luis Posada Carriles
1/28/2011
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
12/1/2010
American scholar Chalmers Johnson, 1931 - 2010
11/8/2010
Susan Reverby has won the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award for Examining Tuskegee
10/25/2010
Fractal Mathmematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot, 1924 – 2010
10/21/2010
Mohammed Arkoun, Islamic scholar who explored Enlightenment ideals, 1928-2010
10/10/2010
Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize
9/20/2010
Tariq Ali on "The Obama Syndrome"
9/10/2010
Historian and public intellectual Tony Judt, 1948 - 2010
8/31/2010
Former U.S. Senator James Abourezk on Leaders in Hiding
8/23/2010
David Kirby on something else we feed chickens
8/5/2010
Andrew J. Bacevich on How to Dismantle the American Empire
8/1/2010
Stacy Malkan on Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry
7/10/2010
Joy Gordon on the Invisble War, the United States and Iraq Sanctions
6/26/2010
Tom Engelhardt on the American Way of War
6/25/2010
Writer, critic and activist Carlos Monsiváis, 1938 - 2010
6/8/2010
He is totally unreproducible — he was sui generis — Martin Gardner, 1914 - 2010
6/7/2010
Joe Meadors: I seem to have all the bad luck in the world when it comes to the Israelis.
5/30/2010
Historian Bruce Cumings on the rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula
5/12/2010
How the hell did it happen? - Daniel Okrent on how Prohibition democratized drinking and made the income tax possible
5/6/2010
"We have more than an oil slick out of control, we also have these big corporations out of control." - Marine toxicologist Rikki Ott on the BP and Exxon Valdez oil spills.
4/24/2010
"This is too important. We cannot leave this to governments": Cormac Cullinan on the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights
4/6/2010
Anarchist, poet, publisher and chess-player, John Rety, 1930 - 2010
4/4/2010
"Literature was another victim of the war": Miguel Delibes, 1920 - 2010
3/24/2010
The beautiful brain of Sherman Alexie: War Dances wins 2010 Pen/Faulkner Award
3/13/2010
It's terrible to be possessed by brittle things: Elena Fanailova's The Russian Version wins the Best Translated Book Award for Poetry
3/7/2010
Translator, critic and BBC script editor, Barbara Bray, 1924 - 2010
2/28/2010
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award to D. A. Powell
2/24/2010
The banks have had nine months to creatively increase the real cost of borrowing: Robert Manning on Credit Card Nation
2/9/2010
Robert McChesney and John Nichols the history and necessity of government subsides for US journalism
2/5/2010
Of course, I’d forgotten she’d died: An extract from A Scattering by Christopher Reid, the 2009 Costa Book of the Year
1/30/2010
Tributes to People's Historian Howard Zinn, 1922 - 2010
1/24/2010
Johann Hari on P. W. Singer's Wired For War
1/23/2010
Jamin Raskin on the Supreme Court campaign finance ruling which removes limits on corporate campaign spending
1/16/2010
"Haitians have been punished ever since for claiming their freedom", Tracy Kidder and Peter Hallward on Haiti
1/2/2010
At 42, she was one of the best poets of her generation, Rachel Wetzsteon, 1967 - 2009
12/27/2009
You have to decide which side you are on: there is always a side. Commitment does not exist in an abstraction; it exists in action: Dennis Brutus, 1924 - 2009
12/19/2009
The wedding guests look upon the cracked, pink lips of Rosie's bridegroom - an extract from Petina Gappah's An Elegy for Easterly, the 2009 Guardian First Book Award winning book
12/12/2009
David Cortright on Obama's shallow understanding of the priciples of Just War Theory
11/26/2009
Obama's rejection of Landmine Treaty lacks vision, compassion, and basic common sense
11/22/2009
Those who saw him hushed: Let the Great World Spin, the National Book Award winner by Colum McCann
11/15/2009
Robert Jensen: Of Turkeys and Holocausts
11/8/2009
Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1908 - 2009, his works as a practical anti-racist manifesto
11/7/2009
Power exercised by man over his fellow man is always a usurpation, Francisco Ayala, 1906 - 2009
11/1/2009
If you think you'll to be rich someday, why resent million-dollar bonuses: Barbara Ehrenreich on Positive Thinking
10/21/2009
Four Canadians tortured in the name of fighting Terror, Kerry Pither wins Ottawa Book Award for Dark Days
10/14/2009
The Potato that Became a Tomato, Playgiarist Raymond Federman, 1928 - 2009
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan B. Peterson Random House Canada

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER 
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What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.


Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street.
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The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene Penguin Books

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control. 


In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.
 
Some laws teach ...
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Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Random House

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A bold new work from the author of The Black Swan that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility

In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and influence others. Citing examples ranging from Hammurabi to Seneca, Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows ...
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In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
Lauren Graham Ballantine Books

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Advice for graduates and reflections on staying true to yourself from the beloved Gilmore Girls actress and New York Times bestselling author of the memoir Talking as Fast as I Can and the novel Someday, Someday, Maybe.
 
“If you’re kicking yourself for not having accomplished all you should have by now, don’t worry about it. Even without any ‘big’ accomplishments yet to your name, you are enough.”
 
In this expansion of the 2017 commencement speech she gave at her hometown Langley High, Lauren Graham, ...
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius Dover Publications

One of the world's most famous and influential books, Meditations, by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121–180), incorporates the stoic precepts he used to cope with his life as a warrior and administrator of an empire. Ascending to the imperial throne in A.D. 161, Aurelius found his reign beset by natural disasters and war. In the wake of these challenges, he set down a series of private reflections, outlining a philosophy of commitment to virtue above pleasure and tranquility above happiness.
Reflecting the emperor's own noble and self-sacrificing code of conduct, ...

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Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear
Carl Hiaasen Knopf

This is Oh, the Places You'll Never Go--the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it.

"This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed to offer encouragement and inspiration. That's not what you need. You need a warning."
     So begins Carl Hiaasen's attempt to prepare young men and women for their future. And who better to warn them about their precarious paths forward than Carl Hiaasen? The answer, after reading Assume ...
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Meditations: A New Translation
Marcus Aurelius Modern Library

The classics make great graduation gifts. Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life.

Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. 161–180). A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, it remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. Marcus’s insights and advice—on everything from living in the world to ...
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Jonathan Haidt Vintage

This well-researched examination of human moral impulses will appeal to liberals and conservatives alike following the 2016 presidential campaign and election, from the author of The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure.   

As America descends deeper into polarization and paralysis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has done the seemingly impossible—challenged conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to everyone on the political spectrum. Drawing ...

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The Common Good
Robert B. Reich Knopf

From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center of our economics and politics.

With the warmth and lucidity that have made him one of our most important public voices, Robert B. Reich makes the case for a generous, inclusive understanding of the American project, centering on the moral obligations of citizenship. Rooting his argument in everyday reality and common sense, Reich demonstrates the existence of a common good, and argues that it is ...
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The Ethical Slut, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love
Janet W. Hardy, Dossie Easton Ten Speed Press

The classic guide to love, sex, and intimacy beyond the limits of conventional monogamy has been fully updated to reflect today's modern attitudes and the latest information on nontraditional relationships.

For 20 years The Ethical Slut has dispelled myths and showed curious readers how to maintain a successful polyamorous lifestyle through open communication, emotional honesty, and safer sex practices. The third edition of this timeless guide to communication and sex has been revised to include interviews with poly millennials (young people who have grown up without the ...
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