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Bob Neer
Barack Obama for Beginners: An Essential Guide
978-1-934389-38-6 | $7.95 |
Steerforth Press | TR
A complete introduction to Senator Obama that can be read in an afternoon or during commutes by an author who is an expert on U.S. History, the Law, political philosophy and international business, and who is also a savvy, widely read, and highly regarded blogger.
Ronald Dworkin
Supreme Court Phalanx: The Court's New Right-Wing Bloc
978-1-59017-293-3 | $12.95 |
New York Review Books | TR
In analyzing the decisions of Supreme Court justices John Roberts' and Samuel Alito's first term, Dworkin worries that they are "remaking constitutional law by overruling, most often by stealth, the central constitutional doctrines that generations of past justices, conservative as well as liberal, had constructed."
John McCain and Mashall Salter
Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life
978-0-345-51334-2 | $7.99 |
Ballantine | TR
As one of America’s most admired political leaders, John McCain has seen countless acts of bravery and self-sacrifice. Now, in this inspiring meditation on courage, he shares his most cherished stories of ordinary individuals who have risked everything to defend the people and principles they hold most dear.
Steven T. Wax
Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror - A Public Defender's Inside Account
978-1-59051-295-1 | $25.95 |
Other Press | HC
"Our government can make you disappear." Those were words public defender Steven Wax never thought he'd hear himself say. Here, he tells the stories of two of his team's clients to whom he had to give that warning-men whose civil liberties, under the Bush administration, had been all but eroded. |
Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam
Grand New Party
978-0-385-51943-4 | $23.95 |
Doubleday | HC
In Grand New Party, rising stars on the conservative intellectual scene Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam take on this question with a mixture of history, analysis, and proposals that promise to shake up the right, electrify the left, and inject a fresh new perspective into the 2008 elections.
978-1-59017-298-8 | $14.95 |
New York Review Books | TR
For the past seven years, The New York Review has critically examined the administration's policies. This collection of essays from the Review's contributors looks back at the legacy of Bush, Cheney, and Rove, and looks ahead to the issues, challenges, and opportunities that will face America after Bush leaves Washington.
John Podesta
The Power of Progress: How America's Progressives Can (Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate, and Our Country
978-0-307-38255-9 | $23.95 |
Crown | HC
Political agendas come and go, but Think Progress offers some real solutions to our biggest problems: Iraq, healthcare, and education, to name a few, putting forth new ideas and a new framework for setting America back on the right course. A political must-read for the 2008 election cycle.
Susan Griffin
Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen
978-1-59030-297-2 | $24.95 | Trumpter | HC
What does it mean to be a citizen of the United States? In this book, Susan Griffin—cultural historian, poet, public intellectual—blends history, cultural critique, and memoir to discover the essence of our democracy. From the Declaration of Independence to the war in Iraq, Griffin charts the rise and fall of the American vision of freedom and equality.
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