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Mao Zedong
by Sherwin T. Wine
Credits: Digital Download
Still revered in Communist China, Mao was the most powerful ‘emperor’ that China ever knew.
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Earth in the Balance
by Al Gore
Credits: Audio CD | Digital Download
Before becoming Vice President, Al Gore spent 15 years leading the fight in Congress to save the...
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Cuba
by Sherwin T. Wine
Credits: Digital Download
Over the last 47 years, Cuba, with its small population of 11 million, has managed to defy the power of the United States and to provide revolutionary inspiration to millions of poor people and intel
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
by Lawrence Wright
Credits: Audio CD | MP3 CD
A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America.
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Hegemony or Survival
by Noam Chomsky
Credits: Audio CD
For more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of staking out the globe.
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Cultural Nonviolence
by Satish Kumar
Credits: Digital Download
What does baking bread have to do with creating a culture of nonviolence? What steps can we take as individuals to help bring about global peace?
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The Lexus and the Olive Tree
by Thomas L. Friedman
Credits: Audio CD
Globalization is not just a phenomenon and not just a passing trend. It is the international system that replaced...
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The Fight for Jerusalem
by Dore Gold
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD
Radical Islam has long desired to seize Jerusalem and cut it off to Christian and Jewish believers.
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What We Say Goes
by Noam Chomsky
Credits: Audio CD
Following the "New York Times" bestseller "Hegemony or Survival"; an indispensable set of interviews on foreign policy and domestic issues with America's most useful citizen.
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War Stories
by Oliver North
Credits: Audio CD
As an embedded journalist in Iraq, North got a soldier's-eye view, often while under fire, of what the mainstream media failed to report....
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Night Draws Near
by Anthony Shadid
Credits: Audio CD
From the only journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from Iraq, here is the riveting account of ordinary people caught between the struggles of nations.
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America Alone
by Mark Steyn
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD
It’s the end of the world as we know it. Someday soon, you might wake up to the call to prayer from a muezzin. Europeans already are.
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The Shock Doctrine
by Naomi Klein
Credits: Audio CD
The bestselling author of "No Logo" shows how the global free market has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq.
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An American Addiction
by Noam Chomsky
Credits: Audio CD
Colombia is now the 3rd largest recipient of US foreign & military aid, the justification for which is the War on Drugs.
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Imperial Ambitions
by Noam Chomsky
Credits: Audio CD
In this first collection of interviews since the bestselling 9-11, our foremost intellectual activist examines crucial new questions of U.S. foreign policy.
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Free Market Fantasies
by Noam Chomsky
Credits: Audio CD
A refutation of the fantasies marketed as the "American Dream." The gulf between reality and a "free market" where entrepeneurs can compete on a level playing field is growing daily.
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The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China, and What It Means for All of Us
by Robyn Meredith
Credits: Audio CD | MP3 CD
In the streets of India, camels pull carts loaded with construction materials, and monkeys race across roads, dodging cars. In China, men in Mao jackets pedal bicycles along newly built highways, past skyscrapers sprouting like bamboo.
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Think India: The Rise of the World's Next Superpower and What It Means for Every American
by Vinay Rai
Credits: Audio CD | MP3 CD
With 1.1 billion residents, the world’s largest democracy is poised to dominate the world stage. One of India’s wealthiest men gives an insider’s view into his country’s dynamic transformation, revealing the forces and unique characteristics behind India’s meteoric rise.
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Longitudes & Attitudes
by Thomas L. Friedman
Credits: Audio CD
Longitudes & Attitudes is made up of Friedman's New York Times columns, as well as a diary of his private experiences and reflections as he travels to Europe...
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President Kennedy - Press Luncheon Paris
by John F. Kennedy
Credits: Digital Download
Enroute to Summit talks in Vienna with Nikita Khurschev, President Kennedy stopped off in Paris for his first official visit to the French capital.
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Our Dumb World
by The Onion
Credits: Audio CD
In order to understand the news, a context of world geography and history is essential. That is why The Onion is publishing a world atlas: to help us.
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Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
by Bill Clinton
Credits: Audio CD
Here, from Bill Clinton, is a call to action. "Giving" is an inspiring look at how each of us can change the world.
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The Greatest Speeches of All-Time Vol. II
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Credits: Digital Download
This is another collection of the most important and well-known speeches of modern times. These are the dramatic words from world leaders that changed the course of history and inspired millions worldwide.
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Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
by Chalmers Johnson
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD
In this incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overextended empire, which insists on projecting its military power to every corner of the earth and using American capital and markets to force global economic integration on its own terms.
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Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
by Jimmy Carter
Credits: Audio CD
The former president and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize offers a courageous assessment of what must be done to bring permanent peace to Israel with dignity and justice to Palestine.
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