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An American Addiction
by Noam Chomsky
Formats: Audio CD ($12.58)
Average Rating:  (5.0 Stars)
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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Free Market Fantasies
by Noam Chomsky
Formats: Audio CD ($12.58)
Average Rating: (5.0 Stars)
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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Longitudes & Attitudes
by Thomas L. Friedman
Formats: Audio CD ($18.36)
Average Rating:  (4.3 Stars)
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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Losing Bin Laden
by Richard Miniter
Formats: MP3 CD ($17.99)
Average Rating:  (3.0 Stars)
Years before the public knew about bin Laden, Bill Clinton did....
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Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
by Chalmers Johnson
Formats: Audio Cassette ($17.96)
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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The China Fantasy
by James Mann
Formats: Audio CD ($17.96) | Audio Cassette ($17.96) | MP3 CD ($19.95)
What are our ideas and hidden assumptions about China? Does Americas policy toward China make sense? Mann takes a vigorous look at Chinas political evolution and our future with China.
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Cuba
by Sherwin T. Wine
Formats: Digital Download ($4.95)
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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Cultural Nonviolence
by Satish Kumar
Formats: Digital Download ($4.95)
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 Devil Came on Horseback
by Brian Steidle
Formats: Audio CD ($17.96) | Audio Cassette ($17.96)
This intense, vivid report and call to action from the heart of violent Darfur by a former American Marine who became a military observer for the African Union is the first extensive on-the-ground account of the genocide in Sudan.
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Earth in the Balance
by Al Gore
Formats: Audio CD ($13.46) | Digital Download ($10.47)
Before becoming Vice President, Al Gore spent 15 years leading the fight in Congress to save the...
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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
Formats: MP3 CD ($17.99)
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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From Beirut to Jerusalem
by Thomas L. Friedman
Formats: Audio CD ($18.36)
From a highly acclaimed New York Times correspondent, this first-hand account of the Arab-Israeli conflict illuminates a world fueled by ancient passions. National Book Award winner.
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The Greatest Speeches of All-Time Vol. II
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Formats: Digital Download ($9.95)
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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Imperial Ambitions
by Noam Chomsky
Formats: Audio CD ($19.96)
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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Mao Zedong
by Sherwin T. Wine
Formats: Digital Download ($4.95)
Still revered in Communist China, Mao was the most powerful ‘emperor’ that China ever knew.
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Nigeria and West Africa
by Wendy McElroy
Formats: Audio CD ($18.00)
With a culture dating back to at least 700 B.C., West Africa has a long and rich history. British influence after the 16th century, and especially in the 18th century, changed the region's course.
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Our Dumb World
by The Onion
Formats: Audio CD ($19.98)
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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Peace Is a Verb
by Marilyn King
Formats: Digital Download ($4.95)
Marilyn King says, "I want everyone to know what I know and be as excited as I am, because I believe that we are standing on the brink of peace."
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Peace Through Tourism
by Louis D'amore
Formats: Digital Download ($4.95)
What has tourism got to do with peace? One might say, Peace, that's the government's job. Louis D'Amore believes otherwise.
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President Kennedy - Press Luncheon Paris
by John F. Kennedy
Formats: Digital Download ($4.95)
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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Think India: The Rise of the World's Next Superpower and What It Means for Every American
by Vinay Rai
Formats: MP3 CD ($17.99)
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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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
by Chris Hedges
Formats: MP3 CD ($17.99)
As a veteran war correspondent, Chris Hedges has survived ambushes in Central America, imprisonment in Sudan, and a beating by Saudi military police.
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