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The Nerd Reich

Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy

by Gil Durán ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A haunting picture of the political project pursued and abetted by a confederacy of Silicon Valley elites. Their goal is nothing less than to destroy liberal democracy. . . . In the fractured attention economy in which we all now reside, it’s easy to know these disparate facts and still have only a vague understanding of their larger significance. It is the mastery of ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A haunting picture of the political project pursued and abetted by a confederacy of Silicon Valley elites. Their goal is nothing less than to destroy liberal democracy. . . . In the fractured attention economy in which we all now reside, it’s easy to know these disparate facts and still have only a vague understanding of their larger significance. It is the mastery of
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Republic, Lost

How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It

by Lawrence Lessig ...

Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig investigates the most vexing problem in American democracy: how money corrupts our nation's politics, and the critical campaign to stop it.In an era when special interests funnel huge amounts of money into our government-driven by shifts in campaign-finance rules and brought to new levels by the Supreme Court in *Citizens United v. Federal Election ... Read more

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Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig investigates the most vexing problem in American democracy: how money corrupts our nation's politics, and the critical campaign to stop it.In an era when special interests funnel huge amounts of money into our government-driven by shifts in campaign-finance rules and brought to new levels by the Supreme Court in *Citizens United v. Federal Election
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The Constitution of Knowledge

A Defense of Truth

by Jonathan Rauch ...

Arming Americans to defend the truth from today's war on factsIn what could be the timeliest book of the year, Rauch aims to arm his readers to engage with reason in an age of illiberalism.-*Newsweek*A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceDisinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these recent additions to our daily vocabulary appear to ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Arming Americans to defend the truth from today's war on factsIn what could be the timeliest book of the year, Rauch aims to arm his readers to engage with reason in an age of illiberalism.-*Newsweek*A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceDisinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these recent additions to our daily vocabulary appear to
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The Folly of Technological Solutionism

by Evgeny Morozov ...

A New York Times Notable Book of the YearIn the very near future, "smart" technologies and "big data" will allow us to make large-scale and sophisticated interventions in politics, culture, and everyday life. Technology will allow us to solve problems in highly original ways and create new incentives to get more people to do the right thing. But how will such "solutionism" affect our society, once ... Read more

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A New York Times Notable Book of the YearIn the very near future, "smart" technologies and "big data" will allow us to make large-scale and sophisticated interventions in politics, culture, and everyday life. Technology will allow us to solve problems in highly original ways and create new incentives to get more people to do the right thing. But how will such "solutionism" affect our society, once
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Citizen

An American Lyric

by Claudia Rankine ...

* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry ** Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award *ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:The New Yorker, Boston Globe, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, NPR. L... ... Read more

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* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry ** Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award *ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:The New Yorker, Boston Globe, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, NPR. L...
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Our Own Worst Enemy

The Assault from within on Modern Democracy

by Tom Nichols ...

A contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture that places responsibility on the citizens themselves. Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble--but who is really to ... Read more

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A contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture that places responsibility on the citizens themselves. Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble--but who is really to
... Read more
On Tyranny

Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

by Timothy Snyder ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” (The New York Times)“Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has writ... ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” (The New York Times)“Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has writ...
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Paper Girl

A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America

by Beth Macy ...

**An Instant National Bestseller • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Vanity Fair"There couldn’t be a timelier book . . . searingly poignant, essential . . . Macy follows closely in the footsteps of . . . Barbara Ehrenreich and Tracy Kidder, combining memoir with reportage, a ... Read more

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**An Instant National Bestseller • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Vanity Fair"There couldn’t be a timelier book . . . searingly poignant, essential . . . Macy follows closely in the footsteps of . . . Barbara Ehrenreich and Tracy Kidder, combining memoir with reportage, a
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Lessons from a Lost Republic

What Ancient Rome Can Teach Us About This American Moment

by Michelle Berenfeld ...

“Urgent and necessary . . . Berenfeld brings a historian's eye to this thrilling, sobering tale, and a citizen's voice to its lessons for our own moment.”—Ayad Akhtar, winner of the Pulitzer PrizeA lively pocket history of the Roman Republic’s collapse—and its unsettling echoes in our own political moment.Americans are obsessed with Rome. Billionaires and manosphere pundits wax on about its ... Read more

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“Urgent and necessary . . . Berenfeld brings a historian's eye to this thrilling, sobering tale, and a citizen's voice to its lessons for our own moment.”—Ayad Akhtar, winner of the Pulitzer PrizeA lively pocket history of the Roman Republic’s collapse—and its unsettling echoes in our own political moment.Americans are obsessed with Rome. Billionaires and manosphere pundits wax on about its
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Twilight of Democracy

The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

by Anne Applebaum ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "How did our democracy go wrong? This extraordinary document ... is Applebaum's answer." —Timothy Snyder, author of On TyrannyThe Pulitzer Prize–winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism and authoritarianism.**From the United States and Britain to continental Europe and beyond, liberal ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "How did our democracy go wrong? This extraordinary document ... is Applebaum's answer." —Timothy Snyder, author of On TyrannyThe Pulitzer Prize–winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism and authoritarianism.**From the United States and Britain to continental Europe and beyond, liberal
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Opinions

A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business

by Roxane Gay ...

From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between.Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling society—state-sponsored violence and mass shootings, women’s rights post ... Read more

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From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between.Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling society—state-sponsored violence and mass shootings, women’s rights post
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Letters to America

Courageous Voices from the Past

by Tom Blair ...

Letters to America was written to energize Americans at a time of economic stress and self-doubt. By reading of the sacrifices the previous American generations – that often endured everyday hardships beyond the comprehension of those of us with running water – challenges confronting individual modern Americans pale in comparison.Starvation and hardship was a given for the early settlers, and yet ... Read more

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Letters to America was written to energize Americans at a time of economic stress and self-doubt. By reading of the sacrifices the previous American generations – that often endured everyday hardships beyond the comprehension of those of us with running water – challenges confronting individual modern Americans pale in comparison.Starvation and hardship was a given for the early settlers, and yet
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TRUE REPRESENTATION

How Citizens' Assemblies and Sortition Will Save Democracy

by Ted Wachtel ...

Building a New Reality is a non-partisan, evidence-based social movement dedicated to the decentralization of power and to participatory decision-making in every facet of society: learning, governance, care, justice, enterprise, and spirit.True Representation is the key goal of representative governance - the bullseye of democracy. We advocate for more voice and more choice, in exchange for taking ... Read more

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Building a New Reality is a non-partisan, evidence-based social movement dedicated to the decentralization of power and to participatory decision-making in every facet of society: learning, governance, care, justice, enterprise, and spirit.True Representation is the key goal of representative governance - the bullseye of democracy. We advocate for more voice and more choice, in exchange for taking
... Read more
We Are Indivisible

A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump

by Leah Greenberg, Ezra Levin ...

**This national bestseller is not only the guiding “**centerpiece of a robust new grassroots machinery” (Rolling Stone), it is the story of democracy under threat. It’s the story of a movement rising up to respond. And it’s a story of what comes next.Shortly after Trump’s 2016 election, two outraged former congressional staffers wrote and posted a tactical guide to resisting the Trump agenda. This ... Read more

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**This national bestseller is not only the guiding “**centerpiece of a robust new grassroots machinery” (Rolling Stone), it is the story of democracy under threat. It’s the story of a movement rising up to respond. And it’s a story of what comes next.Shortly after Trump’s 2016 election, two outraged former congressional staffers wrote and posted a tactical guide to resisting the Trump agenda. This
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Dollarocracy

How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America

by John Nichols, Robert W. McChesney ...

Fresh from the first 10 billion election campaign, two award-winning authors show how unbridled campaign spending defines our politics and, failing a dramatic intervention, signals the end of our democracy.Blending vivid reporting from the 2012 campaign trail and deep perspective from decades covering American and international media and politics, political journalist John Nichols and media critic ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Fresh from the first 10 billion election campaign, two award-winning authors show how unbridled campaign spending defines our politics and, failing a dramatic intervention, signals the end of our democracy.Blending vivid reporting from the 2012 campaign trail and deep perspective from decades covering American and international media and politics, political journalist John Nichols and media critic
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Aftershocks of Disaster

Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm

Edited by Yarimar Bonilla, Marisol LeBrón ...

Two years after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Ricans are still reeling from its effects and aftereffects. Aftershocks collects poems, essays and photos from survivors of Hurricane Maria detailing their determination to persevere.The concept of "aftershocks" is used in the context of earthquakes to describe the jolts felt after the initial quake, but no disaster is a singular event. Aftershocks of ... Read more

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Two years after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Ricans are still reeling from its effects and aftereffects. Aftershocks collects poems, essays and photos from survivors of Hurricane Maria detailing their determination to persevere.The concept of "aftershocks" is used in the context of earthquakes to describe the jolts felt after the initial quake, but no disaster is a singular event. Aftershocks of
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"Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!"

by Ralph Nader ...

"In the cozy den of the large but modest house in Omaha where he has lived since he started on his first billion, Warren Buffett watched the horrors of Hurricane Katrina unfold on television in early September 2005. . . . On the fourth day, he beheld in disbelief the paralysis of local, state, and federal authorities unable to commence basic operations of rescue and sustenance, not just in New ... Read more

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"In the cozy den of the large but modest house in Omaha where he has lived since he started on his first billion, Warren Buffett watched the horrors of Hurricane Katrina unfold on television in early September 2005. . . . On the fourth day, he beheld in disbelief the paralysis of local, state, and federal authorities unable to commence basic operations of rescue and sustenance, not just in New
... Read more
Did It Happen Here?

Perspectives on Fascism and America

Edited by Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins ...

An essential primer for the thoughtful citizen.Since the election of Donald Trump, politicians, historians, intellectuals, and media pundits have been faced with a startling and urgent question: Are we threatened by fascism? Some see striking connections between our current moment and the tumultuous interwar period in Europe. But others question if these connections really reflect our current ... Read more

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An essential primer for the thoughtful citizen.Since the election of Donald Trump, politicians, historians, intellectuals, and media pundits have been faced with a startling and urgent question: Are we threatened by fascism? Some see striking connections between our current moment and the tumultuous interwar period in Europe. But others question if these connections really reflect our current
... Read more
American Shtetl

The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York

by Nomi M. Stolzenberg, David N. Myers ...

A compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soilSettled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history—but many precedents among religious communities in the United States. This book tells the story of how this group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews has grown to ... Read more

$19.49 USD

A compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soilSettled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history—but many precedents among religious communities in the United States. This book tells the story of how this group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews has grown to
... Read more
Defiant

Inside the Mar-a-Lago Raid and the Left's Ongoing Lawfare

by Christina Bobb ...

A gripping first-hand exposé of the coordinated legal and political attacks against Donald Trump and his allies, revealing the deep-state efforts to undermine democracy.The 2024 election was a miracle comeback--Donald Trump, against all odds, reclaimed the White House after facing an unprecedented barrage of legal attacks and government harassment. But as Christina Bobb reveals in Defiant, the ... Read more

$16.99 USD

A gripping first-hand exposé of the coordinated legal and political attacks against Donald Trump and his allies, revealing the deep-state efforts to undermine democracy.The 2024 election was a miracle comeback--Donald Trump, against all odds, reclaimed the White House after facing an unprecedented barrage of legal attacks and government harassment. But as Christina Bobb reveals in Defiant, the
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Democracy Awakening

Notes on the State of America

by Heather Cox Richardson ...

**A New York Times BestsellerA vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era’s most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the author.“Magisterial.” –The Washington Post“An excellent primer for anyone who needs the important facts of the last 150 years of American ... Read more

$6.99 USD

**A New York Times BestsellerA vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era’s most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the author.“Magisterial.” –The Washington Post“An excellent primer for anyone who needs the important facts of the last 150 years of American
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Become America

Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and Democracy

by Eric Liu ...

**A New York Times Book Review New and Noteworthy BookThis collection of 19 essays on democracy, equal justice, and citizenship “exhorts Americans to love the nation they have by becoming the nation they want” (The Washington Post).**What does it mean to be an engaged American in today’s divided political landscape, and how do we restore hope in our country? In a collection of “civic sermons” ... Read more

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**A New York Times Book Review New and Noteworthy BookThis collection of 19 essays on democracy, equal justice, and citizenship “exhorts Americans to love the nation they have by becoming the nation they want” (The Washington Post).**What does it mean to be an engaged American in today’s divided political landscape, and how do we restore hope in our country? In a collection of “civic sermons”
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You Are Not American

Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers

by Amanda Frost ...

**Shortlisted for the Mark Lynton History PrizeCitizenship is invaluable, yet our status as citizens is always at risk—even for those born on US soil.**Over the last two centuries, the US government has revoked citizenship to cast out its unwanted, suppress dissent, and deny civil rights to all considered “un-American”—whether due to their race, ethnicity, marriage partner, or beliefs. Drawing on ... Read more

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**Shortlisted for the Mark Lynton History PrizeCitizenship is invaluable, yet our status as citizens is always at risk—even for those born on US soil.**Over the last two centuries, the US government has revoked citizenship to cast out its unwanted, suppress dissent, and deny civil rights to all considered “un-American”—whether due to their race, ethnicity, marriage partner, or beliefs. Drawing on
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Escaping the Rabbit Hole

How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect (Revised and Updated - Includes Information about 2020 Election Fraud, The Coronavirus Pandemic, The Rise of QAnon, and UFOs)

by Mick West ...

Revised and updated for the first time in 2023—Now includes strategies for debunking conspiracies regarding the coronavirus pandemic, election fraud, QAnon, UFOs, and more.The Earth is flat, the World Trade Center collapse was a controlled demolition, planes are spraying poison to control the weather, and actors faked the Sandy Hook massacre.All these claims are bunk: falsehoods, mistakes, and in ... Read more

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Revised and updated for the first time in 2023—Now includes strategies for debunking conspiracies regarding the coronavirus pandemic, election fraud, QAnon, UFOs, and more.The Earth is flat, the World Trade Center collapse was a controlled demolition, planes are spraying poison to control the weather, and actors faked the Sandy Hook massacre.All these claims are bunk: falsehoods, mistakes, and in
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