Best Democracy Money Can Buy Election Edition by Greg Palast - This newly Expanded Election Edition exposes: Illegal voter purges, registrations collecting dust, millions of missing ballots, and the Bush Brothers' plan for the "Floridation" of our elections called the "Help America Vote Act." The real reasons our troops are putting their lives on the line in Iraq today from the secret State Department "Iraq Strategy" document - the plans for a free-market Disneyland of, for, and by Washington insiders and lobbyists.

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll - Publisher Comments: From the managing editor of the Washington Post, a news-breaking account of the CIA's involvement in the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and gave rise to bin Laden's al Qaeda. For nearly the past quarter century, while most... (read more)

Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush by John W. Dean - Publisher Comments: John Dean knows what happens behind closed doors at the White House. As counsel to President Richard Nixon, he witnessed the malignant influence of excessive secrecy and its corruption of good intentions. Pundits and partisans can point fingers. Only... (read more)

The Sorrows of Empire: An Empire Project by Chalmers Johnson - Publisher Comments: From the author of the prophetic national bestseller Blowback, a startling look at militarism, American style, and its consequences abroad and at home. In the years after the Soviet Union imploded, the United States was described first as the globe's... (read more)

The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and The Media That Love Them by Amy Goodman and David Goodman - Publisher Comments: The acclaimed host of Pacifica Network's Democracy Now! challenges the corporate and political hypocrisy that has silenced America. Her comments turned Charlie Rose red in the face. Bill Clinton called her "hostile, combative, and even... (read more)

Moveon's 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a Catalyst for Change - Publisher Comments: With more than 2 million members, MoveOn is at the cutting edge of a new model for political activism. In their first-ever book, they take their message offline with MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a... (read more)

Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror by Richard A. Clarke - Publisher Comments: "The [Bush] administration has squandered the opportunity to eliminate al Qaeda....A new al Qaeda has emerged and is growing stronger, in part because of our own actions and inactions. It is in many ways a tougher opponent than the original threat we... (read more)

American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips - Publisher Comments: A biting analysis of the Bush family's rise to power from one of today's premier political observers. The Bushes are the family nobody really knows, says Kevin Phillips. This popular lack of acquaintance — nurtured by gauzy imagery of Maine... (read more)

The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler - Powells.com Staff Pick: The Working Poor is a deeply impressive book, a thorough and balanced study of the millions of Americans living at or around the poverty line. Shipler's varied portraits and interviews are insightful and moving, and his analysis of causes and... (read more)