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THE SUCCESS OF MODERN EUROPE

Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age

The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream

The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy

Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?: How the European Model Can Help You Get a Life

Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century


PUTIN AND THE REBIRTH OF RUSSIAN POWER

Another Look Into Putin's Soul

First Person: An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia's President

Judo: History, Theory, Practice, By Vladimir Putin

Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution

Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia

Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia

Putin's Progress

Putin's Russia: Life in a Failing Democracy

Putin's Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain

The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia

Vladimir Putin and Central Asia: The Shaping of Russian Foreign Policy

Vladimir Putin and the New World Order: Looking East, Looking West?


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BOOKS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS OF 2008

FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 2008

A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression

All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden Story of the Financial Crisis

The Crash of 2008 and What It Means: The New Paradigm for Financial Markets

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash

 

THE GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CRISIS

Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism

Crash of the Titans: Greed, Hubris, the Fall of Merrill Lynch, and the Near-Collapse of Bank of America

Dumb Money: How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation

Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve

 It Takes a Pillage: An Epic Tale of Power, Deceit, and Untold Trillions

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why The Stock Market Collapsed, The Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

Other People's Money: The Corporate Mugging of America

 

THE POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE CRISIS

 Jacked: How "Conservatives" are Picking Your Pocket (Whether You Voted for Them or Not)

Running on Empty: How Democratic and Republican Parties are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It

The Great American Stick Up: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street

 

THE LEHMAN BROTHERS

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

The Murder of Lehman Brothers: An Insider's Look at the Global Meltdown

 

WALL STREET

And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees

Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy

Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis

Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at JP Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe

House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street

The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America - - And Spawned a Global Crisis

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System - - and Themselves

 

WORLD FINANCIAL HISTORY

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World


FILMS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS OF 2008

Ascent of Money

FRONTLINE: Inside the Meltdown

FRONTLINE: Ten Trillion and Counting

FRONTLINE: The Maddoff Affair


DEBATE ABOUT THE IMPEACHMENT OF GEORGE BUSH

Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush

George W. Bush Versus the U.S. Constitution

Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy

Impeach the President: the Case Against Bush and Cheney

Impeachable Offenses: A Documentary History from 1787 to Present

The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President

The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office

The Constitution in Crisis: The High Crimes of the Bush Administration and a Blueprint for Impeachment

The Federal Impeachment Process

The Genius of Impeachment: the Founders' Cure for Royalism

The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens

The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder

Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush


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IRAQ, ENGLAND AND AMERICA:

A HISTORY OF RELATIONS 1900 TO PRESENT

THE CREATION OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST

A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

 

WINSTON CHURCHILL AND THE CREATION OF MODERN IRAQ

Churchill's Folly: How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq

Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George H.W. Bush

 

AMERICA'S WAR IN IRAQ

Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency

The War Within: A Secret Whitehouse History 2006-2008

Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone

Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq

Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians

Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won the War in Iraq: The Experts Speak

Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War

Unembedded: Four Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraq

 

AMERICA'S WAR AGAINST AN IDEOLOGY (FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAM)

The Forever War


MODERN ISLAMIC RADICAL IDEAS:

A DOCUMENTARY STUDY

ISLAMIC BASICS

Basic Principles of Islamic Worldview

Social Justice in Islam

Milestones

 

A HISTORY OF SHI'ISM

An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism

 Sacred Space and Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi'ite Islam

Shiism: A Religious and Political History of Shi'i Branch of Islam

The Heirs of the Prophet: Charisma and Religious Authority in Shi'ite Islam

The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future

 

AL QAEDA

Al Qaeda in Its Own Words

Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of Al Qaeda Strategist Abu Mu'sab Al Suri

His Own Words: A Translation of the Writings of Dr. Ayman Al Zawahiri

The Al Qaeda Reader: The Essential Texts of Osama Bin Laden's Terrorist Organization

The Search for Al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology and Future

 

OSAMA BIN LADEN

Messages to the World: Statements of Osama Bin Laden

Quotations from Osama Bin Laden

The Osama Bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader

Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America

 

JIHAD

From Secularism to Jihad: Sayyid Qutb and the Foundations of Radical Islamism

Global Jihad

Jihad: Bin Laden in His Own Words (Declarations, Interviews and Speeches)

 

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

The Power of Sovereignty: The Political and Ideological Philosophy of Sayyid Qutb

The Sayyid Qutb Reader: Selected Writings on Politics, Religion and Society

 

HIZBULLAH

Hizbullah (Hezbollah): The Story Within

In the Path of Hizbullah

Tragedy in South Lebanon: The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006

Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

 

HAMAS

Inside Hamas: The Untold Story of the Militant Islamic Movement

Hamas: A History from Within

Hamas: Political Thought and Practice

The Political Ideology of Hamas: A Grassroots Perspective

 

IRAN

Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Islam and Revolution: Writings and Declarations of Imam Khomeini (1941-1980)

Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran

The Constitution of Iran: Politics and the State in the Islamic Republic

The Devil We Know: Dealing With the New Iranian Superpower

The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran

 

IRAQ

Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sad, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq


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