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This is the companion book for the awesome photography exhibit at the Modern Tate Gallery discussed on our show September 5th.
This book is the basis for the discussion of war and diplomacy cited in the inaugural show of The Emerging Majority. Schell describes the history of modern war and finds hope for peaceful change.
A passionate and a scholarly examination of the impact of war on its victims, on the soldiers who fight it and the correspondents who report on it. It is also a searching look at how societies indulge their own violent nationalist fantasies in an attempt to create a will to war.
Former Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrook recounts the struggle to reach the Dayton Peace Accord and end the fighting in the Balkans. A fascinating insight into modern political diplomacy and the role of America in the international arena.
A fascinating look at one of the country's most powerful Republican political consultants and his relationship to the President.
A hopeful look the compatibility of Islamic principles and democratic values and what America can do to foster democratic institutions in Muslim states.
The first inside look at the Clinton White House, by one of the President's senior aides, a writer for the Washington Post and the New Yorker.
The authors make a case that changes in demographics will make Democratic constituencies such as progressive professionals, women and minorities the deciding factor in the electoral politics of the future. A must-read for anyone working for progressive change.
A Russian emigré becomes embroiled in a British plot to deny the Germans oil in 1940 Istanbul, a haven for "spies, arms dealers, diplomats and intrigue."
This is an intriguing combination of spy story and historical novel about a Pravda journalist forced to become a Soviet intelligence agent in the years immediately before World War II.
A WWII-era tale of espionage and bravery, chronicling the harrowing adventures of the Polish Captain Alexander de Milja in Poland, France and the Ukraine.
An ambitious newcomer takes nice-guy Joe Stratford on a high-stakes roller coaster ride of greed and betrayal during the boom years of the early 80's. Smiley has produced a compassionate and masterfully-told novel that somehow weaves together love, family and real estate speculation.
One of our favorite novelists writes about the search for emotional connection and the unintended damage of adultery. Joyce Carol Oates wrote in the New Yorker: “Scott Spencer’s narrative voice is zestful and unpredictable . . . a wild ride that lurches and swerves and floats.”
A young politician becomes obsessed with the possibility that his murdered radical girlfriend may still be alive. The New York Times called it "Powerful, complex, fascinating, passionate."
One of our favorite novels by one of our favorite novelists. Not related to the movie, it's the very funny and wrenching story of an unsuccessful novelist who writes a "nonfiction" book about UFOs and gets caught up in its unexpected success at the moment his life, marriage and family unravel.
A funny, disturbing and very readable account of Ronson's time with various Islamic fundamentalists, Klansmen and other fringe groups, all of whom share the belief that there is a group of powerful men who rule the world from a secret room.
Sontag offers more questions than answers in this reexamination of the conventional wisdom about what what messages there might be in images of suffering. An important and timely work from one of America's best essayists.
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