books by Metropolitan Books     books:     Metropolitan Books      The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America Susan Faludi Metropolitan Books, 2007 Creation (of a) myth Being a long-time Faludi fan, I was not quite sure if I wanted to read a book about 9/11, not because I had been traumatized by the event or anything, but I was unsure that I would find a book that looked at all of the complex views of such a complex event. However, I ...             Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy Michael T. Klare Metropolitan Books, 2008 From the author of the now-classic Resource Wars , an indispensable account of how the world’s diminishing sources of energy are radically changing the international balance of power Recently, an unprecedented Chinese attempt to acquire the major American energy firm Unocal was blocked by Congress amidst hysterical warnings of a ...             A People's History of American Empire Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, ... Metropolitan Books, 2008 Adapted from the bestselling grassroots history of the United States, the story of America in the world, told in comics form Since its landmark publication in 1980, A People’s History of the United States has had six new editions, sold more than 1.7 million copies, become required classroom reading throughout the country, and been ...             The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives Nick Turse Metropolitan Books, 2008 sobering, worrisome, thoughtful and scary This book begins with a short catalogue of the various products in your cupboard that are made by companies with huge Department of Defense contracts and continues by identifying the Navy technicians who helped design your child's computer games. In between, Nick ...             What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian Metropolitan Books, 2007 enemy of the state Wow - "What We Say Goes" is a fantastic, eye-opening read. If you consider yourself conservative or right-wing (or just regularly watch "Fox News") then I would consider this book REQUIRED reading. Yes, some of the ideas are tough to swallow. As a proud, ...             Better Metropolitan Books, 2007 The New York Times bestselling author of Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to ...             The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein Metropolitan Books, 2007 Unmitigated excellence This book is great. Naomi Klein provides a coherent analysis of various chaotic events in our time pinpointing the role of Milton Friedman and the extreme 'government is bad' ideology coming out of the University of Chicago. The analysis is new, the book is well ...             Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (American Empire Project) Chalmers Johnson Metropolitan Books, 2007 If you read only one book this year ... Nemesis is magnificent. It challenges one's worldview. It should be required reading for all students of public and foreign policy, and certainly for anyone aspiring to the presidency. We see ourselves as good people, fit to lead the world. Johnson sees us as ...             Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance Atul Gawande Metropolitan Books, 2007 a captivating peek into medicine Better is an entertaining compilation of writings about different facets of medicine, I picked up this book and finished it during one travel day. Atul Gawande, a surgeon at Brigham's Hospital in Boston, weaves individual patient's stories with his thoughts about ...             The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia Orlando Figes Metropolitan Books, 2007 A Dark Tale Movingly Told! This is a tremendously moving book! It is incredibly well written, meticulously and thoroughly researched, powerful, and heartbreaking. Indeed, it seems at times that the heartbreak will not end, as the author narrates the tragic lives of one family after another, ...             Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science Atul Gawande Metropolitan Books, 2002 The hurricane and the ice cube People often take medical care for granted, but anyone who lives through an injury or illness (their own or a loved one's) experiences the complex set of issues discussed in Atul Gawande's fascinating book. "Complications" is presented in three sections, abstractly ...             Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Barbara Ehrenreich Metropolitan Books, 2001 Needs to be read and understood First, for those reviewers who accuse Ehrenreich, the author, of being a commie, or a socialist, or any other familiar devil term, they either haven't read the book or have no understanding of the US and the principles for which we stand. Many stalwarts of the left ...             Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State Gotz Aly Metropolitan Books, 2007 Hitler's Satisfied Thieves: Actually, the Case for Nazi German Larceny-and-Genocide Policies can be Made Stronger German author Gotz (Goetz) Aly describes National Socialism as a form of populist wealth-redistribution welfare-state socialism. One-third of German taxpayers paid more than two-thirds of the tax burdens of war (p. 293), and businesses were heavily taxed (pp. 60-68). ...             1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East Tom Segev Metropolitan Books, 2007 One of the Best Books of 2007 Rated by the Economist Magazine as one of the best books of 2007, 1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East provides exactly what it tries to provide, an insight into how the "Six Day War" affected Israel. I recommend this book to anyone who ...             Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy Noam Chomsky Metropolitan Books, 2006 FAILED STATES: THE ABUSE OF POWER AND THE ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY THIS WELL-RESPECTED AUTHOR HAS DONE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE A GREAT FAVOR WITH THIS EASILY READ, WELL DOCUMENTED BOOK. TO ADMIT THAT WE, AS AMERICANS, HAVE INDULGED IN AND ALLOWED SUCH ABUSES OF POWER IS HUMILIATING. BUT WITH THIS AWARENESS, THERE IS HOPE WE CAN CHANGE ...          products you might be interested in search for books beneficiaries, complications, conversations, geopolitics, performance, transformed randomly chosen book: Franziskus von Assisi.