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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
Holt Paperbacks, 2002
It IS Realistic!
+ Must read for the 'Haves' in this country
+ Great Book
+ Great bookseller
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Voices of A People's History of the United States
Seven Stories Press, 2004
A strong intellectual perturbation
+ Voice of A People's History of the United States
+ Howard Zinn's quest
+ You'll learn a few things
+ Incredible Resource
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Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (American Empire Project)
Noam Chomsky
Holt Paperbacks, 2004
A Must Read
+ An unconventional, controversial view of U.S. foreign policy
+ CHOMSKY IS OUR WATCHDOG WITH ONE EYE CLOSED
+ relevant and engaging
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Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Bartolome de Las Casas
Penguin Classics, 1999
Essential Reading
+ Good read
+ an important and terrifying work
+ Sweepingly urgent
+ A dark episode in the History of Spain and America
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A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
Howard Zinn
City Lights Publishers, 2006
Validates my choice to oppose Cheney & attack on Iran
+ Master Teacher Zinn
+ a powerful message
+ a fantastic "must" read!
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Sin Patrón: Stories from Argentina's Worker-Run Factories
lavaca collective
Haymarket Books, 2007
Wave of the future?
+ Great book!!!!
This book takes no particular ideological stands, but presents a phenomenon unique to Argentina(for now, I hope) which presents a promise
to be an antidote to "free"-market globalism.
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
James W. Loewen
Touchstone, 1996
An indespensible reference to real American History
+ Fantastic
+ Great read for anyone who hasn't thought about history since high school
+ Excellent listen and eye-opening information
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Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild
Greg Palast
Plume, 2007
"I laughed, I cried"
+ The Cauldron of Light
+ Another witty gem from Greg Palast.
+ Greg Palast is a genius!
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Nuremberg Diary
G. M. Gilbert
Da Capo Press, 1995
Read This; Then Watch "Nuremberg" (TNT dvd)
+ The Lunatics who Ran the Asylum
+ Ally Retribution
+ Unique Look Inside the Trials
+ Ex Book
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Freedom Next Time
John Pilger
Black Swan, 2007
Amazing
+ God is Crying
+ Excellent investigative journalism exposing the truth of current atrocities
+ A truly shocking and vitally important expose
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Planet of Slums
Mike Davis
Verso, 2007
All SAPed Out
+ Provocative and Frightening
What a tremendous work. I've got two chapters left to go, and thus far it's easily the most informative and scholarly book I've yet to read in 2008.
Planet of Slums is all about how the Third World's major cities are growing at what seems like an almost exponential rate. They're turning ...
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First Into Nagasaki: The Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on Post-Atomic Japan and Its Prisoners of War
George Weller, Anthony Weller
Crown, 2006
A Stiff But Important Read
+ Enlightening- It certainly changed my understanding of WW II
+ Uncover the truth of MacArthur's post-war Japan.
+ Required reading
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How the Irish Became White
Noel Ignatiev
Routledge, 1996
good condition and timely delivery
+ A thought provoking, brilliant book
+ A challenging but worthwhile read
I received the book in great condition and it came in the mail in a timely fashion.
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Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776
Ian Williams
Nation Books, 2006
A very good book!
+ Great History of Rum
+ Fun Read
A very good book! It has facts, anecdotes, and humor. Not only is it scholarly, but it reads like a good novel. You can't put it down.
Williams describes a time in the Americas when rum was the oil that fueled colonialism, trade, war, and slavery. While astonishing to ponder, Williams convinces ...
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Bait and Switch : The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
Barbara Ehrenreich, 2005
If you want to know the truth, read this book . . .
+ good book
+ Good Depressing Story
Barbara Ehrenreich is right: there really is a crisis going on, a "hidden" crisis if you will, although I'm beginning to think this is more of a case of sheer denial.
I can't imagine why any person, knowing the odds, would choose to work in the white-collar "business," i.e. administrative ...
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