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 This title plus many of the others below 


We the People:
A Call to Take Back America
By Thom Hartmann


Haymarket: A Novel


In Democracy's Shadow


Urban Sprawl &
Public Health

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by Dave Marsh

 The Librarian: A Novel (bookcover)


The Race to Treat Global Aids


Amy Goodman

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Robert McChesney


IMPERIAL CRUSADES:
Iraq, Afghanistan & Yugoslavia
Alexander Cockburn &
Jeffery St. Clair
Order info. for THE PARTY'S OVER: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies
Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies


All the Days After

 
 
 
 
 

 


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Detroit Area Independent Bookstores

New Horizons Book Shop*
20757 13 Mile Rd (at Little Mack), Roseville
Book Beat*
Lincoln Shopping Center, Greenfield Rd., N. of Lincoln, Oak Park
http://thebookbeat.com/

Marwil Books*

Cass Ave., @ W. Warren near WSU, Detroit

Library Bookstore - Used
Nine Mile Rd., just W. of Woodward Ave., Ferndale
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Dying To Live

A Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid

by Mizue Aizeki, Joseph Nevins


China Ink: The Changing Face of Chinese Journalism
by Judy Polumbaum


Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink
by Tyler Colman

 


Rising Powers; Shrinking Planet: The Geopolitics of Energy
by
Michael Klare

 

2012: THE RETURN OF QUETZALCOATL
by Daniel Pinchbeck

 

 

Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art Out of Desperate Times
by Susan Quinn

 


The Culture of Vengeance and the Fate of American Justice

by Terry K. Aladjem

 

1858 by Bruce Chadwick

 

 

The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
by Vincent Bugliosi

 

Dreaming Up America
by Russell Banks


Walking Your Blues Away

Walking Your Blues Away:
How to Heal the Mind and Create Emotional Well-Being

by Thom Hartmann

 

 

The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future
by Mark Bauerlein

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The Bridge at the Edge of the World
Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability

by James Gustave Speth

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Sick Planet:   

Corporate Food and Medicine   

by Stan Cox   

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Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State, from Christian Militias to al Qaeda

by Mark Juergensmeyer

 


Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care
by Suzanne Gordon

 

Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way
Lessons from an Urban Classroom
by Brian D. Schultz

 

Up to Our Eyeballs: How Shady Lenders and Failed Economic Policies Are Drowning Americans in Debt
by
Jose Garcia, James Lardner,
Cindy Zeldin

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The Magna Carta Manifesto:
Liberties and Commons for All
by Peter Linebaugh

 

Deadly Election: A Novel  
By Betsy Hartmann

 

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 Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad,
by Marnia Lazreg

 


 

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law
by Nancy Polikoff

 

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Manifestos on the Future of Food & Seed
by Jamey Lionette

Conservatize Me By John Moe

 

 

Conservatize Me:
A Lifelong Lefties Attempt to Love God, Guns, Reagan, and Toby Keith

by John Moe

 

The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed from the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them
by Susan Allport,

 

Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic
by Chalmers Johnson

 

J. Edgar Hoover

 

J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography
by Rick Geary

 

 

 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF U.S. MILITARISM
by Ismael Hossein-zadeh

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Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives
by Edwin Black

Dark Side of Buffoon by Mark Lysgaard (Book) in Poetry


Dark Side of Buffoon
by
Mark Lysgaard

 

The Beatles Second Album

The Beatles Second Album
by Dave Marsh


OVERCOMING ZIONISM

Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine

by Joel Kovel

CREEM By Robert Matheu, Brian J. Bowe

 

CREEM: America's Only Rock 'N' Roll Magazine
By
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As the World Burns

 

As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do To Stay In Denial

by Derrick Jensen

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Shooting War:
A graphic novel
by Anthony Lappe,Dan
Goldman

 

Flying Close to the Sun:
My Life and Times as a Weatherman

by Cathy Wilkerson

 

The Shock Doctrine
by Naomi Klein

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

 

Letters from Fort Lewis Brig


Letters from Fort Lewis Brig
A Matter of Conscience

by Sergeant Kevin Benderman with Monica Benderman

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Getting Off:
Pornography and the end of Masculinity

by Robert Jensen

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Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class
by Robert H. Frank 

Targeting Iran
By David Barsamian
Interviews with Noam Chomsky,
Ervand Abrahamian & Nahid Mozaffari
 

Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad
by Frances Moore Lappe


Made Love; Got War:
Close Encounters with America's Warfare State
by Norman Solomon

 



Less Safe, Less Free:
Why America Is Losing the War on Terror

by
David Cole and
Jules Lobel


The Missing Class:
Portraits of the Near Poor in America
by Katherine S. Newman &
Victor Tan Chen

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HOW THE PRO-CHOICE MOVEMENT SAVED AMERICA

by Cristina Page

 

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The Iran Agenda:
The Real Story of U.S. Policy
and The Middle East Crisis
By Reese Erlich

 

by Jonathon Mooney The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal,

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Global Outlaws: Crime, Money, and Power in the Contemporary World
by
Carolyn Nordstrom

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Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War
by Joe Bageant


From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act; A History of the Fight for Free Speech
by Christopher M. Finan

 



Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic
by Guy Dauncey

 

 

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Waging Peace: The Art of War for the Antiwar Movement
by Scott Ritter

The Battle for Welfare Rights: Politics and Poverty in Modern America
by Felicia Kornbluh
The Battle for Welfare Rights

 

 



DVD:
"In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts"
Highly Recommended


 

Welcome to the Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of SportsTerrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports
by Dave Zirin

 

 

The White Pacific: U.S. Imperialism and Black Slavery in the South Seas after the Civil War
by Gerald Horne

The Deepest South

 

The Deepest South: The United States, Brazil, and the African Slave Trade
by Gerald Horn

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WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WHO’S REALLY RUNNING AMERICA
by Melissa Rossi





Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion
by Dale McGowan

 

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Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to a Food & Farm Bill
by Daniel Imhoff

 


 

American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment
by Sasha Abramsky

Guitar Army

 

Guitar Army: Rock and Revolution with The MC5 and the White Panther Party by John Sinclair

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Unchecked & Unbalanced:
Presidential Power in a Time of Terror

by Frederick A.O. Schwarz

Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets & Strange Tales of a White House GONE WILD
by Greg Palast


 

Censored 2007: The Top 25 Censored Stories
by Peter Philips & Project Censored

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Empire & the Bomb: How the US Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World

by Joseph Gerson

 


Impeach the President:
The Case Against Bush & Cheney

by Dennis Loo & Peter Philips

 

 

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Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis & the People Who Pay the Price
by Jonathon Cohn

Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
by Jeremy Scahill

Targeted: Homeland Security and the Business of Immigration
by Deepa Fernandes

 

War in Heaven: The Arms Race in Outer Space

RESPECT

 


Respect: Women & Popular Music


 

Just Call Me Mike:
A Journey to Actor & Activist
by Mike Farrell

I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad

 

 

The Next 25 Years: The New Supreme Court and what it means for Americans

The Coming China Wars: Where They will be Fought and How They Can be Won

 

 

One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse Cover

House of Ill Repute
William Rivers Pitt

One Country
Ali Abunimah

 

 

Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown Cover

Blood of the Earth: The Battled for the World's Vanishing Oil Resources

 

 

 

 

 


The Progressive's Handbook:
Get the Facts and Make a Difference Now

 

 

The Unquiet Grave: The FBI and The Struggle for the Soul of Indian Country

Zapatistas! Making Another World Possible: Chronicles of Resistance 2000-2006

 

Zapatistas! Making Another World Possible:
Chronicles of Resistance 2000-2006

 

 

The Macho Paradox; Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help, by Jackson Katz

 

 

Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder

 

The Woman I Left Behind
by Kim Jensen
I Celebrate Myself

 

 

I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg

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The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved


David Suzuki: The Autobiography

I Have America Surrounded:
The Life of Timothy Leary

A People's History of the United States By Howard Zinn

We Know You Are WatchingTarget Iran: The Truth about the White House's Plans for Regime Change

 

 

 



New Woodward Book Details Multiple Bush Cover-Ups Over Iraq
Some notable revelations
Key highlights:
Bush is covering up the extent of violence against U.S. troops in Iraq…
Iraq violence will worsen in 2007…
Bush will not support withdrawing from Iraq under any circumstances…
Henry Kissinger, responsible for Vietnam and Chile, regularly advises Bush and Cheney…
How Rumsfeld Blew It [excerpt]

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Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy

 

 

Unrepentant Whore Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776 Cover
Scarlot Harlot

Rum
Ian Williams

 

 

With All Our Strength: the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan Cover


Screwed
by Thom Hartmann

With All Our Strength
Anne Brodsky

 

 

 

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Final Victim of the Blacklist:
John Howard Lawson, Dean of the Hollywood Ten

 

 

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Flashback: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, & the Lesson of War

Trust
The Novel

 

A Devil's Dictionary of Business (bookcover)

 

 

 

 

 


King George's Counterfactual History
by Fran Shor
Also, check out his new book to right

Peter's interview with Fran Shor


Hello, Cruel World by Kate Bornstein

 

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Gay Marriage:
For Better or For Worse

D.B. Adobe Reader eBooks
D.B. by
Elwood Reid
 

 

   Freedom is not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace

Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Cover

 

 

 


Fade: My Journeys in Multiracial America

 

Primal Tears

 

            Huey: Spirit of the Panther

 


Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African-American Baseball

 

 

 





The Venezuelan Revolution:
100 Questions and 100 Answers

 

 

 


 JFK Assassination Blockbuster
Lamar Waldron & Thom Hartman, authors,
Ultimate Sacrifice: John and Robert Kennedy, the Plan for a Coup in Cuba, and the Murder of JFK
 

 

The Battle of Venezuela

 

 

"Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Expose of the Dark Side of American Policing," by Norm Stamper

 

 

Beyond Glory: The Louis vs. Schemeling Fight & the World on the Brink

Sundown Towns

War Made Easy by frequent guest on the Peter Werbe show by Norman Solomon
Highly recommended.

Norman's site






"Wild Fermentation"
Everything from beer to kim chi

 

 

 



 

 


Love & War in Afghanistan

Class Matters


Graphic novels by
Peter Kuper

 

 

 


A vibrant history in graphic art of the “Wobblies,” published for the centenary of the founding of the Industrial Workers of the World.

On

                  
The Crisis
1979 Iran Hostage Crisis

 

 

 

 

 

Top Censored Stories of 2004

             Gasp!

         The Great Divide:    
Retro  vs. Metro America
     
 

 

         
Iraq War: The Truth

Now in Paperback: DUDE, WHERE'S MY COUNTRY, by Michael Moore, but check your indy store first.

        


Introduction by Peter Werbe


LIES: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
           by Al Franken



 



 


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Screw the Chain Booksellers.
Shop the Indies!


Factory School Books
(will soon publish a collection of Peter's essays)


Pledging Alliance:
The Politics of Patriotism in America's Schools

 

 

 

 

 


George Bush Autobiography


Endgame: Derrick Jensen

BUY DVD


All Alone in the World": Children of the Incarcerated


The Betrayal of Work


Scott Ritter, former UN Iraq weapons inspector

Mental Speed Bumps Book
Mental Speed Bumps: The smarter way to tame traffic.


The Heart of Whiteness


I am not a man! I am dynamite! Friedrich Nietzsche & the Anarchist Tradition

Arc of Justice
The Arc of Justice
Set in Detroit
(Highly Recommended)


Next Year in Jerusalem


Irresistible Empire


Black and Brown: African Americans in the Mexican Revolution 1910-20


What It Takes To Pull Me Through


The Working Poor


Sickness &Wealth

Brown v. Board
America's Military Today: The Challenge of Militarism


Story of the Air America radio network by founder
Sheldon Drobny

American Nightmare
Predatory Lending

Powerdown - Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World
Power Down
by Richard Heinberg



Harvey Wasserman's History of the United States

Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order
Cruel & Unusual
Mark Crispin Miller


Greg Palast's stacked deck of cards


"On the Brink: The Great Lakes in the 21st Century"




Laura Flanders




Robert Scheer