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Derailing Democracy: The America the Media Don’t Want You to See

Tue, 22 Oct 2007 02:05:00 GMT

by David McGowan
How America condemns other nations for the very shortcomings it suffers itself
A sort of book-length Harper's Index, this book presents quite a portrait of an America far removed from the official portrayal of peace, justice for all and a booming economy that goes on forever. It uses quotes from sources like Amnesty International, the New York Times, and the United Nations.

The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path To Power

Tue, 22 Oct 2007 02:04:00 GMT

by Robert A. Caro
An American success story of a poor kid from Texas who powers his way to the House of Representatives
The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro is one of the finest books written about ambition and power. It provides an insight into the complex person of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 35th President of the United States of America. The story begins with Johnson a young 32-year old U.S. Congressman from the Tenth Congressional District of the state of Texas beseeching George Brown, of Brown & Root Inc., for a source of income, to supplement his modest salary as a congressman.

The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Means of Ascent

Tue, 22 Oct 2007 02:04:00 GMT

by Robert A. Caro
How the poor kid from Texas steals an election to win his seat in the U.S. Senate
The Means of Ascent by Robert A. Caro is the second of a planned trilogy on Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 35th President of the United States. Caro has yet to complete the third. Published in 1990, it followed the publication of The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power released in 1982. Caro is the most thorough of biographers and the second volume reflects the meticulous research that made the first so comprehensive and readable.

Max Weber

Sat, 05 May 2006 04:15:00 GMT

by Julien Freund
The religious roots of free enterprise
Covering the electronics industry, I am continually amazed by the ever constant stream of new products and the new industry that emerges as old ones mature. These new technology all seek to save time, increase productivity and reduce work.

The Kennedy Imprisonment

Tue, 22 Oct 2007 02:05:00 GMT

by Garry Wills
Exposing the dark side of the Kennedy myth, how they imprisoned themselves
Coming of age in the 1960s in the U.S. one could not help but be swept up in the Kennedy mystic. Garry Wills book explores that mystic. It was as if genes and the tightly controlled environment of the Kennedy family predestined the siblings to act as they did and to arrive at the fate that awaited them.