LT picks: Blue Books

Beskrivelse
This is a member-created list of "blue books"—books that Democrats like. They will be used in an upcoming feature. Please do not intentionally spike this list with "Politics for Idiots," or whatever.
4
An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming
af Al Gore
2,498 medlemmer
33 anmeldelser
4
10 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, janoorani24, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, srbr1212, al.vick, askum, Myrabela
5
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them : A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
af Al Franken
4,542 medlemmer
68 anmeldelser
3.8
10 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, quartzite, CherylsPearls, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, LucindaLibri, lcjones123, al.vick, M_Clark
6
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
af Rachel Maddow
1,356 medlemmer
71 anmeldelser
4.1
9 Members
lorax, waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, CherylsPearls, LucindaLibri, lcjones123, al.vick, Myrabela, LTietz
7
Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
af Barbara Ehrenreich
1,749 medlemmer
55 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
10 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, kara.shamy, M_Clark
8
A People's History of the United States
af Howard Zinn
14,760 medlemmer
159 anmeldelser
4.2
10 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, pammab, eromsted, metamariposa, norabelle414, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Bluewolf0411, LTietz,srbr1212
10
Arven fra min far
af Barack Obama
9,501 medlemmer
211 anmeldelser
3.9
9 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, AnnaClaire, norabelle414, LucindaLibri, srbr1212, al.vick, Myrabela, kara.shamy
11
The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda
af Paul Wellstone
205 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
7 Members
timspalding, waitingtoderail, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
12
Dumme hvide mænd
af Michael Moore
6,358 medlemmer
52 anmeldelser
3.2
8 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, pammab, quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, askum, Myrabela
13
Fastfood nationen : skyggesiden af det ærkeamerikanske måltid
af Eric Schlosser
12,486 medlemmer
171 anmeldelser
3.9
8 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, eromsted, Jestak, lahochstetler, srbr1212, Myrabela, M_Clark
14
The Conscience of a Liberal
af Paul Krugman
1,054 medlemmer
23 anmeldelser
4
8 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Myrabela
15
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
af Michelle Alexander
5,289 medlemmer
139 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
7 Members
lorax, pammab, quartzite, eromsted, lahochstetler, kara.shamy, LTietz
16
Earth in the Balance
af Al Gore
1,438 medlemmer
22 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
6 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, norabelle414, LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
17
The Republican War on Science
af Chris Mooney
630 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
6 Members
timspalding, lorax, waitingtoderail, quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes
18
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
af Stephanie Coontz
1,006 medlemmer
13 anmeldelser
3.8
7 Members
quartzite, eromsted, CherylsPearls, Jestak, lahochstetler, LucindaLibri, Myrabela
19
Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise
af Barack Obama
451 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
½ 3.3
6 Members
prosfilaes, AnnaClaire, LucindaLibri, srbr1212, al.vick, Myrabela
20
We're Right, They're Wrong: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives
af James Carville
389 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3.2
7 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, al.vick, Myrabela,eromsted
21
The War on Choice: The Right-Wing Attack on Women's Rights and How to Fight Back
af Gloria Feldt
172 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.7
6 Members
quartzite, eromsted, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Myrabela, kara.shamy
22
Mænd af mod
af John F. Kennedy
3,379 medlemmer
25 anmeldelser
3.8
6 Members
waitingtoderail, CherylsPearls, srbr1212, suitable1, Bluewolf0411, al.vick,eromsted
23
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
af bell hooks
1,683 medlemmer
32 anmeldelser
4
6 Members
eromsted, lahochstetler, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Myrabela, kara.shamy
24
The Feminine Mystique
af Betty Friedan
4,550 medlemmer
50 anmeldelser
3.8
6 Members
janoorani24, eromsted, CherylsPearls, lahochstetler, LucindaLibri, kara.shamy
25
Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot
af Al Franken
1,749 medlemmer
35 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
6 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, prosfilaes, al.vick, Myrabela, kara.shamy
26
Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
af Molly Ivins
719 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
6 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, aulsmith, LucindaLibri
27
Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
af Christopher Hayes
530 medlemmer
19 anmeldelser
3.8
5 Members
waitingtoderail, Jestak, elenchus, pmtracy, al.vick
28
Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America
af Molly Ivins
1,053 medlemmer
14 anmeldelser
3.8
5 Members
quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, LucindaLibri, LTietz
29
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
af Simon Johnson
380 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
3.9
4 Members
quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes, M_Clark
30
It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us
af Hillary Rodham Clinton
915 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 3.3
5 Members
waitingtoderail, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, al.vick, Myrabela
31
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics
af Joe Biden
277 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
3.8
5 Members
waitingtoderail, CherylsPearls, LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
32
Chokdoktrinen
af Naomi Klein
5,374 medlemmer
129 anmeldelser
4.2
5 Members
eromsted, Myrabela, kara.shamy, LTietz, M_Clark
33
Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis
af Jimmy Carter
1,742 medlemmer
28 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
5 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, al.vick
34
The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
af Corey Robin
470 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
3.8
4 Members
quartzite, eromsted, lahochstetler, prosfilaes
35
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
af Joseph E. Stiglitz
1,136 medlemmer
24 anmeldelser
3.9
4 Members
Jestak, DebSkoff, Myrabela, kara.shamy
36
Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets
af Robert Kuttner
150 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
3.8
4 Members
quartzite, Jestak, aulsmith, Myrabela
37
Fahrenheit 451
af Ray Bradbury
53,906 medlemmer
998 anmeldelser
4
4 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, CGlanovsky, cej1027,eromsted
38
Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America
af Eric Alterman
125 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.3
5 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, Myrabela
39
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
af Chris Hedges
1,136 medlemmer
13 anmeldelser
3.9
5 Members
claytonhowl, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, aulsmith, Myrabela
40
Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
af George Lakoff
1,607 medlemmer
24 anmeldelser
3.8
4 Members
lorax, waitingtoderail, pammab, prosfilaes
41
The Assault on Reason
af Al Gore
2,206 medlemmer
39 anmeldelser
3.8
4 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, al.vick, Myrabela
42
No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border
af Justin Akers Chacón
212 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.7
4 Members
quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes, Myrabela
43
Slagtehal fem eller børnekorstoget
af Kurt Vonnegut
44,013 medlemmer
704 anmeldelser
4.1
4 Members
quartzite, fuzzy_patters, askum, M_Clark,eromsted
44
The Worst Person in the World: And 202 Strong Contenders
af Keith Olbermann
175 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
4 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, prosfilaes, al.vick
45
De undertryktes pædagogik
af Paulo Freire
4,238 medlemmer
44 anmeldelser
4.1
4 Members
eromsted, metamariposa, aulsmith, LucindaLibri
47
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
af Edward S. Herman
3,251 medlemmer
25 anmeldelser
4.1
4 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, eromsted, aulsmith
48
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
af Jane Mayer
987 medlemmer
26 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
4 Members
eromsted, prosfilaes, aulsmith, Myrabela
49
How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok
af Glenn Greenwald
238 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
4.2
4 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes
50
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace
af Gore Vidal
713 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
3 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, aulsmith
51
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
af Stephen Kinzer
797 medlemmer
15 anmeldelser
4.1
4 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted, Jestak, prosfilaes
52
A Theory of Justice
af John Rawls
3,145 medlemmer
24 anmeldelser
3.9
4 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, Jestak, askum,eromsted
53
It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism
af Thomas E. Mann
491 medlemmer
13 anmeldelser
3.9
3 Members
claytonhowl, Jestak, M_Clark
54
Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence
af Christian Parenti
188 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.6
2 Members
eromsted, askum
55
The Other America: Poverty in the United States
af Michael Harrington
731 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
4.2
3 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted
56
1984
af George Orwell
81,952 medlemmer
1,272 anmeldelser
4.2
3 Members
quartzite, John_Vaughan, M_Clark,Myrabela
57
The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century
af Paul R. Krugman
1,030 medlemmer
14 anmeldelser
3.8
3 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted
58
The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker
af Steven Greenhouse
106 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
3.8
3 Members
quartzite, eromsted, Jestak
59
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice, Seventh Edition
af Jeffrey Reiman
207 medlemmer
4.2
3 Members
quartzite, aulsmith, al.vick
61
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
af Ronald Takaki
1,293 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
eromsted, LucindaLibri, cej1027
62
Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country--And It's Time to Take It Back
af Jim Hightower
334 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
3 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite
63
Peddling Prosperity: Economic Sense and Nonsense in an Age of Diminished Expectations
af Paul Krugman
310 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, aulsmith
64
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63
af Taylor Branch
2,213 medlemmer
21 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
3 Members
eromsted, Jestak, M_Clark
65
A Man Without a Country
af Kurt Vonnegut
4,876 medlemmer
84 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
SqueakyChu, CGlanovsky
66
Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
af Frances Fox Piven
380 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4
3 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted, aulsmith
67
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
af Marc Reisner
1,747 medlemmer
35 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
3 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, Jestak
68
Who Will Tell The People? : The Betrayal Of American Democracy
af William Greider
367 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
3.9
2 Members
waitingtoderail, Jestak
69
The official Fahrenheit 9/11 reader
af Michael Moore
330 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
3 Members
LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
70
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
af Richard Hofstadter
530 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
4.1
3 Members
quartzite, eromsted, M_Clark
71
Reveille for Radicals
af Saul Alinsky
364 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
3.9
3 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, Myrabela
72
Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
af Amy Goodman
242 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4.1
3 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted, aulsmith
73
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
af Bethany McLean
1,265 medlemmer
20 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, M_Clark
74
The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
af Tim Flannery
1,494 medlemmer
20 anmeldelser
4.1
3 Members
janoorani24, Jestak, Myrabela
75
Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance
af Noam Chomsky
3,058 medlemmer
21 anmeldelser
3.9
3 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted, Myrabela
76
The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes
af Stephen Holmes
76 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3.9
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, Myrabela
77
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America
af Thomas L. Friedman
3,279 medlemmer
59 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
3 Members
SqueakyChu, janoorani24, Myrabela,eromsted
78
The Power Elite
af C. Wright Mills
882 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
eromsted, elenchus
79
Det nye industrisamfund
af John Kenneth Galbraith
774 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
2 Members
elenchus, M_Clark
80
Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush
af Molly Ivins
751 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
claytonhowl, LTietz
81
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
af Jon Stewart
7,412 medlemmer
61 anmeldelser
4.1
3 Members
lorax, quartzite, CGlanovsky,eromsted
82
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
af David Graeber
2,793 medlemmer
71 anmeldelser
4.2
3 Members
eromsted, metamariposa, M_Clark,prosfilaes
83
Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism
af Patricia Hill Collins
243 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
2 Members
eromsted, kara.shamy
84
Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
af Jack N. Rakove
705 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
eromsted, Jestak
85
Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy
af David Daley
144 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
M_Clark
86
The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era
af Michael Grunwald
133 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
pmtracy
87
Another Dead Republican
af Mark Richard Zubro
34 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.3
Member
Neil_Plakcy
88
Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire
af Angela Y. Davis
206 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
2 Members
eromsted, prosfilaes
89
Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture
af John Shelby Spong
1,198 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
3.9
3 Members
quartzite, CherylsPearls, LucindaLibri,eromsted ,prosfilaes
90
Mit liv
af Bill Clinton
4,472 medlemmer
57 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
3 Members
waitingtoderail, al.vick, Myrabela,eromsted
91
The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
af Naomi Wolf
803 medlemmer
24 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
waitingtoderail, kara.shamy
92
I Am America (And So Can You!)
af Stephen Colbert
5,860 medlemmer
132 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
quartzite, CGlanovsky
93
Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea
af Mark Blyth
368 medlemmer
22 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
Jestak, M_Clark
94
There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos: A Work of Political Subversion
af Jim Hightower
185 medlemmer
½ 3.7
2 Members
claytonhowl, eromsted
95
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
af Greg Palast
1,131 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite
96
Losing America
af Robert C. Byrd
175 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
quartzite, M_Clark
97
Crashing the party
af Ralph Nader
349 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
2 Members
claytonhowl, Myrabela
98
Incoherent Empire
af Michael Mann
97 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.6
2 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted
99
Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology
af Howard Zinn
425 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted
100
Menigmands guide til imperiet
af Arundhati Roy
627 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
eromsted, LucindaLibri