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.
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1
Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy
af David Daley
144 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 85
Member
M_Clark
2
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
af Barbara Ehrenreich
10,871 medlemmer
212 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Global Rank 1
17 Members
lorax, waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, pammab, quartzite, eromsted, Jestak, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, metamariposa, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, elenchus, cej1027, kara.shamy, M_Clark,fuzzy_patters
3
What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
af Thomas Frank
2,724 medlemmer
43 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Global Rank 3
12 Members
lorax, waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, metamariposa, aulsmith, CGlanovsky, al.vick, M_Clark, taylan.drago
4
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them : A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
af Al Franken
4,541 medlemmer
68 anmeldelser
3.8
Global Rank 5
10 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, quartzite, CherylsPearls, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, LucindaLibri, lcjones123, al.vick, M_Clark
5
Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
af Barbara Ehrenreich
1,748 medlemmer
55 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
Global Rank 7
10 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, kara.shamy, M_Clark
6
Fastfood nationen : skyggesiden af det ærkeamerikanske måltid
af Eric Schlosser
12,484 medlemmer
171 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 13
8 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, eromsted, Jestak, lahochstetler, srbr1212, Myrabela, M_Clark
7
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
af Simon Johnson
380 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 29
4 Members
quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes, M_Clark
8
Chokdoktrinen
af Naomi Klein
5,370 medlemmer
128 anmeldelser
4.2
Global Rank 32
5 Members
eromsted, Myrabela, kara.shamy, LTietz, M_Clark
9
Slagtehal fem eller børnekorstoget
af Kurt Vonnegut
43,971 medlemmer
704 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 43
4 Members
quartzite, fuzzy_patters, askum, M_Clark,eromsted
10
It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism
af Thomas E. Mann
490 medlemmer
13 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 53
3 Members
claytonhowl, Jestak, M_Clark
11
1984
af George Orwell
81,842 medlemmer
1,268 anmeldelser
4.2
Global Rank 56
3 Members
quartzite, John_Vaughan, M_Clark,Myrabela
12
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63
af Taylor Branch
2,212 medlemmer
21 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
Global Rank 64
3 Members
eromsted, Jestak, M_Clark
13
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
af Richard Hofstadter
530 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 70
3 Members
quartzite, eromsted, M_Clark
14
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
af Bethany McLean
1,265 medlemmer
20 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 73
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, M_Clark
15
Det nye industrisamfund
af John Kenneth Galbraith
774 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
Global Rank 79
2 Members
elenchus, M_Clark
16
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
af David Graeber
2,789 medlemmer
71 anmeldelser
4.2
Global Rank 82
3 Members
eromsted, metamariposa, M_Clark,prosfilaes
17
Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea
af Mark Blyth
368 medlemmer
22 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 93
2 Members
Jestak, M_Clark
18
Losing America
af Robert C. Byrd
175 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 96
2 Members
quartzite, M_Clark
21
Candide and Other Stories
af Voltaire
1,067 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 174
3 Members
janoorani24, kara.shamy, M_Clark,timspalding ,eromsted ,aulsmith ,al.vick
22
Freakonomi
af Steven D. Levitt
25,449 medlemmer
456 anmeldelser
3.8
Global Rank 189
4 Members
janoorani24, Myrabela, kara.shamy, M_Clark,timspalding ,lorax ,waitingtoderail ,quartzite ,eromsted ,aulsmith
23
Poison Tea: How Big Oil and Big Tobacco Invented the Tea Party and Captured the GOP
af Jeff Nesbit
16 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Global Rank 135
Member
M_Clark