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A Sapien’s Conundrum
Pollution, famine, pandemics, extreme weather, social unrest, and inequality stem from humanity’s collective choices. Drawing on research on the Anthropocene, David Walter explains how our drive to survive—paired with our unique capacities—made us a threat to our own future. Blending science and cultural history, he traces Homo sapiens from tribal origins and stone tools to the atomic age and internal combustion, then offers a rational path toward a sustainable future—and the role each of us can play.
Thorough, well-written, and a bit scary.
—Wanda Isle on Amazon -
About Power
Accelerating climate chaos and deepening inequity persist because electric utility service is built backwards. Utilities profit when they sell more power and pollute more; conservation cuts earnings. Meanwhile, costly transmission lines are built for remote renewables instead of prioritizing community-scale projects that need little new infrastructure. About Power argues that better energy management can reduce major social and environmental harms—and insists nuclear power is not the answer—offering history, diagnosis, and a path to fix what’s broken.
The world is in crisis over Climate Chaos and multi-dimensional inequities. About Power shows how the electric utility industry contributes to this crisis, and how delivering electric utility services properly could instead provide solutions.
—Mark Ritchie, former Minnesota Secretary of State and civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army -
Advance Man
Advance Man is a political adventure. Set in the hard-fought early days of the 2008 Democratic primary season, it is an insider’s look behind the scenes at seventy-two hours in the most challenging and secretive, yet most public part of American presidential politics—the Advance operation that creates and controls the media image of a presidential candidate, as well as everything that happens within a quarter-mile radius.
funny, riveting and engaging political thriller by Democratic advance legend Steven Jacques
—Even Grossman, verified review on Amazon -
From Vladimir to Vladimir
From Vladimir to Vladimir traces Russia and Ukraine’s tangled bond from Prince Vladimir of Kiev and the Kievan Rus’ (879–1240) to Russia’s February 2022 invasion. Vicchio highlights overlooked links and Ukraine’s repeated subjugations—Mongols, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Russian annexation in 1792—then follows nations through wars, Soviet era, and post-1991 independence.
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Gaza
Hamas entered southern Israel on October 7, killing Israeli soldiers and civilians. Israel retaliated, killing upward of 38,000 Palestinians and wounding some 80,000 others. For decades, the plight of the Palestinian people has been ignored. Hamas’s actions and Israel’s response have put issues of apartheid, genocide and famine front and center. Students and activists from around the world have taken up the Palestinian cause and selflessly made it their own.
Sultan has taken her experience and transported us into the region to better understand its complexities.
—Jack Rice, ex-CIA officer -
Israeli and Palestinian Voices
After her award-winning memoir A Beirut Heart, Cathy Sultan continues her quest to illuminate the Middle East in Israeli and Palestinian Voices: A Dialogue with Both Sides. Part adventure, part history, and part travelogue, the book features firsthand interviews Sultan conducted in tense, sometimes dangerous settings. Her cinematic escape from Ramallah into East Jerusalem ahead of a military assault is unforgettable. Through poignant—and at times frightening—voices of ordinary people, Sultan seeks pathways toward peace in a region gripped by obduracy and fanaticism.
fast-paced narrative and compelling interviews
—Sarah Harder, President, National Peace Foundation -
Ten Years and Change
Michael P. Amram came of age during the Vietnam War and witnessed a nation convulsed by assassinations, riots, and political upheaval. He chronicles the McCarthy Democrats and Minnesota’s DFL dissent—locals who backed Senator Eugene McCarthy’s anti-war challenge to the Johnson-Humphrey administration. Their rare inside-the-system insurgency shows how a determined minority, starting in local politics, can influence national policy and redirect federal power.
a reminder that people can and should stand up for what they believe in
—Ila France Porcher, author of The Shark Sessions -
The New Buffalo
The New Buffalo takes readers inside the rise of Indian gaming through Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux leader Leonard Prescott, from reservation poverty to high-stakes battles in Washington. His fight for sovereignty intersects with IGRA, the National Indian Gaming Association, and casinos like Mystic Lake. Drawing on extensive archives and testimony, the book reveals enrollment wars, corruption, federal failures, and states exploiting tribal divisions—framing gaming as modern self-determination.
wonderfully readable, succinct yet superbly informed
—Jim Lenfesty, author of Time Remaining -
To the Front of the Bus
As American democracy faces existential threats, To the Front of the Bus: Movement toward a Fair Democracy revisits the “Mayflower moment” and the promise of self-government under equal law. It offers a sweeping, critical history of violence, racism, and elite power grabs—and the halting progress toward fairness. Tracing three overlapping waves of popular movement, the book argues that assembled majorities, willing and coerced, have repeatedly pushed the nation toward a more just, self-aware democracy.
seamlessly weaves historical and current events, tying the two together in an effortless read
—Lisa Brundage Gehm, verified Amazon review -
Tragedy in South Lebanon
Through history, research, and personal interviews, Cathy Sultan chronicles life in southern Lebanon and northern Israel during the brutal 2006 war. Centering ordinary people trapped by the decisions of Israel, Lebanon, and the United States, she depicts the lasting contamination of cluster bombs, the factional politics keeping Lebanon on the edge, and flashpoints from Shebaa Farms to militant-held refugee camps. Sultan also critiques media narratives, debunks regional myths, and provides timelines and maps.
Tragedy in South Lebanon provides vital information about a topic often misrepresented by the mainstream media… This is an important book.
—Reese Erlich, author of The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of US Policy and the Middle East Crisis -
Vote for America
Vote for America! examines the U.S. electoral system—past, present, and future—and asks why a nation founded on liberty still ranks below the world’s full democracies. It interrogates the ‘land of opportunity’ promise in a limited democracy where many are excluded. From suppression and miscalculation to domestic and foreign manipulation, the book shows how the vote—an indirect whisper of power—can be marginalized, distorted, or nullified even in a government ‘by the people.’
a refreshingly honest look at the impact of US politics on American life
—Lisa Brundage Gehm, verified Amazon review
