LT picks: Blue Books

Beschrijving
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.
6
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
door Rachel Maddow
1,367 leden
71 besprekingen
4.1
9 Members
lorax, waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, CherylsPearls, LucindaLibri, lcjones123, al.vick, Myrabela, LTietz
8
Geschiedenis van het Amerikaanse volk
door Howard Zinn
14,978 leden
160 besprekingen
4.2
10 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, pammab, eromsted, metamariposa, norabelle414, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Bluewolf0411, LTietz,srbr1212
10
Dromen van mijn vader
door Barack Obama
9,609 leden
213 besprekingen
3.9
9 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, AnnaClaire, norabelle414, LucindaLibri, srbr1212, al.vick, Myrabela, kara.shamy
12
Stupid white men Amerika onder George W. Bush
door Michael Moore
6,400 leden
51 besprekingen
3.2
8 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, pammab, quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, askum, Myrabela
14
The Conscience of a Liberal
door Paul Krugman
1,064 leden
23 besprekingen
4
8 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Myrabela
15
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
door Michelle Alexander
5,439 leden
137 besprekingen
½ 4.4
7 Members
lorax, pammab, quartzite, eromsted, lahochstetler, kara.shamy, LTietz
16
Earth in the Balance
door Al Gore
1,464 leden
22 besprekingen
½ 3.7
6 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, norabelle414, LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
17
The Republican War on Science
door Chris Mooney
637 leden
9 besprekingen
½ 3.7
6 Members
timspalding, lorax, waitingtoderail, quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes
18
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
door Stephanie Coontz
1,020 leden
13 besprekingen
3.8
7 Members
quartzite, eromsted, CherylsPearls, Jestak, lahochstetler, LucindaLibri, Myrabela
19
Geloven in verandering
door Barack Obama
453 leden
8 besprekingen
½ 3.3
6 Members
prosfilaes, AnnaClaire, LucindaLibri, srbr1212, al.vick, Myrabela
23
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
door bell hooks
1,719 leden
32 besprekingen
3.9
6 Members
eromsted, lahochstetler, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Myrabela, kara.shamy
24
De mystieke vrouw
door Betty Friedan
4,623 leden
48 besprekingen
3.8
6 Members
janoorani24, eromsted, CherylsPearls, lahochstetler, LucindaLibri, kara.shamy
25
Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot
door Al Franken
1,753 leden
35 besprekingen
½ 3.7
6 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, prosfilaes, al.vick, Myrabela, kara.shamy
26
Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
door Molly Ivins
722 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 4.3
6 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, aulsmith, LucindaLibri
27
Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
door Christopher Hayes
536 leden
19 besprekingen
3.8
5 Members
waitingtoderail, Jestak, elenchus, pmtracy, al.vick
28
Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America
door Molly Ivins
1,060 leden
14 besprekingen
3.8
5 Members
quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, LucindaLibri, LTietz
29
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
door Simon Johnson
381 leden
11 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes, M_Clark
30
Mijn visie samen werken aan een betere toekomst
door Hillary Rodham Clinton
932 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 3.3
5 Members
waitingtoderail, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, al.vick, Myrabela
31
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics
door Joe Biden
282 leden
10 besprekingen
3.8
5 Members
waitingtoderail, CherylsPearls, LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
32
De shockdoctrine : de opkomst van rampenkapitalisme
door Naomi Klein
5,471 leden
127 besprekingen
4.2
5 Members
eromsted, Myrabela, kara.shamy, LTietz, M_Clark
33
Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis
door Jimmy Carter
1,763 leden
28 besprekingen
½ 3.7
5 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, al.vick
34
The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
door Corey Robin
479 leden
8 besprekingen
3.8
4 Members
quartzite, eromsted, lahochstetler, prosfilaes
35
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
door Joseph E. Stiglitz
1,158 leden
23 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
Jestak, DebSkoff, Myrabela, kara.shamy
36
Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets
door Robert Kuttner
150 leden
1 bespreking
3.8
4 Members
quartzite, Jestak, aulsmith, Myrabela
37
Fahrenheit 451
door Ray Bradbury
54,749 leden
1,011 besprekingen
4
4 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, CGlanovsky, cej1027,eromsted
38
Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America
door Eric Alterman
125 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.3
5 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, Myrabela
39
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
door Chris Hedges
1,145 leden
13 besprekingen
3.9
5 Members
claytonhowl, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, aulsmith, Myrabela
40
Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
door George Lakoff
1,626 leden
25 besprekingen
3.8
4 Members
lorax, waitingtoderail, pammab, prosfilaes
41
De aanval op de redelijkheid
door Al Gore
2,225 leden
39 besprekingen
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
door Justin Akers Chacón
216 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.7
4 Members
quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes, Myrabela
43
Slachthuis vijf, of De kinderkruistocht een verplichte dans met de dood
door Kurt Vonnegut
44,587 leden
710 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
quartzite, fuzzy_patters, askum, M_Clark,eromsted
44
The Worst Person in the World: And 202 Strong Contenders
door Keith Olbermann
176 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 3.7
4 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, prosfilaes, al.vick
45
Pedagogie van de onderdrukten
door Paulo Freire
4,314 leden
44 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
eromsted, metamariposa, aulsmith, LucindaLibri
47
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
door Edward S. Herman
3,334 leden
26 besprekingen
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
door Jane Mayer
999 leden
27 besprekingen
½ 4.3
4 Members
eromsted, prosfilaes, aulsmith, Myrabela
49
How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok
door Glenn Greenwald
239 leden
4 besprekingen
4.2
4 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes
50
Permanente oorlog voor permanente vrede - De nachtzijde van Amerika's politiek
door Gore Vidal
716 leden
8 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, aulsmith
51
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
door Stephen Kinzer
807 leden
15 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted, Jestak, prosfilaes
52
A Theory of Justice
door John Rawls
3,196 leden
24 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, Jestak, askum,eromsted
54
Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence
door Christian Parenti
192 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.6
2 Members
eromsted, askum
55
The Other America: Poverty in the United States
door Michael Harrington
739 leden
8 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted
56
1984
door George Orwell
83,123 leden
1,286 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
quartzite, John_Vaughan, M_Clark,Myrabela
57
De grote recessie
door Paul R. Krugman
1,035 leden
14 besprekingen
3.8
3 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted
58
The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker
door Steven Greenhouse
107 leden
1 bespreking
3.8
3 Members
quartzite, eromsted, Jestak
61
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
door Ronald Takaki
1,321 leden
9 besprekingen
4
3 Members
eromsted, LucindaLibri, cej1027
62
Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country--And It's Time to Take It Back
door Jim Hightower
334 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 3.4
3 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite
63
Peddling Prosperity: Economic Sense and Nonsense in an Age of Diminished Expectations
door Paul Krugman
312 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.6
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, aulsmith
64
De geschiedenis van een droom Amerika onder Martin Luther King en de Kennedy's
door Taylor Branch
2,239 leden
21 besprekingen
½ 4.5
3 Members
eromsted, Jestak, M_Clark
65
Man zonder land
door Kurt Vonnegut
4,924 leden
83 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
SqueakyChu, CGlanovsky
66
Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
door Frances Fox Piven
385 leden
1 bespreking
4
3 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted, aulsmith
67
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
door Marc Reisner
1,769 leden
35 besprekingen
½ 4.3
3 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, Jestak
68
Who Will Tell The People? : The Betrayal Of American Democracy
door William Greider
371 leden
1 bespreking
3.9
2 Members
waitingtoderail, Jestak
69
Het officiële Fahrenheit 9/11 boek
door Michael Moore
331 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.4
3 Members
LucindaLibri, al.vick, Myrabela
70
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
door Richard Hofstadter
537 leden
5 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
quartzite, eromsted, M_Clark
71
Reveille for Radicals
door Saul Alinsky
372 leden
1 bespreking
3.8
3 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, Myrabela
72
Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
door Amy Goodman
244 leden
1 bespreking
4.1
3 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted, aulsmith
73
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
door Bethany McLean
1,277 leden
20 besprekingen
4
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, M_Clark
74
De weermakers
door Tim Flannery
1,507 leden
20 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
janoorani24, Jestak, Myrabela
76
The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes
door Stephen Holmes
76 leden
2 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, Myrabela
77
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America
door Thomas L. Friedman
3,312 leden
59 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
SqueakyChu, janoorani24, Myrabela,eromsted
78
The Power Elite
door C. Wright Mills
891 leden
9 besprekingen
4
2 Members
eromsted, elenchus
79
Aspecten van de nieuwe industriële samenleving
door John Kenneth Galbraith
782 leden
7 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
elenchus, M_Clark
80
Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush
door Molly Ivins
756 leden
3 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
claytonhowl, LTietz
81
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
door Jon Stewart
7,446 leden
62 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
lorax, quartzite, CGlanovsky,eromsted
82
Schuld: de eerste 5000 jaar
door David Graeber
2,865 leden
72 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
eromsted, metamariposa, M_Clark,prosfilaes
83
Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism
door Patricia Hill Collins
245 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 4.4
2 Members
eromsted, kara.shamy
84
Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
door Jack N. Rakove
717 leden
5 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
eromsted, Jestak
85
Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy
door David Daley
146 leden
5 besprekingen
4.1
Member
M_Clark
86
The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era
door Michael Grunwald
133 leden
2 besprekingen
3.8
Member
pmtracy
87
Another Dead Republican
door Mark Richard Zubro
33 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
Member
Neil_Plakcy
88
Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire
door Angela Y. Davis
212 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
eromsted, prosfilaes
90
Mijn leven
door Bill Clinton
4,502 leden
57 besprekingen
½ 3.4
3 Members
waitingtoderail, al.vick, Myrabela,eromsted
91
Het einde van Amerika
door Naomi Wolf
808 leden
24 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
waitingtoderail, kara.shamy
92
I Am America (And So Can You!)
door Stephen Colbert
5,912 leden
133 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
quartzite, CGlanovsky
93
Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea
door Mark Blyth
373 leden
22 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
Jestak, M_Clark
95
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
door Greg Palast
1,137 leden
5 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite
96
Losing America
door Robert C. Byrd
177 leden
6 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
quartzite, M_Clark
97
Crashing the party
door Ralph Nader
354 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
claytonhowl, Myrabela
98
Incoherent Empire
door Michael Mann
97 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.6
2 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted
99
Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology
door Howard Zinn
427 leden
2 besprekingen
4
2 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted
100
An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
door Arundhati Roy
635 leden
6 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
eromsted, LucindaLibri