LT picks: Blue Books

Descrizione
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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Fahrenheit 451
di Ray Bradbury
53,880 utenti
997 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 37
4 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, CGlanovsky, cej1027,eromsted
2
La deriva americana
di Paul R. Krugman
1,030 utenti
14 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 57
3 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted
3
The Other America: Poverty in the United States
di Michael Harrington
731 utenti
8 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 55
3 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted
4
The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker
di Steven Greenhouse
106 utenti
1 recensione
3.8
Classifica globale 58
3 Members
quartzite, eromsted, Jestak
5
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice, Seventh Edition
di Jeffrey Reiman
207 utenti
4.2
Classifica globale 59
3 Members
quartzite, aulsmith, al.vick
6
1984
di George Orwell
81,917 utenti
1,270 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 56
3 Members
quartzite, John_Vaughan, M_Clark,Myrabela
7
Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country--And It's Time to Take It Back
di Jim Hightower
334 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 62
3 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite
8
Peddling Prosperity: Economic Sense and Nonsense in an Age of Diminished Expectations
di Paul Krugman
310 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 63
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, aulsmith
9
No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border
di Justin Akers Chacón
212 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 42
4 Members
quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes, Myrabela
10
The Assault on Reason
di Al Gore
2,206 utenti
39 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 41
4 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, al.vick, Myrabela
11
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
di Michelle Alexander
5,286 utenti
139 recensioni
½ 4.4
Classifica globale 15
7 Members
lorax, pammab, quartzite, eromsted, lahochstetler, kara.shamy, LTietz
12
How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok
di Glenn Greenwald
238 utenti
4 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 49
4 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes
13
Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America
di Eric Alterman
125 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.3
Classifica globale 38
5 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, Myrabela
14
Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets
di Robert Kuttner
150 utenti
1 recensione
3.8
Classifica globale 36
4 Members
quartzite, Jestak, aulsmith, Myrabela
15
Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America
di Molly Ivins
1,053 utenti
14 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 28
5 Members
quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, LucindaLibri, LTietz
16
Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot
di Al Franken
1,749 utenti
35 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 25
6 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, prosfilaes, al.vick, Myrabela, kara.shamy
17
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
di Simon Johnson
380 utenti
11 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 29
4 Members
quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes, M_Clark
18
The War on Choice: The Right-Wing Attack on Women's Rights and How to Fight Back
di Gloria Feldt
172 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 21
6 Members
quartzite, eromsted, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Myrabela, kara.shamy
19
The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
di Corey Robin
470 utenti
8 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 34
4 Members
quartzite, eromsted, lahochstetler, prosfilaes
20
Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis
di Jimmy Carter
1,743 utenti
28 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 33
5 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, al.vick
21
Stupid White Men
di Michael Moore
6,356 utenti
52 recensioni
3.2
Classifica globale 12
8 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, pammab, quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, askum, Myrabela
22
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
di Stephanie Coontz
1,006 utenti
13 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 18
7 Members
quartzite, eromsted, CherylsPearls, Jestak, lahochstetler, LucindaLibri, Myrabela
23
Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
di Molly Ivins
719 utenti
6 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 26
6 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, aulsmith, LucindaLibri
24
We're Right, They're Wrong: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives
di James Carville
389 utenti
2 recensioni
3.2
Classifica globale 20
7 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, al.vick, Myrabela,eromsted
25
La coscienza di un liberal
di Paul Krugman
1,054 utenti
23 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 14
8 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite, CherylsPearls, prosfilaes, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, Myrabela
26
The Republican War on Science
di Chris Mooney
630 utenti
10 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 17
6 Members
timspalding, lorax, waitingtoderail, quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes
27
Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
di Barbara Ehrenreich
1,749 utenti
55 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 7
10 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, quartzite, eromsted, prosfilaes, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, LucindaLibri, kara.shamy, M_Clark
28
Balle!: e tutti i ballisti che ce le stanno raccontando
di Al Franken
4,544 utenti
68 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 5
10 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, quartzite, CherylsPearls, lahochstetler, prosfilaes, LucindaLibri, lcjones123, al.vick, M_Clark
31
Il dottor Zivago
di Boris Pasternak
11,372 utenti
152 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 192
2 Members
quartzite, janoorani24,timspalding ,lorax ,eromsted ,aulsmith ,al.vick
32
Senso comune
di Thomas Paine
5,169 utenti
59 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 181
3 Members
quartzite, CherylsPearls, fuzzy_patters,timspalding ,eromsted ,prosfilaes ,norabelle414 ,aulsmith
33
The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
di Barbara W. Tuchman
2,834 utenti
37 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 146
2 Members
quartzite, janoorani24,eromsted
34
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
di Jon Stewart
7,412 utenti
61 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 81
3 Members
lorax, quartzite, CGlanovsky,eromsted
35
Democrazia in vendita
di Greg Palast
1,131 utenti
5 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 95
2 Members
claytonhowl, quartzite
36
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
di Richard Hofstadter
530 utenti
5 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 70
3 Members
quartzite, eromsted, M_Clark
37
Mattatoio n. 5
di Kurt Vonnegut
43,998 utenti
704 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 43
4 Members
quartzite, fuzzy_patters, askum, M_Clark,eromsted
38
I Am America (And So Can You!)
di Stephen Colbert
5,860 utenti
132 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 92
2 Members
quartzite, CGlanovsky
39
How Can I Help? Stories and Reflection on Service
di Ram Dass
534 utenti
2 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 177
Member
quartzite,eromsted ,aulsmith
40
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
di Bethany McLean
1,266 utenti
20 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 73
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, M_Clark
41
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
di John de Graaf
905 utenti
20 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 149
Member
quartzite
42
Losing America
di Robert C. Byrd
175 utenti
6 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 96
2 Members
quartzite, M_Clark
43
What We've Lost
di Graydon Carter
69 utenti
1 recensione
½ 4.4
Classifica globale 151
Member
quartzite
44
F.U.B.A.R.: America's Right-Wing Nightmare
di Sam Seder
128 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 2.6
Classifica globale 103
2 Members
quartzite, Myrabela
45
How Do I Save My Honor?: War, Moral Integrity, and Principled Resignation
di William F. Felice
5 utenti
Classifica globale 167
Member
quartzite,eromsted
46
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
di Marc Reisner
1,748 utenti
35 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 67
3 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, Jestak
47
Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture
di John Shelby Spong
1,198 utenti
11 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 89
3 Members
quartzite, CherylsPearls, LucindaLibri,eromsted ,prosfilaes
48
The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes
di Stephen Holmes
76 utenti
2 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 76
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, Myrabela
49
La fabbrica del consenso. La politica e i mass media
di Edward S. Herman
3,250 utenti
25 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 47
4 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, eromsted, aulsmith
50
Furore
di John Steinbeck
34,277 utenti
471 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 107
4 Members
quartzite, CGlanovsky, cej1027, Myrabela,eromsted ,aulsmith ,al.vick
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Freakonomics: calcolo dell'incalcolabile
di Steven D. Levitt
25,465 utenti
456 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 189
4 Members
janoorani24, Myrabela, kara.shamy, M_Clark,timspalding ,lorax ,waitingtoderail ,quartzite ,eromsted ,aulsmith