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The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
Rose George
Metropolitan Books, 2008
An utterly original exploration of the world of human waste that will surprise, outrage?and entertain Produced behind closed doors, disposed of discreetly, and hidden by euphemism, bodily waste is something common to all and as natural as breathing, yet we prefer not to talk about it. But we should?even those of us who take care of our business ...
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Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy
Michael T. Klare
Metropolitan Books, 2008
Charting the challenges ahead
The charts alone tell the story of what lies ahead. The most striking figure for me is that the US, the world's sole superpower for the last 2 decades, holds 3.3% of the world's natural gas reserves yet produces and uses 18.5% of the world total - not sustainable long ...
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A People's History of American Empire
Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, ...
Metropolitan Books, 2008
Just another opinion . . . . .
Love or hate it, this book is historically accurate and presents a viewpoint and perspective which is missing even from advanced college level American History courses. For that reason alone, Mr. Zinn must be given credit. Ultimately, politics is simply a matter of ...
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This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation
Barbara Ehrenreich
Metropolitan Books, 2008
Ms Ehrenreich is the voice of our conscience, or should be.
This collection of brief observations is pithy and to the point, and each one takes just a few minutes to read. But you should read slowly because otherwise the sudden rise in blood pressure they elicit may be harmful to your health. As I'm writing this, the economic ...
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The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Bacevich
Metropolitan Books, 2008
Fablouse history
This is a must read!! This is a history of foreign policy and past Presidents concerning where we all can go forward from today. We are all in the same boat.
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What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
Thomas Frank
Metropolitan Books, 2004
Another native supporter
I just want to say that this book is completely on target and right about the political mindset of Kansas citizens in addition to almost every other right-winged American. I should know -- I used to live in Kansas. Luckily, I spent most of my life growing up in NY ...
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Better
Metropolitan Books, 2007
The progress of medical science
Like another Amazon reviewer, I found this book to be the best book written about the medical profession in some time. Dr. Gawande's style is lively and thought-provoking, particularly as he discusses practicing medicine in war-torn Iraq or how doctors struggle with ...
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The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule
Thomas Frank
Metropolitan Books, 2008
"The Wrecking Crew" in the midst of a wreck
I've still done little more than scan "The Wrecking Crew" during this week of deciding if the "wreckers" should be given $700 billion. I come from Hofstadter's time and find my eyes blinking at the audacious ugliness that envelops us in so many ways. I'm old and the ...
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The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia
Orlando Figes
Metropolitan Books, 2007
Brilliant
This is one the great history books of our times. Based on hundreds of family archives and interviews with the last survivors of the Stalinist regime, it opens up the hidden private lives of ordinary people, exploring family relationships and the interior lives of ...
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The Shock Doctrine
Metropolitan Books, 2007
Keynes vindicated
Roll on Naomi Klein! I think she has hit the nail right on the head
When I was studying economics at Australia's Monash University between 1965 and 1969, our first three years were devoted to the study of the economics of John Maynard Keynes, a man with both heart ...
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The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America
Susan Faludi
Metropolitan Books, 2007
It's time for all of us to wake up
This book has arrived just in time for the 2008 election. Along with the PBS program, "Bush's War", this should be required reading for all voters. We can change the future but we must understand the past. Thank you again Susan for your excellent analysis.
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Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic [American Empire Project]
Metropolitan Books, 2007
A Great American Patriot
Chalmers Johnson is one of America's greatest heroes for writing INFORMATIVE books that display his critical thinking. We must know what is going on with our American country and we must understand that the mainstream media is part of the empire umbrella. (For example, ...
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What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World
Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian
Metropolitan Books, 2007
As well-informed as ever
Chomsky consistently finds documents and articles that the rest of us have missed. Like all his books, this is full of fascinating revelations.
His title comes from a speech by George Bush senior in 1991, when he said that the main principle of his new world order ...
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Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard
Richard Brody
Metropolitan Books, 2008
Everything Is Cinema:The Working Life Of JLG - Richard Brody
Excellent portrait of JLG & the complexities & foibles of a person driven
to question the very form of filmaking. Thoroughly engrossing read, written in an easy flowing style without the inflections of worship or prejudice. A primary source for the understanding of a ...
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
Metropolitan Books, 2001
Must read for the 'Haves' in this country
I have to admit, I grew up as person of privilege. I am from a large home in suburbia and drove a Mercedes SUV to high school every day. I was always taught to appreciate the things you have, and how lucky I am. Being born into wealth doesn't take talent, it takes ...
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