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“eric alterman”

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  • We Are Not One

    A History of America's Fight Over Israel

    by Eric Alterman ...
    A bestselling historian uncovers the surprising roots of America’s long alliance with Israel and its troubling consequencesFights about the fate of the state of Israel, and the Zionist movement that gave birth to it, have long been a staple of both Jewish and American political culture. But despite these arguments’ significance to American politics, American Jewish life, and to Israel itself, no ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Lying in State

    Why Presidents Lie -- And Why Trump Is Worse

    by Eric Alterman ...
    This definitive history of presidential lying reveals how our standards for truthfulness have eroded -- and why Trump's lies are especially dangerous.If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that he lies. But he's by no means the first president to do so. In Lying in State, Eric Alterman asks how we ended up with such a pathologically dishonest commander in chief, showing that, from ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • What Liberal Media?

    The Truth about Bias and the News

    by Eric Alterman ...
    Widely acclaimed and hotly contested, veteran journalist Eric Alterman's ambitious investigation into the true nature of the U.S. news media touched a nerve and sparked debate across the country. As the question of whose interests the media protects-and how-continues to raise hackles, Alterman's sharp, utterly convincing assessment cuts through the cloud of inflammatory rhetoric, settling the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • When Presidents Lie

    A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences

    by Eric Alterman ...
    “I’ve never read a better explanation of why presidents lie.”—John W. Dean, former counsel to President Nixon, The Washington MonthlyBy the end of the twentieth century, after decades of demoralizing revelations about the mendacity of their elected officials, most Americans had come to accept the fact that deception was not only an accepted practice in government but also pervasive. Whatever the ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • Kabuki Democracy

    The System vs. Barack Obama

    by Eric Alterman ...
    In this agenda-setting essay, journalist and historian Eric Alterman explains what is really happening with the Obama presidency. While Obama's many compromises have disappointed liberals, Alterman argues that these concessions are largely due to a political system that is rigged against progressive change. These structural impediments to democracy have made the keeping of Obama's campaign ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Why We're Liberals

    A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals

    by Eric Alterman ...
    The bestselling author and Newsweek columnist takes a characteristically irreverent look at the rampant mistreatment of liberals and liberalismThe "most honest and incisive media critic writing today"(National Catholic Reporter), Eric Alterman is committed to restoring the liberal tradition to its honored place as the political philosophy of mainstream American citizens. In this bracing and well ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

  • The Cause

    The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama

    by Eric Alterman ...
    The definitive history of American postwar liberalism, told through the lens of those who brought it to life.Liberalism stands proudly at the center of American politics and culture. Driven by passion for social justice, tempered by respect for the difficulty of change, liberals have struggled to end economic inequality, racial discrimination, and political repression. Liberals have fueled their ... Read more

    Was $17.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • Inequality and One City: Bill de Blasio and the New York Experiment, Year One

    by Eric Alterman ...
    It is, as he writes in the preface, “an attempt to move beyond the day-to-day headlines that dominate our political debate. By placing Bill de Blasio’s words, and the actions of his administration, into a political, cultural, social, and intellectual context, we can see just how daunting the task he has set for himself really is: to use the power of the city government to make New York a fairer ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • It Ain't No Sin to Be Glad You're Alive

    The Promise of Bruce Springsteen

    by Eric Alterman ...
    Political journalist Eric Alterman examines the unique phenomenon that is The Boss and how he has come to reflect and interpret a turbulent quarter century of American history. ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • The Book on Bush

    How George W. (Mis)leads America

    by Eric Alterman, Mark J. Green ...
    When George W. Bush became president in January 2001, he took office with a comfortably familiar surname, bipartisan rhetoric, and the promise of calming a public shaken by the convulsions of impeachment and a contested election. Then nine months later, after the tragedy of 9/11, both the country and the world looked to him for leadership that could unite people behind great common goals. Instead, ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

  • Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights

    The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done to Fix It

    by Craig Aaron, Eric Alterman, C. Edwin Baker, Yochai Benkler, Michael J. Copps, Michael Schudson, Thomas Frank, Todd Gitlin, Chris Hedges, Janine Jackson, Pamela Newkirk, John Nichols, Clay Shirkey, David Simon, Paul Starr, Leonard Downie ...
    Essays by Thomas Frank, Clay Shirky, David Simon, and others: "Anyone concerned about the state of journalism should read this book." — Library JournalThe sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis crackling across journals, the blogosphere, and academic publications. Yet, until now, we have lacked a ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Lying in State

    Why Presidents Lie -- And Why Trump Is Worse

    by Eric Alterman ...
    Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 29 min

    This definitive history of presidential lying reveals how our standards for truthfulness have eroded -- and why Trump's lies are especially dangerous.If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that he lies. But he's by no means the first president to do so. In Lying in State, Eric Alterman asks how we ended up with such a pathologically dishonest commander in chief, showing that, from ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook