Media List: Print Materials
BOOKS
THE DARK SIDE
by Jane Mayer
Mayer reveals how torture was used to get confessions to influence the Congressional support for the Iraq War; fascinating accounts of transgressions of the Geneva Conventions and the U.S. Constitution and of making “history”.
MOYERS ON DEMOCRACY
by Bill Moyers
Moyers examines the relationship between private wealth and public squalor; assault on Constitution and undermining the electoral process; imperial executive orders and attacks on the independent press; despoiling the earth and our common gift; and others.
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
by Ron Suskind
Suskind discusses how USA relinquished moral leadership; Bush created the need for the Iraq War; and other issues.
MY GUANTANAMO DIARY
by Mahvish Rukhsanakhan
Mahvish made 30 trips to Guantanamo, moving from interpreter to legal counselor, and promoting a fair trial for the detainees. She lives in San Diego.
WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE BUSH HOUSE
by Scott K. McClellan
As Bush’s Press Secretary, McClellan has the insider’s view of the “Washington Culture of Deception”. He provides insights into the activities of Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and other Bush Cronies.
THREE CUPS OF TEA (A)
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
The book is an inspiration, a close up view of the problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Greg helped the people of these two countries for ten years. The book was a selection of for “One Book, One San Diego” in 2008 summer.
THE WRECKING CREW
by Thomas Frank
Frank lays out the means by which the conservatives in Washington get, keep, and maintain their rule in our government.
THE WAY WE’LL BE
by Togby
Togby lays out an optimistic view of the future as seen through the eyes of someone collecting data that catalogs the ways we behave. It is a report on the transformation of the American Dream as he sees it unfolding.
READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN (A)
by Azar Nafisi
A must-read for anyone interested in women’s issues, especially in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Nafisi left teaching in the universities of Iran in 1997.
Also recommended by our members and editors:
BILL MOYERS:
Listening to America
A World of Ideas
The Power of Myth
RON SUSKIND:
The One Percent Doctrine
The Price of Loyalty
A Hope Unseen
Articles in The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal
AZAR NAFISI:
Anti-Terra: A Critical Study of Vladimir Nabokav’s Novels
Articles in the Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall street Journal
THOMAS FRANK:
What’s the Matter with Kansas?