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(Books I heartily recommend, which are thought provoking and inspiring)
 
 
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RECENTLY RELEASED:
 
DUDE, WHERE'S MY COUNTRY? - by Michael MOORE
 
STUPID WHITE MEN: AND OTHER SORRY EXCUSES FOR THE STATE OF THE NATION - by Michael MOORE
 
THE BETTER WORLD HANDBOOK - by Ellis JONES, Ross HAENFLER, Brett JOHNSON and Brian KLOCKE
 
CORPORATEERING: HOW CORPORATE POWER STEALS YOUR PERSONAL FREEDOM - AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT - by Jamie COURT & Michael MOORE
 
IMAGINE - by Tommy SHERIDAN and Alan MCCOMBES
 
WE ARE EVERYWHERE: THE IRRESISTABLE RISE OF GLOBAL ANTI-CAPITALISM - edited by Notes From Nowhere

 
 
OLDER BOOKS:
 
9-11 - by Noam CHOMSKY
 
AGAINST EMPIRE - by Michael PARENTI
(here is chapter 1 - "Imperialism 101":
 
AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF YOU DO : THE ABSURDITY OF CONSENSUAL CRIMES IN OUR FREE COUNTRY - by Peter MCWILLIAMS, R.I.P.
 
ALL THINGS CENSORED - by Mumia ABU-JAMAL
 
THE ART OF EXPRESSING THE HUMAN BODY (BRUCE LEE LIBRARY, VOLUME 4) - by Bruce LEE, et al
 
ATTITUDE: COMMONSENSE DEFENCE FOR WOMEN - by Lisa SLIWA
 
THE AUTHORITARIAN PERSONALITY (STUDIES IN PREJUDICE) - by Else Frenkel-Brunswik (Contributor), Daniel J. Levinson, Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, R. Nevitt Sanford (Contributor)
 
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X - by Malcolm X; with the assistance of Alex HALEY
 
THE BEAUTY MYTH - Naomi WOLF
 
THE BIBLE
 
BLACK PANTHERS FOR BEGINNERS - by Herb BOYD and Lance TOOKS
 
BLACK POWER: THE POLITICS OF LIBERATION IN AMERICA - by Stokely CARMICHAEL and Charles V. HAMILTON
 
THE AUTHORITARIAN PERSONALITY - by Adorno, Frenkel-Brunswick, Levinson and Sanford
 
THE BLACK HOLOCAUST FOR BEGINNERS - S. E. ANDERSON, Vanessa HOLLEY (Illustrator)
 
BLACK WOMEN FOR BEGINNERS - by Saundra SHARP and Beverly HAWKINS HALL
 
BLOOD ON THE WATTLE - by Bruce ELDER
 
BRECHT FOR BEGINNERS - by Michael THOSS and Patrick BOUSSIGNAC
 
BRUCE LEE: ARTIST OF LIFE - edited by John LITTLE
 
BRUCE LEE: A WARRIOR'S STORY - by John R. LITTLE and John LITTLE
 
BRUCE LEE: FIGHTING SPIRIT A BIOGRAPHY - by Bruce THOMAS
 
BRUCE LEE'S FIGHTING METHOD: SELF-DEFENCE TECHNIQUES (VOLUME 1) - by Bruce LEE and Mitoshi UYEHARA
 
BRUCE LEE'S FIGHTING METHOD: BASIC TRAINING (VOLUME 2) - by Bruce LEE and Mitoshi UYEHARA
 
BRUCE LEE'S FIGHTING METHOD: SKILL IN TECHNIQUES (VOLUME 3) - by Bruce LEE and Mitoshi UYEHARA
 
BRUCE LEE'S FIGHTING METHOD: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES (VOLUME 4) - by Bruce LEE and Mitoshi UYEHARA
 
THE BRUCE LEE STORY - by Linda LEE
 
BRUCE LEE: THE CELEBRATED LIFE OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON - edited by John LITTLE
 
BRUCE LEE: THE INCOMPARABLE FIGHTER - by Mitoshi UYEHARA
 
BRUCE LEE: THE MAN ONLY I KNEW - by Linda LEE
 
BRUCE LEE: THE TAO OF THE DRAGON WARRIOR - by Louis CHUNOVIC and Linda LEE CADWELL
 
BRUCE LEE: THE UNTOLD STORY - edited by UNIQUE PUBLICATION STAFF
 
BRUCE LEE: WORDS FROM A MASTER - by BRUCE LEE, et al
 
BUDDHA FOR BEGINNERS - Stephen T. ASMA
 
BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE - by Dee BROWN
 
CHE FOR BEGINNERS - by Sergio SINAY and Miguel ANGEL SCENNA
 
CHE GUEVARA: A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE - by John Lee ANDERSON
 
CHINESE GUNG FU - THE PHILOSOPHICAL ART OF SELF-DEFENCE - by Bruce LEE
 
CHOMSKY FOR BEGINNERS - by David COGSWELL and Paul GORDON
 
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND OTHER ESSAYS - Henry David THOREAU
 
THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO - Karl MARX, et al
 
THE CONSOLATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY - by Alain DE BOTTON
 
CUBA LIBRE: BREAKING THE CHAINS - Peter MARSHALL
 
DARWIN FOR BEGINNERS - Jonathan MILLER, Borin LOON
 
DAS KAPITAL - Karl MARX
 
DEATH BLOSSOMS: REFLECTIONS FROM A PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE - by Mumia ABU-JAMAL
 
DERRIDA FOR BEGINNERS - by Jim POWELL, et al
 
EASTERN PHILOSOPHY FOR BEGINNERS - by Jim POWELL and Joe LEE
 
ECOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS - Stephen CROALL, William RANKIN (Contributor)
 
FEMINISM FOR BEGINNERS - by Susan ALICE WATKINS
 
FIRE WITH FIRE - Naomi WOLF
 
FOUNDATION AND EARTH - Isaac ASIMOV
 
FOUNDATIONīS EDGE - Isaac ASIMOV
 
THE FRAILTY MYTH: REDEFINING THE PHYSICAL POTENTIAL OF WOMEN AND GIRLS - Colette DOWLING and Tiffeny MILBRETT
 
FREUD FOR BEGINNERS - by Richard APPIGNANESI
 
GUERILLA WARFARE - by Ernesto "Che" GUEVARA
 
GUEVARA - by Andrew SINCLAIR
 
HOW EUROPE UNDERDEVELOPED AFRICA - by Walter RODNEY
 
HOW PEOPLE GET POWER; ORGANIZING OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES FOR ACTION - by Si KAHN
 
INTRODUCING BUDDHA - Jane HOPE, et al
 
INTRODUCING CAMUS - Alain KORKOS (Illustrator), et al
 
INTRODUCING CHOMSKY - John C. MAHER, Judy GROVES (Illustrator), Richard APPIGNANESI
 
INTRODUCING DERRIDA - Jeff COLLINS, et al
 
INTRODUCING EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - Richard OSBORNE, Borin VAN LOON (Illustrator)
 
INTRODUCING ETHICS - David ROBINSON, et al
 
INTRODUCING EXISTENTIALISM - Richard APPIGNANESI, Oscar ZARATE (Illustrator)
 
INTRODUCING FASCISM AND NAZISM - Stuart HOOD, et al
 
INTRODUCING FEMINISM - Susan Alice WATKINS, et al
 
INTRODUCING LENIN AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION - Richard APPIGNANESI, et al
 
INTRODUCING LIBERATION THEOLOGY - Leonardo BOFF, et al
 
INTRODUCING MACHIAVELLI - Patrick CURRY, et al
 
INTRODUCING PHILOSOPHY - Dave ROBINSON, Judy GROVES (Illustrator)
 
INTRODUCING POSTFEMINISM - Sophia PHOCA, Rebecca WRIGHT
 
INTRODUCING SARTRE - Philip Malcolm Waller THODY, et al
 
INTRODUCING TROTSKY AND MARXISM - Tariq ALI, Phil EVANS
 
JEET KUNE DO: BRUCE LEE'S COMMENTARIES ON THE MARTIAL WAY (BRUCE LEE LIBRARY, VOLUME 3) - by Bruce LEE
 
JEET KUNE DO: ENTERING TO TRAPPING TO GRAPPLING - by Larry HARTSELL
 
JEET KUNE DO: ITS CONCEPTS AND PHILOSOPHIES - by Paul VUNAK
 
JEET KUNE DO KICKBOXING - by Chris KENT, et al
 
JEET KUNE DO: THE ART AND PHILOSOPHY OF BRUCE LEE - by Dan INOSANTO
 
JEET KUNE DO UNLIMITED: A JEET KUNE DO CONCEPTS GUIDEBOOK - by Burton RICHARDSON
 
THE JEWISH HOLOCAUST FOR BEGINNERS - Stewart JUSTMAN, et al
 
JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN - Dalton TRUMBO
 
JUN FAN/JEET KUNE DO: THE TEXT BOOK - by Chris KENT, et al
 
JUNG FOR BEGINNERS - Jon PLATANIA
 
THE KORAN
 
KRISHNAMURTI FOR BEGINNERS - Juan CARLOS KREIMER and Martin ARVALLO
 
THE LEGENDARY BRUCE LEE - by the editors of BLACK BELT MAGAZINE
 
LENIN FOR BEGINNERS - by RIUS
 
LETTERS OF THE DRAGON: AN ANTHOLOGY OF BRUCE LEE'S CORRESPONDANCE WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FANS 1958-1973 (BRUCE LEE LIBRARY, VOLUME 5) - by Bruce LEE, et al
 
LIBERATION, IMAGINATION AND THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY - by Kathleen CLEAVER and George KATSIAFICAS (eds)
 
THE LIFE AND TRAGIC DEATH OF BRUCE LEE - by Linda LEE
 
LIVE FROM DEATH ROW - by Mumia ABU-JAMAL
 
LIVING MY LIFE (VOLUME 1 & 2) - Emma Goldman
 
LONG WALK TO FREEDOM - by Nelson MANDELA
 
MAFIA FOR BEGINNERS - by Arnd SCHNEIDER
 
MALCOLM X FOR BEGINNERS - by Bernard AQUINA
 
MALCOLM X SPEAKS: SELECTED SPEECHES AND STATEMENTS - by Malcolm X
 
MANUFACTURING CONSENT: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE MASS MEDIA - by Edward S. HERMAN and Noam CHOMSKY
 
MARX FOR BEGINNERS - by RIUS
 
MARX'S KAPITAL FOR BEGINNERS - by David SMITH and Phil EVANS
 
MAUI MAUI - by Stephen COSGROVE; illustrated by Robin JAMES
 Beautifully illustrated and full of wisdom, the book, Maui-Maui, was one of the major influences which caused me to become an environmentalist.
 I remember when I read it, it wasn't a totally comfortable experience (but then neither was Orwell's brilliant political allegory "Animal Farm"); the "anenomies", who over-fish the ocean in the story, can be seen as a metaphor for humans, and it was an uncomfortable experience for me to identify with these creatures in the story, when I realised that they were causing such destruction. But who ever said learning and developing wisdom were painless?
 Then again, I also have fond memories of the book - which is why I wrote this review. It's a great book! So if you want to foster an environmental consciousness in a child, I say give them this book! I know I will :)
 
NO LOGO - Naomi KLEIN
 
ON FEAR - Jiddu KRISHNAMURTI
 
ON BECOMING A PERSON - Carl ROGERS
 
THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE STATE - Frederich ENGELS
 
ORWELL FOR BEGINNERS - by David SMITH and Michael MOSHER
 
OUR WORD IS OUR WEAPON: SELECTED WRITINGS - Subcommandante Marcos, et al
 
PACIFISM AS PATHOLOGY - by Ward CHURCHILL
 
PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED - by Paolo FREIRE
 
PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES - by Howard ZINN
 
PHILOSOPHY FOR BEGINNERS - by Richard OSBOURNE, et al
 
POSTMODERNISM FOR BEGINNERS - by James N. POWELL, et al
 
RACE MATTERS - Cornel WEST
 
RAINFORESTS FOR BEGINNERS - Naomi ROSENBLATT
 
THE REBEL - AN ESSAY ON MAN IN REVOLT - Albert CAMUS
 
REBEL IN PARADISE: A BIOGRAPHY OF EMMA GOLDMAN - Richard DRINNON
 
REVOLUTIONARY SUICIDE - by Huey P. NEWTON
 
SARTRE FOR BEGINNERS - Donald PALMER
 
SAVING PRIVATE POWER: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE GOOD WAR - Michael ZEZINA
 
STEAL THIS BOOK - Abbie HOFFMAN
 
THE TAO OF GUNG FU: A STUDY IN THE WAY OF CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS (BRUCE LEE LIBRARY, VOLUME 2) - by Bruce LEE, et al
 
TAO OF JEET KUNE DO - by Bruce LEE
 
TO SERVE THE PEOPLE - by Huey P. NEWTON
 
THE UNSEEN BRUCE LEE- by George CHUNOVIC and Linda LEE CADWELL
 
THE WAY THE WIND BLEW: A HISTORY OF THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND - by Ron JACOBS
 
THE WEATHER EYE: COMMUNIQUES FROM THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND, MAY 1970 - MAY 1974 - edited by Jonah RASKIN
 
WING CHUN KUNG FU - by James Yimm LEE
 
WORDS OF THE DRAGON: INTERVIEWS 1958 - 1973 (BRUCE LEE LIBRARY, VOLUME 1) - by BRUCE LEE, et al
 
WRETCHED OF THE EARTH - by Frantz FANON
 
ZEN FOR BEGINNERS - by Judith BLACKSTONE and Z. JOSIPOVIC
 
ZEN IN THE MARTIAL ARTS - by Joe HYAMS and Joseph CARDILLO

 
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