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"I hope for peace and sanity — it's the same thing."

"I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence—providing they have the facts, providing they have the information."

"With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven."

"That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic."

"The older you are, the freer you are, as long as you last."

Studs Terkel, our dear friend, rest in peace. "Take it easy, but take it."

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	Obamanomics How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics John R. Talbott		Bestselling author John R. Talbott, widely regarded as one of the first to predict the current housing and mortgage crisis, turns his attention to the economic possibilities achievable under an Obama presidency. Global warming, lobbying reform, poverty, healthcare, global wars, terrorism, education, housing and banking reform, and energy and water shortages—these are complex global problems that Talbott argues cannot be left to the free market business world or governments to solve. Read John Talbott's article on the Obama economic platform in Buzzflash.		*CENSORED 2009* presents the most censored stories of 2007 and 2008. Read all about it: * the real death toll of the Iraq war includes over one million Iraqis * how private businesses are providing private information on US citizens to the FBI * how the US may be restarting "dirty wars" in Latin America * the executive orders that allow for the seizure of war protesters' assets * how Bush's guest worker program victimizes immigrants * how the American Psychological Association has been complicit in CIA torture * protesters against the privatization of El Salvador’s water supply have been arrested as terrorists * Bush cronies are collecting billions off No Child Left Behind. These are just a few of the stories that appear in CENSORED 2009.		Censored 2009 The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007–08 Peter Phillips, Andrew Roth, Project Censored


	Girl Boy Girl How I Became JT LeRoy Savannah Knoop		The JT LeRoy scandal is a story of our times. In January 2006, the New York Times unmasked Savannah Knoop as the face of the mysterious author JT LeRoy. A media frenzy ensued as JT's fans, mentors, and readers came to terms with the fact that the gay-male-ex-truck-stop-prostitute-turned literary-wunderkind was really a girl from San Francisco, whose sister-in-law wrote the books. Girl Boy Girl is the story of how Savannah Knoop led this bizarre double life for six years, trading a precarious existence as a college dropout for a life in which she was embraced by celebrities and artists and traveled the world. Telling her side of the story for the first time, Savannah reveals how being perceived as a boy gave her a sense of confidence and entitlement she never had before.		"Not only is it the finest first novel I have read in many years, but it is, quite simply, one of the most original and brilliantly executed works of fiction by any contemporary writer I know of. " -Paul Auster "Recalls the most disturbing moments in Marguerite Duras's work . . . [A] strange, sinister and compelling novel. " -Financial Times "With an extraordinary sense of the mechanisms of love and the empathy of a saint for the human race, Céline Curiol gives us the most original and the best new book of the year." -Marie Claire		Voice Over Céline Curiol Foreword by Paul Auster Translated by Sam Richard


	Mindful Economics How the US Economy Works, Why it Matters, and How it Could be DifferentJoel Magnuson		"An excellent guide to one of the most deliberately mystified fields of human endeavor. If you ever wondered what all those words and concepts mean, this is the book to turn to." -Doug Henwood "Joel Magnuson notes an irreconcilable conflict between capitalist financial growth and environmental sustainability. He finds hope, however, in a kind of evolutionary socialism that he calls Mindful Economics. How lucky for us if politicians picked up this book. . . . Then they may even help us save the planet." -Barbara Garson "A lovely and provocative introduction to American capitalism that I wish every American would read." -Robert W. McChesney		When you're ready to take a big leap beyond Freakonomics, strap yourself in for Rogue-o-nomics, Loretta Napoleoni’s devilishly enjoyable journey into the money veins of the new global order—from sex slavery to fad-diet slavery. . . . It is truly, an incredibly original work. -Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Rogue Economics offers a fascinating view of how terribly wrong things have gone. Loretta Napoleoni's book is an alarm, warning us to wake up immediately and head down a new path. -John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man		Rogue Economics Capitalism's New Reality Loretta Napoleoni


	10,000 Dresses Marcus Ewert Illustrated by Rex Ray		"I love this book. If I had this book growing up, I might have felt better about my dress-wearing habit. " -Isaac Mizrahi "In the tradition of Charlotte Zolotow's classic children’s book, William’s Doll, 10,000 Dresses is a wonderful story about staying true to oneself. . . . Three cheers for Bailey, whose creativity and artistic vision will inspire readers of all ages to celebrate exactly who they are." -Lesléa Newman, author of Heather has Two Mommies		"Hidden History is a benchmark in 9-11 research; a serious reference volume that does not peddle vacuous theory, but instead offers up facts to be considered, and places 9-11 within a historical and social context that differs radically from the Official Story." - Guerilla News Network How much insider trading occurred in the days leading up to 9-11? How compromised is the evidence against alleged hijackers? Why were there no military interceptions? To what extent does the testimony of more than five hundred firefighters differ from official reports of what happened at the World Trade Center buildings that day? How inseparably connected are Western covert operations to al-Qaeda? How is Islamophobia used to sustain US imperialism? What was the 9-11 Commission?		The Hidden History of 9-11 Edited by Paul Zarembka

ACTIVIST INTERVENTIONS

9-11 Noam Chomsky	America's Disappeared Rachel Meeropol, Barbara Olshansky, Michael Ratner, Steven Macpherson Watt
Are Prisons Obsolete? Angela Y. Davis	Artists in Times of War Howard Zinn
Battle for Saudi Arabia, The As’ad AbuKhalil	Colombia and the United States Mario Alfonso Murillo
Full Spectrum Dominance Rahul Mahajan	Government in the Future Noam Chomsky
Information War Nancy Snow	Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation Pratap Chatterjee
Israel/ Palestine Tanya Reinhart	Media Control Noam Chomsky
North Korea / South Korea John Feffer	Our Media, Not Theirs Robert W. McChesney, John Nichols
Public Power in the Age of Empire Arundhati Roy	Secret Trials and Executions Barbara Olshansky
Silencing Political Dissent Nancy Chang	Terrorism and War Howard Zinn
The Battle Of Venezuela Michael McCaughan

Siete Cuentos Editorial, Seven Stories' new Spanish language imprint, is committed to publishing fine works of literature and dynamic non-fiction titles for the Spanish speaking communities in the United States and beyond. The imprint's first book was Nuestros cuerpos, nuestras vidas by The Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Our Bodies, Ourselves Spanish Language Adaptation.

SIETE CUENTOS EDITORIAL

11 de Septiembre Noam Chomsky	'68 Paco Ignacio Taibo
A la caza del último hombre salvaje Angela Vallvey	Amores locos y los peligros del contagio Gonzálo Aburto
Cómo conseguir los papeles Alfredo Placeres	Como manejar su propio dinero Laura Castañeda, Laura Castellanos
Fidel Néstor Kohan	La otra historia de los Estados Unidos Howard Zinn
Nuestra arma es nuestra palabra Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos	Poder y Terror Noam Chomsky
Rosario Tijeras Jorge Franco

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