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Home Fires: An Intimate Portrait of One Middle-class Family in Postwar America

Product Description: Home Fires is the powerful saga of the Gordon familyâreal people, names unchanged. Spanning nearly five decades, from the end of World War II to the early 1990s, their story has the scope, depth, wealth of incident, and emotional intensity of a great novel, and an abundance of humor, scandal, warmth, and traumaâthe recognizable components of family life...read more

By Jonathan Alter (introduced by)

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Paperback:

9781941729021 | Revised edition (Rare Bird Books, December 30, 2014), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Home Fires is the powerful saga of the Gordon familyâreal people, names unchanged.

The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies

By Jonathan Alter

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Hardcover:

9781451646078 | Simon & Schuster, June 4, 2013, cover price $30.00

Paperback:

9781451646085 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, May 6, 2014), cover price $17.00

Tortured Logic: A Verbatim Critique of the George W. Bush Presidency

Product Description: It is hard to imagine a more Orwellian presidency than George W. Bush’s, according to Joseph Russomanno, who demonstrates how a form of Newspeak became thoroughly entrenched in the historical record. Bush and his team, especially Vice President Dick Cheney, neither respected the Constitution nor the separation of powers...read more

By Jonathan Alter (foreword by) and Joseph Russomanno (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781597975131 | Potomac Books Inc, April 11, 2011, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: It is hard to imagine a more Orwellian presidency than George W.

The Promise: President Obama, Year One

By Jonathan Alter

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Hardcover:

9781439101193 | Simon & Schuster, May 18, 2010, cover price $28.00

Paperback:

9781439101209 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, January 11, 2011), cover price $28.99

Miscellaneous:

9781439154083 | Simon & Schuster, May 18, 2010, cover price $12.99

The Promise

Product Description: *EXCLUSIVE BONUS MATERIAL: In a rare and fascinating opportunity to hear an author – and a president – at work, the audiobook includes an exclusive recording of Jonathan Alter interviewing President Obama in the Oval Office on November 30th, 2009, a wide-ranging, half-hour conversation in which the president looks back on his first ten months in office, notes some of his accomplishments and challenges, reflects on the political environment of the day, and much more...read more

By Jonathan Alter

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9781442334458, titled "The Promise: President Obama, Year One" | Unabridged edition (Simon & Schuster, May 18, 2010), cover price $49.99 | About this edition: *EXCLUSIVE BONUS MATERIAL: In a rare and fascinating opportunity to hear an author – and a president – at work, the audiobook includes an exclusive recording of Jonathan Alter interviewing President Obama in the Oval Office on November 30th, 2009, a wide-ranging, half-hour conversation in which the president looks back on his first ten months in office, notes some of his accomplishments and challenges, reflects on the political environment of the day, and much more.

Betraying Our Troops: The Destructive Results of Privatizing War

Product Description: In this shocking exposÃ©, two government fraud experts reveal how private contractors have put the lives of countless American soldiers on the line while damaging our strategic interests and our image abroad. From the shameful war profiteering of companies like Halliburton/KBR to the sinister influence that corporate lobbyists have on American foreign policy, Dina Rasor and Robert H...read more

By Jonathan Alter (foreword by)

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Paperback:

9780230604087 | Reprint edition (Griffin, April 29, 2008), cover price $21.99 | About this edition: In this shocking exposÃ©, two government fraud experts reveal how private contractors have put the lives of countless American soldiers on the line while damaging our strategic interests and our image abroad.

Miscellaneous:

9780230610828 | 1 edition (Palgrave Macmillan, May 1, 2007), cover price $9.99

The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days And the Triumph of Hope

An analysis of the four-term president's famous 'fear itself' speech evaluates how FDR transformed his office and revitalized American morale throughout the first 100 days of his presidency, in an account that cites the contributions of his family members, advisors, and fellow polio survivors. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

By Jonathan Alter

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Hardcover:

9780743246002 | Simon & Schuster, May 2, 2006, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: This is the story of a political miracle--the perfect match of man and moment.

Paperback:

9780743246019 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, May 8, 2007), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: An analysis of the four-term president's famous 'fear itself' speech evaluates how FDR transformed his office and revitalized American morale throughout the first 100 days of his presidency, in an account that cites the contributions of his family members, advisors, and fellow polio survivors.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781572705531 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, December 10, 2006), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: An analysis of the four-term president's famous 'fear itself' speech evaluates how FDR transformed his office and revitalized American morale throughout the first 100 days of his presidency.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781572705548 | Unabridged edition (Audio Partners, May 28, 2006), cover price $39.95

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