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1534	Abraham, Larry	Call it Conspiracy	Double A Publ 1985, appendices, index, 325pp, several sm tears along btm dj edge, else fine+	4.50
		An updating of the earlier None Dare Call it Conspiracy of Gary Allen and the present writer up till 1985. How the one-worlders accomodated themselves to the Reagan Administration and continued selling out America's sovereignty to the New World Order. A Christian-biased view of potential governmental conspiracy, based upon historical precedent. Although some suggest this is an extremest view, it lays the groundwork for understanding the power weilded by politicians and the potential damage it can cause.
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1506	Bagdikian, Ben	The Media Monopoly	Beacon Press 1987, QP, 2nd ed, 1st pr, 5½ x8", notes, index, 274pp, vy fine	4.00
		A startling report on the 50 corporations that control what America sees, hears and reads. "In 1983, only fifty corporations controlled America's mass media. Today the number has dropped to twenty-three and is dwindling. Do you know who controls your access to the news?"

1526	Bamford, James	The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization	Penguin 1983, QP, reprint of 1982 ed, appendix, notes, index, 5 x 7¾", 655pp, vy good	3.00
		"The NSA is the largest, most secretive, and potentially the most intrusive American intelligence agency... Until now, the inner workings of this agency have eluded public scrutiny... James Bamford penetrates the NSA's vast network of power... A brilliant account of the use and abuse of technological espionage and of the frightening Orwellian potential of today's intelligence communities."

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1501	Casey, Douglas R.	Crisis Investing: Opportunities and Profits in the Coming Great Depression	Stratford 1980, 2nd ed, index, 290pp, some rubbg on dj, else vy fine	3.50
		Superceded by Crisis Investing for the Rest of the '90s, this earlier work shows how changes in the political environment also changes the way individuals must view the world of finance, as well as personal financial matters.

1537	Chomsky, Noam	The Chomsky Reader	Pantheon 1987, 1st ed, notes, index, 492pp, vy fine	19.50
		A collection of outspoken intellectual, Noam Chomsky's many subjects, including the Cold War, Asia, and the Middle East.

1539	Cockburn, Leslie	Out of Control	Atlantic Monthly Press 1987, 1st ed, notes, 287pp, vy fine	7.50
		Subtitled, "The Story of the Reagan Administration's Secret War in Nicaragua, the Illegal Arms Pipeline, and the Contra Drug Connection," journalist Leslie Cockburn explores the complicated involvement of the American government in the soverign affairs of several Central American governments including the Contra affair which ruined the career of Oliver North among many others... Assassinations, drug running and secret wars all financed by American tax payers money.

1530	Coleridge, Samuel Taylor	The Watchman - Vol 2 of the Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Ed. by Lewis Patton)	Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970, Princeton Bollingen Series LXXV, in SC, appendices, index, 477pp, dj spine sl faded, sm bksellr's stickr btm inside front dj flap, & also top inside frnt cvr, else vy fine	25.00
		The ten issues of Coleridge's political miscellany are an important witness to his sympathies and beliefs in the crucial mid 1790's.

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1503	DeSoto, Hernando	The Other Path: The Invisible Revolution in the Third World (Illus.) (Tr. by June Abbott)	Harper & Row 1989, 1st ed, index, 271pp, vy fine	9.50
		"The Other Path can fundamentally alter the way we perceive the so-called underdeveloped countries of the Third World, and in particular how their internal economies and political alliances actually function. "[This analysis] uses Lima, Peru as a case study and describes in absorbing detail the surprising and revolutionary world of so-called informals, black marketeers who work outside the law."

1529	Domhoff, G. William	Who Rules America Now? A View for the 80s	Touchstone 1986, QP, 1st pr, 6¼ x 9¼", index, 230pp, vy fine	4.50
		"Is there a ruling class in America today? William Domhoff examines the American power structure as it has developed in the 1980s... [revealing] that an upper class comprising only one-half of one percent of the population occupies key positions within the corporate community."

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1540	Finder, Joseph	The Red Carpet (Illus)	Holt, Rinehart, Winston 1983, 1st ed, notes, index, 372pp, vy sl sun discoloration on dj spine, else fine	9.50
1541	Finder, Joseph	The Red Carpet (Illus)	Amer Bureau of Economic Research 1987, QP, 5½ x 8¼", 1st pr, index, 372pp, fine	4.50
		Subtitled, "The connection between the Kremlin and America's most powerful businessmen--Hammer, Harriman, Eaton, Rockefeller and Kendall," Joseph Finder's reporting is a well researched account of the men who, because of their personal wealth and influence in the corporate world, gained access to both the White House and the Kremlin during the "Cold War."

1504	Friedman, Milton & Friedman, Rose	Free to Choose: A Personal Statement	HBJ 1980, 11th pr, RM, appendices, notes, index, 338pp, vy fine	4.50
		"In this powerful and persuasive book, two distinguished economists unravel the mysteries of economics for the man or woman in the street. "They eloquently diagnose the problems facing America and make imaginative proposals for change."

1535	Fuller, R. Buckminster	Critical Path	St Martin's 1981, QP, 6¼ x 9¼", 471pp, index, minor bindry wrinkles on spine, else fine+	SOLD
		With Buckminster Fuller's unique brilliance and creativity, the origins and evolution of man's social, political and economic systems are traced to modern times, with predictions of challenges and solutions for the future. Critical Path is Bucky's codification of his more than 50 year experiment. Less technically demanding than his Synergetics series, the book is a comprehensive, naturally, recital of Fuller's ideas.
1536	Fuller, R. Buckminster	Grunch of Giants	St Martin's 1983, 1st ed, index, 98pp, fine	SOLD
		Grunch stands for: Gross Universal Cash Heist. Fuller's theory traces the evolution of multinational corporations from the post-World War II "military-industrial complex" to the current world economic crisis- an evolution, he argues, that threatens the imminent (1983) bankruptcy of the U.S. and the collapse of the world economic system.

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1542	Golitsyn, Anatoliy	New Lies for Old	Dodd, Mead 1984, 1st ed, notes, index, 412pp, minor shelf wear top/btm dj spine, else fine	14.50
		"Anatoliy Golitsyn is generally recognized as one of the most important, knowledgeable, and informative Soviet intelligence officers who ever transferred his allegiance to the West. His services to the Communist Party and the KGB as a staff officer specializing in the counterintellignece field make him uniquely qualified to present his controversial and unconventional warnings of dangers that imperial the West. He was condemned to death in absentia by the Soviet Judiciary and lives in the U.S., of which he is a citizen, under an assumed name. As an ex-KGB officer, he warns how communist deception threatens survival of the West."

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1528	Kwitny, Jonathan	Endless Enemies: The Making of an Unfriendly World	Congdon & Weed 1984, 1st ed, ep maps, index, signed by author, 435pp, fine+	19.50
		"How America's worldwide interventions destroy democracy and free enterprise and defeat our own best interests."

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1543	Mills, James	The Underground Empire: Where Crime and Governments Embrace	Doubleday 1986, stated 1st ed (but might be a reprint), 1165pp, minor dj wrinkles top spine, else fine	16.50
		James Mills' tour of the international criminal empire that controls murder, kidnapping, narcotics and strong-arm tactics around the world.

1513	Mises, Ludwig von	Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis (Tr. by J. Kahane)	Liberty Classics 1981, 2nd pr (reprint of 1969 ed), 7½ x10½", refs, index, no dj, 569pp, vy fine	10.00
		"When Socialism first appeared in 1922, its impact was profound. It gradually but fundamentally altered the outlook of many of the young idealists returning to their university studies after World War I." This seminal work examines the political and economic imperatives of the socialist community.

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1516	Naisbitt, John	Megatrends: The New Directions Transforming Our Lives	Warner 1982, 1st ed, RM, notes, index, 290pp, fine	3.50
		"An insightful analysis of the political, societal, and economic currents that will shape our future."

1521	Nestman, Mark	How To Achieve Personal and Financial Privacy in a Public Age	Amer Bureau of Econ Research 1989, QP, 8½ x11", appendix, 133pp, fine	2.50
		Although the science of maintaining a degree of individual privacy has changed over time, there are a number of fundamental guidelines, outlined in this report, that remain good advice.

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1514	Pugsley, John A.	The Alpha Strategy: The Ultimate Plan of Financial Self-Defense	Stratford 1981, 2nd ed, appendx, bibliog, 234pp, dj creased inside frnt flap, else vy fine	4.00
		"The Alpha Strategy is a refreshing, common-sense idea that can completely and permanently insulate your assets from all investment risks, including inflation, depression, taxation, and market manipulation. Best of all, it requires no specialized investment knowledge, it can be followed by anyone."

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1544	Roberts, Wes	Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun	Warner Books 1990, QP, 1st pr, 5¼ x 8", 110pp, vy fine	2.50
		"In the runaway bestseller, Leadership Secrets Of Attila The Hun, author Wess Roberts draws from the imaginary thoughts of one of history's most effective and least beloved leaders, Attila the Hun, to discover leadership principles you can apply to your own situation. In a uniquely creative and entertaining approach to a most serious task, "Attila" reveals his principles for successful morale building, decision making, delegating and negotiating, and gives advice on overcoming setbacks and achieving goals."

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1519	Schuettinger, Robert & Butler, Eamonn	Forty Centuries of Wage & Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation	Heritage Found 1979, QP, 6x9", appendix, bibliog, index, 184pp, vy fine	7.50
		The co-authors of this book have examined over 100 cases of wage and price controls spanning over 40 centuries in 30 countries on six continents. They conclude that while some cases controls have succeeded in dealing with the effects of inflation for a short period, they have never been successful in the long run.

1525	Singer, Max	Passage to a Human World: The Dynamics of Creating Global Wealth	Hudson Institute 1987, appears as 1st ed, notes, tables, index, 390pp, dj price clippd, else fine+	8.50
		"Max Singer offers a realistic, yet unique view for America's business leaders on the subject of longterm world economic growth. He outlines in economic and human terms what the world will be like 40 and 80 years from now."

1523	Skousen, Mark	Complete Guide to Financial Privacy	Alexandria Hse 1980, 2nd ed, appendix, index, 237pp, fine	3.50
		Mark Skousen describes the methods and means of protecting individual personal wealth.

1532	Steele, Jonathan	Soviet Power: The Kremlin's Foreign Policy - Brezhnev to Andropov	Simon & Schuster 1983, 2nd pr, notes, index, 287pp, RM, else vy fine	4.50
		"The suppression of Solidarity in Poland, the invasion of Afghanistan, the bitter rivilry with China, the shooting down of a Korean commercial jet over its far eastern borders: everywhere, the USSR exhibits its fear of encirclement, amounting even to paranoia. What are the other motives and aims at work within this superpower to form the impetus of its foreign policy making?

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