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1	The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq more books like this by George Packer Named one of the Best Books of 2005 by "The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review," and more, this volume recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.26! \| first editions
2	Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays more books like this by George Orwell, George Packer (Editor) George Orwell was first and foremost an essayist. From his earliest published article in 1928 to his untimely death in 1950, he produced an extraordinary array of short nonfiction that reflected--and illuminated--the fraught times in which he lived and wrote. "As soon as he began to write something," comments George Packer in his foreword to this ... see all copies from £14.17! new only from £14.17! \| first editions
3	All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays more books like this by George Orwell, Keith Gessen (Introduction by), George Packer (Compiled by) As a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved back and forth across the porous borders between essay and journalism, high art and low. A frequent commentator on literature, language, film, and drama throughout his career, Orwell turned increasingly to the critical essay in the ... see all copies from £15.89! new only from £15.89! \| first editions
4	Village of Waiting more books like this by George Packer A former Peace Corps volunteer and writer for Dissent, The Nation, and Sequoia gives a stunning, highly personal account of West African village life which few outsiders have ever come to know. see all copies from £4.79! new only from £10.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Blood of the Liberals more books like this by George Packer In this memoir, a writer examines the liberal tradition embodied, in different ways, by his maternal grandfather, an agrarian liberal and Congressman from Alabama, and by his father, a Kennedy liberal of the 1960s. Packer seeks to find the place of the liberal strain in American life in his own time. see all copies from £6.15! new only from £10.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Fight Is for Democracy: Winning the War of Ideas in America and the World more books like this by George Packer (Editor) Americans aren't fighting just a war on terrorism ... they are fighting, and losing, a war of ideas. This riveting collection of original essays by some of the best political minds in America argues that the post-September 11 era has put American democracy itself on trial. In short, defeating terrorism requires us to live up to our own ideals. In ... see all copies from £4.78! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
7	Central Square more books like this by George Packer Set in Cambridge, Joe, who has just visited Africa, stumbles into posing as an African Shaman. This new identity surprisingly brings him the respect and power he has never had. It isnt until Joe's life converges with Paula, the over-worked social worker, and Eric, the struggling writer, that the conflict between personal desires and limiting ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.13! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Betrayed: A Play more books like this by George Packer Millions of Iraqis, spanning the country's religious and ethnic spectrum, welcomed the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. But the mostly young men and women who embraced America's project so enthusiastically that they were prepared to risk their lives for it by aiding the U.S. forces constitute a small minority. On a cold, wet night in January 2007, ... see all copies from £7.35! new only from £8.88!
9	Half Man by Packer see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.23! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Our Calendar: The Julian Calendar and Its Errors, How Corrected by the Gregorian (1893) more books like this by George Nichols Packer Rules For Finding The Dominical Letter And The Hebrew Calendar. see all copies from £14.34! new only from £15.57!

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