Busboys and Poets Books
Progressive books to activate your mind and community

TOP TWENTY-FIVE BESTSELLERS August 2006

1. Stealing Democracy : The New Politics of Voter Suppression - Spencer Overton

2. Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict - Phyllis Bennis

3. Hearts of Darkness : How White Writers Created the Racist Image of Africa - Milton Allimadi

4. Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush - Center for Constitutional Rights

5. A People's History Of The United States - Howard Zinn

6. Growing Up Girl: An Anthology from Marginalized Spaces - edited by Michelle Sewell

7. Peace Book - Todd Parr

8. I Have Risen : Essays by African American Youth - Ron Brown Scholar Program

9. Letters to a Young Brother - Hill Harper

10. Click Clack Moo : Cows That Type - Doreen Cronin

11. Across a Hundred Mountains : A Novel - Reyna Grande

12. Dead Emcee Scrolls - Saul Williams

13. Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

14. Color of Wealth : The Story Behind the US Racial Wealth Divide -Rose Brewer ET AL

15. Can't Stop Won't Stop : A History of the Hip-Hop Generation - Jeff Chang

16. Ginseng, the Divine Root - David Taylor

17. Playing President - Robert Scheer

18. Letters from Young Activists - edited by Dan Berger

19. Blue Pages :A Directory of Companies Rated by Their Politics And Practices - edited by Carol Pott

20. And Tango Makes Three - Justin Richardson

21. Chomsky On Mis-education - Noam Chomsky

22. Bait And Switch : The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream - Barbara Ehrenreich

23. New Teacher Book - Rethinking Schools

24. There Goes the Hood : Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up - Lance Freeman

25. Greater U Street - Paul K. Williams

Archives of Top Twenty
September 2005- January 2006

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