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At the beginning of August 1980, the movement which would eventually become Solidarity consisted of a few dozen individuals scattered throughout Poland. Within a year, as its first anniversary posters proudly proclaimed, Solidarity's membership had swelled to "10 million Solid." Ten million highly disciplined, active Polish citizens moving in unison to seek a better life - perhaps the most astonishing flowering of political hope in the world's recent...

The Passion of Poland brings together for the first time the complete four-part New Yorker series on the rise and fall of solidarity from its birth in Gdansk through the ravages of martial law. A young reporter's brilliant first-person account, this series has been hailed by critics as the most vivid and possibly most thoughtful yet to appear on Poland's failed revolution. Lawrence Weschler's reports take the reader unforgettably into the midst of...

"Outlaws of America brings to life America's most famous renegades, the Weather Underground. Based on detailed and original research, it is a gripping account of the actions and motivations of the group of white people who risked everything to oppose war and racism. At the same time, it provides a nuanced and critically engaged study demostrating the Weather Underground's contemporary significance. This engaging, and timely book tells the untold story...