Awards

• Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Freedom Fighter) 2008
• Winner of Axiom Business Book Award, Bronze.
• Winner of Independent Publisher Book Awards: Silver Medal 2008
• Winner of Nautilus Book Awards: Silver Medal, Social Change/Activism 2008

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Library Journal 9.15.07 (starred review)<br><p>This latest offering from best-selling author Wolf, The Beauty Myth, is a harbinger of an age that may finally see the patriarchal realm of political discourse usurped. Here is Wolfas compellingly and cogently argued political argument for civil rights, not womenas rights. She contributes this call to action to a canon that from Plato and Aristotle to Hobbes and Locke and forward, with a few exceptions (e.g., Hannah Arendt), has been largely populated by men. Wolfas work is actually closer to the agitated, passionate polemics of Emma Goldman than the ponderous, philosophical musings of Arendt. Readers will appreciate her energy and urgency as she warns we are living through a dangerous fascist shifta brought about by the Bush administration. Her chapters outline the aTen Steps to Fascisma citing historical corollaries (as well as the pigs in Orwellas Animal Farm), with headings like aInvoke an External and Internal Threat, a aEstablish Secret Prisons, a and aTarget Key Individuals.a In other words, fascism can exist without dictatorship. Her bookas publication through a small press in Vermont that is committed to athe politics and practice of sustainable livinga rather than through a large trade house is itself a political act. Highly recommended for all collections.<br>aTheresa Kintz, Wilkes Univ., Wilkes-Barre, PA

Naomi Wolf s End of America is a vivid, urgent, mandatory wake-up call that addresses momentous issues of tyranny, democracy, and survival.Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of the three-volume Eleanor Roosevelt The framers of our Constitution fully understood that it can happen here. Patriots like Madison, Paine, and Franklin would certainly applaud Naomi Wolf and recognize her as a sister in their struggle.Mark Crispin Miller, author of Fooled Again You will be shocked and disturbed by this book. Most Americans reject outright any comparison of post 9/11 America with the fascism and totalitarianism of Nazi Germany or Pinochets Chile. Sadly, the parallels and similarities, what Wolf calls the echoes between those societies and America today, are all too compelling.Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights One of the most important books that's been written, certainly in the last decade or two, and perhaps in my lifetime. -- Thom Hartmann, best-selling author and host of The Thom Hartmann Radio Program Naomi Wolf sounds the alarm for all American patriots. We must come together as a nation and recommit ourselves to the fundamental American idea that no president, whether Democrat or Republican, will ever be given unchecked power. --Wes Boyd, co-founder, MoveOn.org Naomi Wolf 's End of America is a vivid, urgent, mandatory wake-up call that addresses momentous issues of tyranny, democracy, and survival. --Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of the three-volume Eleanor Roosevelt The framers of our Constitution fully understood that it can happen here. Patriots like Madison, Paine, and Franklin would certainly applaud Naomi Wolf and recognize her as a sister in their struggle. --Mark Crispin Miller, author of Fooled Again You will be shocked and disturbed by this book. Most Americans reject outright any comparison of post 9/11 America with the fascism and totalitarianism of Nazi Germany or Pinochet's Chile. Sadly, the parallels and similarities, what Wolf calls the 'echoes' between those societies and America today, are all too compelling. --Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights Library Journal (starred review)- This latest offering from best-selling author Wolf, The Beauty Myth, is a harbinger of an age that may finally see the patriarchal realm of political discourse usurped. Here is Wolf's compellingly and cogently argued political argument for civil rights, not women's rights. She contributes this call to action to a canon that from Plato and Aristotle to Hobbes and Locke and forward, with a few exceptions (e.g., Hannah Arendt), has been largely populated by men. Wolf's work is actually closer to the agitated, passionate polemics of Emma Goldman than the ponderous, philosophical musings of Arendt. Readers will appreciate her energy and urgency as she warns we are living through a dangerous fascist shift brought about by the Bush administration. Her chapters outline the Ten Steps to Fascism citing historical corollaries (as well as the pigs in Orwell's Animal Farm), with headings like Invoke an External and Internal Threat, Establish Secret Prisons, and Target Key Individuals. In other words, fascism can exist without dictatorship. Her book's publication through a small press in Vermont that is committed to the politics and practice of sustainable living rather than through a large trade house is itself a political act. Highly recommended for all collections. --Theresa Kintz, Wilkes Univ., Wilkes-Barre, PA -You will be shocked and disturbed by this book. Most Americans reject outright any comparison of post 9/11 America with the fascism and totalitarianism of Nazi Germany or Pinochet's Chile. Sadly, the parallels and similarities, what Wolf calls the 'echoes' between those societies and America today, are all too compelling.---Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights -The framers of our Constitution fully understood that it can happen here. Patriots like Madison, Paine, and Franklin would certainly applaud Naomi Wolf and recognize her as a sister in their struggle.---Mark Crispin Miller, author of Fooled Again -Naomi Wolf sounds the alarm for all American patriots. We must come together as a nation and recommit ourselves to the fundamental American idea that no president, whether Democrat or Republican, will ever be given unchecked power.---Wes Boyd, co-founder, MoveOn.org -Naomi Wolf 's End of America is a vivid, urgent, mandatory wake-up call that addresses momentous issues of tyranny, democracy, and survival.---Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of the three-volume Eleanor Roosevelt and distinguished professor at John Jay College -One of the most important books that's been written, certainly in the last decade or two, and perhaps in my lifetime.---Thom Hartmann, best-selling author and host of The Thom Hartmann Radio Program You will be shocked and disturbed by this book. Most Americans reject outright any comparison of post 9/11 America with the fascism and totalitarianism of Nazi Germany or Pinochet's Chile. Sadly, the parallels and similarities, what Wolf calls the 'echoes' between those societies and America today, are all too compelling. --Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights The framers of our Constitution fully understood that it can happen here. Patriots like Madison, Paine, and Franklin would certainly applaud Naomi Wolf and recognize her as a sister in their struggle. --Mark Crispin Miller, author of Fooled Again Naomi Wolf sounds the alarm for all American patriots. We must come together as a nation and recommit ourselves to the fundamental American idea that no president, whether Democrat or Republican, will ever be given unchecked power. --Wes Boyd, co-founder, MoveOn.org Naomi Wolf 's End of America is a vivid, urgent, mandatory wake-up call that addresses momentous issues of tyranny, democracy, and survival. --Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of the three-volume Eleanor Roosevelt and distinguished professor at John Jay College One of the most important books that's been written, certainly in the last decade or two, and perhaps in my lifetime. --Thom Hartmann, best-selling author and host of The Thom Hartmann Radio Program Library Journal (starred review)- This latest offering from best-selling author Wolf, The Beauty Myth, is a harbinger of an age that may finally see the patriarchal realm of political discourse usurped. Here is Wolf's compellingly and cogently argued political argument for civil rights, not women's rights. She contributes this call to action to a canon that from Plato and Aristotle to Hobbes and Locke and forward, with a few exceptions (e.g., Hannah Arendt), has been largely populated by men. Wolf's work is actually closer to the agitated, passionate polemics of Emma Goldman than the ponderous, philosophical musings of Arendt. Readers will appreciate her energy and urgency as she warns we are living through a dangerous fascist shift brought about by the Bush administration. Her chapters outline the Ten Steps to Fascism citing historical corollaries (as well as the pigs in Orwell's Animal Farm), with headings like Invoke an External and Internal Threat, Establish Secret Prisons, and Target Key Individuals. In other words, fascism can exist without dictatorship. Her book's publication through a small press in Vermont that is committed to the politics and practice of sustainable living rather than through a large trade house is itself a political act. Highly recommended for all collections.--Theresa Kintz, Wilkes Univ., Wilkes-Barre, PA You will be shocked and disturbed by this book. Most Americans reject outright any comparison of post 9/11 America with the fascism and totalitarianism of Nazi Germany or Pinochet's Chile. Sadly, the parallels and similarities, what Wolf calls the 'echoes' between those societies and America today, are all too compelling. --Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights The framers of our Constitution fully understood that it can happen here. Patriots like Madison, Paine, and Franklin would certainly applaud Naomi Wolf and recognize her as a sister in their struggle. --Mark Crispin Miller, author of Fooled Again Naomi Wolf sounds the alarm for all American patriots. We must come together as a nation and recommit ourselves to the fundamental American idea that no president, whether Democrat or Republican, will ever be given unchecked power. --Wes Boyd, co-founder, MoveOn.org Naomi Wolf 's End of America is a vivid, urgent, mandatory wake-up call that addresses momentous issues of tyranny, democracy, and survival. --Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of the three-volume Eleanor Roosevelt and distinguished professor at John Jay College One of the most important books that's been written, certainly in the last decade or two, and perhaps in my lifetime. --Thom Hartmann, best-selling author and host of The Thom Hartmann Radio Program Library Journal (starred review)-This latest offering from best-selling author Wolf, The Beauty Myth, is a harbinger of an age that may finally see the patriarchal realm of political discourse usurped. Here is Wolf's compellingly and cogently argued political argument for civil rights, not women's rights. She contributes this call to action to a canon that from Plato and Aristotle to Hobbes and Locke and forward, with a few exceptions (e.g., Hannah Arendt), has been largely populated by men. Wolf's work is actually closer to the agitated, passionate polemics of Emma Goldman than the ponderous, philosophical musings of Arendt. Readers will appreciate her energy and urgency as she warns we are living through a dangerous fascist shift brought about by the Bush administration. Her chapters outline the Ten Steps to Fascism citing historical corollaries (as well as the pigs in Orwell's Animal Farm), with headings like Invoke an External and Internal Threat, Establish Secret Prisons, and Target Key Individuals. In other words, fascism can exist without dictatorship. Her book's publication through a small press in Vermont that is committed to the politics and practice of sustainable living rather than through a large trade house is itself a political act. Highly recommended for all collections.--Theresa Kintz, Wilkes Univ., Wilkes-Barre, PA Library Journal 9.15.07 (starred review)This latest offering from best-selling author Wolf, The Beauty Myth, is a harbinger of an age that may finally see the patriarchal realm of political discourse usurped. Here is Wolf's compellingly and cogently argued political argument for civil rights, not women's rights. She contributes this call to action to a canon that from Plato and Aristotle to Hobbes and Locke and forward, with a few exceptions (e.g., Hannah Arendt), has been largely populated by men. Wolf's work is actually closer to the agitated, passionate polemics of Emma Goldman than the ponderous, philosophical musings of Arendt. Readers will appreciate her energy and urgency as she warns we are living through a dangerous fascist shift brought about by the Bush administration. Her chapters outline the Ten Steps to Fascism citing historical corollaries (as well as the pigs in Orwell's Animal Farm), with headings like Invoke an External and Internal Threat, Establish Sec Library Journal 9.15.07 (starred review) This latest offering from best-selling author Wolf, The Beauty Myth, is a harbinger of an age that may finally see the patriarchal realm of political discourse usurped. Here is Wolfas compellingly and cogently argued political argument for civil rights, not womenas rights. She contributes this call to action to a canon that from Plato and Aristotle to Hobbes and Locke and forward, with a few exceptions (e.g., Hannah Arendt), has been largely populated by men. Wolfas work is actually closer to the agitated, passionate polemics of Emma Goldman than the ponderous, philosophical musings of Arendt. Readers will appreciate her energy and urgency as she warns we are living through a dangerous fascist shifta brought about by the Bush administration. Her chapters outline the aTen Steps to Fascisma citing historical corollaries (as well as the pigs in Orwellas Animal Farm), with headings like aInvoke an External and Internal Threat, a aEstablish Secret Prisons, a and aTarget Key Individuals.a In other words, fascism can exist without dictatorship. Her bookas publication through a small press in Vermont that is committed to athe politics and practice of sustainable livinga rather than through a large trade house is itself a political act. Highly recommended for all collections. aTheresa Kintz, Wilkes Univ., Wilkes-Barre, PA aYou will be shocked and disturbed by this book. Most Americans reject outright any comparison of post 9/11 America with the fascism and totalitarianism of Nazi Germany or Pinochetas Chile. Sadly, the parallels and similarities, what Wolf calls the aechoesa between those societies and America today, are all too compelling.a aMichael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights aThe framers of our Constitution fully understood that it can happen here. Patriots like Madison, Paine, and Franklin would certainly applaud Naomi Wolf and recognize her as a sister in their struggle.a aMark Crispin Miller, author of Fooled Again aNaomi Wolf as End of America is a vivid, urgent, mandatory wake-up call that addresses momentous issues of tyranny, democracy, and survival.a aBlanche Wiesen Cook, author of the three-volume Eleanor Roosevelt

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Naomi Wolf was born in San Francisco in 1962. She was an undergraduate at Yale University and did her graduate work at New College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Her essays have appeared in various publications including: The New Republic, Wall Street Journal, Glamour, Ms., Esquire, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. She also speaks widely to groups across the country. The Beauty Myth, her first book, was an international bestseller. She followed that with Fire With Fire: The New Female Power and How It Will Change The 21st Century, published by Random House in 1993, Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood, published in 1997 and Misconceptions, released in 2001. In 2002, Harper Collins published a 10th anniversary commemorative edition of The Beauty Myth. Wolf is co-founder of The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, an organization devoted to training young women in ethical leadership for the 21st century. The institute teaches professional development in the arts and media, politics and law, business and entrepreneurship as well as ethical decision making. She lives with her family in New York City.

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