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Find textbooks at Alibris!

NOTE: Overstock bests Amazon's prices and is "blue."

THE BOOKS WITH "BUZZ":
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story:

True Compass: A Memoir
by Edward M. Kennedy.

Read Barack Obama's vision for America:

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama

Boran2 and maryb2004 recommend:

The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime
by Jasper Fforde

Must-have information for all presidents-and citizens-of the twenty-first century?

Physics for Future Presidents: The Science behind the Headlines
Richard A. Muller

rae recommends:

Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire
by Morris Berman.

On BooMan’s shelf:

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin

This looks interesting:

Adventure Divas
by Holly Morris

Here’s a good one from
Elizabeth Gilbert:

Eat Pray Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert

"Crash" * Best Motion Picture, Academy Awards * Only $11.79 at Overstock * 2006 SAG Winner, Best Ensemble

Check out
Powell's new section:
NEW FAVORITES

Selected new arrivals at 30% off

Recommended by Indianadem and ejmw:
The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Wellstone

From northcountry’s bookshelf:

The New Golden Age:
The Coming Revolution Against
Political Corruption and Economic Chaos
by Ravi Batra

A novel about contractors in Iraq from the woman that runs The Spy That Billed Me:

Outsourced: A Novel
from RJ Hillhouse.


Great Deals
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Find mystery novels by Nancy Pickard ("Kansas")



Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power by Phyllis Bennis (interviewed on DN!)


Featured by Keith Olbermann, New (Powell's Sale): Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower by William Blum (whose other books merit serious consideration)


"Explosive" State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
by James Risen


The book the CIA doesn't want you to read: Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
Larry Johnson's review


BT's all-time best seller:

PERMACULTURE:
A Designers' Manual

$79.95 * Sale: $59.95


Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women's History (Third Edition)


The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!


The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
by Timothy Egan


Green Press Initiative
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Journalistas: 100 Years of the Best Writing and Reporting by Women Journalists by Eleanor Mills * NYT review


Bury Me Standing: the Gypsies & Their Journey


1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus



Brokeback Mountain
by Annie Proulx
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Check out Powell's
"At The Movies"


Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World by Noam Chomsky (Power & Terror: Post 9-11 Talks)


The Price of Privilege:

How Parental Pressure and
Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of
Disconnected and Unhappy Kids

by Madeline Levine


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name brand clothing,
footwear, and outdoor gear
at SierraTradingPost.com

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We listened to PEN American Center's "State of Emergency" and found 1940s books by Curzio Malaparte only at Alibris. (Selection (MP3) excerpted from "The Skin.")

Alibris - Books You Thought You'd Never Find
Banned Books * Are you a fan of Film Noir, Art House, Documentaries or Hong Kong Action? * Searching for a long-lost children's book or a first printing of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue on vinyl? Find it at Alibris!

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Here's an interesting posting from packing.org (it's a pro-gun blog):

"Note that Miers served as chair of the Texas Lottery Commission for five years. The TLC is one of the most corrupt agencies in Texas government. That she chaired it for five years is, by itself, a wake-up call to the nature of Miers' character. I recently had a long conversation with a man who served for several years as a high-ranking LEO at the TLC during her tenure there (yes, they have their own law enforcement agency), and although he is a strong conservative, who served under a Republican administration, he had nothing good to say about the way that commission was and is run.

When Miers was named to succeed Alberto Gonzales as counsel to George W. Bush, it was noted in several of the news accounts that she was a close, personal adviser of his. In fact, she has been one of the few female members of his staff who goes with him on his brush-clearing expeditions at the Crawford ranch. It is no crime to be able to form strong, personal relationships with your boss, but this example underscores a legacy of kissing-up that spans decades. Sorry, but we don't need a kiss-up on the Supreme Court.

We know absolutely nothing about her views on jurisprudence, the U.S. Constitution, etc. In my opinion, we don't need to know any of that; we know enough already to know she isn't the right person to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court."

The right continues to get louder about Harriet.
by Nag on Mon Oct 3rd, 2005 at 04:21:13 PM EST
yeah, right...nudge nudge wink wink
by catnip (llamg88 at hotmail.com) on Mon Oct 3rd, 2005 at 04:26:00 PM EST
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and maybe slap, slap, hairbrush, hairbrush?  She's not old enough to be his mother but she could play one!

Hickok: "You know the sound of thunder. Can you imagine that sound if I ask you to? Ma'am, listen to the thunder."
by susanhu (susanhuatearthlinkdotnet) on Mon Oct 3rd, 2005 at 04:37:29 PM EST
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and I thought I was twisted. :)
by catnip (llamg88 at hotmail.com) on Mon Oct 3rd, 2005 at 04:53:06 PM EST
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We could compete for twistedness.

Seriously, I think it's very Freudian. (See the new photo i put up with my twisted caption that I think is what a lot of it is about.)

Barbara was a cold, angry disciplinarian who neglected George a lot.

Harriet is a cold, angry disciplinarian who George called a "pitbull."

Harriet also knows that George can't see much beyond the end of his nose.  Harriest knows that she can show him resumes and reports, but he can't really read them and comprehend them ... so what was key was to have several dinners with him, across a small table from him, letting him see her while he talked about the SCOTUS.

Harriet probably reminds him occasionally of how she, his mother, has rescued that BAD BOY from his old problems like the Nat'l Guard, and how he must owe fealty to her.

Hickok: "You know the sound of thunder. Can you imagine that sound if I ask you to? Ma'am, listen to the thunder."

by susanhu (susanhuatearthlinkdotnet) on Mon Oct 3rd, 2005 at 05:20:20 PM EST
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