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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,
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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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this is really scary. Thanks, DT.

The link you gave won't work for me. Could you possibly post some text from the bill?

The TEA Fund: Practicing random acts of kindness to women

by moiv on Mon Oct 3rd, 2005 at 10:48:30 PM EST

It should work now, sorry about that.

one man's conspiracy is another man's business plan
Blog updated as needed
by DuctapeFatwa (DuctapeFatwa@yahoo.com) on Mon Oct 3rd, 2005 at 10:52:15 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I've read most of the way through the PDF file of the draft, and this is bad ... really bad.

The TEA Fund: Practicing random acts of kindness to women
by moiv on Mon Oct 3rd, 2005 at 11:09:05 PM EST
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and can't find the Laura McPhee story with the poisonous quotes. Do you have a direct link for that as well? Thanks!

The TEA Fund: Practicing random acts of kindness to women
by moiv on Mon Oct 3rd, 2005 at 11:26:28 PM EST
[ Parent ]

http://www.progressiveindependent.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2068

Now you'll know I posted the same comment in the thread there as I did in the diary here.

Oh the shame.

one man's conspiracy is another man's business plan
Blog updated as needed

by DuctapeFatwa (DuctapeFatwa@yahoo.com) on Mon Oct 3rd, 2005 at 11:31:44 PM EST
[ Parent ]
thank you for posting this ductape. we're going to help you get the word out on this one.

Our Word
Binti Pamoja nobody takes care of them, they take care of each other
by bayprairie (bayprairie<et>gmail <dot>com) on Tue Oct 4th, 2005 at 03:13:58 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Sent it out to my women's healthcare providers' list last night.

The TEA Fund: Practicing random acts of kindness to women
by moiv on Tue Oct 4th, 2005 at 09:44:52 AM EST
[ Parent ]
to my PP political action group this morning.

"Life is always better with clean pants."
by CabinGirl on Tue Oct 4th, 2005 at 09:49:46 AM EST
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Lauren at Feministe has a post up on this bill that also contains contact information for Ms. Miller.

Holy Shit, Indiana

For those of you who haven't been following every detail, this is my home state -- not born here but pretty damned well raised. I've suffered through and been witness to a lot of stupid law in the last few years, but this one takes the cake.


Our Word
Binti Pamoja nobody takes care of them, they take care of each other
by bayprairie (bayprairie<et>gmail <dot>com) on Wed Oct 5th, 2005 at 01:00:57 AM EST
[ Parent ]
The BooMan community outrage was not unheard.  The bill is no more

"Have you no sense of decency, sir. At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" -- Boston Attorney Joseph Welch, taking down Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
by BostonJoe on Wed Oct 5th, 2005 at 08:18:31 PM EST
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