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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


Save 35-70% on
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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urf!  the day 2 diary is still recommended at political cortex...we hafta to clear that one away.  i've posted today's:

http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2005/12/15/144852/52

the html gods are not being kind today.

Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate - William of Ockham

by Cedwyn (cedwynn at gmail dot com) on Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 02:52:57 PM EST
and i'm a dingbat...it's also posted at mydd, epluribus media and dembloggers.

will ms. hu be posting at dkos?  if you want to link to my alito diary there, feel free:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/15/5532/3685

Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate - William of Ockham

by Cedwyn (cedwynn at gmail dot com) on Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 02:54:15 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Someone already posted at DKos about the Bazelon Report, so I went looking for other sources, and found what i could.

If any of YOU wish to cross-post this anywhere, be my guest.  I hereby withdraw any and all proprietary rights to this piece.

(To save yourselves work, right-click and select "View Source," then just copy the code so you don't have to re-enter every link.)

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 Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 03:11:15 PM EST
[ Parent ]
i can't put it at dkos today...i already posted there.

Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate - William of Ockham
by Cedwyn (cedwynn at gmail dot com) on Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 03:36:09 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Hmm,
How do you unrecommend at PC?
Could not find such a button.
by ask on Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 03:42:46 PM EST
[ Parent ]
maybe they don't "unrecomment" there...i hadn't htought of that...

Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate - William of Ockham
by Cedwyn (cedwynn at gmail dot com) on Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 03:51:55 PM EST
[ Parent ]
that the day 2 diary has 6 recommends; five are needed for the list.

http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2005/12/12/161724/46

i wonder if a someone or two who didn't recommend it could go in and choose the "don't recommend" option?  maybe that would do it?



Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate - William of Ockham

by Cedwyn (cedwynn at gmail dot com) on Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 03:56:46 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Seems a good hypothesis.
Sorry I cannot test it, as I did recommend.
by ask on Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 04:00:26 PM EST
[ Parent ]
same boat here, ask.  We're too damn efficient!  :)

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit - Octavio Paz / Latino Político
by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail dot com) on Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 04:02:57 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I'ma go ask people in the nerve center to do it!

Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate - William of Ockham
by Cedwyn (cedwynn at gmail dot com) on Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 04:03:01 PM EST
[ Parent ]
http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2005/12/15/16322/797

Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate - William of Ockham
by Cedwyn (cedwynn at gmail dot com) on Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 04:07:30 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Cedwyn, e-mail me and I will give you instruction in the secret art of embedding links ... known to only a few but you have proven yourself brave, strong, and worthy.

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 Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 05:11:26 PM EST
[ Parent ]
i know how to do it; i'm just lazy.  i've been spoiled by blogger, where all you hafta do is click a button!  lol

but if you have a secret ninja move, i'm all ears.

Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate - William of Ockham

by Cedwyn (cedwynn at gmail dot com) on Thu Dec 15th, 2005 at 05:34:17 PM EST
[ Parent ]

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