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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
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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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Doh!

And I thought I'd done such a great job linking-up this diary!

"Folksy grandma battles gay marriage:   As religious right musters in Central Valley, Jody Hutchens emerges as an unlikely leader."
     --San Francisco Chronicle
         Monday, April 11, 2005
         Page A1!

Thanks for pointing out that glaring omission, Susan!

by zentiger (zentiger at earthlink dot net) on Sat Apr 23rd, 2005 at 03:20:44 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Folksy Grama, my ass.  Reading the article proves she's just another bigoted wingnut who is perpetrating disgusting lies about gay people-according to the handouts she gives out.  Religious nutjob all the way on the 'homosexual agenda' crap.

Some good did come out of reading the article.  It mentioned a group called Marriage Equality and a chapter in Bakersfield so I went to the website and signed up for emails from the Bakersfield chapter and possibly if health permits may be able to do something from my computer to help out.

I'm sick and tired of people like her who espouse bigotry and prejudice given an almost fawningly nice article.  

I know this is off topic of diary but just pissed me off on this 'folksy' grama crap...

'Poverty is the worst form of violence'--Gandhi

by chocolate ink on Sat Apr 23rd, 2005 at 04:30:51 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Don't worry about being o/t...

Like Rogers didn't understand, it's not the content of the article that was objectionable, per se; but rather the treatment of the subject ("Folksy Grandma, my ass!").

Oh, and the page A1 placement.  A6 would have been just fine.

I'm delighted if some good has come out of my desperate little effort!

Very cool.

by zentiger (zentiger at earthlink dot net) on Sat Apr 23rd, 2005 at 05:25:33 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Yes, he seems to have purposely misunderstood what the woman was trying to say.  Glad you sent a letter on it...and again glad I checked out your diary entry.

I think sooner rather than later a lot of politicians are going to have to take a real stand about civil rights for gay people. Since the whacko's are really pushing this whole agenda again to demonize gay people.

Rights I take for granted that all of my gay friends are denied. Maybe if they all quit paying taxes en mass that would wake up people to how many gay people there are and how they contribute to society while being denied equal rights-not special just equal.

'Poverty is the worst form of violence'--Gandhi

by chocolate ink on Sat Apr 23rd, 2005 at 06:16:11 PM EST
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