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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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I understand that the Vietnam terrain is still affected by Agent Orange. The landscape has not fully recovered.

To thine own self be true. W.S.
by sybil on Thu May 5th, 2005 at 09:09:23 AM EST
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There is excellent article at this site and her are a few paragraphs:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=5/3/2005&Cat=4&Num=002

The Vietnamese believe that the powerful weed killer -- the use of which was intended to destroy crops and jungle providing cover for the Vietcong -- is responsible for massively high instances of genetic defects in areas that were sprayed.

Nguyen Trong Nhan, from the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange and a former president of Vietnamese Red Cross, believes the use of Agent Orange was a "war crime".


Further down the article:
Spraying stopped in 1971, after more than 6,000 missions and growing public disquiet.

But the ground in many areas of Vietnam remains contaminated by Agent Orange. A number of people in these areas believe they are victims of the chemical.

One woman said the herbicide had caused a skin disease which gave her "great suffering".

"If the U.S. and Vietnamese governments could care for people like me, that would be comforting," she added.

Another man said his legs have "wasted away" as a result of Agent Orange.

"When I realize I have been contaminated with poisonous chemicals, and the U.S. government hasn't done anything to help, I feel very sad, and it makes me cry," he added. "Now I always get severe headaches. My first child has just died -- he had physical deformities. The second one is having headaches like me." ---------Cancers and disease

Food and supplies are still delivered to victims of Agent Orange. Many were not born when the U.S. sprayed the area - but there is strong evidence the chemicals are still having an effect.




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by diane101 (dianed101 @ yahoo.com) on Thu May 5th, 2005 at 09:27:46 AM EST
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This is awful.

Do you remember this. After scientific evidence on the dangerous effects of Agent Orange were shown to President Johnson, he prohibited its use IN THE USA.

To thine own self be true. W.S.

by sybil on Thu May 5th, 2005 at 10:01:48 AM EST
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Criminal I would say and this article reference was a mild one compared to some I have seen in the past.  Birth defects are raging over there much like Chernoble's surrounding area.  We are seeing birth defects in Iraq (soldiers and their wives and children are affected as well) now and more to come, Depleted Uranium, Napaalm, and all the other poisonous mixes we are using in this war we started because of weapons of mass destruction.  Highly ironic that we seem to be the biggest users of weapons of mass destruction.

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by diane101 (dianed101 @ yahoo.com) on Thu May 5th, 2005 at 10:10:10 AM EST
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