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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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Learn the real story behind the WMD in Iraq:

The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism
by Ron Suskind

Read Barack Obama's vision for America:

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

DaveW recommends:

I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas Hofstadter

Need some laughs?

I Am America (and So Can You!)
by Stephen Colbert

rae recommends:

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

On BooMan’s shelf:

The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End
by Peter W. Galbraith

This looks interesting:

Adventure Divas
by Holly Morris

Here’s a good one from
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Eat Pray Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert

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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.


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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:
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$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


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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



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by Annie Proulx
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The Price of Privilege:

How Parental Pressure and
Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of
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by Madeline Levine


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Alibris - Books You Thought You'd Never Find
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Money:  New York and California contributed a total of 65+ million in the '04 cycle, followed by a distant Mass. @ 11.4.  Kerry's campaign put in 26 mil.  OpenSecrets has compiled stats from the election and it's worth taking a close look.

While you're at it, take a look at the party website.  Of the ten stories front-paged on the DNC website, six are negative.  Top is the "50 State" logo, next is a big shot of DeLay.  Three different links requesting contributions, "Resources" includes links for dem gear for sale, link for media takes you to web forms.  No positive message, nothing inviting the public in.  That's leadership?  

Granted it takes time to transition to new leadership in any large organization.  But the lack of any clear message, and the intense focus on negative slams at reeps will not endear democrats to those voters the party desperately needs to attract.  Republicans aren't the enemy, they're the opposition party.  The criticisms are valid.  To me leadership means being able to unite and strengthen, not scatter and split.  

If I had Dean's ear, the first thing on my agenda would be to move party headquarters to the middle of the country.  (I hear land's pretty cheap in Nebraska these days.)  Just get the hell out of D.C.  And like a newly-elected President, and pink-slip the entire staff and re-interview them.

Twenty years ago, a friend of mine worked as a programmer for a company called Sperry (later Unisys).  His team's specialty was designing secure systems for banks.  They eached lived in different parts of the State, and in other States.  

We have the technology - have had for quite awhile now.  What we need is leadership with the intestinal fortitude to initiate radical structural change.  Maybe next time.....

by rba (nearnight12@yahoo.com) on Tue Jun 7th, 2005 at 09:41:47 AM EST
Which is why I so desparately want them NOT to use a picture of Terri Schiavo in future campaign ads against Delay and the Republican party. The mere thought of such an initiative really got under my skin.

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by Anomalous on Tue Jun 7th, 2005 at 11:08:53 AM EST
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