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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:

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

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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.


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Download Sleeper Cell on iTunes (Better than "24") Download Weeds on iTunes (Hilarious 1/2-hour adult comedy starring Mary-Louise Parker) Download Late Nite with Conan O'Brien on iTunes
John Belushi - SNL
Download South Park on iTunes
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James Hunter - People Gonna Talk:
James Hunter - People Gonna Talk
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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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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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That was the best speech I've heard from any politician in at least five years.  
by rba (nearnight12@yahoo.com) on Mon Jan 16th, 2006 at 01:40:03 PM EST
Hands down absolutely! My hubby compared to him JFK. His speaking abilites are astounding. He had you all the over the place with that one.

...if we aim for the stars and fall a little short, isn't that better than aiming for the ground and hitting it? ~Omir the Storyteller
by Cake or Death (hysterical_emt@yahoo.com) on Mon Jan 16th, 2006 at 01:42:37 PM EST
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I've been fighting this for over an hour ... and now I'm just going to let go ...

I am crying.  He is my president.  He is your president.  

That goon in the WH is a menace to the planet.

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 Mon Jan 16th, 2006 at 01:53:45 PM EST
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I have to say that I have fought the tears pretty hard myself today. I think I wait till everyone's in bed til i let the floodgate's open. Don't need to get the man-cub upset cause mamma's cryin ;) He did sit on my lap and watch the speech with me though. Gotta learn 'em young I suppose. ;)

...if we aim for the stars and fall a little short, isn't that better than aiming for the ground and hitting it? ~Omir the Storyteller
by Cake or Death (hysterical_emt@yahoo.com) on Mon Jan 16th, 2006 at 02:01:34 PM EST
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no time at work for headphones today, but i'll surely catch a replay on tonight or watch it online later. a must

--
Albert Yee
Philadelphia, PA
http://dragonballyee.com/blog
by albert (dragonballyeeATgmail.com) on Mon Jan 16th, 2006 at 02:59:20 PM EST
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This can't be a one time speech and then he fades into the shadows again. Gore has the clout that can attract the kind of media attention this issue should be getting. Newspapers and TV will follow him if he keeps talking, and he will draw others out as well. He needs to be the one shouting from the mountaintop, so that the echoes fill the valleys.

He needs to play this as if he were preparing to run for office again. Hit the campaign trail, so to speak. Go on TV weekly, for the next few months.  

If he disappears immediately following this speech, I will be quite disappointed.

_________________________ I will donate my voice to progressive causes.

Check out My Voice Acting Page.

by mrboma on Mon Jan 16th, 2006 at 02:43:57 PM EST
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I'm 61 now.  It was the best political speech I've heard since JFK.  Rather than abandoning ship and encouraging the Democrats to disband, I think we should continue to encourage them to take a stand.  Not a whole lot at stake, except our Constitution, the Republic, future of the "free world" and things like that.

We need to push for Progressive change, now more than ever.
by keepinon (jaukkuri@sbcglobal.net) on Mon Jan 16th, 2006 at 06:46:53 PM EST
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Every once in awhile I find myself giving a 4 and thinking, Damn! Here I need a 12!
by Arminius on Mon Jan 16th, 2006 at 07:34:30 PM EST
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If this is a complement directed at me, thank you.

We need to push for Progressive change, now more than ever.
by keepinon (jaukkuri@sbcglobal.net) on Mon Jan 16th, 2006 at 07:53:37 PM EST
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