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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

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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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"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
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I'm not holding Clinton, or Clarke, blameless.  I find their initiation of a program that shipped people to places like Egypt.  One up side:  At least they made sure they had an actual arrest warrant.  (That'd never occur to Rummy and Cheney.)

One additional observation:  At least Clinton and Clarke were trying, at times, to do something about the growing threat of the extremists, Al Qaeda, bin Laden, etc...

even though Clinton BLEW chances to assassinate bin Laden... sigh.

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 Jan 5th, 2006 at 11:27:53 AM EST
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But Susan, I don't know....who is Bin Laden really. I mean it's hard for me to tell ....I read portions of the 911 report...can't remember it all now ...but there was really no definitive information. And all the info we recieve is from the government and the government gets it's info largely from torturing suspected terrorist.

I don't think there is an Al Queda. There are people who are spornsored by wealthy radicals to blow up a ship now and then. And I think America's reaction to 3000 dead and the twin towers falling is way over the top. It is shocking to see. BUt it's something you have to get over.

There havent' been any attacks since 911. Not reported anyway. Not even one guy with a back pack. I mean if they hate america so much why haven't they sent one guy with a back pack to blow something up.

The answer is.....the interest in doing so. is not strong enough to warrant the trip. They would  rather work locally as in Spain and London. And these events occur about once a year. That doesn't sound to scary to me....I'm sorry. It's not that big of a deal.

Much worse things are happening. Traffic Accidents.

Look at the coverage of these minors. It's out of proportion to other events.

by Stu Piddy on Thu Jan 5th, 2006 at 11:50:31 AM EST
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Steve Coll's Ghost Wars is particularly interesting when discussing the debates within the Clinton administration over assasination, parmed predator drones & in general the tension between legal avenues & counterrorist tactics.

While CIA officers are bitter over the failure to take out bin LAden in the 90's, it's clear that Clinton was worried about the potential of killing innocent civilians. Not a purely ethical stance -- PR played a part -- but certainly seems different from current policies.

". . . the more educated you are, the more indoctrinated you are. After all, propaganda is largely directed towards the privileged." -Noam Chomsky

by Arcturus on Thu Jan 5th, 2006 at 03:02:14 PM EST
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