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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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John Belushi - SNL
Download South Park on iTunes
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James Hunter - People Gonna Talk:
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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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made an interesting comment at dinner a while back; the right-wing kept their true aims quiet until they got into power and solidified their base, so they weren't seen as the wingnuts they truly have proven to be.

I used to be more in the Madman frame of thinking -- but the Ned Lamont victory over Lieberman has changed my mind. We have the power to remove any Senator or Representative that does not truly represent our interests...whether that person be Republican, Democrat or whatever. If Casey, or Tester, or Webb, or any other member of Congress is not truly representing those who sent them there, the electorate does have the means to say, "You're fired!" And the netroots are here to supply time, talent, and treasure to worthy challengers.

I'm thinking of a line from the faux-President in the Kevin Kline movie Dave: "I forgot that you sent me here to do a job...and it was a temp job at that." Our representatives need to keep that in mind...and it's up to us to remind them...


-- Walking In Darkness --

by Cali Scribe on Mon Oct 9th, 2006 at 04:01:49 PM EST
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I think the netroots are certainly gaining power...we're not there yet though.  The Lamont victory was a sign of the beginning of a shift, not the end result, I think.

In 10 years, I hope we have as much power over the Democratic party as the religious right has over the Republicans.  I guess I kind of see the internet tools that are becoming available for fundraising and organization as a counter to the right's use of the church.  They've obviously had a huge head start in terms of infrastructure...

I dig that quote from Dave.  I haven't seen that movie, but that line fits perfectly.

Tengo un sueño.
by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Mon Oct 9th, 2006 at 04:11:52 PM EST
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Kevin Kline in dual role as an obviously right-wing President...and the lovable semi-doofus hired as a "body double" who ends up in the Oval Office.

Sigourney Weaver as the First Lady who detests her husband, but falls for his replacement.

Frank Langella as a deliciously evil Chief of Staff -- think Cheney but without the charm...no wait, just think Cheney...

Harmless fluff with a bit of a lesson included -- how anyone can make a difference if they just try.

Unfortunately Tower Records is being liquidated...but maybe I'll pick up the DVD at the closeout sale...

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-- Walking In Darkness --

by Cali Scribe on Mon Oct 9th, 2006 at 04:20:02 PM EST
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