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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

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.


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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
Verve Vault

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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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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That wreath is making me dizzy.
by Second Nature on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 06:08:37 PM EST
have another drink and you won't notice it.

and I love a man in a kilt :)

by maryb2004 on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 06:09:33 PM EST
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Both my husbands have been Scots.  Stubborn, passive aggressive, white pasty skin.
by Second Nature on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 06:13:16 PM EST
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so, you also love a man in a kilt?

Scots aren't as pasty as the English.  Or maybe the scotch makes their faces ruddy :)

by maryb2004 on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 06:15:02 PM EST
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I have been blessed (?) with marrying two husbands who are exactly the opposite of what I traditionally find sexy and attractive.
by Second Nature on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 06:18:51 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I wonder why that is?  

At least you weren't taken in by their allure :)

by maryb2004 on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 06:21:03 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Ain't that the truth? :)
by Second Nature on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 06:22:25 PM EST
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To be totally honest I think it was my attempt to pretend that looks don't really matter and that I'm not as superficial as I fear that I am.

Problem is - time proves that I indeed am as superficial as I fear.

by Second Nature on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 06:23:59 PM EST
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now, now.   There's nothing wrong with being superficial is there?  Life MUST be easier for superficial people who just go with their superficialness and don't fight it.  Now that you've stopped fighting your true nature, think of the mindless joy your life will be filled with.
by maryb2004 on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 06:26:10 PM EST
[ Parent ]
or they were assholes no matter what they looked like

Doing My Part For The Left
by refinish69 (refinish69 at gmail dot com) on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 06:35:17 PM EST
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There's nothing wrong with being superficial. OK, maybe there is, but I'm not going to bother my beautiful mind about it.

We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty.

Now the real work begins.

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 08:12:57 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I go out of town for one day and the Scots insults start. I am a proud grandson of Scottish immigrants and am easy-going, agressive, when called for, and non-pasty (gluey?). I do however look great in a kilt.

Oh, Hello all, from the Bluegrass state. KS & I made it with no problems other than no sleep at all last night. Everyone having a festive time?

by Teach313 (teachSKIP313ATmacDOTcom) on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 08:29:00 PM EST
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Your MIL upgraded her computer?

How far are you from Monkey's Eyebrow?

by maryb2004 on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 08:29:50 PM EST
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Yeah, it's not too bad. I been tweaking it a bit to speed it up, but it'll work. The problem is that my brother in law is sleeping in this room, so I've got to go. WE'll try to come back later, but he's sick, so I don't know.

Check y'all later.

by Teach313 (teachSKIP313ATmacDOTcom) on Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 at 08:40:17 PM EST
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