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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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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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Display:
may be in the future if the dominoes fall properly...if Wes Clark wants another shot a Clark/Obama ticket would work as well.

With all the bridges Bush has blown up (not merely burned) with his "my way or the highway" foreign policies, we're going to need someone with some sort of experience in that realm to work with what allies we have left and to rebuild connections with those Bush has alienated. And as you mentioned, a VP position would give  Obama the necessary experience, plus his Senate experience could be helpful in the VP's traditional position in that chamber.

There are a lot of Obama supporters that are framing the issue in terms of race: "If you don't support Obama, you must be a closet racist." But I just don't think he's got the mileage behind him to handle the job quite yet...give him a few more years of seasoning...


-- Walking In Darkness --

by Cali Scribe on Thu Dec 28th, 2006 at 03:42:43 PM EST
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There are a lot of Obama supporters that are framing the issue in terms of race: "If you don't support Obama, you must be a closet racist."

Oh, man.  You've got to be kidding me.

I don't support Obama.  

A lot of blacks don't support Obama, either.  

He doesn't come through the usual political channels, doesn't embrace African Americanness (he's more an immigrant than black), and some blacks secretly don't trust him.  Does that make me and us prejudiced?

We just wanna see something more of him.


An untypical Negro

http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com

by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Thu Dec 28th, 2006 at 05:35:28 PM EST
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What do you make of the Obama endorsement from Chicago mayor Daley?

It looks like Jesse Jackson Jr. isn't going to run, but I think that there's still a lot of animosity between blacks and the Daley administration.  It looks a lot like  an albatross to me.

by ManfromMiddletown on Thu Dec 28th, 2006 at 06:57:45 PM EST
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I don't know anything about that or Jesse Jr. wanting to run for Daley's seat.

That being said, I don't like the idea that Obama is friends or deeply allied with Daley or members of his machine.

An untypical Negro

http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com

by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Thu Dec 28th, 2006 at 09:57:44 PM EST
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What do you think of Oprah saying she will do everything she can for Obama if he runs?

Explore More John McCain
by Books Alive on Thu Dec 28th, 2006 at 11:35:12 PM EST
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The queenmaker for the Dems?

Look, Oprah would be the last person in the world to tell me who and how to vote.

And if any other person would take her THAT seriously would need their heads examined.

People need to stop soaking their heads at the cult of celebrity.  

Personalities and images have gotten this country in big trouble.  An image fades and personalities can be scripted.

It's what a person does.


An untypical Negro

http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com

by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Fri Dec 29th, 2006 at 12:52:30 AM EST
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I think Oprah started believing her own press about her being a so called 'national treasure'..plus she had Arnie and Marie on her show during his run for governor in our special election and I've never forgiven her for that piece of pandering to her celebrity friends. As for her endorsing Obama, well that just proves she ain't as smart as she thinks she is.

'Poverty is the worst form of violence'--Gandhi
by chocolate ink on Fri Dec 29th, 2006 at 01:50:02 PM EST
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I'm not and have never been a fan of her or her program, but she gets headlines. Her fans read the books she selects, but would they really vote for someone on her say-so? If they did, that qualifies them as lemmings, as far as I'm concerned.

Explore More John McCain
by Books Alive on Fri Dec 29th, 2006 at 05:36:41 PM EST
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