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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

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.


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
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Heck, I am a Christian (admittedly a very unconventional one) and as far as I'm concerned the religious right has made such a mockery of Christ's message that they deserve  to have their "religion" of death and bloodlust mocked.

Visit Notes From Underground: red state rebel scum since 2003.
by James Benjamin (durito_don at yahoo dot com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 02:54:10 PM EST
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From your description, I would guess that I know a few people who share your unconventional Christian beliefs.  And, I am wondering if those are the people that really count.  Seems to me that there are some who have followed  blindly and have woke up.  But, the few that I know appear to be conflicted by what their religion is saying, their personal beliefs and calues, and the reality of the world today.

The mocking is long overdue!

"First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." Mahatma Gandhi

by Street Kid on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 07:10:30 PM EST
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To a large degree I credit an anarchist friend of mine for turning me on to the idea that Christianity didn't have to involve some sort of strict authoritarianism. That cat did a better job of actually living his values than anyone I've known - of course this is the same cat who turned me on to Malcom X, Chomsky, a bunch of English hardcore punk bands (think Flux of Pink Indians, CRASS, etc.), zines, and nonviolent direct action. In other words someone whom I now as a parent would consider a good influence. :-)

Thing is like my old friend, I almost never mention my religion (this will be one of the rare times when I will here). There's no need to - I'd rather focus my energies on more pressing issues than whose God is better, ad nauseum. And when I read Madman's diary, I could dig on where that cat was coming from. Nothing to be offended by as he was saying something that I'd been thinking for ages.

Visit Notes From Underground: red state rebel scum since 2003.

by James Benjamin (durito_don at yahoo dot com) on Sat Mar 25th, 2006 at 03:47:36 PM EST
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thanks!

"Whenever a Voice of Moderation addresses liberals, its sole purpose is to stomp out any real sign of life." - James Wolcott
by Madman in the Marketplace on Sat Mar 25th, 2006 at 03:50:12 PM EST
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No prob! Keep on keepin' on. :-)

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by James Benjamin (durito_don at yahoo dot com) on Sat Mar 25th, 2006 at 04:13:17 PM EST
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