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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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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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Brown was on your sign. I was surprised to learn it was Jerry because it looked to be in good condition.

I saw on television that the police estimated 1,500 at the demonstration. In comparison I went to Maxine Waters "Out of Iraq" teachin at a church that held 800 and there were another 100-200 standing or just outside the doors.  The police are trying to estimate that 1 1/2 times the number of people were present at the demonstration as there were at the church?  I think it is bullshit!  There are high schools that have 2000-4000 students and this demonstration was no larger than a high school?  I would like to do a Freedon of Info. Act to find out how many police it took, and how much it cost for security, including the helicopter for 1,500 marchers.  I would guess the crowd was larger than 5000.  

Scientists know how to estimate by photographing and counting.  But this one was spread out because some were carrying caskets about a half mile in back of the main crowd.

by realtime on Sat Jan 27th, 2007 at 11:08:22 PM EST
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The caskets were a great touch. And yeah - there were a large number of policemen.

Yes - I had been given that Jerry Brown "We the People/Take Back America!" sign by a Dean campaign supporter I had stayed with overnight in AZ on my way to Los Angeles. I had worked on the Brown campaign for president in 1992, but had not kept any signs. He had safeguarded it and it was a collector's item. I felt a tinge guilty using it for this, but I felt the cause of war demanded it. I blued out (on the blue sign) the name of Jerry Brown and his famous "800 number" and then wrote on the back of the sign. It's too bad it rained - I would have liked to keep it in someone good condition. It's fairly trashed now!

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Sun Jan 28th, 2007 at 12:08:40 AM EST
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And can I add how cool it was to meet some fellow BooTribbers there?

Very cool. I hope we all get together more often, in person!

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Sun Jan 28th, 2007 at 12:09:37 AM EST
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For Lisa - from the LA peace march -

Great to have met you too!  At the RFK/JFK conferences there are always so many people around, so when I saw the chance yesterday, I grabbed it.

Troops out now!

by venice ca on Sun Jan 28th, 2007 at 11:32:12 PM EST
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Hey, is that sign painted on in photoshop or did someone really wear that? What a cool idea!

Yes. It was nice meeting your husband too and finding he had been a Probe subscriber! Our subscribers were a pretty amazing bunch!

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Tue Jan 30th, 2007 at 12:41:22 AM EST
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I think it is real.  

I found it on the LA Indymedia site among the collections of photos from Saturday's protest.

Glad you like it!

by venice ca on Tue Jan 30th, 2007 at 12:48:06 PM EST
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