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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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The sad truth is... most people don't even watch these debates. They're going to see Hillary and say gee, she looks familiar, and she's a woman, and I liked her husband - let's get her.

I wish people were more serious about being participants in their own futures, but I fear if history means anything this is just a blip on the radar.

Disclosure: I'm leaning towards Obama, myself.

"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 Wed Oct 31st, 2007 at 12:25:08 AM EST
True that people do not watch the debates, but they do watch the news and read the papers, and that is why winning debates has become all about post-debate spin.  What is the narrative that comes out of the debate?  That is what determines who won.  And what do you think the narrative will be in this case?
by BooMan on Wed Oct 31st, 2007 at 12:28:08 AM EST
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UFOs and Drivers' licenses for illegal immigrants, naturally.

I was getting really, REALLY annoyed at Chris Matthews in the post-debate interviews. The man is an idiot -- all he wanted to talk about was UFOs and presenting the whole drivers' license thing as a new plank in the Democratic Party platform.  

I think they pulled that UFO question just to distract anyone from hearing anything ELSE Kucinich had to say. (and he mentioned impeachment at least three times!)

Keith Olbermann speaks for me.

by JanetT in MD on Wed Oct 31st, 2007 at 12:47:25 AM EST
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We'll see.  My prediction is that the narrative will mostly be "Hillary attacked vigorously by rivals", since that's kind of a "man bites dog" story where the Democrats are concerned, and waffling is more of a "man sits on the couch and watches TV" story.

OTOH - if Clinton gets the nomination, those clips will be repeated ad nauseum across the airwaves once the general election comes out.  Waffling Democrat and Immigration - two things that rabid Republicans love to hate.

I suppose it all depends on how scared the Republican establishment are of Clinton.  If they want her nomination tanked and want to face someone else they'll be talking up her immigration gaffes to their reporter friends as much as possible.  If they want her to be the candidate in the general election, the fact that the other Dems "savaged" her in the debate will get talked up instead.  She's already the Dem establishment candidate - those guys aren't going to be chatting up how horrible Clinton is since she's their guy at this point.

by nonynony on Wed Oct 31st, 2007 at 09:13:22 AM EST
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