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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


Save 35-70% on
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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There's an interesting undercurrent here. As the MSM dragged itself onboard yesterday about Scotty's teaser paragraph implicating Bush and his insiders I couldn't help but think that the more the brushoff line that 'of course these people lie' is used, Hillary's insider presence for what 35 years, her harping on her experience, and now touting what sounds like insider arrogance slamming Obama may actually work in Obama's favor. Simply put her experience by presence is based on knowing how to work WITH the ones we're trying to get out. Obama is the one with experience working with people & countries who aren't colored by Bush's business as usual. Will the electorate eventually be so angry that they will see a hit on Bush and count it against insider Hillary? There's a whole lot of emotion out there which always wipes out logic.

by mainsailset on Wed Nov 21st, 2007 at 10:46:32 AM EST
all i know it that the public how a very low opinion of Washington right now.  They still seem to know that the bigger problem is the Republicans, but that doesn't mean there isn't a 'pox on all their houses' attitude out there.  There is.

It should benefit whomever makes the most plausible case for being an outsider.  Edwards is trying.  Obama is relatively new to the scene, so he can try as well.  We'll see.

by BooMan on Wed Nov 21st, 2007 at 11:03:52 AM EST
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And perhaps therein lies the danger; angry Americans will overreact & go for Obama because he's SO baggageless then turn the page and realize baggageless can also mean naive.  

by mainsailset on Wed Nov 21st, 2007 at 11:23:25 AM EST
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i'll take naive over malevolent.
by BooMan on Wed Nov 21st, 2007 at 11:30:16 AM EST
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yup, me too. Say what one will say about Oprah, she too may be naive but she knows the power of right and Obama is the only candidate she has ever backed openly and she certainly understands that naive can be fixed.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, drive safe!


by mainsailset on Wed Nov 21st, 2007 at 11:54:35 AM EST
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