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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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For the last four or five years, the blogosphere has been  nauseatingly crammed with talk about "movements" -- either of bloggers, of political parties, or of candidates -- and yet, when you ask about where the manifestos for these movements are, all you get is a blank look.

"We're having a conference in New York," someone will say to you.

Great.  When will the manifesto be presented?

"We're having breakaway working groups.  You can sign up for as many as you want.  And then, the keynote event will be an address by [insert famous politician name here]."

Terrific.  When will you read the manifesto?

"Huh?"

Famous manifestos in history:

95 Theses
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Sentiments
The Communist Manifesto
The Port Huron Statement
etc.

Some of these declarations were for successful movements, others for unsuccessful ones; but the fact is, it's really hard to have a genuine movement without one.  How are people supposed to get a clear picture of what you stand for?  

The big-box bloggers seem to think that they, in themselves -- their activities, their passion, their buzz -- are the manifesto, but that's really bullshit.  They've articulated very little of anything concrete and if they did articulate something, they would have realized sooner that they haven't been reaching those 80% of Americans you cite.  Even worse, they'd realize that they're not really doing anything terribly revolutionary by just trying to game the existing pay-to-play system that excludes those vast tracts of Americans.

In fact, it benefits the gameplayers very much if they DON'T articulate their ideas in publishable, straightforwardly disseminable form.

by NYCO on Sun Apr 8th, 2007 at 10:25:21 AM EST
I really like the idea of a manifesto. The act of crafting one would be a challenging way to get people talking and listening to one another.

If you want things to get better, be prepared to deal with change.
by Kahli on Sun Apr 8th, 2007 at 11:20:40 AM EST
[ Parent ]
"The act of crafting one would be a challenging way to get people talking and listening to one another." I'll say! Best held in an isolated area or a locked room? ;)

I do agree with you - it is putting together such a statement that people can get to discover their own true beliefs which can be contradictory. And then there is the whole challenge of explaining to others and trying to understand what others are saying - and coming to points of agreement. What a process!  

(OT, I have been away from the internet, but wanted to let you know that in my catch up reading, I really enjoyed your diary, Chosen, redeemed, or other?, and all the comments.)

Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music. (George Carlin)

by tampopo on Sun Apr 8th, 2007 at 11:51:50 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Thanks, Tampopo.

If you want things to get better, be prepared to deal with change.
by Kahli on Sun Apr 8th, 2007 at 02:21:19 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I dare anyone who's going to these conferences, to work out a manifesto while you're there and attempt to have it read from the main stage on the day of the keynote.  Report back on what happened, it should be illuminating.
by NYCO on Sun Apr 8th, 2007 at 10:35:13 AM EST
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