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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

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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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Better to have low expectations imo.  But everyone says it's hard to poll Nevada anyway because it has never had caucuses before.

How did Nevada pick it's delegates before this year?

by maryb2004 on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 02:43:18 PM EST
We had caucuses but no one went because it was so late in the game that we didn't matter. Though I think it's new for the Republicans. I don't know what they did before.
by RandyH on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 02:54:45 PM EST
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Thanks.  I don't know how I got the idea that this is the first year - I must have mis-read something, somewhere.   In between wondering why South Carolina split it's primary elections into two separate elections on two different days - which seems incredibly inefficient and expensive to me.
by maryb2004 on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 03:14:12 PM EST
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btw - is Hillary running any ads that are meant to appeal specifically to men?  To counteract the AFCSME ad?  

Personally, I found that AFCSME ad very appealing - but it's meant for women.  I've noticed men all over the blogosphere can't stand it. What else is being run for her?

by maryb2004 on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 03:19:16 PM EST
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She is running her own campaign ads that you can see at her website. The "I found my voice" and "I hear your voice" and "I see dead people" - sorry, that's "invisible people." None are appealing to me but if I were female or really really poor, they might be.

I like a couple of Obama's ads. One where he's giving a speech and one that's narrated by the Nova/Frontline announcer. I don't like the one where he talks about his mother dying of cancer, but I'll bet it's popular among regular people.

by RandyH on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 03:30:39 PM EST
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Democratic Presidential: Closed caucuses

PRIMARY RESULTS: Nevada - February 14, 2004
In 2004, Nevada had just 17 caucus locations. This year they will have 1,754. The state Democratic party is hoping for about 10 percent participation - that's considered pretty good in caucuses, where turnout is lower than it is in primaries. That would mean about 40,000 Democrats will caucus, though some estimate that 60,000 or more could come out. Reid has suggested 100,000 Democrats might show up.

Democrats select their presidential candidate preference through a closed "caucus" system.

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

by Oui on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 03:13:05 PM EST
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ah, I see.  It's not that caucuses are new, it's that its a whole new caucus system.  Thanks!

And turnout anywhere from 40,000 and 100,000 ... no wonder no one has a clue about the polls.

by maryb2004 on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 03:16:34 PM EST
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