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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,
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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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Those little numbers on the manikins above the customers' heads look interesting;-)

"I never trust people who don't laugh." Maya Angelou, March 5, 2009
by Indianadem on Thu Dec 4th, 2008 at 08:54:11 PM EST
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You know, since I do not wear hijab and never have, I did not look that closely. My guess is that they are prices, although for the most part in this old fashioned suq prices are 100% negotiable and are rarely if ever displayed. Sometimes outlandishly high prices are displayed for the sake of tourists (many of whom foolishly pay them, or something close to them), but I do not recall noticing any prices displayed in this suq.
by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Thu Dec 4th, 2008 at 09:06:07 PM EST
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Sorry, I was referring to the skimpy wear in the first photo and used an old slang term from my father's generation. Didn't intend to mislead.

"I never trust people who don't laugh." Maya Angelou, March 5, 2009
by Indianadem on Thu Dec 4th, 2008 at 09:11:56 PM EST
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Oh! Silly me! But now you have me wondering what the little rectangular bits of paper or cardboard in the other picture are. I will have to check and see next time I am there - hopefully in a few months.

Obviously, I found the other "little numbers" interesting too. I took several pictures of them. I chose this one because it clearly showed the people involved.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Thu Dec 4th, 2008 at 09:31:57 PM EST
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Please keep your photos coming. I'm really enjoying your perspective and also your advocacy for those who have not nearly enough supporters in this country. I guess that's what I really appreciate about blogs in general - the chance to see a bit of truth and honesty that have denied us for so long by those in charge.

"I never trust people who don't laugh." Maya Angelou, March 5, 2009
by Indianadem on Thu Dec 4th, 2008 at 09:43:29 PM EST
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Thanks for the encouraging words. One of the things I would really like to accomplish is the demystification of those parts of the world and the people in them. I would like people to see what is wonderful there, what might be surprising, and the ordinary things. I wish people here could stop thinking of the Middle East as some mysterious and scary-dangerous exotic place filled with strange exotic people who have a an exotic, incomprehensible mentality and a "way of life" that "we" could never understand.

The reality is that humans everywhere have the same core needs, desires, emotions, and values. Customs and points of view do differ, of course - for heaven's sake, there are regional differences within the United States! But at their core people really are more the same than they are different. When you move between cultures and really enter each one with interest and empathy you really come to understand that. There are things in each culture I have been part of that please me enormously, things that disturb me, things that annoy me, things that I enjoy, things that are interesting, things that are boring, and things that affect me in a neutral way, but in every case what is most obvious is how very alike human beings are in the most basic things that matter.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Fri Dec 5th, 2008 at 12:04:01 AM EST
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Hurria, you are a great humanist and I deeply appreciate your views both philosophical and photographical (neologism or new word). Keep them all coming,  Thank God for the internet and for the BooMan Tribune in particular.

May joy and enthusiasm be with us always!
by Dongi 2 on Fri Dec 5th, 2008 at 07:13:54 AM EST
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