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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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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
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Whatever gave you the idea that Obama was a pacifist? The weakness of his 'open vessel' candidacy lies in that it handicaps his ability to govern - he will necessarily disappoint almost everyone, having willingly allow folks to project their ideals into him, however off-base.

Do or do not, there is no try.
by anarchronarchist (mincers (-at-) hotmail (-dot-) com) on Sun Dec 7th, 2008 at 10:34:43 PM EST
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Whatever gave you the idea that I have ever had the idea that Obama was a pacifist? On the contrary, from early on in the primary campaign I have been excoriated by many people for stating a realistic view of his foreign policy in general, and his policy toward Iraq and Israel in particular.

I have argued over and over and over again since the beginning of the primary campaign, that Obama's plan, based on his own declarations, has never for a moment been to withdraw from Iraq, but merely to reconfigure and rebrand the occupation.  And I have been excoriated for it by more than a few people. (And for the record, Hillary's Iraq plan was virtually identical to his.)

In any case, I am not talking about pacifism. I myself am not a pacifist since I believe in the use of violence when necessary for self defense. There is a very big difference between pacifism and denouncing the use of military violence as a means of imposing one's will on others.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Sun Dec 7th, 2008 at 10:48:11 PM EST
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I am disturbed by your statement "having allowed people to project their politics on him." The fact is that a lot of naive folks didn't read about Obama or didn't listen, didn't ask who he was, just claimed he was whom they wanted him to be.

He's a progressive genius; but he'll never satisfy every contrarian who voted for him.

Michaela

by michaelmt (MrMichael_t@yahoo.com) on Mon Dec 8th, 2008 at 07:28:56 AM EST
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Progressive genius? On what, specifically, do you base that?
by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Mon Dec 8th, 2008 at 10:19:00 AM EST
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