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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,
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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I think that after three weeks of wins, the Clinton lead in Ohio and Texas may well dry up and go away.

That's what I want to see happen, of course! I hope that's not entirely a fantasy.

I saw a poll taken in Wisconsin 2/6-2/7 that shows Clinton stil ahead there. I wonder what that will look like after Maine's contest today, and the Potomac primaries Tuesday...

Meanwhile, I wonder if it's worth writing letters to the superdelegates begging them to look at who won the most pledged delegates, and not to overrule the will of the people. If the party elite shove Clinton down our throats I'll be very upset.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 11:22:48 AM EST
Not quite the best way to invigorate the party.
by wilderness wench (sylvan1 art localnet dirt com) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 11:41:39 AM EST
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A lot of the superdelegates are representatives, Senators, governors. Obama has much longer coattails. They aren't going to automatically vote for Clinton when their states voted for Obama and Obama's the better choice to get them and their stateside allies reelected. So the theory that superdelegates will all automatically fall into line isn't very likely.

Even Clinton wins in Texas and Ohio won't be so wide as to cut Obama out of those delegates. It's not unreasonable to see him getting close to half of those delegates, even losing those states.

In short, not good for Clinton.

by Bob In Pacifica on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 11:51:33 AM EST
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Obama has agreed to debate Clinton in Texas and Ohio.  I wonder, however, whether this is being sponsored by Fox Noise, now Hillary's favorite news joint.

Look for her to come out swinging and trying to trip Obama up.  He'd better be ready for her.

An untypical Negro

http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com

by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 12:55:05 PM EST
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The Maine result will be telling. If Obama continues his winning streak through Feb, there's a very good probability that Democratic primary voters in TX, OH & PA will decide this nomination by giving Obama wins.

The Clinton's, IMO, are over-estimating their influence over the super-delegates. Obama has been endorsed by many heavy weights too. Tim Kaine, Ted Kennedy, etc are no slouches. And Edwards has a few delegates too.

If Obama sweeps this month which is not out of the realm of possibility then TX & OH becomes the firewall for Clinton. I believe voters are pretty smart and they'll not take this down to Denver.

by ab initio on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 01:23:20 PM EST
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