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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
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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As a former resident of Northern Minnesota, trust me... Unless it's the "blizzard of the century" with absolute white-out conditions, these people go about their business as usual. The cold temps and ice don't even phase them. They'll get out and vote if they have any motivation for their candidate - and yes, this would favor Obama.

One thing that's been bugging me about TV political "analysis" of Wisconsin voters - it all sounds so wrong to me. They say the demographics favor Hillary because these people are white, working class - and that favors Hillary. Now that's some deep analysis. Just look at their neighbors Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa. Who did they favor? Obama - in a big way. They look around and they notice that one of these politicians actually runs an "honest" campaign and excites the young folks - the future. That's pretty powerful stuff to these folks. Honesty - no mud slinging, lies or fear tactics - is the way to win them over.

by RandyH on Tue Feb 19th, 2008 at 05:11:50 PM EST
Meet Jason, typical (as I remember them) Wisconsin Democratic voter. In this interview with the Obama campaign, he points out one issue that I never cared about much but most of the locals do - gun ownership - is the issue that gets Republicans the votes. Otherwise, they would vote Democratic.

What I'm most interested in seeing tonight in the exit polls is the number of Republican men who chose to vote for Obama, rather than a Republican.

by RandyH on Tue Feb 19th, 2008 at 06:08:33 PM EST
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that to me is the measure of electability : how many Republican men who are disgusted with the GOP would be willing to vote either Clinton or Obama.

In all my anecdotal posts over at my blog, all the examples I've come across is of Republican men wanting Obama over any other candidate ---and this was waaaaaay before ANYBODY had declared their candidacies.

Blogueando @ culturekitchen.com

by liza (nyc.blogdiva@gmail.com) on Tue Feb 19th, 2008 at 10:39:55 PM EST
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great to bump into you over here at the Frog Pond

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz
by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail dot com) on Tue Feb 19th, 2008 at 10:41:06 PM EST
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LOL!

I stalk Martin.

He's afraid of me but not enough to put out a restraining order.

Blogueando @ culturekitchen.com

by liza (nyc.blogdiva@gmail.com) on Tue Feb 19th, 2008 at 10:48:49 PM EST
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you can always pacify him with beer.

or another Giants Superbowl win  :)

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail dot com) on Tue Feb 19th, 2008 at 10:51:39 PM EST
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Is how Clinton has the white blue-collar worker sewn up.   The TV and newspapers tell American that Obama does well with rich, college educated whites.  Yet, we see the blowouts in Minnesota, Idaho and North Dakota and we are supposed to believe that all those northern and midwestern states just happen to have a lockdown on all the rich, college educated whites in America?  We're supposed to by the fantasy that there are no blue collar workers in Idaho or North Dakota?  

~~~THIS SPACE FOR RENT~~~
by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Tue Feb 19th, 2008 at 06:28:24 PM EST
[ Parent ]
PREACH!

Blogueando @ culturekitchen.com
by liza (nyc.blogdiva@gmail.com) on Tue Feb 19th, 2008 at 10:40:34 PM EST
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