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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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You are unfuckingbelievable.  No wonder Diane and Susie and the other women who find your language sexist get so angry at you.  

If a member of a group tells you that they think something is insulting to that group - you should do better than to make a blanket assertion that it isn't an insult.  As if you are the judge of all insults. You might say that you didn't intend it as an insult.  You might even consider apologizing to the person for inadvertantly insulting them if the circumstances are appropriate (and no I'm not saying you need to do it here).  

But to follow up that blanket assertion by telling the person that they should take it that way if [they] must.   From which the person can reasonably infer that you don't give a shit.  Don't be suprised when the reaction is one of anger.  

Racial speech isn't the only type of speech where we should stop and examine it when someone claims it's insulting.  

by maryb2004 on Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 at 02:07:11 PM EST
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where the hell is the sexist language?  

Don't just drop that on me.  I don't even think Diane or Susie have ever accused me of using sexist language.  At worst, Susie lumped me in with other people that are anti-Clinton.

That's not right of you to say that.

As for your other point, I'm sorry I offended you.

by BooMan on Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 at 02:35:02 PM EST
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I assumed from Susie's comments that by lumping you in with others she was including use of sexist language.  But if that's not what she meant, then certainly I was wrong.  And I assumed Diane's use of the phrase hate speech somehow implied sexist language. But perhaps I was wrong there too. I'm sorry if I misrepresented why they were upset with you.  

And for the record, I've never thought you used sexist language.

As for the other - I appreciate the apology but it really wasn't that big of a deal :)

by maryb2004 on Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 at 03:29:10 PM EST
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