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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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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.")

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And I just wondered if Senator Clinton will step into the void.  There are still super delegates out there that can make a difference.  If I were a super delegate I would be putting pressure on all candidates to stop this travesty.  
by SFHawkguy on Thu Jun 19th, 2008 at 03:27:24 PM EST
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Oh, you're nuts if you think Hillary would do anything but side with the corporations re this.

"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 Thu Jun 19th, 2008 at 03:54:39 PM EST
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Earth to Obamabots!  Don't confuse me with you.  I do not latch on to a politician's personality and become a fan of his so that everything he does is golden.  You're a partisan that has  been blinded by Obama's poitical skills.  

Obama has the power to stop this tragedy and he chose not to do so.  Obama at least could have tried to stand up for the 4th Amendment but hasn't.  He is a coward and a fraud.  

I have no illusions about Hillary.  I expected this from Hillary and thought we had a better shot of defending our liberties with Obama.  I was wrong and should have stood by my initial impulse which was to distrust Obama.  He is a fraud.

I am for any politician that will stop this.  Whether its  Bob Barr, Barack Obama, or John McCain.  This is more important that the horse race game you are stuck in.

If Hillary promises to fight as hard as she can on this I will support her despite my other misgivings.  I'm pragmatic that way.  I try to get things done instead of banking on hope alone.  

by SFHawkguy on Thu Jun 19th, 2008 at 04:10:35 PM EST
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you mean "thus far has chosen not to do so".

I'm no Obamatron myself, but give the guy a break. Let's see what happens tonight and tomorrow.

And by the way, I've called the campaign and the senate office at least twice today.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Thu Jun 19th, 2008 at 04:25:04 PM EST
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And I have called as well.  

Look.  I gave him a shot.  It's too late.  You guys can buy the excuses if you want to be intentionally naive.  That he really oppossed it but is just too busy to do anything.  Or that he can't tell Reid of Hoyer what to do.  Or that he taped his endorsement of the Georgia traitor without thinking about FISA.  It's bullshit.  Anyone with an ounce of polical acumen knows that Obama is trying to tack to the right and he wants this issue to go away.  Meaning he will sell the 4th Amendment if he thinks it will help him politically.

I don't know.  Maybe the reaction will be enough to force Obama to change his mind.  But don't be suckered into assuming his intentions are pure.  That's the real sad thing about the nominating process this year.  Democrats have turned politics into a personality-based game.  It's like they simply let Chris Mathews and the other horse race gamblers take control of the process.

Obama has already shown his true colors by doing nothing on this issue.  We'll see how much he responds to pressure but this is a wake up call to liberty minded progressives that they can't trust Obama.

by SFHawkguy on Thu Jun 19th, 2008 at 04:32:47 PM EST
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SF Hawk guy, you are beginning to look transparent. When she had the opportunity to vote against the FISA capitulation last time she chose not to, even though she was in DC at the time. Obama did vote against it, and did issue a pretty fiery rebuke of it.
by Bob In Pacifica on Thu Jun 19th, 2008 at 09:16:27 PM EST
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