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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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Learn the real story behind the WMD in Iraq:

The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism
by Ron Suskind

Read Barack Obama's vision for America:

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama

DaveW recommends:

I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas Hofstadter

Need some laughs?

I Am America (and So Can You!)
by Stephen Colbert

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.


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Download Sleeper Cell on iTunes (Better than "24") Download Weeds on iTunes (Hilarious 1/2-hour adult comedy starring Mary-Louise Parker) Download Late Nite with Conan O'Brien on iTunes
John Belushi - SNL
Download South Park on iTunes
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James Hunter - People Gonna Talk:
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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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In the last 6 years, I have been giving to ActBlue and have had some success.  Now, I am not Warren Buffett or any big roller.  I give my $25 or $50 and sometimes the candidate gets elected.

Adam Schiff in 2002, took out Jim Rogan (manager) - voted YES on FISA

Melissa Bean - YES on FISA

Pat Murphy - YES on FISA

Heath Schuler - YES on FISA

Joe Sestak - YES on FISA

Mark Udall - YES on FISA

So, I am very mixed on ActBlue at this point.  I know that it functions to collect money, and that is a good thing.  But there must be some mechanism for fidelity to the ideals of the Democratic Party.  I am getting very annoyed about my money gaining me nothing in terms of difference from the Republican Party.

I have said, over and over, that on the big votes, the Democrats would vote Democratic.  Now, I seem to be wrong.

It's very annoying.

by dataguy on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 at 02:38:54 AM EST
We've been played for suckers? What are we left with, Greenwald and Feingold? When real patriots are lonely voices, and our government is overwhelmed with corporate corruption, and the citizenry is apathetic or malinformed on a Pravdian scale, what can we do?
by charlesf on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 at 03:11:17 AM EST
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keep plugging away.
by BooMan on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 at 10:47:07 AM EST
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Act Blue is nothing more than a PayPal device for democratic candidates. It does not vet candidates.  For that we have either Blue America through FDL, Digby, C&L or what Kos and some others had.

Melissa Bean was ALWAYS a turkey DINO as was Schuler. Sestak and Murphy are BIG disappointments and at least Sestak was taken off the Blue America list a long time ago.

Blue America has been an attempt to carefully vet candidates before supporting them. Howie Klein from Down With Tyranny has been the scout and for the most part does very well for us. He was lied to by Chris Carney and we've done a campaign to raise money and mount ads in his district calling him the scum he is. More will be coming.

We're learning. It takes time. And we need to teach the politicos that we will hold them accountable. We're just beginning to learn how to do that too.

by RevDeb on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 at 09:20:20 AM EST
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