Booman Tribune





Find textbooks at Alibris!

NOTE: Overstock bests Amazon's prices and is "blue."

THE BOOKS WITH "BUZZ":
______________

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
----- * ^ * -----

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
----- * ^ * -----


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
----- * ^ * -----
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


Save 35-70% on
name brand clothing,
footwear, and outdoor gear
at SierraTradingPost.com

:





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!

:
:
www.Patagonia.com


Display:
...to comment on his stellar body surfing form?? Look at him. Damn, is there anything he can't do (beside bowl, LOL)?

"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 Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 06:04:22 PM EST
Shhh! He's looking too, too...healthy! Can't have that. Can't have intelligence, either. If his major flaw is bowling, then cool. I'll take it!

(Of course, I can't resist--I bowl better than Obama. And if you knew how deep my bowling game is, you'd know that's really saying something. But I still love it. And I actually like that he tried something he'd never done before. I just don't know why it merited more than a passing ha-ha.)

Can't hear ya, Peach!

by AP on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 06:15:41 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Yup.

Too smart.
Too healthy.
Too good-looking.
Too successful.
Too perfect.

He'd make a terrible president. That is, if you think the current one is a GOOD one. ;-D

"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 Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 06:39:54 PM EST
[ Parent ]
He may be lanky and athletic, but I'm not sure about "too healthy" -- after all he is a smoker.  A couple of weeks ago, the stupid meme was going around that average Americans wouldn't be able to relate to Obama because most Americans are overweight.  Frankly, I think his secret cigarettes might appeal to a few demographics.  Far too many young women start smoking as a way to curb their appetite and lose weight.  A lot of "hard-working" (white) Americans that Hillary claimed as her base are smokers (and many of them don't have adequate health insurance).  Many smokers have tried to quit and some of them feel guilty about smoking.

Considering all the vices that have been connected with various candidates, Obama's smoking is probably one that humanizes him without causing concern about his presidency (if he's a light smoker, he probably won't die of lung cancer in the next eight years).

A Progressive Christian perspective on I/P at Beyond Bethlehem

by RustyPipes (rustdotypipesatyahoodotcom) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 07:59:03 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I thought he was a former smoker.
by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 08:03:35 PM EST
[ Parent ]
His secret cigs were mentioned a few months ago.  Has he quit since then?

A Progressive Christian perspective on I/P at Beyond Bethlehem
by RustyPipes (rustdotypipesatyahoodotcom) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 08:28:20 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Well, all that arugula and Honest T would cancel out bonding over the cancer sticks.

Can't hear ya, Peach!
by AP on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 08:37:32 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Display:
Menu
Login
. Make a new account
. Reset password
Recommended World Diaries
AIPAC Calls Spat a Distraction from Iran
by Oui (NL) - Mar 15
4 comments

Pentagon Official Ran Private AfPak Spy Network
by Oui (NL) - Mar 15

Friday Foto Flogging
by olivia (CA) - Mar 12
56 comments

Blahblah Biden Visits Netanyahu, Israel
by Oui (NL) - Mar 9
24 comments


Listed on BlogShares

© 2009 Booman Tribune