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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
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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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Kaine:

Obviously there are no guarantees, but I have a hard time believing that this isn't the guy that Obama wants to pick.

I believe that Obama has tried to emulate Clinton's 1992 campaign.  And picking Kaine would, like Clinton's selection of Gore, create a young, dynamic political team...or at least the visual of one.

Obama doesn't want to look like he needs a Cheney.  That rules out the Bidens and the Clarks (sadly, as I think Clark would be the best choice, both for the election and to govern).

I also think that the liberal blogs have tended to underappreciate the extent to which Obama is hammering "faith" in this campaign and Kaine fits into that nicely.

by space (space.politics@gmail.com) on Wed Aug 20th, 2008 at 08:33:18 AM EST
I have not missed how much he is hammering faith.  And it doesn't make me one bit happy.  What about the real issues like the economy, foreign policy and loss of manufacturing jobs?  Since he secured the nomination, he's managed to muddy his overall position to the point where it's hard to know what he stands for, if anything. During the Indiana primary, the vast majority of people supported his refusal to pander on gas prices.  Now, he's pandering on gas prices.  What gives?

The campaign has lost its brilliance and confidence and is looking more and more like Kerry/Gore redux.  Did they take on all of Hillary's DLCers and start listening to them?  I am getting anxious.

by Heart of the Rockies on Wed Aug 20th, 2008 at 09:28:37 AM EST
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I've got several problems with Kaine, while he's anti-death penalty, he's a war hawk and economically he's a Chamber of Commerce DINO.

Being pro-life probably isn't helping the guy's popularity either.

The more I read about Tim Kaine, the more he looks like the worst possible Veep choice right now.

More at Zandar vs. The Stupid.

by Zandar1 on Wed Aug 20th, 2008 at 10:12:57 AM EST
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It's not pandering if that is what you believe.

A lot of people on the left think faith is important. Don't knock it.

There's a guy who greets us as we enter the building each morning. He has the biggest smile I've ever seen, and tries to greet everyone individually any time you enter or leave the building. I finally stopped yesterday, and asked him, why was he always so happy.

He told me a tale about being a heroin addict, being in jail, having had a completely horrible life, and turning that around in large part because of his conversion to Christianity.

Seriously. Please don't knock faith. It really saves lives. I don't have that faith. But those who do really gain strength from it. To put it down only shows a poverty of spirit on our part. Don't do that to others.


"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 Wed Aug 20th, 2008 at 12:03:59 PM EST
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I know it is important to many people.  And I am not knocking it.  But it should remain part of people's private lives, not become part of the presidential election discussion or assume the role of a qualification for office, which happens to be unconstitutional.
by Heart of the Rockies on Wed Aug 20th, 2008 at 05:48:13 PM EST
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