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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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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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Greetings from travels in Utah.

I hope that everyone is well.

Oh, there you are, Perry. -Phineas -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 12:00:00 AM EST
Ah the wide, wide open spaces of Utah. Is that the overlook at La Verkin?

Hope you are having a great time.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit - Edward Abbey

by AndiF (ferguson1461 at gmail dot com) on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 05:37:46 AM EST
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Good morning!
And at the stroke of midnight, well timed.
by ask on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 06:21:43 AM EST
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Good morning!
by CabinGirl on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 06:28:07 AM EST
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Good morning!
curly tells me there may be some knitting happening here in NY in a few weeks.
by ask on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 06:40:57 AM EST
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That sounds portentous ... except that I'm guessing is not the usual knitting portent. :)

Good morning.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit - Edward Abbey

by AndiF (ferguson1461 at gmail dot com) on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 06:51:18 AM EST
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It must be really early, because it took me a long time to "get" this comment...where's my coffee?
by CabinGirl on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 07:04:54 AM EST
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Yep, I need to give her a call today.

You boys will be able to entertain yourselves for a few hours that day, won't you?  :)

by CabinGirl on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 06:51:36 AM EST
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Hi boran!  Lovely view.
by CabinGirl on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 06:27:10 AM EST
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Anthing exciting doing at the Cabin this weekend?

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit - Edward Abbey
by AndiF (ferguson1461 at gmail dot com) on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 06:58:49 AM EST
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Not really.  I'm looking forward to a more mellow weekend, puttering around at home.  I have a friend who is thinning out her overgrown perennials, so I'm hoping we can finish filling up my front beds and get some mulch for them.

And I have to figure out a way to use up a ton of vegetables and peaches too.  I'm thinking peach cobbler might be the way to go.

by CabinGirl on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 07:07:28 AM EST
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I'd swap a bunch of lavender iris plants for some peach cobbler! The iris blooms have a lovely grapeish odor too, unlike most of the varieties I've smell tested.



"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." Dorothy Thompson, Journalist

by Indianadem on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 09:19:10 AM EST
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Beautiful.

I'll be back after I make the cobbler.  :)

by CabinGirl on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 09:22:49 AM EST
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What are you and Jim up to today?  Is he back at school this week?
by CabinGirl on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 07:11:41 AM EST
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Nothing doing here this weekend. Jim, poor thing, has been back at school since the 13th.

The main action here is the dogs pestering me to go for a walk. I'm about to give in -- plus I want to get going before the heat and humidity get too ugly.

See ya later.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit - Edward Abbey

by AndiF (ferguson1461 at gmail dot com) on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 07:30:23 AM EST
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We're opening the Campaign For Change office in town this afternoon, so I'll be out there in the heat for awhile. Maybe I'll get rid of a few pounds!

My sincere condolences to Jim;-)

"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." Dorothy Thompson, Journalist

by Indianadem on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 09:50:22 AM EST
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That's a really different landscape from what we have here (see AndiF's enchanted forest photos), but certainly interesting. My favorite part of the west is Gunnison National Forest, in Colorado. Have a great time out there!

"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." Dorothy Thompson, Journalist
by Indianadem on Sat Aug 23rd, 2008 at 09:46:10 AM EST
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