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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
Verve Vault

James Hunter - People Gonna Talk:
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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I've followed and so much enjoyed these diaries. Clearly you are an artist, and a gifted one. One of my favorite fantasies continues to be about us being close enough so you could paint wild purple and green flames on my black mobility scooter and make it looks like it's about to launch itself into space! (at 5.4 mph!)

love ya, little bro!

ONward!

by scribe (scribe40@comcast.net) on Mon Aug 25th, 2008 at 11:01:49 AM EST
How are you???? Long time don't see you in any of the blogs! You should come by more often :0)
by cruz del sur (nicodk@sbcglobal.net) on Mon Aug 25th, 2008 at 12:22:52 PM EST
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Hey cruz..good to see you too!

ONward!
by scribe (scribe40@comcast.net) on Mon Aug 25th, 2008 at 10:19:47 PM EST
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Yes, Scribe, it is good to see you here... not that I've been around much myself!  You and that scooter, scaring all the Gen Zs off their skateboards...
by canberra boy (canberraboy1 at gmail dot com) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 09:05:08 AM EST
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What scares me the most are oblivious joggers (with electronics plugged into their heads) who have great big designer dogs who see this scooter (and me) as "lunch".  After a few close calls, I now ride with a can of pepper spray in one hand!  

ONward!
by scribe (scribe40@comcast.net) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 01:12:08 PM EST
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Well heck, ain't this a day maker? :o)
I love ya back :o)
The last time we talked about this I went a looked around online at different mobility scooters and I realised that the parts that get painted are removeable parts in most cases. meaning that it would be possible to ship them by UPS or some other carrier. Since there's no telling when we'll eventually meet :o) it might be possible to work something out that way? We could communicate and design what you want through email.

I'll tell you what scribe. I've been seriously looking for a way to break into the mobility scooter custom painting market (LOL) and this might be my best opportunity. If you can swing a set of parts, or do without yours for a few days to a week, I'll gladly paint whatever style and color of flames on it if you pay the shipping. I'm serious :o) We can work something out :o)

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Mon Aug 25th, 2008 at 08:38:37 PM EST
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What a sweet offer, Dear Sup..but on mine, there's not much that comes off: it has no hood over the batteries like most do: here's a picture of it, only mine is all black.
http://www.allwebscooters.com/images/mobility/0335_lg.jpg
That's ok..now that I've seen your work, I can really imagine it even better!

ONward!
by scribe (scribe40@comcast.net) on Mon Aug 25th, 2008 at 10:30:35 PM EST
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Dangit :o(
That makes it a little complicated, doesn't it? Eh, you never know which way the wind might blow some day :o)

Green Grass and High Tides Forever
by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Mon Aug 25th, 2008 at 10:58:14 PM EST
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