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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
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
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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


Save 35-70% on
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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Grass seed doesn't have the emotional impact that the words "family planning" and "contraception" do  in this country.  Let them try to blame it on grass seed.  I'm willing to avoid the weeds of a family planning debate to just move on and get the thing passed.  Looks like Obama agrees with me.
by maryb2004 on Tue Jan 27th, 2009 at 01:17:32 PM EST
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well, I definitely understand your analysis.  I don't think brendan sees it quite the same way.  Heh.
by BooMan on Tue Jan 27th, 2009 at 01:21:20 PM EST
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I see it as a disgraceful sell-out of low-income families, not just women.

i have a 5 year old, and my child support claims about 30% of my monthly pay. when you add that to the mortgage, the bills, gasoline, student loan payments, i am just barely squeaking by. i make substantially more than $23K, which is median income for low-income families in philadelphia.

i hope they fix this. i do not cotton to rewarding bad behavior.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Tue Jan 27th, 2009 at 01:53:23 PM EST
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Here's a good piece on how Obey larded the bill with liberal priorities.
by BooMan on Tue Jan 27th, 2009 at 02:09:28 PM EST
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that's great stuff.

i still think it's hilariously shameful that the democrats bent poor people over the dumpster for the GOP, and the GOP STILL pulled the football away.

I'm actually going to call boehner's office and congratulate him for his skill at playing the charlie brown/lucy stunt (kinda the same way i congratulated that dude that embarrassed Steny Hoyer with the imepachment stunt last year).  

i can't believe that the democrats fell for it again.. oh wait, yes I can.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Tue Jan 27th, 2009 at 02:36:48 PM EST
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I think GOP may be misunderestimating how sick the US public is of the games they play, and how much pain the economy is exacting on people everywhere.

"Life is always better with clean pants."
by CabinGirl on Tue Jan 27th, 2009 at 01:57:42 PM EST
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