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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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I hope your headache clears up soon.

Nothing doing here. I guess I can work in some cheering for the Eagles. :)

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

by AndiF (ferguson1461 at gmail dot com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 07:16:59 AM EST
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I'm going to take a pre-emptive stress-reducing walk this morning in an effort to keep it away.  :)

We root for Giants here...which is part of the problem with having an Eagles-Giants playoff game.  There's a DL get-together to watch the game on Sunday, but it might be weird to be rooting for the blue team instead of the green team.  :)

I ordered the third season of Weeds on DVD, and that should be here today too, so I think we'll be having a mini-marathon sometime this weekend.

"Life is always better with clean pants."

by CabinGirl on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 07:41:34 AM EST
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Good morning!
Wow, you're on the third season already! We've been sidetracked and are only half way through the second.
by ask on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 07:43:31 AM EST
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Morning ask.

There's lots of action in the second half. It will definitely keep you absorbed.

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

by AndiF (ferguson1461 at gmail dot com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 07:53:49 AM EST
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The last episode was...wow!  

Seriously though, the last 4 episodes were so good that someone (ahem) cheated and finished watching them even though I had fallen asleep.

"Life is always better with clean pants."

by CabinGirl on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 08:03:58 AM EST
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The last episode of season two was, I think, the best of the entire series.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit - Edward Abbey
by AndiF (ferguson1461 at gmail dot com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 08:05:58 AM EST
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It was certainly action-packed.  The whole thing at the end-what a cliffhanger!

We have all the premium channels free with our fios tv until february, so we're trying to get through all the previous Weeds seasons and watch Season 4 before the trial period ends.

We watched the Tudors on Showtime too.  It seems like Showtime has more writing talent than HBO these days (which I don't think was true back when Deadwood and Six feet Under and the Sopranos were still on).

"Life is always better with clean pants."

by CabinGirl on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 08:17:17 AM EST
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I've never watched the Tudors. It just didn't interest me at all and I'm not a big television watcher anyway (I only watch Doctor Who, Torchwood, Weeds, and Mythbusters).

I have to admit that I didn't think either season 3 and 4 of weeds were as good as 1 and 2.

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

by AndiF (ferguson1461 at gmail dot com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 08:42:12 AM EST
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Mythbusters rocks.  We watched the Tudors while waiting for Santa to bring the second season of Weeds...we already knew how it ended for Anne, but it was entertaining.

I've heard that people thought season 3 was disappointing.  We'll see.

I am so not motivated to work today.  

"Life is always better with clean pants."

by CabinGirl on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 08:49:53 AM EST
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Ah, I just assumed the Eagles -- I can easily switch as I don't care which team wins.

I've ready seen season 3. I'll be interested in your reactions once you've seen all of it.

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

by AndiF (ferguson1461 at gmail dot com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 07:48:55 AM EST
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