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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


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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
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Grayson is a really interesting phenomenon.  He's like a lab experiment set up to challenge people's assumptions.  But, as interested as I am to see what happens with him, and as supportive as I am of most of what he is saying, there is more to being a good congressman than having guts and being willing to take a stand.  You need to make sure that the factory doesn't leave your district or that people get their Social Security checks.  I worry about the latter half of this.  A congressperson who serves their district really well can win over and over again even if they're not a good ideological fit for their district.
by BooMan on Mon Nov 2nd, 2009 at 01:34:19 PM EST
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l think billj may be on to something with the times they are a-changing meme. ie: any representative with half a brain will have a staff that handles probably 99% of the local constituency issues like making sure you get your passport in time for your trip, making sure your ss check gets there, getting you a flag that's flown over the capitol, etc, is all basic administrative stuff.

however, because of the dismal performance of a large number of the democRATs that were overwhelmingly voted into office in the past two elections on a campaign of change... coupled with the bat shit craziness of the RATs...people are finally waking up and noticing the fact that what these guys do on the national stage effects their lives in a very significant way, most of which are considerably more crucial to their overall well being. that is, potentially, a very major shift in attitudes.

the list of disappointments is getting rather long: the wall street and corporate bailouts, the weak stimulus package, etc., but hrc is a perfect example. the mind numbing arcana, misinformation, and interminably drawn out nature of the process, plus the sell out of the peoples desire for change by the blue dogs to their  corporate masters is especially galling and has opened a lot of eyes and minds to the fact that it ain't just the little shit that matters.

that's the biggest change l sense.

even having no direct evidence to the contrary, nor personal association or ties with it, l'd be surprised if his, grayson's, district, as competitive as it may be, will openly embrace a RATpublican candidate the essentially espouses continuing the status quo.

methinks the game is changing, and as loose a cannon as grayson may, or may not be, he certainly keeps it interesting; and if he's successful next year maybe that process will speed up.

the revolution will not be televised...

by dada on Mon Nov 2nd, 2009 at 02:14:22 PM EST
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if i were in a war 9which we are in right now) i would reallyt like to have a "LOOSE CANON" that can fire thatn a bunch of rusting non- functioning ones!!!
by billjpa (billjpa@aol.com) on Mon Nov 2nd, 2009 at 04:05:25 PM EST
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