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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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Happy late-holiday greetings, all!
I've been out to a neighbor's for a two-turkey Thanksgiving feast (featuring seven pies) & I've done a little babysitting as well.

Hope everyone's found reason to give thanks, despite the holiday horrors.

by wilderness wench (sylvan1 art localnet dirt com) on Sat Nov 28th, 2009 at 03:11:48 AM EST
What a beautiful photo of a beautiful cat.  Is he/she deaf?  Blue-eyed whites usually are. When I was a kid we had a white cat, with one blue eye and one green one.  He was deaf in the ear on the same side as the blue eye.  But could hear with the "green" ear.
by keres on Sat Nov 28th, 2009 at 06:28:47 AM EST
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I've heard about the white cat mutation before. However, Stuart is not deaf. His breed is related to the Siamese (an Oriental) & so the blue-eyed gene doesn't signify anything unusual.
by wilderness wench (sylvan1 art localnet dirt com) on Sat Nov 28th, 2009 at 10:25:37 AM EST
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Great photo. The expression on her face is wonderful.

Seven pies at one blow -- I remember that fairy tale about the Brave Little Eater. :)

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

by AndiF (ferguson1461 at gmail dot com) on Sat Nov 28th, 2009 at 06:34:46 AM EST
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Alas, I was not the brave little eater in this case. I can't process sweets -- or any heavy stimulants at all, for that matter. With my history I'm sure my adrenal glands all look like dryer lint.  So I get to watch others indugle while feeling like I've dodged yet another bullet.

;-)

Hope your holiday with both families went well & that you're safely, happily at home.

by wilderness wench (sylvan1 art localnet dirt com) on Sat Nov 28th, 2009 at 10:20:48 AM EST
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Not only do my friends indugle -- they also indulge. And heavily!
by wilderness wench (sylvan1 art localnet dirt com) on Sat Nov 28th, 2009 at 10:22:15 AM EST
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Love the quizzical expression!

"I never trust people who don't laugh." Maya Angelou, March 5, 2009
by Indianadem on Sat Nov 28th, 2009 at 09:12:22 AM EST
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Stuart's folks also keep an Abyssinian cat & I believe he was doing something that made Stuart curious.
(Actually, almost anything anyone does makes Stuart curious.)
by wilderness wench (sylvan1 art localnet dirt com) on Sat Nov 28th, 2009 at 10:30:08 AM EST
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