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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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Anyone else tired of this shit?
by BooMan on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 08:33:53 PM EST
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How's the pipeline coming?
by Bob In Pacifica on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 09:00:22 PM EST
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Oh, yeah! Forty Years ago.
by The Voice In The Wilderness on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 09:02:32 PM EST
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Yeah, I'm tired of this shit, damned tired.  In Nam it was Agent Orange and napalm and now it is white phosphorous.  And, who suffers the most but the kids?  And who will end up losing the whole shebang but the insensitive, amoral, stupid, ugly Americans.  And, Bush & co wondered why people hate us so. It's cuz we are moral reprobates, hypocrites to the max and a clear and constant danger to anyone who disagrees with us or has some precious resource that we need to fuel this dangerous addiction we have to consume products.

I think future generations, if there are any, may regard us as the ultimate terrorist nation; one toxic to the well being of the planet itself.  I think, perhaps, Armageddon will bear the stamp, "Made in America."

May joy and enthusiasm be with us always!

by Dongi 2 on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 11:01:38 PM EST
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Terribly terribly tired.  

I happened to be in a bookstore yesterday.  Not really to buy anything, because I'm already reading at least a half-dozen books.  I happened on Dexter Filkins' "The Forever War," and having just finished Jane Mayer's "The Dark Side," I wasn't sure I was ready for another harrowing journey.  

Well, the upshot is that I couldn't put the Filkins book down, and ended up taking it home.  It is horrifying and riveting, beautifully written and compelling.  And I feel such deep sorrow for the Afghan people, especially the women and children.  I found myself reexamining my opposition to our presence in Afghanistan.  Not out of any fear of terrorism or the drug trade or because I harbor any imperialist or colonialist tendencies, but because I feel such a sense of obligation to these people who have suffered so much.  And then I heard about the sentences to be carried out in Somalia, and then I thought about all the places in the world where landmines kill and cripple people every day, and then I thought about all the companies that manufacture landmines and that they employ people who assemble these destructive devices in order to earn money to feed and clothe and shelter their families.

So yes, yes, I'm terribly terribly tired.

by Mum on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 07:05:07 AM EST
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Absolutely.  And what about the disclaimer "some people might find disturbing?"  Who in hell wouldn't find that story and photos disturbing?  Someone who should be sequestered from society.
by Heart of the Rockies on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 09:07:50 AM EST
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