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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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Learn the real story behind the WMD in Iraq:

The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism
by Ron Suskind

Read Barack Obama's vision for America:

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama

DaveW recommends:

I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas Hofstadter

Need some laughs?

I Am America (and So Can You!)
by Stephen Colbert

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

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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.


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John Belushi - SNL
Download South Park on iTunes
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James Hunter - People Gonna Talk:
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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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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
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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This site isn't going to become a super duper high traffic site, so he's gotta identify his demo and sell more targeted ad-space. Personally, I'd get a copy of Harpers and hit up all their advertisers. Heck, I'd pop and ad in there... OOOhhh... Perhaps there should be a fund-raiser for an ad BUY somewhere?

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He needs a Blue Tie (and a crown?) (with Lady Liberty Kissing him)?

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The Rose Campaign was organized by Code Pink, but in concert with other activist groups, they are also conducting a vigil. It is easy to contribute a rose at the link Steven provided.

OFFICIAL RELEASE: Candlelight vigil protesting massacre in Gaza outside Obama's DC hotel begins TONIGHT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 4, 2009
CONTACT Jean Stevens, CODEPINK national media coordinator, 646-723-1781

Candlelight vigil protesting massacre in Gaza outside Obama's DC hotel begins TONIGHT

WHAT:  Nightly candlelight vigil to urge President-Elect Obama to speak out, call for ceasefire and stop killing of innocent Palestinians
WHEN:  5:30 p.m. every evening beginning Sunday, Jan. 4
WHERE:  Begin at 16th and H Streets NW (across from the Hay-Adams Hotel where Obama will be staying), Washington, DC

WASHINGTON -- CODEPINK, other organizations and concerned Americans will gather TODAY outside the Hay-Adams hotel here, where President-Elect Barack Obama is staying before the inauguration, to protest the illegal and brutal Israeli assault on Gaza and demand that he speak out against it and call for a ceasefire. They will vigil outside the hotel each night, while Obama stays there, until he takes a stand.

The call for the vigil comes after Israeli ground troops entered Gaza Jan. 3 eight days after launching an offensive against Hamas Jan. 3.

"Obama is not waiting until inauguration to deal with the economic crisis, so why is isn't he taking a stand on this humanitarian crisis?" said CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin, who has visited Gaza. "He spoke out against the massacre in Mumbai, so why is he silent in the face of this massacre? The suffering Palestinians need him now, not just on January 20."


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That furry gent with the cookie shooter would make a fine mascot.

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Morning drive by.  We're supposed to be getting up to 6 inches of snow tomorrow, just as the ice is receding a bit.  Ugh.  

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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.  

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Some from over the past year at Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando.


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"They died preparing new acts of terror," said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the agency's actions are secret.

Unnamed sources were rumored to believe that the two men were being personally trained by the long-sought terrorist nemisis Emmanual Goldstein.  However unnamed counterterrorism officials would neither confirm nor deny whether Goldstein was actually in the building at the time of the secret strike.

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Re: Good Morning CG
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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.

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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).

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The last episode of season two was, I think, the best of the entire series.

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Re: Good Morning CG
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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.

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Morning ask.

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

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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.

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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.
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Re: Good Morning CG
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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.

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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. :)

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I'm hoping my migraine issues will subside long enough to finish work for the week...at least my yoga class last night seems to have helped some.

What's everyone up to this weekend?  I have the lovely Giants-Eagles football game (on teevee, not in person) to look forward to.  Oh, and the taking down of the Christmas tree ( we didn't put it up until the 23rd, so we're entitled to the extra week of tree.)  Big fun.

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Diary is here; you should be there.

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