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Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush 50 reviews
Robert Draper
Free Press, 2007
Good book
+ Great first draft of the history of the GWB presidency
+ Fills in some gaps about Bush's character
+ Selective insights into Bush but a pleasant book overall
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 294 reviews
Naomi Klein
Metropolitan Books, 2007
Absolutely shocking
+ The Shock Doctrine
+ Great Product, Good Delivery, Ok Description!
+ Keynes vindicated
+ great new info
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Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today 92 reviews
Tom Brokaw
Random House, 2007
Surprised
+ Very Informative Book
+ Boom
First, let me just say that I am surprised. I figured a left wing media guy with a left wing reputation would have written a left wing book, but this wasn't the case. Having been in college in the late Sixties myself, I lived through much of what this book talks about. I wondered what happened to ...
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The Conscience of a Liberal80 reviews
Paul Krugman
W. W. Norton, 2007
Highly recommended for all Americans, liberal or otherwise
+ Krugman Liberal Views
+ Finally some good news!
+ Nice Work
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Power to the People132 reviews
Laura Ingraham
Regnery Publishing, 2007
Recommend to Everyone
+ power to the people
+ John Lennon Would Be Proud
+ Stay strong Laura
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The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World236 reviews
Alan Greenspan
Penguin Press HC, The, 2007
Wisdom of a charming geek
+ Better than the election debates
+ dry subject made interesting
+ Straight from the maestro
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The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible384 reviews
A. J. Jacobs
Simon & Schuster, 2007
A Daring Adventure!
+ And on the Eigth Day there was A.J.!!!! ; )
+ Humorous and....oddly inspirational!
+ Awesome Book!
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How to Win a Fight with a Conservative12 reviews
Daniel Kurtzman
Hysteria Publications, 2007
A Really Humorous Book, Just Don't Take it Too Seriously
+ Laugh Attack
+ A fun, quick read
A friend gave me this book for Christmas this year because she knew how much I enjoyed ranting about politics. While it is not truly a self-help book, and I doubt anyone will win a fight with a conservative by following its directions, it is an enjoyable little diversion that made me laugh. Daniel ...
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America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It497 reviews
Mark Steyn
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2006
Serious work with an ironic twist, or two.
+ Every American should read this book
+ Disturbing
+ Everyone Should Read!
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The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation36 reviews
Drew Westen
PublicAffairs, 2007
People vote their passions!
+ How do people decide - in polititcs and elsewhere
+ The Political Brain is a good read during this election season
+ Fascinating and compelling
+ a must read
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The Book of General Ignorance55 reviews
John Mitchinson, John Lloyd
Harmony, 2007
FANTASTIC LITTLE KNOWN TRIVIA
+ Quite Interesting, you know
+ Fun book, but it too shows some ignorance...
+ what a fun book!
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Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision24 reviews
Thom Hartmann
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007
Cracking the Code: A Cure with Common Sense
+ Learn the subliminal codes to communication - and stop being manipulated!
+ Getting deep
+ Easy Read, Full of Information
+ Take back your power. Take back your country.
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Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights14 reviews
Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose
Random House, 2007
A litany of impeachable offenses
+ Essential Reading, Albeit More Lou than Molly
+ Billl of Wrongs
+ On the mark reporting
+ Why we should be very, very angry
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BORAT: Touristic Guidings to Minor Nation of U.S. and A. and Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of ...25 reviews
Borat Sagdiyev
Flying Dolphin Press, 2007
Niiiiiice!
+ A book, a Borat's book ;)
+ Make Buying Happy Times!!!
+ Funny
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking962 reviews
Malcolm Gladwell
Back Bay Books, 2007
The art of split-second thinking
+ Entertaining, Educating, Provocative
+ Great book even if I don't agree with it...
+ Intuition is No Simple Subject Matter to "Thin-Slice" - Gladwell does it Well!
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Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life 208 reviews
Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker
Tyndale, 2007
Excellent, life-changing book.
+ EXCELLENT
+ Good book, entertaining, recommended reading.
+ Resounding Message From Quiet Strength
+ Very Inspirational ... Blessed with every word!
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World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism65 reviews
Norman Podhoretz
Doubleday, 2007
Very important book showing how Jimmy Carter is indeed to blame for Iran falling to Khomeini!
+ Gives you great insight
A book called The Much too Promised Land by Aaron David Miller makes Carter out to be a hero by talking about his success at Camp David but deletes any mention of how Carter let the pro-Israeli Shah fall and the anti-Israeli Khomeini rise! This book shows how Carter is indeed responsible for ...
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The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot185 reviews
Naomi Wolf
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007
Concise and compelling
+ Right and Left
+ A Timely Warning
+ Organize, and fill the streets with protest
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The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America13 reviews
Ronald Brownstein
Penguin Press HC, The, 2007
Thought provoking, impeccably researched and argued
+ Must read for political junkies
+ phenomenal masterpiece but dry
+ must read
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Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost Its Mind and the Other Lost Its Nerve91 reviews
Bernard Goldberg
HarperCollins, 2007
Yhrow All the Politicians Out!
+ Funny and effective
Goldberg is right on .... he shines the light of greedy self interest on both parties. Those of us who think the system is broke, and anything the politicians do to attempt fixing it only make it worse, will love this book.
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