books: america and

books: america and

books:

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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

Thomas L. Friedman

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

Should be put in textbook format for schools
This was not the most fun book to read but it should be required reading. We have to address these issues. Here, for once, are good ideas that can be achieved. This perfect for holiday giving.

The Conscience of a Liberal

Paul Krugman

W. W. Norton, 2007

Congratulations!
I merely wish to congratulate the Swedish committee-members on having the good sense to award the 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics to Paul Krugman. That's almost enough to redeem the Swedes for their egregious error of awarding a previous prize to Milton Friedman, whose ...

The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future

T. Boone Pickens

Crown Business, 2008

Excellent Book
Excellent book. Well written and easy reading. It is very timely for what America is facing currently. T. Boone has some interesting insights into running a business that apply to both large and small companies. Well worth reading.

Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America

Paul Tough

Houghton Mifflin, 2008

"Let us put our minds together...
... and see what life we can make for our children", a quote by Sitting Bull, embraces the philosophy and vision of outstanding educator, reformer, and leader Geoffrey Canada, creator of the Harlem Children's Zone. Part biography, part call to action, "Whatever it ...

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Ron Paul

Grand Central Publishing, 2008

IMPORTANT American Document!!
REQUIRED READING: This book reveals the lies every American suspects of their government. Other than the Constitution which is being destroyed, this book is an education of protecting our liberties.

A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)

Howard Zinn

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005

This should be required reading in our schools
Our country will never be able to live up to the lofty ideals of our founding documents unless we come to grips with the truth of how we got where we are. This book tells the truth about how the people on top have butchered and suppressed others in order to STAY on ...

The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America

James Bamford

Doubleday, 2008

Interesting and Revealing!
Bamford opens by telling us that by 2008 NSA had become the most intrusive spy organization, secretly filtering millions of phone calls and e-mails/hour, programmed to listen for thousands of names and phone numbers. The watch list once contained 20 names - now its ...

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage)

Barack Obama

Vintage, 2008

Obama is the man baby, the next president in 2008!
Obama is the man baby, the next president in 2008! This book is GREAT, and everyone should read it. Sorry my review is not a novel like everyone else.

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

Erik Larson

Vintage, 2004

Creepy-cool slasher history
Creepy-cool history of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, intertwined with the history of the serial killer H. H. Holmes who was operating at and around the Fair and may have accounted for anywhere from 9 (confirmed) to 50 (suspected) to even 200 (conjectured) murders. ...

Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America

Chuck Norris

Regnery Publishing, 2008

A great book to read and discuss as a family
I like the way this book espouses traditional conservative American Values and I like it on three levels. First, I appreciate that Chuck Norris is a big time celebrity and provides balance to the vast majority of liberal cliché celebrities. Second, I appreciate his ...

Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise

Three Rivers Press, 2008

informative
i like this book. it is clearly written. it doesn't include lots of hesitancy that's found in soooo many books written by attorneys!!! this book very clearly describes senator obama's positions on so many issues. it's not, of course, absolutely comprehensive, but, ...

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007

Excellent
I bought the books and it was in excellent condition. I would buy again and the fast shipping. thanks.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Sixth Edition

Joseph Gibaldi

Modern Language Association of America, 2003

Answers my questions
This book seems to answer all questions I had and all questions I am likely to have.

If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need

Colonel Jack Jacobs (retired), Douglas Century

Berkley Hardcover, 2008

The perfect Christmas present
This book is unique. No Medal of Honor recipient has ever written a book that is both powerful and hilarious at the same time. For five years I have been recommending Medal of Honor by Peter Collier as the ideal Christmas present for veterans, young people and students ...

America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, ...

Basic Books, 2008

ENLIGHTENING!
If you had suppositions about how you thought the world was, this book brings to light that we are in an emerging age of the politicization of the world. The ushering out of the old Cold War mentality is now being replaced by a new awareness of self beyond borders and ...