books about: events     books:     Events      The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism Andrew Bacevich Metropolitan Books, 2008 battered wife syndrome I discovered Andrew Bacevich by reading The New American Militarism; How Americans Are Seduced By War (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), a book in which he describes how our culture's normalization and even romanticization of war "pervades our national ...             Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism Kevin Phillips Viking Adult, 2008 The other shoe This book details the possibly fatal indebtedness of the US to lenders throughout the rest of the world. The only major omission is a discussion of the instruments that may be the final nail in our coffin, Credit Default Swaps.             Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 Hot, Flat and Crowded Great book. Just like before, Thomas Friedman tells it like it is. It's amazing how recent many of his references are.             Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the ... Dick Morris, Eileen Mcgann Harper, 2008 Great Read!! We are being FLEECED This may be a shot heard across the world. hear is a man who us a Moderate democrat who is seeking to set the record straight. There is so much hear I don't know where to start; but I will press on, lets start with Guantanamo, and how important it has been in ...             The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008 Bob Woodward Simon & Schuster, 2008 Believable Woodward Woodard is a believable writer. In-depth reports of Iraqi war within U.S. government raises great concern of our leaders emotional and professional leadership abilities. Who is making our presidential decisions? Who has the ear of the president? Where are the safe ...             The Post-American World Fareed Zakaria W. W. Norton, 2008 This is a highly informative source for coming to terms with the positive changes that globalization could and is bringing. Fareed Zakaria has really given a great deal of thought to globalization and its larger meaning, and it is obvious for almost all to see. His thoughts on how the U.S., India, China, and Russia should interact are spot on. His use of statistics is pretty much a welcomed ...             The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein Picador, 2008 Great Book Very eye opening, great reading. I read it while i was in Panama last summer and was able to draw paralles to the building of the Panama Canal             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 Shack William P. Young Windblown Media, 2008 A Ray of Sunshine In a time of uncertainty, this book brings hope, challenge, joy and a sense of purpose. "The Shack" was recommended to me by a trusted friend who said, "You need to read this book - you may be uncomfortable sometimes, but keep reading..." She was right. Are you ...             The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage) Barack Obama Vintage, 2008 A good way to get and understanding of Barak Obama I found myself very impressed by both Obama's understanding of both sides of many issues as well as his ability to write. At the same time I can see how such writing could be considered aloof next to a more Hemmingway-like prose. While I did not personally agree with ...             The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let It Happen Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore, ... Threshold Editions, 2008 Ignore economic deniers The controversy around the Laffer curve is made by those who do not understand the fundamentals of economics: people respond to the incentives. Ask yourself this simple and easy question, would you work hard (or at all) if someone took out of your wallet $4 for every ...             The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate David Freddoso Regnery Publishing, 2008 The Real Obama Anyone who reads this shoulld be extremley concerned of the direction he may take us if elected.             Time of My Life: A Novel Allison Winn Scotch Shaye Areheart Books, 2008 Best book I've read in a very long time This book wowed me in a way that I haven't been wowed in years. I read a lot, and don't say that lightly. What's so great about this book? So many things. At first it seems very high concept, that a woman who seems to have it all, slips back in time after a relaxing ...             Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries Naomi Wolf Simon & Schuster, 2008 Naomi Wolf at her best "Give me Liberty" is Naomi Wolf at her best. She brings her usual vigor and eloquence to an increasingly urgent subject -- how to effect change in our country. This book is a very real part of the change we've been waiting for.             The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court Jeffrey Toobin Anchor, 2008 a remarkable Nine Toobin's book covers the history of the US Supreme Court from the summer of 1991 through the spring of 2007. Throughout his work, he provides biographical information of the Nine (Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer), plus ...          products you might be interested in search for books eavesdropping, exceptionalism, governments, post-american, revolutionaries, ultra-secret      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: Walt Disney's Comics And Stories #678 (Walt Disney's Comics and Stories)