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How to Be Funny on Purpose
Edgar E. Willis, Richard L. Weaver
Cybercom, 2005
This is a very funny book!
Thank you Professor Willis! How to Be Funny on Purpose is clearly a life-long labor of love by Edgar Willis, a Professsor Emeritus of Communication at the University of Michigan. Professor Willis, thoroughly enjoying his subject, has written a book both consistently funny and deeply thoughtful. ...
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
Al Gore
Rodale Books, 2006
This is a book that every American should read!
Although i was well aware of global warming, the scientific evidence and the real statistics of the global warming from this book definitely raised my awareness even more. I mainly bought this book because i am very interested from saving the earth from the global warming. This book is informative ...
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50 Signs of Mental Illness: A Guide to Understanding Mental Health (Yale University Press Health & Wellness)
James Whitney Hicks
Yale University Press, 2006
Excellent, comprehensive reference
+ Great for the layman
+ A tremendously helpful book
As an internist I have frequently been approached by patients, family and friends for advice in assessing mental health symproms in a loved one. This is the ready reference I wish I had had available at those times times when I struggled to provide useful information without resorting to ...
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Brokeback Mountain: Now a Major Motion Picture
Annie Proulx
Scribner, 2005
A+
+ It's a story of love that can never be... not sex.
+ As beautiful as it gets
+ Great reading!
+ You Won't Want it to End
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The I Hate Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity. . . Reader: The Hideous ...
Da Capo Press, 2004
Terrific expose of right-wing liars
+ I Hate Ann C0ulter ...
This is a must read for all political people. The right-wingers attacked in this book are all media senations who have been getting away with dissembling for too much of their careers. No more. The various contributors cut their weak arguments to shreds. This was well worth reading- I only wish ...
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Transvestites: The Erotic Drive To Cross Dress
Magnus Hirschfeld
Prometheus Books, 2003
He knew about us first
I am an autogynephilic transsexual. I used to be a crossdresser for erotic purposes. Hirschfeld was the precursor of Ray Blanchard's theory, which explains that I--and other transsexuals who begin life as men and who are mainly attracted to women--are motivated by a paraphilia consisting of the ...
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Christopher Hitchens
Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007
Informative and persuasive
+ Great book
Hitchens is an extremely sharp, erudite, and well-qualified author on the subject of religion. Having had several encounters with different faiths in his life, he is a journalist who has witnessed first-hand the effects of religious belief around the world. He also has intimate knowledge of ...
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Soulless: Ann Coulter and the Right-Wing Church of Hate
Susan Estrich
William Morrow, 2006
Soulless is awesomeless
+ In This Case, "-less" Is More
+ just the truth
I love this book!! Susan is wonderful and witty - great read. Recommend to anyone who looks at Coulter and goes -Yewwww, yuck, and is she for real?
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Wake-Up Call: The Political Education of a 9/11 Widow
Kristen Breitweiser
Grand Central Publishing, 2006
"Wake up Call" an Inspiration to All of Us
+ wake- up call..
+ Excellent enthusiam in the face of tremendous adversity
+ Eye Opener
+ All I can say is "thank you, Kristen."
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23 Minutes in Hell
Bill Wiese
Charisma House, 2006
Scary place
+ Very good book.
+ 23 Minutes in Hell
+ Thank you God :)
+ Book
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Faggots
Larry Kramer
Grove Press, 2000
Unbridled Genius. One of the best
+ Is This How It Was?
+ Unscruplously Sexy and Liberating
It is as if James Joyce were alive and queer in 1973 New York. Kramer is an author, dramatist and activist who helped found Act-Up. In this harsh, funny, terrifying, graphic, pornographic, brilliant, compelling book, he both honors and skewers the "gay scene" of the early '70s.
This book is ...
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The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (Hinges of ...
Thomas Cahill
Anchor Books/Nan A Talese, 1999
How God changed the world
+ EXCELLENT
+ For Racists
+ Intriguing and Clever
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Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
Bill Clinton
Knopf, 2007
A Small Amount Can Go a Long Way
+ Giving? - Yes. Changing the world? Not quite.
+ Giving it a Chance
Charitable giving is a regular part of life for many Americans and one man who wants to encourage Americans to integrate giving into their daily lives is former U.S. President Bill Clinton. The former U.S. Chief Executive has his own foundation dedicated to the cause of world health and other ...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the U.S. Constitution (Complete Idiot's Guide to)
Timothy Harper
Alpha, 2007
Excellent
The U.S. Constitution is an amazing document, one that every American should be familiar with, not only because it defines the structure and function of our government and our civil liberties and personal rights, but because it affects us directly and indirectly on an almost daily basis. Anyone ...
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How to Win a Fight with a Conservative
Daniel Kurtzman
Hysteria Publications, 2007
A Really Humorous Book, Just Don't Take it Too Seriously
+ Laugh Attack
+ A fun, quick read
+ Entertaining and surprisingly insightful
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