I got a $25 gift certificate to Borders and I'm letting DU pick what I buy

[LostInAnomie]

Give me some suggestions, preferably books.

[NewJeffCT]

1. lying liars?

Al Franken's book, plus his earlier one about Rush Limbaugh being a big, fat idiot.

David Brock's Republican Noise Machine and/or Blinded by the Right.

[Bullwinkle925]

2. Do you want strictly Political Book ideas - or any?

[LostInAnomie]

4. Any

[Bullwinkle925]

33. Okay, then - here's my list..........

"Things Fall Apart" - Chinua Achebe

"Life of Pi" - Yann Martel

"Accordion Crimes" - E. Annie Proulx

"Bird by Bird" - Anne Lamott

"She's Come Undone" - Wally Lamb


All Fiction - all books that come to my mind from time-to-time.

Let me know what you finally decide upon. Perhaps it would be one

that I would add to my collection as well.

Happy Book-Hunting!

[progmom]

36. Ooh -- you listed some of my faves there

"Things Fall Apart" - Chinua Achebe

"Life of Pi" - Yann Martel

Both really really really excellent works.


Funny about She's Come Undone. People either loved it or hated it. I fall in the latter camp.

[Bullwinkle925]

39. Did you read Lamb's second book?

I liked that one as well. I can understand why people wouldn't like "She's Come Undone". The protagonist could be a 'disturbing' character for many reasons, but I ended up liking her. I could relate to some of the feelings she was having.
What other books would you recommend? Do you belong to a bookclub?

[Solon]

3. America...

By Jon Stewart of course.

[LostInAnomie]

7. Already own it

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. Philip Roth's latest, "The Plot Against America", is quite good.

If you're looking for fiction, I recommend it highly.

[hadrons]

6. What's the Matter with Kansas by Thomas Frank

also,

Men of Tomorrow by Gerald Jones (history of comics in America - great story, it has the immigrant experience, gangsters, geeks, old time socialists and rampant capitalism)

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (DVD or Book)

[DrGonzoLives]

28. Yes

Frank's book is awesome - everyone here needs to read it.

[3days]

8. When will Jesus bring the porkchops

[Oddly Stevenson]

9. Imperial Hubris

Should be required reading...unfortunately, most of those it would benefit probably don't read.

[KitchenWitch]

10. Banana Republicans

[KT2000]

11. Jared Diamond's "Collapse:

How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" which just came out.
Looks pretty interesting.

[Lone Pawn]

13. It's good, but

only along the same level as The Third Chimpanzee was good. Nowhere near Guns, Germs, and Steel level.

Speaking of which, if anyone on Earth hasn't read Guns, Germs, and Steel, go and buy it now. Please.

[brokensymmetry]

14. Great minds think alike! n/t

.

[brokensymmetry]

12. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

You might find Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond of interest. It's very well written, interesting - and something that may point to some dangers we're facing.

[drdon326]

15. "Dont sweat the small stuff".......its for life

.

[lenidog]

16. Rising 44: The Battle For Warsaw

By Norman Davies

[Parche]

17. books

Wahoo, by Rear Admiral Dick Okane

Clear the Bridge, Dick Okane

Thunder Below Admiral Eugene Fluckey

[gfr4656]

18. forever by pete hamill

[ClassicDem]

19. Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography

Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters (Library of America) by Thomas Jefferson, Merrill D. Peterson

[hyphenate]

20. Noam Chomsky's trilogy

It's a tad expensive, but once you read it, you will never have patience again for anything that comes out of a repuke's mouth.

Amended: it's a quartet, boxed-set, not a trilogy.

[AmandaRuth]

21. Oryx and Krake

by M. Atwood - Great book. I think I spelled that correctly. :-)

[progmom]

29. I enjoyed it too.

[blondeatlast]

22. "Worse Than Watergate" and "The Republican Noise Machine."

Or 3 copies of "Don't Think of an Elephant" to pass on--one to your favorite public library.

[Acryliccalico]

23. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man or

Fleshing Out Skull & Bones

I have them on order and looking forward to reading them.

[Cadence]

24. Jensen's "The Culture of Make Believe".

I'm waiting until I have money again so I can buy this book.

[VeniceBeat]

25. "The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition"

by W. J. Rorabaugh


:toast:

*hic*

Fascinating!

[bloodyjack]

26. "Death on the Installment Plan"

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

or "Pushkin Threefold: Narrative, Lyric, Polemic, and Ribald Verse"

[MissBrooks]

27. There is a great book called,

"Take me with you".

It's about a cab driver from San Francisco who travels the world and looks for someone that he can invite back to SF.

It's an amazing book!
Amazon link to the book

[Kathy in Cambridge]

32. I hought you'd be reading this:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1557045399/qid=1106192489/sr=8-2/ref=pd_ka_1/102-1972569-1888921?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

You said she's an inspiration to young women. :hi:

I think she's an inspiration on how to get ahead on connections and no conceivable talent. :hi:

[progmom]

30. I just read Middlesex

By Jeffrey Eugenides (author of The Virgin Suicides)

Thought it was really good.


ALso really enjoyed The Time Traveler's Wife.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

31. Me too-I really liked Middlesex!

I wanted it to go on-I thought it was better than the 'Virgin Suicides'.

[Catfight]

34. Animal Farm! n/t

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[XNASA]

37. "Foucault's Pendulum"

A very interesting read. And well worth the $$$$.

[dubyaD40web]

38. The Bush - Haters Handbook

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1560255692/dubyad40-20/103-4185861-7417409?creative=327641&camp=14573&link_code=as1

[Orsino]

40. 2.5 copies of OUTFOXED...

...to give away to minds that need opening.

[kodi]

41. howard zinn's "a peoples history of the united states"

what else?

[JI7]

42. check out the books forums

the non fiction and fiction ones. there are discussions of books and i think you will find something(s) that really interest you based on those discussions.

[Mother Jones]

43. I highly recommend anything by the Dalai Lama

You'll need something to feed your spirit and soul for the next 4 years.

[petron]

44. Kitchen Confidential

by Anthony Bourdain

Great book!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060934913/qid=1106323313/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/104-3059341-8946367?v=glance&s=books&n=507846