BOOK CLUB: Poll for August - 6 varied topics to choose from!

[CrispyQ]

Poll question: BOOK CLUB: Poll for August - 6 varied topics to choose from!

Six titles to choose from - a good variety of topics!


“A People's History of the United States” by Howard Zinn
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060528427/qid=1121984665/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-2187220-5227244?v=glance&s=books&n=507846


“Homegrown Democrat” by Garrison Keillor
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0670033650/qid=1121984727/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-2187220-5227244?v=glance&s=books&n=507846


“Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything” by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/006073132X/qid=1121984757/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-2187220-5227244?v=glance&s=books&n=507846


"Food Politics" by Marion Nestle
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0520240677/qid=1121984838/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-2187220-5227244?v=glance&s=books&n=507846


"Spanking the Donkey: Dispatches from the Dumb Season" by Matt Taibbi
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1565848918/qid=1121984866/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-2187220-5227244?v=glance&s=books&n=507846


“Last Child in the Woods : Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder” by Richard Louv
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1565123913/qid=1121984916/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-2187220-5227244?v=glance&s=books&n=507846



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We'll keep this open for about a week, ok?

[Bellamia]

1. Definitly Garrison Keillor

He's usually funny, and I need some laughs. I listen to him Sundays on NPR, and he definitly has some tongue-in-cheek things to say about Politics. Along with Ketschup and buttermilk bisquits! :>)

[CrispyQ]

2. Hot damn! I love a close race!! ---eom

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. Definitely Zinn...

The background history is so important to understanding what is going on now. I refer back to it several times a month. It belongs on everyones bookshelf.

I have two friends who have purchased copies after I lent them mine, we now have great conversations and fruitful debates, since I am not having to constantly correct the faulty educations they got in high school.

[CrispyQ]

4. Kick

Another day or two to vote.

[Strawman]

5. Spanking the Donkey

A quick read too. I didn't put it down once I started. Start with the * chapter first where he goes undercover and works for * in FL. Matt puts his finger on alot of things that I've felt but haven't quite been able to articulate. I think his critique of the spectacle that is the presidential campaign is right on the mark.

[Shredr]

6. I've been trying to read Zinn's book

With my work schedule, it's hard to read as much as I used to, but it looks like an excellent choice.

And, with a book club to discuss it with, I'd be more apt to read.

Zinn's got my vote.

[CrispyQ]

7. Last call to vote.

[ewagner]

8. Had to go with Keillor

because "Home Grown Democrat" contains a lot of conventional wisdom that resonates very nicely in the "red states".

[CrispyQ]

9. Looks like the August title is:

“A People's History of the United States” by Howard Zinn

Cool!

[Moderator]

10. Locking.

Vote is over.