BOOK CLUB: Nominations for September book

[CrispyQ]

Let's take nominations through 8/15, poll through the 8/22.

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Book Club Guidelines:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=209&topic_id=1152

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NOMINATION OF BOOKS
Each person has one nomination, and can second as many books as they like. The "seconding" of the books is important because there are only 10 spots on the poll, so the "seconds" will often determine which books actually get on the poll.

[pstans]

1. Spanking the Donkey

"Spanking the Donkey: Dispatches from the Dumb Season" by Matt Taibbi
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/156584891...

It was close to winning last month and seems like a great book.

Here is thread about the book...http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=209x1730

[CrispyQ]

2. I second this title.

I ordered it along with Zinn's book. :)

[CrispyQ]

3. I nominate "The Blind Watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins

"The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design" by Richard Dawkins


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393315703/qid=1123085292/sr=8-3/ref=pd_bbs_sbs_3/002-2349647-1398402?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

[Richardo]

4. That sounds good! Second.

:thumbsup:

[Hamlette]

5. Freakonomics

not as political as some of the other books but a great read and plenty to think about. In case anyone is looking for a break from strictly political books.

The Blind Watchmaker is...difficult reading. Great stuff but not an easy read. IMHO.

Another great read on the subject is Summer for the Gods which is the real history of the Scopes trial. Won the pulitzer for history the year it came out. Is available in paperback. Just finished it. Worth reading.

[Richardo]

6. I will always second Freakonomics

...if I still have a 'second' to use.

[ramapo]

11. And a third

Just started it...

[Richardo]

7. 1776

Amazing parallels to today, and a reminder of the heights we as a nation came from.

[hang a left]

13. I will second 1776

I could get into reading some history. Smoked too much pot in highschool, could use a refresher.

[CrackpotAmerica]

8. I Nominate " Concerning Dissent and Civil Disobedience" by Abe Fortas

It's an oldie but a goodie! A must read if you are Bill O'reilly!

Find it here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005VOA...

[zoe2]

9. "Twentynine Palms: A True Story of Murder, Marines, and the Mojave"

Riveting nonfiction about two girls killed by a Marine after the Gulf War in Twentynine Palms, California, home of the world's largest Marine base. The issues explored - life in a remote military town by way of the kids, especially girls, who take care of boys going off to and coming back from war - are very timely. What happened in this story sheds light on recent incidents at Fort Bragg and elsewhere.
http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-0380794012-2

[marktry]

14. 29 Palms

This book highlights the unfortunate victims of the world. This world she depicts is not glamarous, it is ordinary. Stillman creates a vivid retelling of a tragic murder. Great investigative journalsm. A first class book that deserves its previous praise and deserves much greater accolades.

[Richardo]

15. Welcome to DU, marktry

:toast:

I grew up in the desert not too far from 29 Palms and we got the 'jarheads' in town on leave pretty regularly. I'd be interested to read this book, I think.

[stilts]

17. I love this book

The writers love of the west, her empathy for life's overlooked and her mastery of the use of location make this a compelling, though at times disturbing, read. A hardy thumbs up for Stillman's 29 Palms.

[dissent1977]

10. "Trust Us We're Experts" by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton

This is a great book that is often overlooked. It is about how corporations and their allies in government manipulate science to pursue their own agenda. It shows how the media often repeats corporate spin as objective scientific fact, and makes it appear as if the industry funded "scientists" who tell us that global warming isn't real are just as credible as any other scientist.

It is a fascinating book which is often quite funny, and it really makes you question much of the "science" that you hear about in the media.

[CrispyQ]

16. I'll second this.

Anything to show the corporations for what they are -- artificial beings, (working with the help of the traitorous natural beings, CEO's, shareholders, & corrupt govt officials), sucking the life blood from us natural beings.

[La Coliniere]

12. I nominate "A Language Older Than Words"

by Derrick Jensen. An incredible mosaic of the writer's wounded childhood, inter-species communication, the sickness which is free market capitalism, the historical abuse of women, and the destructive nature of western "civilization" which has created the present environmental devastation and cultural/political collapse we are presently witnessing.
Not an overtly political book in the same sense as a book like "What's the Matter With Kansas?", but certainly a book that portrays, through implication, it's politics on each and every page. Difficult (in an emotional sense), extremely moving and necessary. Your life may never be the same after reading this book.

[McCamy Taylor]

18. Can I nominate "The Mind of the South"? I am only 40 pages into

it, but so far it rings true. It plus "Absalom, Absalom" and "Heart of Darkness" should be required reading for anyone who wants to know why Neo-cons want to keep invading other countries.

[CrispyQ]

19. I'm going to ask to lock this thread & we'll start polling.

Thanks to everyone for thier nominations!

[Moderator]

20. locking

by request