Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
DN! “Republican Gomorrah (1\3): Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party”
Posted in Books, Conversations on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Conservatives Discuss Max Blumenthal’s “Republican Gomorrah”
Posted in Books, Conversations on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love Max Blumenthal! He has balls the size of China!
The Policeman Is Your Friend and Other Lies
Posted in Books on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Weed Man” Revealed
Posted in Books, Conversations on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Engine 2 Diet Book
Posted in Books, Cool People on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Face on Your Plate
Posted in Animals, Books on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Early Review
By Debra Ginsberg
Vegetarians, “the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit,” as Anthony Bourdain famously said, have long been derided as crunchy, cause-loving extremists; not to mention vegans (whom Bourdain likens to Hezbollah), whose dietary choice is often regarded with open-mouthed expressions of dismay. But in these carcinogenic days of globally [...]
Now or Never: Getting Down to the Business of Saving Our American Dream
Posted in Books on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Self Made Man
Posted in Books on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Synopsis
A journalist’s provocative and spellbinding account of her eighteen months spent disguised as a man
Norah Vincent became an instant media sensation with the publication of Self-Made Man, her take on just how hard it is to be a man, even in a man’s world. Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me), [...]
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Posted in Books on October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thomas L. Friedman’s phenomenal number-one bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world in a new way. In his brilliant, essential new book, Friedman takes a fresh and provocative look at two of the biggest challenges we face today: America’s surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11; [...]
Amazon customer review of The Bible
Posted in Books on October 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This book doesn’t work. I’ve tried the “praying” method to get a new Porsche 996 delivered but to no avail. There’s nothing in the instructions about not wanting German sports cars but I tried praying for less ambitious things. I gave up when it didn’t even get me a Big Mac. In the early part [...]
‘Free to Be’ for you and me, 35 years later
Posted in Books, Cool People on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Craig Wilson, USA TODAY
Did Marlo Thomas have a clue 35 years ago that Free to Be … You and Me, the children’s book she wrote with friends, was going to be such a hit?
“God, no!” says the activist actor.
But it became a best-selling classic, has never been out of print, and this month [...]
The History of Whole Earth Catalog
Posted in Books on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How did a publication with just a four-year run help shape a community so prolific that it went on to inspire Google, Craigslist, and the blogosphere; save six American rivers; and shape sustainable business practices as we know them today? Forty years after the first issue of the Whole Earth Catalog, this oral history of [...]
A People’s History of American Empire
Posted in Books on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Adapted from historian Howard Zinn’s bestselling grassroots history of the United States, the story of America in the world is told in comics form!…
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The Way of The World
Posted in Books on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Pulitzer Prize—winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind comes a startling look at how America lost its way and at the nation’s struggle, day by day, to reclaim the moral authority upon which its survival depends. From the White House to Downing Street, from the fault–line countries of South Asia to the sands of [...]
Dying to get high
Posted in Books on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Marijuana as medicine has been a politically charged topic in this country for more than three decades. Despite overwhelming public support and growing scientific evidence of its therapeutic effects (relief of the nausea caused by chemotherapy for cancer and AIDS, control over seizures or spasticity caused by epilepsy or MS, and relief from chronic and [...]
