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Lost-in-FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:28 PM
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I'm thirsty!!! Want some more!!
I just finished reading "Confesions of an Economic Hit Man" and I need another book!!!
Suggestions are now needed, what should I read next???
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:28 PM
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1. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805063897/103-8315066-9431826?v=glance&n=283155
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Lost-in-FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:30 PM
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2. I almost bought that one!!! Wow!!
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:30 PM
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3. Proud to be Liberal
I just heard about this today. Don't know much about it:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0975251767/sr=8-1/qid=1141169353/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6585219-9908803?%5Fencoding=UTF8
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nomo Donating Member (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:31 PM
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4. VoteScam
http://www.votescam.com/
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texastoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:31 PM
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5. This is way off topic, but I enjoyed the heck out of it
Da Vinci Code. Lots of history, fast read, and good fun.
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Lost-in-FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:36 PM
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6. How about "Independent Nation"?
Has anyone heard about it?
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:37 PM
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7. Anything by Kurt Vonnegut,
but his most recent, "A Man Without A Country," is remarkable.
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:38 PM
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8. My favorite book about all this mess...
still is Chalmers Johnson's "The Sorrows of Empire". Lately I've been stuck in the 80's with Reagan...Iran/Contra and the BCCI...and just got Gary Webb's "Dark Alliance", and "A Full Service Bank"...if you're into CIA stuff they've compiled a reading list at this site...
http://www.serendipity.li/cia.html
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liveoaktx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:39 PM
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9. "No place to hide" and "State of War"
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:39 PM
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10. I know how you feel.
I hate being bookless.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:53 PM
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11. Check out the book forums...
Lots of recommendations. :)

non-fiction
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=209

fiction
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=208
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Lost-in-FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 07:29 PM
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13. Thanks for the suggestion!
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doublethink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 06:54 PM
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12. "They Thought They Were Free" The Germans 1933-1945.
Check it out in this thread here ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=190088

A must read. Peace. :)
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 07:38 PM
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14. I just finished Scott Ritter's "Iraq Confidential"
Very illuminating.
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Geoff R. Casavant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 09:49 PM
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15. "The Sparrow"
by Mary Doria Russell.

Trust me on this one.
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 11:33 PM
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19. Trust. . . . . . . This is a great read!
Some of the best sci fi I've ever read. :smoke:
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 09:37 AM
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16. Freakonomics and/or Blink
Both excellent, easy, yet thought provoking reads. :thumbsup:
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Lost-in-FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 04:55 PM
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20. I read Freakconomics... great read isn't it?
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 09:51 AM
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22. Excellent. Do yourself a favor and read 'Blink' now.
I loved it.
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 01:33 PM
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17. Some (American) Civil War titles:
The Sword of Lincoln - a good overview on the Army of the Potomac
Nothing but Victory - a very good read on the Army of the Tennessee
Glory Enough for All - a pretty good account of the seige of Petersburg
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cobalt1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 07:28 PM
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18. A fun read...
The Devil's Picnic : Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit

My wife and I actually went out and bought the French Cheese mentioned (double wrapped and had to be opened on the porch).
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PaDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 08:48 PM
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21. "What's the Matter with Kansas"
Was spot on.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 05:43 PM
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23. The Clash of Civilizations, by Samuel Huntington.
The book is around ten years old, but it's still a very good book on the post-Cold War world. Huntington chastises the western universalism (treating western values such as democracy, religious pluralism, and freedom of expression as universal human values) That leads to the "spreading freedom and democracy" wild goose chase. He beleives that the West is entering it's "universal state" phase and that most of the conflicts and problems western countries will participate in will be with countries or populations of other civilizations.
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