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Between Worlds: The Making of an American Life
Mon, 04/23/2007 - 5:11pm — ccdem | author: Bill Richardson rating:  asin: 0452288649 binding: Paperback list price: $16.00 USD amazon price: $12.00 USD |
A rising star of the Democratic Party tells the fascinating story of the ways his multicultural heritage and political education have shaped his dreams for America and given him vital lessons in the art of successful negotiating.
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
Sun, 06/24/2007 - 8:18am — ccdem | author: Al Gore asin: 1594865671 binding: Paperback list price: $23.95 USD amazon price: $16.29 USD |
Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it is happening very quickly-and has become a true planetary emergency. The Chinese expression for crisis consists of two characters. The first is a symbol for danger; the second is a symbol for opportunity. In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and move through it, we first have to recognize that we are facing a crisis. So why is it that our leaders seem not to hear such clarion warnings? Are they resisting the truth because they know that the moment they acknowledge it, they will face a moral imperative to act? Is it simply more convenient to ignore the warnings? Perhaps, but inconvenient truths do not go away just because they are not seen. Indeed, when they are responded to, their significance doesnt diminish; it grows. -- Al Gore
The Assault on Reason
Sun, 06/24/2007 - 8:18am — ccdem | author: Al Gore asin: 1594201226 binding: Hardcover list price: $25.95 USD amazon price: $14.01 USD |
The first question many people ask when hearing of a new book from Al Gore is, "Is it about the environment?" The answer is yes, but it's not (or, rather, not only) the kind of environment he wrote about in Earth in the Balance and of course painted such a vivid picture of in his Oscar-winning documentary (and companion book), An Inconvenient Truth. It's the political environment he's concerned about in The Assault on Reason: the way we debate and decide on the critical issues of the day. In an account that balances theoretical discussion of the foundations of democracy with a lacerating critique of the Bush administration, Gore argues that the marketplace of reasoned debate our country was founded on is being endangered by a variety of allied forces: the use of fear and the misuse of faith, the distractions of our entertainment culture, and the concentrations of power in the national media and the executive branch. In his essay and answers to our questions below, he introduces the crisis he sees, as well as the opportunity for its solution he envisions in the open forums of the Internet.
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Wed, 05/02/2007 - 12:49pm — ccdem | author: Rajiv Chandrasekaran rating:  asin: 1400044871 binding: Hardcover list price: $25.95 USD amazon price: $17.13 USD |
An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad’s Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq.
State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III
Wed, 05/02/2007 - 12:49pm — ccdem | author: Bob Woodward rating: asin: 0743272234 binding: Hardcover list price: $30.00 USD amazon price: $19.80 USD |
"Insurgents and terrorists retain the resources and capabilities to sustain and even increase current level of violence through the next year." This was the secret Pentagon assessment sent to the White House in May 2006.
