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Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback) 2008-09-09 00:47:46 In 2006 an angel-faced but tough 42-year-old former small-town mayor named Sarah
Palin became a long-shot candidate for Alaska
governor demanding a higher ethical standard in state government. The timing of her reform message and a widening scandal produced a tornado that reshaped the political landscape. Surprising everyone, Palin thumped by wide margins both a sitting governor in the Republican Read more:Establishment
, Paperback
Pulling Weeds to Picking Stocks (Paperback) 2008-08-27 04:16:00 Teen authors The Beatty Brothers offer an account of common financial insecurities in their inspirational how-to, Pulling Weeds
to PickingStocks
. Heeding their parents advice, David, Devin, and Deric Beatty have spent their childhood and adolescent years pulling weeds for extra cash, preparing and presenting marketing strategies, picking stocks, and investing in their future. Pulling Weeds to Pic Read more:Paperback
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Paperback) 2008-08-26 04:14:32 Product Description...offers updated information on reporting statistics, writing withour bias, preparing manuscripts with a word processor for electronic production, and publishing research in accordance with ethical principles. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book InfoStyle manual for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals acros Read more:American
, Paperback
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism (Hardcover) 2008-08-16 06:44:00 “In this utterly original book, Andrew Bacevich explains how our ‘empire of consumption’ contains the seeds of its own destruction and why our foreign policy establishment in Washington is totally incapable of coming to grips with it. Indispensable reading for every citizen.”—Chalmers Johnson, author of the Blowback Trilogy"A clear-eyed look into the abyss of America's failed wars, and t Read more:American
, Hardcover
, Limits
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition (Hardcover) 2008-08-09 01:31:18 The Tales
of Beedle the Bard, StandardEdition
In December 2007, J.K. Rowling unveiled The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a very special book of five fairy tales illustrated by the bard herself, embellished with silver ornaments and mounted moonstones. Amazon was fortunate to come into possession of one of the original copies, and it was our privilege to share images and reviews of this incredible artif Read more:Hardcover
The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality (Hardcover) 2008-08-09 01:26:53 In this thoroughly researched and documented book, the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry explains why the extreme leftism of an Obama
presidency would leave the United States weakened, diminished and divided, why Obama must be defeatedand how he can be. THE OBAMA NATION Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality
Bar Read more:Hardcover
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Paperback) 2008-07-31 06:41:01 If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre, then The Dark KnightReturns
by Frank Miller--known also for his excellent Sin City series and his superb rendering of the blind superhero Daredevil--is probably the top contender. Batman
represented all that was wrong in comics and Miller set himself a tough task taking on the camp crusader and turning this laughable, innocuous child Read more:Paperback
Watchmen (Paperback) 2008-07-30 06:41:24 Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga Read more:Paperback
The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, Book 6) (Hardcover) 2008-07-23 02:16:01 Artemis's mother has contracted a deadly disease--and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African lemurs. Unfortunately, Artemis himself was responsible for making the lemurs extinct five years ago. Now he must enlist the aid of his fairy friends to travel back in time and save them. Not only that, but he must face his deadliest foe yet...his younger self. Read more:Artemis
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, Paradox
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals (Hardcover) 2008-07-22 02:16:22 "If you intend to vote in November and read only one book between now and then, this should be it.” —Los Angeles Times“Some of “The Dark Side” seems right out of “The Final Days,” minus Nixon’s operatic boozing and weeping…. Nixon parallels take us only so far, however. “The Dark Side” is scarier than “The Final Days” because these final days aren’t over yet and because Read more:American
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, Terror
The Last Patriot: A Thriller (Hardcover) 2008-07-17 01:53:31 Brad Thor, master of suspense and New York Times bestselling author of The First Commandment, returns with his highest-voltage thriller to date. In a pulse-pounding, adrenaline-charged tour de force, Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath must race to locate an ancient secret that has the power to stop militant Islam dead in its tracks.June 632 A.D.: Deep within the Urana Read more:Hardcover
, Patriot
, Thriller
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing (Paperback) 2008-07-17 01:47:21 This guide goes far beyond standard self-help books, assessing women's health within the context of their work, families and society. The author, a holistic physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, seeks to illuminate the basic conditions of women's lives that lead to their health problems. A founder of Women
to Women, a clinic that practices within the context of conventional medicine Read more:Creating
, Emotional
, Healing
, Health
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, Wisdom
Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business Breakthroughs (Hardcover) 2008-07-08 23:51:29 This well-reasoned and useful guide argues that successful innovators can develop products that "resonate" by connecting deeply with consumers. This simple idea is delivered in a conversational tone and illustrated in well-structured chapters laying out a six-step "Tuned in Process" and examples that span borders and industries. From anecdotes about countryside hotels that sprouted up to provide r Read more:Business
, Extraordinary
, Hardcover
, Opportunities
Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side (Hardcover) 2008-07-08 23:37:33 Everyone loves a good ghost story. Perhaps the human fascination with the supernatural stems from the fact that most of us, at some point in our lives, have experienced something we couldn't quite explain. From a very young age James Van Praagh was aware of a dimension that most of us cannot see, and he has dedicated his life to explaining it to the rest of us. Ghosts Among Us takes us on an incr Read more:Hardcover
, Truth
Soul Wisdom: Practical Soul Treasures to Transform Your Life (Soul Power) (Paperback) 2008-07-07 02:43:18 In Soul Wisdom
, internationally acclaimed Soul Master, healer, and bestselling author Dr. Zhi Gang Sha takes healing and personal transformation to the ultimate level, the soul level. Dr. Sha's teachings empower you to melt all of your life blockages with practical soul treasures: Soul Language, Soul Song, Soul Movement, Soul Tapping, and Soul Dance. This is the first time in history that the Divi Read more:Paperback
, Practical
, Transform
sTORI Telling (Hardcover) 2008-07-07 02:39:20 She was television's most famous virgin--and, as Aaron Spelling's daughter, arguably its most famous case of nepotism. Portraying Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210, Tori Spelling became one of the most recognizable young actresses of her generation, with a not-so-private personal life every bit as fascinating as her character's exploits. Yet years later the name Tori Spelling too often closed-- Read more:Hardcover
, Telling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) (Deluxe Edition) (Hardcover) 2008-06-28 01:29:32 Starred Review. Potter
fans, relax—this review packs no spoilers. Instead, we're taking advantage of our public platform to praise Rowling for the excellence of her plotting. We can't think of anyone else who has sustained such an intricate, endlessly inventive plot over seven thick volumes and so constantly surprised us with twists, well-laid traps and Purloined Letter-style tricks. Hallows
co Read more:Deathly
, Deathly Hallows
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, Edition
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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War (Hardcover) 2008-06-23 04:55:41 Starred Review. Washington Post reporter Dobbs (Saboteurs) is a master at telling stories as they unfold and from a variety of perspectives. In this re-examination of the 1963 Bay of Pigs face-off between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., Dobbs combines visits to Cuba, discussions with Russian participants and fingertip command of archival and printed U.S. sources to describe a wild ride that—contrary Read more:Brink
, Castro
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, Kennedy
, Minute
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The Beach House (Hardcover) 2008-06-21 05:15:08 The perfect title for the perfect beach read from the New York Times bestselling AuthorJane Green is one of the preeminent authors of women’s fiction today, and with each new novel, her audience grows. Green’s avid and loyal fans follow her because she writes about the true-to-life dilemmas of women—and The BeachHouse
will not disappoint.Known in Nantucket as the crazy woman who lives in th Read more:Hardcover
Infinite Jest (Paperback) 2008-09-16 02:38:10 With its baroque subplots, zany political satire, morbid, cerebral humor and astonishing range of cultural references, Wallace's brilliant but somewhat bloated dirigible of a second novel (after The Broom in the System) will appeal to steadfast readers of Pynchon and Gaddis. But few others will have the stamina for it. Set in an absurd yet uncanny near-future, with a cast of hundreds and close to Read more:Infinite
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62) (Hardcover) 2008-10-07 19:56:02 Starred Review. A literary thriller with commercial legs, this stunning debut is bound to be a bestseller. In the backwoods of Wisconsin, the Sawtelle family—Gar, Trudy and their young son, Edgar
—carry on the family business of breeding and training dogs. Edgar, born mute, has developed a special relationship and a unique means of communicating with Almondine, one of the Sawtelle dogs, a ficti Read more:Hardcover
, Oprah
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life [ROUGHCUT] (Hardcover) 2008-10-28 02:18:49 Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, WarrenBuffett
. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. The result is the personally revealing Read more:Business
, Hardcover
, Snowball
, Warren Buffett
The Love Dare (Paperback) 2008-10-26 02:25:55 New York Times Best-Seller Unconditional love is eagerly promised at weddings, but rarely practiced in real life. As a result, romantic hopes are often replaced with disappointment in the home. But it doesn’t have to stay that way.The Love Dare, as featured in the popular new movie Fireproof (from the makers of Facing the Giants), is a 40-day challenge for husbands and wives to understand and pr Read more:Paperback
The Brass Verdict: A Novel (Hardcover) 2008-10-16 03:58:09 "The answer to every Connelly fan's dream: Hieronymus Bosch meets the Lincoln Lawyer....By turns wary, competitive, complementary, cooperative and mutually predatory....Connelly brings his two sleuths together in a way that honors them both" (Kirkus Reviews )"Connelly is firing on all cylinders in this epic page-turner. The intriguing story line, the chance to view Bosch from another perspective, Read more:Brass
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