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Going Rogue: An American Life
by Sarah Palin
from HarperCollins
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 
As a life long conservative... 
Just an FYI folks, whenever someone titles something \"As a life-long [whatever]\" it is almost certainly a plant (I mean seriously, who uses that phrase in real-life?). Having worked in politics for over 10 years this is a common ploy with letters-to-the-editor and the like. Posts like this typically done by shills.
I pulled a Palin and quit, quit reading this book... 
I'm a republican who regretfully gave Palin, her book, a chance. Bad idea, I'll never get those moments back. After about 30 minutes, it ju");
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A well written book that will let you get to know Sarah Palin
The invective abuse directed at Sarah Palin says much about her progressive detractors and their fear of her, but very little about who she really is. This book is a well written autobiog");
document.write("raphy. It serves its purpose in letting the reader get to know the author. There is no overwrought creation myth as there is with Obama. Sarah's is a very normal small town American story. Her values are quite mainstream. What is extraordinary is her willingness to take on the progressive elite that has come to dominate the...
Credit where credit is due 
Sarah Palin has at least one thing in common with Hilary Clinton besides gender. Neither of them is willing to credit their ghostwriter. I am certain that Sarah Palin herself had a great deal of hands on imput as to the structure as well as the content of this boo");
document.write("k, but the actual author is a woman named Lynn Vincent. Politicians are busy people, and I quite understand that they may need help in order to bring a book to fruition. But I distrust anyone who will not acknowledge that they have not produced a...
Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government
by Glenn Beck
from Simon & Schuster Audio
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
Sorry, Glenn Beck is ruining America.
This book is intended purely as shock jocking. It's not anything but Glenn Beck shouting on paper. It's really ruining America to have divisive, fear-mongering, black-and-white Conservatives brandish their trash so freely. Rational, realistic people will find this book as ridiculous as I did. What a waste.
Glen Beck book
This man is too much. The book is great - especially in audio format. He is so ri");
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Perfect for ADD/HD people
I paid a lot more for this than what Amazon.com is selling it for, but it is worth every dollar. I couldn't put this book down. The way the content is presented makes you want to keep reading. The quality of the hardcover is excellent. The extra details on each and every page must have taken a long time to design and implement. It would make an excellent text book for grade schools. Humor combined with facts makes this a very interesting and enjoyable read. The endless pages of references at the back of the...
Beck still get i");
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Every Glenn Beck book that I have read has been entertaining and informative. I have met Glenn and he is the same guy that you see or read. He is not PC and could never be a politician because he calls it as he sees it. This particular book has made me more informed regarding the issues of today. I would suggest this book to anyone regardless of your political views.
When the Game Was Ours
by Larry Bird and Earvin Magic Johnson with Jackie MacMullan
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For Magic fans a");
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I grew up a Lakers fan (more so Kareem than Magic), so the book When the Game Was Ours really caught my interest. Jackie MacMullan did a decent job incorporating what appears to be information obtained from in-depth interviews with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. He made the intertwining of their stories interesting. However, it was slightly frustrating being bounced back and forth through time. Other than that, it was a very entertaining book. It was fun to read Bird and Johnson's perspectives regarding the...
One Basketball Book That Covers An Era!
Bird and Magic were rivals throughout their career.
Their mutual respect and competition between them
was something to behold. The classic Celtic-Laker playoffs
were great. This books sheds some good insight into their
relationship and some of the behind the scenes issues that developed.
A good read!
Basketball lovers and coaches might also enjoy these two best selling DVDs by Amazon.
48 Championship Basketball Drills
Driveway Basketball Drills
More than just talking about basketball
Having grown up during the reign of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, I was delighted to see that they collaborated on the book, When the Game Was Ours.
Both my son and I read this book. My son was born just as Bird and Johnson were");
document.write(" in their last years in the NBA so to him, this was all new stuff. For me, it was a nice trip down memory lane.
Both men are driven and ambitious who loved the game. They were also smart and savvy as well. Neither are perfect, but they are interesting and intelligent who...
One of my favorite books
I was a little girl when these two titans took to the hardwood but I remember their fierce competition like it was yesterday. This book is a must read for basketball fans!
MacMullan skillfully sets up the rivalry and sends the reader right back into that special time when there were sooo many talented ba");
document.write("sketball players but the game wasn't seemingly as popular as baseball or football. Larry and Magic took the game to new heights with their enormous competitive spirit. They helped make the NBA what it...
Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine
by Glenn Beck
from Simon & Schuster Audio
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Right On The Money
Glenn Beck is right on the money. So was Thomas Paine. Ill bet they dont teach Thomas Paine's Common Sense in Public Schools. Too Bad
Close Your Eyes, Click Your Heels, and Repeat After Me
On a whim, I bought Glenn Beck's book (paperback) because it looked like one that could be read in the car (while my inamorata was buying shoes), or easily read in the bat");
document.write("hroom. I discovered I could do both, just not the easily part. (Don't try and return this at Brentano's if you're George Alexander).
Mr. Beck presents his views on the government, money, taxes, the political class, the perks and privileges of the same, progressivism, our future possibilities and the 9/12 Project. He covers these...
hmmm....somewhat confused?
I do not profess to be an American historian or an expert in contemporary American politics - but believe I keep myself fairly well informed.
I am, however, somewhat confused by the content of this book.
I understood Glenn Beck's common sense");
document.write(" and Thomas Paine's common sense - yet, placed side by side I personally failed to draw a correlation or comparison between the two and cannot grasp the \"inspiration\" in Beck's common sense.
I will sign off now - writing anything further may reveal my...
A healthy anger?
This book energized me to go out and do something. Too long have we let our politicians do what they want with our money and time. It always seemed so complex, but really, they are making it seem that way. Glenn lays out the facts in an easy to read, practical, dare I say, common sense, approach and simply asks \"WHY\".
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Three Cups of Tea (Kindle version)
You can read other reviews about this fantastic story about one man's dedication. It's inspiring & amazing what he has done. Do not download the Kindle version if you care about maps and pictures. The Kindle version does not have these. It would have been helpful to see the people and part of the world he was helping. Otherwise, I thoroughly enjoyed his story and the on-going cause. This a good way to help those areas.
Exemplary life of a modern hero or how respect and care open all doors
This is an account from 1993 to 2003 of Greg Mortenson an American climber that after failing to make the K-2 misses his path back and arrives to the small village of Korphe and how he fulfils the promise to the local leader to build a school in his village in Northern Pakistan. ");
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Inspiring
This book tells a remarkable true story of one man's effort to accomplish something good in an area of the world where there is so much suffering from so many heart-breaking problems. His Central Asian Institute stays steadfast in its purpse: to build schools for the children in Afganistan and Pakistan. Greg Mortenson doesn't just talk it--he does it.
I randomly bought this book to read on vacation and was hooked after the first few minutes! It is very inspiring and has opened my eyes. It has changed my thinking that most people think only about themselves and don't care about others. That is clearly not the case here. I am inspired to help in so many ways. I'm so glad I found this book.
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
by Jon Krakauer
from Doubleday
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Political Editorial Disguised as Biography
Very disappointing. I thoroughly enjoyed K's previous works, and was hoping to better understand Tillman-- this should be a fascinating story. The short biographical segments were interesting, but just hinted at who Tillman really was. Unfortunately, this book was just a pretext for a sustained, one-sided, poorly researched venomous political rant about the \"stolen election\", Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, the military-industrial complex, the stupidity of the military, and on and on. You could justify some of this...
Krakauer must need the money?
Here's the best advice you'll ever get. Save the $18 and spend it on a good read like \"The Great Influenza\". Or if you like war stories, spend your hard earned shekels on a book by Col. David Hackworth. I (as many of the other reviewers here) have previously enjoyed Krak's books. No more. I think he must need the money or something, because this book was nothing but a rather boring, anti-Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld hatefest poorly disguised as \"Investigative Journalism\".
Jon, if you have any scruples you will...
Respect
Jon Krakauer knows how to tell a story, and his latest book, Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman, presents the heroic and tragic life of an amazing person. Most readers are likely to know the outline of Pat's life story: the NFL player who left fame and wealth to enlist in the Army following 9/11, and who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan. Thanks to Krakauer's account, readers can know more about the character of Tillman, his respect for others, and the ways in which he was comfortable...
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Pat Tillman was a more complex person than I expected and his journal entries, which Krakauer quotes extensively are fascinating. The author rehashes a lot of the history of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars but there is quite a bit of information that is new to me. It's interesting to see how many of the bad reivews (the 1's and 2's) are based on ideology, not the book's merits.
The Art of War: Sun Zi's Military Methods (Translations from the Asian Classics)
by Sun Zi
from Columbia University Press
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An interesting analysis of war
I have been wanting to read Sun Tszu's treatise for a long time but had never gotten around to it.
It consists of short paragraphs of his writings and many comentaries and arguments regarding them.
It isn't something you can read in one go. At times it gets tedious reading the conflicting comments.
Because it was written long ago and has been rewritten and translated many times it has lost coherance in places. Still there is much of value and I wish that Bush and Rumsfeld had taken heed of...
A terrific book
A well-known writer friend strongly recommended this book to me and, knowing very little about the subject, I read it on a plane trip to southeast asia. I was entranced from start to finish. It is a work a great nuance and amazing writing. Buy it!
One of the most important military books in history
The Warring States period Warring States Period 475-221 BCE is a history of constant warfare, of alliances and counter-alliances, and of treaties made and broken. The nature of warfare evolved during the period. During the Warr");
document.write("ing States period, political stability was impossible to gain by adventurous military action. With the advent of swelling ranks of soldiers, protracted sieges, and an ever increasing drain on state treasuries, warfare became a serious matter for study.
Thus, the opening remark of...
A book that helped shape the world
One of the oldest and probably one of the most historically relevant books on warfare, The Art of War, was a huge influence on shaping the Eastern world. The philosophy taught is the positioning of soldiers and how to react quickly to the changing environments of the battlefield -- where, ");
document.write("of course, the uncertainty of combat requires a soldier to not only make quick decisions, but the right counter strike. Fail, and you may lose your life. Too many mistakes, and you may lose the war. The book is divided...
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
by Gail Collins
from Little, Brown and Company
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When Everything Changed
Excellent presentation. Easy to read and a great reminder of how far we have come in such a short time. All women need to read this.
When Everything Changed
I found this book very helpful in presenting the history of the changing women's role. I have lived through it as have my daughters and it was very interesting to see how other things happening i");
document.write("n history impacted the changing role of women. I found the book very well documented and I am now sharing it with others.
Share with your daughters and nieces
If you lived through these changes yourself, you can share the experience by reading this book and as you go adding margin notes. This way you can pass on to your daughters or nieces what your personal reactions were to the events Collins describes. I found myself adding notes on my mother's experiences as well.
I didn't see mention in the book--and sort of wondered why--of the period in the 70s when suddenly the men's ivy-leagues and other all-male colleges decided they might be able to accept...
A Must-Read!
Gail Collins books is a must-read for any woman who was there, who marched in the marches and sang the songs.
In high school we wanted to be prim and proper like Jackie Kennedy and just a few years later we were swimming naked at Woodstock. We got the pill. Steinem said \"A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle,\" and thousands of us dumped our husbands and went off in search of careers and orgasms. Women wanted equal everything - especially pay (okay, we're still waiting for that one)!...
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
from General Books LLC
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Muscular fiction at its best!
When a foul-tempered old sailor, takes up residence at his parents' inn, young Jim Hawkins little realizes that the man is on the run. But, when the Captain dies with a group of pirates closing in, Jim ends up with a map to a huge pirate treasure in his hands. Now, together with Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney, the three find themselves a ship, and set out to find this marvelous treasure island. But there's dirty work afoot, and it will take all of Jim pluck and daring if he is going to win through to the...
Great pirate yarn
I've actually never read this before, but since I could get it for free on my Kindle, I thought it was worth a try. So right! It deserves its reputation. A swashbuckling tale of intrigue and fun. Truly worth the time it took to read it.
Booty Isle...Arrrgh!
Avast, me hearties!
Capt Flint, th' most feared buccanneer on th' high sea be dead, an' Billy Bones, his first mate knows 'ere Flint buried his booty. Bones be a buccanneer who loves his rum an' when he drinks hisself t' Davy Jones' locker, 12-year-old Jim Hawkins");
document.write(" comes upon Flint's map. Jim an' his shipmates Doctor Livsey an' Mr. Trelawny, set sail fer riches an' adventure. But shi'er me timbers, thar's treachery afoot. Long John Silver, th' one legged buccanneer wi' a heart as black as a bilge rat's...
Avast Me Hearties
The pirate theme has always been one of my favorite. I'm a big fan of the Goonies and Peter Pan may be my favorite Disney animation. I even enjoyed the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, the other two... not so much. The pirate genre didn't start with Robert Lewis Stevenson's classic novel but his is probably the most influential. Treasure Isla");
document.write("nd was written in the later half of the 1800's before `Shiver Me Timbers' and `Pieces of Eight' became overused pirate phrases and `Dead Man's Chest' became the...
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Large Print Press)
by Michael Pollan
from Large Print Distribution
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Ok
Umm you can watch a movie that is on the web that covers all the info that's in this book. I understand that we need to eat more sustainable products, and that we should stay clear of GMO food products. this book was a waist of money, and the info enclosed in its covers is readily available on the web. Any foodie should already know the information that is in this book.
I'm a chef, and I guess this is a good read for a high school kid that's interested in the negative effects of humanity on the...
Mostly fascinating with occasional flights into silliness
When the author is explaining the food chain, he's well-informed, specific, and highly entertaining. Every now and then, he lapses into deeply silly philosophical mode, particularly when he's trying to grapple with the reality of killing animals for food (whether by hunting or in the slaughterhouse), something his pampered urban upbringing has made it nearly impossible for him to do. So I could have used an editor's services in cutting out about 90% of his repetitive agonizing over whether he can actually...
Fantastic Food reading
This is a great read, it has made me very thoughtful of what I eat and where my food comes from. The run down of how much corn or things that ate corn or used to be part of corn are in fast food was very mind opening. Drink all the soda you think you are going to want for a while before you read is my only advice.
Excellent! A Must Read!!
I really enjoyed this book. I learned a lot about, well, corn--the economics, the health issues and the politics all involved in growing and selling corn. I thought this book was well researched and I think that Mr. Pollen did a great job of truly involving himself in the exp");
document.write("erience. I mean, he spent a week, busting his butt on the farm, living and working with a complete stranger who, although well meaning, is a bit out of the bell curve.
I have to agree with another review regarding the meat. I am a...
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