books about: national

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National

The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals

Jane Mayer

Doubleday, 2008

Illuminates the darkness
A beautifully written, powerful, well-documented book written by an honest, courageous, patriotic American. I found her book impossible to put down. Mayer's The Dark Side is a synthetic examination of the Bush presidency, and provides a most comprehensive overview ...

Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Greatest Trips

National Geographic

National Geographic, 2007

Great Birthday/Christmas Present
I bought this book for my dad for his birthday. He is semi-retired and has been bitten by the travel bug. It is a beautiful book and well priced. He loves it.

Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism

Kevin Phillips

Viking Adult, 2008

Best Book Around on the Financial Crisis
There is simply nothing better for understanding the mess we are in and what we will have to address if we really hope to dig our way out of this very deep hole. Required reading for all Americans. It is surprisingly readable for the information and deeper ...

The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America

James Bamford

Doubleday, 2008

criminals in charge
Bamford's latest book is certainly well researched, and comes to some alarming conclusions: Israel has virtually bugged the entire world, and our government colludes with them in handing over all of our most private information, contrary to all of our laws and ...

Spain...A Culinary Road Trip

Mario Batali, Gwyneth Paltrow

Ecco, 2008

spain
I bought this for my wife and she just loves it . she follows the tv show with it.

The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever

Frank Gifford, Peter Richmond

Harper, 2008

If not the greatest game, it was at least an historic one.
According to Frank Gifford, even those who played in the NFL championship game in 1958 did not realize that it would later be widely viewed as the greatest game ever played. He acknowledges that he made two critically important fumbles that proved costly to the Giants. ...

Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition - 2006

Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, ...

Scribner, 2006

The Joys of Joy
Joy of Cooking is downright amazing. It's rare that I need a recipe that I can't find in here. And never has this book let me down. I love cookbooks. I have the ones by famous chefs, I have the local collections put together by churches. I have the ones that are ...

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage)

Barack Obama

Vintage, 2008

Great Book!
After reading this book, all I can say is, "I'm so glad I voted for him. "This book is inspiring, thoughtful and hopeful." Read it. I would also recommend highly his other book: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation

Michael Medved

Crown Forum, 2008

A great book for the American patriot
In The 10 Big Lies About America, Michael Medved addresses 10 popular misconceptions about the US that are taught in the world of academia. The types of issues he addresses cover both the history of the country (Myth: The United States is uniquely guilty for the crime ...

Yes We Can: Barack Obama's History-Making Presidential Campaign
Scout Tufankjian

PowerHouse, 2008

Yes We Can is a personal and comprehensive record of Barack Obama?s world-changing campaign for the presidency. With more than 200 color photographs by award-winning photojournalist Scout Tufankjian, the book takes the reader on an unforgettable journey. Barack Obama?s run for president touched something profound in America, awakening a ...

The American Way of War: Guided Missiles, Misguided Men, and a Republic in Peril

Eugene Jarecki

Free Press, 2008

Dylans MASTERS OF WAR....The Dissertation
Eugene Jarecki's THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR, was written not long after his Peabody Award winning Documentary WHY WE FIGHT, which also won Grand Jury Prise at the Sundance Film Festival. Inside this very interesting book, we find Jarecki's not only a great filmmaker, ...

Kaplan NCLEX-RN Exam 2008-2009 with CD-ROM: Strategies for the Registered Nursing Licensing Exam (Kaplan ...

Barbara Irwin, Judith A. Burckhardt

Kaplan Publishing, 2008

Must have for NCLEX-RN review!!
Not a great source of questions but an excellent source for strategies and confidence. I feel that you must first read this book before attempting to review with any other question only book.

The DASH Diet Action Plan: Based on the National Institutes of Health Research: Dietary Approaches to Stop ...

Marla Heller

Amidon Press, 2007

shipping charges
When I ordered the book, I was told that my order didn't qualify for free shipping, but if I met an amt, it would, so I ordered an additional item, but since the additional item (edger blade) was shipped from a different location/supplier, I was not given the free ...

The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot

Naomi Wolf

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007

History Repeats Itself?
In "End of America" Naomi Wolf makes some startling comparisons of the current administration with some of histories worst governments such as Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Italy. She contrasts those similarities with the Constitution. A sentence from the book's ...

Boom!: Talking About the Sixties: What Happened, How It Shaped Today, Lessons for Tomorrow

Tom Brokaw

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008

Surprised
First, let me just say that I am surprised. I figured a left wing media guy with a left wing reputation would have written a left wing book, but this wasn't the case. Having been in college in the late Sixties myself, I lived through much of what this book talks about. ...