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The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot159 reviews
Naomi Wolf

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007

An important and timely book
* Naomi Wolf has written a profoundly disturbing book, subtitled a "letter of warning to a young patriot." Focusing primarily on events of the current Bush administration, she discusses ten steps that dictatorships take to limit personal, political and corporate freedom, steps that she says, clearly and with unimpeachable evidence, that the current Bush administration have taken since its ... 		  
  







  
  
While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, ...4 reviews
Roger Lowenstein

Penguin Press HC, The, 2008

The Collapse of America's Pension System
The nation's pension system is collapsing at the same time its population is aging. In the late 1960s, 60% of Americans were covered by a pension plan; today it is under 20% of those in private employment. Pension funds in the private sector are $350 billion in deficit, and many employers (IBM, Sears, etc.) are freezing their plans to keep obligations from growing further. Similarly, states ... 		  
  







  
  
Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams5 reviews
Pamela Skillings

Ballantine Books, 2008

Taking Charge, with the Able Assistance of Pamela Skillings
The bookshelves groan with the weight of self-help books, some invaluable, and some ordinary common sense made marketable by astute `guides'. Though this remarkably readable new book by Pamela Skillings is subtitled `A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of your Dreams', suggesting yet another of the self help series genre, what this carefully detailed, wise, and immensely user friendly book ... 		  
  







  
  
A Letter to America11 reviews
David Boren

University of Oklahoma Press, 2008

At last, common sense
David Boren's readable, logical but alarming "Letter to America" should top the summer reading list. Without pulling a punch, this remarkable scholar and political leader has diagnosed the realities of the Nation and World with clarity and vision that should be pursued. Perhaps the first step would be to elect David Boren as the president he envisions within this remarkable book. 		  
  







  
  
I Am America (And So Can You!)403 reviews
Stephen Colbert

Grand Central Publishing, 2007

For those who need more Stephen to feed their addiction
Here's a book written (or shouted into a tape recorder), by our favorite bear hating, wrist-strong wearing, anti anything that is anti-America man. In here you'll be told just how he is the 100% America that we know he is, and how if you try hard enough, you can be America too. The book is not so much a book, as an episode of the Colbert Report quintessential-ized and shoved into book form, ... 		  
  







  
  
America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It464 reviews
Mark Steyn

Regnery Publishing, 2008

low birth rate
All of Steyn's comments on demographics are independently confirmable: google Gemany's low birthrate. All of his arguments flow from demographics. Those who dismiss the consequences of those arguments should check out what's happening to the Danes. The most important book of the new millenium. 		  
  







  
  
The Death of Captain America, Vol. 110 reviews
Ed Brubaker

Marvel Comics, 2007

the most important comic of the year
the death of captain america, the hero from the 40's. the quintessential american. 'Nuff said. 		  
  







  
  
The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook Revised Edition: Featuring More Than 1,200 Kitchen-tested Recipes, ...99 reviews
America's Test Kitchen

America's Test Kitchen, 2006

The Best Cookbook I've Ever Owned!
I love this cookbook. It has recipes for almost anything I would ever want to cook! I will definitely be giving them as gifts to new brides. My Betty Crocker cookbook used to be my "go to" cookbook, but not any more. I love that the recipes are so detailed that a novice who can follow directions is assured of success. I like the explanations about the various ingredients that were tested and ... 		  
  







  
  
America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who ...9 reviews
Kenneth C. Davis

Collins, 2008

America's Hidden History
As person who needs to know history in order to fully understand this crazy world, I found Mr. Davis' book a great read! I was taken back to those times in way that I can understand why things turned out the way it did! He is one of the few historians that were able to show how people without money and position in the 18th century felt while the country was forming. He is the first ... 		  
  







  
  
The Death of Captain America, Vol. 23 reviews
Ed Brubaker

Marvel Comics, 2008

I'm a believer
Ed Brubaker's critically acclaimed run on Captain America has seemingly been celebrated by everyone, except me. I hadn't been all that thrilled with Brubaker's run thus far, and while for me personally it hasn't been anything terrible in the least, bringing Bucky back from the dead and killing off Cap haven't exactly been anything special for me either. However, I am now a believer in the magic ... 		  
  







  
  
HealthGrades Guide to America's Hospitals and Doctors: Hospital Quality Ratings, Top Doctors, Expert Guides ...1 review
Experts at HealthGrades, Samantha L. Collier

Sterling, 2008

Pretty useless
Yes, they rate the hospitals. But the "Top Doctors" rating is so limited as to be useless. For example, for Arkansas only 21 physicians are listed, and only in orthopedic and spine surgery. California has only 5 pages representing a fraction of 1% of all physicians. Moreover, the book does not explain how it arrived at the criteria of "top". Therefore I consider the title to be misleading. The 2 ... 		  
  







  
  
America: A Concise History, 3rd Edition5 reviews
James A. Henretta, David Brody, ...

Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005

very readable; the narrative flows gracefully
The authors had a difficult task. To further shorten their other text, "America's History", by almost 50%. Yet they seem to have succeeded. The book has a logical narrative flow. That does not feel like a standard text. Quite expertly done. When you consider that very disparate topics are covered. Like reform in the Progressive Era, or the emergence of the US as a world power. But somehow, each ... 		  
  







  
  
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Fifth Edition41 reviews
Jon L. Dunn, Jonathan Alderfer

National Geographic, 2006

Know your birds!
This book is very helpful in figuring out just what bird is outside your window. It does help if you have a general knowledge of birds. 		  
  







  
  
Hamburger America: One Man's Cross-Country Odyssey to Find the Best Burgers in the Nation [DVD]2 reviews
George M. Motz

Running Press, 2008

Essential Americana reading and a fantastic guidebook for the perfect food
I first saw Motz's documentary Hamburger America (which is included with the book) and was amazed on how he captured more than just places that serve a mean hamburger. Every place he went in the film gave you a look at different types of Americans, their history, their future and all held together by the love of America's favorite food. The book builds upon that. Each entry is written with ... 		  
  







  
  
One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation1 review
George Will

Crown Forum, 2008

A manument to America
George F. Will is one of America's best known political commentators. He receved his PhD from Princeton in 1968 and has been an academic, political insider and writer ever since. From 1972 to 1978 he was editor of National Review, the nation's premier conservative magazine where he worked with William F. Buckley, another conservative icon. Here, finally, is a sort of tour of America by a man ... 		  
  







  
  
Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach8 reviews
Leiyu Shi, Douglas A. Singh

Jones and Bartlett, 2007

Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach
I was very satisfied. Quick service and quality product. 		  
  







  
  
Captain America by Ed Brubaker Omnibus, Vol. 119 reviews
Ed Brubaker

Marvel Comics, 2007

A gorgeous collection for the Best Captain America run out there.
Brubaker is the man. I buy everything with his name on it, and this Omnibus that collects the first 25 issues of his run (leading up to the "Death of a Dream" storyline) is brilliant. This edition collects the story arcs: "Out of Time", "The Winter Soldier", "21st Century Blitz", "Red is the Darkest Colour", "Collision Courses" and "The Drums of War (A Civil War Tie-In)" as well as the first ... 		  
  







  
  
The Scrambled States of America62 reviews
Laurie Keller

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2002

Great book!
My alumnae group read this book to 3rd graders at an inner-city school and the kids loved it! We had a map and games to go with it and the program was a big success. I highly recommend this book for teachers. 		  
  







  
  
Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation1 review

PublicAffairs, 2008

America, and how it stands out amongst Democracies
Super book... a collaborative undertaking by a brilliant panel... not to offer policy... but to assign a condition to America in different areas... and then compare these areas to the European nations and other democracies. Basically all domestic areas are covered, but not foreign affairs. This is a refreshing look at our country. It will rekindle the hope we all share for this countries ... 		  
  







  
  
Digging to America: A Novel18 reviews
Anne Tyler

Ballantine Books, 2007

Anne Tyler at Her Best
Oh gosh, folks ... hear the news that this book is not so much about its stated subject matter -- the adopted Asian children, or the American and Iranian families into which they are adopted -- as it is about who these people are and how they react ... The book is, at heart, a marvelous character study -- Anne Tyler at her very best -- drawing intricate, thoughtful portraits of "ordinary" ... 		  
  







  




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