Non-fiction Book Club Info

[CrispyQ]

The January Book Club title is “A Man Without a Country” by Kurt Vonnegut. Click here for the January Book Club discussion:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=209x3046


The February Book Club title is, "Our Endangered Values" by Jimmy Carter. Discussions will begin February 1. For those who may be interested in checking it out, here is the link to Amazon for this book:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743284577/qid=1136137756/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5792740-7358366?n=507846&s=books&v=glance


We are taking nominations for the March Book Club title here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=209x3050

Please note that we have new guidelines & if you nominate a book & that book is chosen, you are committing to driving the discussion of the book during the month.

Book Club Guidelines:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=209x3044


DON'T FORGET TO HELP OUT DU!
Part of your Amazon.com purchase will go to DU if you buy through this link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/104-3444144-6171150

There are also many other non-fiction titles discussed in the non-fiction forum. Visit & check it out!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=209

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. Morning Crispy!

[CrispyQ]

3. kick for the afternoon crowd

:hi:

[pstans]

2. Some good books

Thanks for the hard work on this Crispy.

[CrispyQ]

4. my pleasure

:hi:

[Coexist]

5. kick

[MountainLaurel]

6. Question for you

Is there a list somewhere of all the past BC selections, so that I don't recommend anything that has already been done?

Thanks!

[CrispyQ]

7. Here you go -- with links!

These threads are not archived, so you can add to the disucssions.



“Iraq Confidential: The Untold Story of America's Intelligence Conspiracy”
by Scott Ritter – December 05
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=209x2937

“The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq”
by John Crawford – November 05
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=209x2784


“Radicals in Robes: Why Extreme Right-Wing Courts are Wrong for America”
by Cass R. Sunstein – October 05
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=209x2624

“Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything”
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner – September 05
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=209&topic_id=2442

“A People's History of the United States” by Howard Zinn
by Howard Zinn – August 05
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=209x2197


"The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of the Oil Age, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century "
by James Howard Kunstler – July 05
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=209&topic_id=2057


“Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights”
by Thom Hartmann – June 05
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=209&topic_id=1823


“Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic”
by Scott Simon– May 05
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=209&topic_id=1724


"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"
by John Perkins – April 05
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=209&topic_id=1504


"Imperial Hubris: Why The West Is Losing The War On Terror"
by Michael Scheuer – March 05
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=209&topic_id=1387


“Running On Empty: How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It”
by Peter G. Peterson – Feb 05
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=209&topic_id=1126


"Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives"
by George Lakoff – Jan 05
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=209&topic_id=806


"What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America"
by Thomas Frank – Dec 04
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=209&topic_id=366

[MountainLaurel]

8. Thank you CQG!

:hi:

[CrispyQ]

9. Kick.