Recommend a book for the new DUers!

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We have lots of new DUers, anyone have any books to recommend to them?

I'll start: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Shock-Doctrine/Naomi-Klein/e/9780312427993/?itm=2">The Shock Doctrine, by Naomi Klein.

Please don't forget to rec. Thank you.

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1. This one

you have to make up your own mind
whether its fiction or a biography


King James version

the Bible


lost

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2. You're recommending it? n/t

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4. It's called knowing your enemy.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. If you want to know the GOP mind, buy John Dean's "Conservatives w/out Conscience" n/t

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5. Dumb

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3. "The way of the world" by Ron Suskind..It is new and an

excellent read

[AlCzervik]

6. "America the book" "Lies and the lying liars who tell them" "American dynasty by Kevin Phillips"

Anything by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose.

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7. Alterman's "Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America"

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Why-Were-Liberals/Eric-Alterman/e/9780670018604/?itm=1

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8. The True Patriot ---Liu & Hanauer. The End of America-- Naomi Wolff

What's the Matter With Kansas--Thomas Frank.

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10. "Reason" by Robert Reich

and also, "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore

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11. Aahh. You took mine. Ok: "People's History of the US" by Howard Zinn n/t

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20. I was going to say yours next! LOL! n/t

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12. Same book I always recommend-

Peoples History of the United States - Howard Zinn

I give it as gifts to friends and I gave it to my daughter for her 16th. The book changed my life.

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22. It opened my eyes as well! Good pick! n/t

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13. "A People's History of the United States" - Howard Zinn

to see how we got here.

"Asimov's Guide to the Bible" - Isaac Asimov (heavy, h.e.a.v.y. read)

"1984" - George Orwell

"Brave New World" - Aldous Huxley

"Amusing Ourselves to Death" - Neil Postman

And for an online experience:

Freud's Nephew and the Origins of Public Relations

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14. Empire's Workshop by Greg Grandin.

It will blow your mind on US imperialism.

Republican Like Me...I forget the author, but it's effin' hilarious. Premise is as follows: guy pretends to be different "typical" republicans and writes about his experiences. I thought I was going to pee my pants each chapter. Hilarious. Good for chasing the blues and stress away.

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15. Conservatives Without Conscience n/t

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16. self delete. n/t

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17. I knew I forgot one. "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" - John Perkins n/t

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18. Everything You Know is Wrong

published by the Disinformation Company:

http://www.disinfo.com/catalog/itemdetail.php?id=236

Actually, just about anything they publish is good...

http://www.disinfo.com/content/index.php

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19. Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West

Documents the ongoing wars against the great icon of freedom, amped up in the past 8 years by Bushco and others who wrap themselves in the flag while destroying the country's heritage.

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21. What Happened? (or, How to Lie, Deceive, and Manipulate

and Convince Yourself You're Doing the Right Thing)

by Scottie McClellan

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23. My bible..

"The Rich and the Super-Rich" by Ferdinand Lundberg
available for free download because of it's copyright expiration
http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0303critic/0303socialcriticism.html

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24. Thank you, I'll check it out too. n/t

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25. SCREWED by Thom Hartmann

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26. The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

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27. The Sorrows of Empire by Chalmers Johnson and

Hijacking Catastrophe 9/11, Fear and the Selling of American Empire

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28. Cracking the Code - Thom Hartmann

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29. Friday kick. n/t