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The Old Farmer's Almanac (Old Farmer's Almanac)
The Old Farmer's Almanac (Old Farmer's Almanac)
by Old Farmer's Almanac
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Americas best-selling annual publication is also the most beloved: Its name makes people smile and its contents tickle funny bones. A reference book that reads like a magazine, the Almanac is packed with facts, features, and fun that make every day... (read more)

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Never Forget: An Oral History of September 11, 2001
Never Forget: An Oral History of September 11, 2001
by Mitchell Fink
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On the morning of September 11, 2001, shock waves rippled through the country as the United States came under terrorist attack. In New York, Washington, D.C., and Somerset County, Pennsylvania, four planes piloted by members of the Al Qaeda terrorist... (read more)

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Why Terrorism Works Understanding The
Why Terrorism Works Understanding The
by Alan M Dershowitz
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The greatest danger facing the world today, says Alan M. Dershowitz, comes from religiously inspired, state sponsored terrorist groups that seek to develop weapons of mass destruction for use against civilian targets. In his newest book, Dershowitz... (read more)

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Byte Wars: The Impact of September 11 on Information Technology
Byte Wars: The Impact of September 11 on Information Technology
by Edward Yourdon
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The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks are transforming information technology, leading to profound and permanent changes. In Byte Wars, legendary software engineering expert Ed Yourdon focuses on the immediate changes IT professionals are already... (read more)

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Longitudes and Attitudes: America in the Age of Terrorism
Longitudes and Attitudes: America in the Age of Terrorism
by Thomas L. Friedman
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America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11th--before, during and after As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman is in a unique position to interpret the... (read more)

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The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq
The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq
by John F. Crawford
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John Crawford, like many others, joined the National Guard for college money, not to fight a war. Just short of graduating, he found himself called to active duty to serve in Baghdad during the Iraq invasion. A view of the war not portrayed on national... (read more)

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Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center
Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center
by Dennis Smith
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"The first-person narratives in this account of the rescue efforts at the World Trade Center constitute a tremendously powerful chronicle of September 11th. The language of the firefighters and police officers is blunt and vivid, the details are sharply... (read more)

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Going Rouge
Going Rouge
by Richard Kim
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"I don't know if I should Buenos Aires or Bonjour, or... this is such a melting pot. This is so beautiful. I love this diversity. Yeah. There were a whole bunch of guys named Tony in the photo line, I know that." "We used to hustle over the border for... (read more)

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything
by Joe Trippi
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When Joe Trippi signed on to manage Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign, the long-shot candidate had 432 known supporters and $100,000 in the bank. Within a year the most obscure horse in the field was the front-runner, with $50 million in the... (read more)

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America Reborn: A Twentieth-Century Narrative in Twenty-Six Lives
America Reborn: A Twentieth-Century Narrative in Twenty-Six Lives
by Martin Walker
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“One gets from Walker a lucid vision of American utopianism.”The Boston Globe From the Hardcover edition.... (read more)

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Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
by Seymour M Hersh
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Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his explosive stories in The New Yorker, including his headline-making pieces on the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Now, Hersh brings... (read more)

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The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq
The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq
by George Packer
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Named one of the Best Books of 2005 by The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time,... (read more)

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Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq
Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq
by Larry Jay Diamond
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"Chilling--and often scathing--detail . . . Should be read by anyone interested in understanding why the United States' quick military victory has given way to an increasingly virulent insurgency."--The New York Times In the fall of 2003, Stanford... (read more)

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War Reporting for Cowards
War Reporting for Cowards
by Chris Ayres
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With the gonzo style of Hunter S. Thompson and the biting wit of P. J. O'Rourke, an unlikely reporter recounts how he got the opportunity of a lifetime — and ends up between Iraq and a hard place. Chris Ayres is a small-town boy, a hypochondriac,... (read more)

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An Autumn of War: What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism
An Autumn of War: What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism
by Victor Davis Hanson
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Inviting readers across the spectrum to think about September 11 and its aftermath in new and more complicated ways, this volume is a collection of online essays posted by one of the best-known historians in America.... (read more)

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The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in an Age of Terror
The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in an Age of Terror
by Dina Temple Raston
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They called themselves the Arabian Knights. They were six Yemeni-American friends, a gang of high-school soccer stars, a band of brothers on the grim side streets of Lackawanna's First Ward, just a stone's throw from Buffalo. Later, people would argue... (read more)

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War Against the Terror Masters
War Against the Terror Masters
by Michael A Ledeen
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The War Against the Terror Masters is a must-read guide to the terrorist crisis. Michael A. Ledeen explains in startling detail how and why the United States was so unprepared for the September 11th catastrophe; the nature of the terror network we are... (read more)

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How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War (Publicaffairs Reports)
How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War (Publicaffairs Reports)
by James F Jr Hoge
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In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, one question has been on everyone's mind: "How did this happen?" This book seeks to answer this question in all its critical aspects — the motives and actions of the terrorists, the status... (read more)

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The Fall of Baghdad
The Fall of Baghdad
by Jon Lee Anderson
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For every great historical event, there is seemingly always one reporter whose eyewitness accounts are infused with such power and literary impact that they become joined with the subject in our minds. Widely considered the on-the-ground authority by... (read more)

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Mr. Galloway Goes To Washington
Mr. Galloway Goes To Washington
by George Galloway
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A lively, rousing account from the Briton who took DC by storm. "As a matter of fact, I have met Saddam Hussein exactly the same number of times as Donald Rumsfeld. The difference is Donald Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns and to give him maps the... (read more)

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