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I Am America (and So Can You!)
by Stephen Colbert  
Powells.com Staff Pick Stephen Colbert is America — and since we live in America, we must also live in him. Think long and hard about that as you devour this book which should be required reading for all Americans, and by "Americans" I mean "Stephen Colbert's body parts."...
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Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription: Notes & Asides from the National Review
by William Buckley Publisher Comments Who knew that William F. Buckley Jr., the quintessential conservative, invented the blog decades before the World Wide Web came into existence? National Review, like nearly all magazines, has always published letters from readers. In 1967 the magazine...
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The Remarkable Millard Fillmore: The Unbelievable Life of a Forgotten President
by George Pendle Publisher Comments Millard Fillmore has been mocked, maligned, or, most cruelly of all, ignored by generations of historians--but no more! This unbelievable new biography finally rescues the unlucky thirteenth U.S. president from the dustbin of history and shows why a man...
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Oval Office Oddities: An Irreverent Collection of Presidential Facts, Follies, and Foibles
by Bill Fawcett Publisher Comments Every four years Americans go to the polls to elect a leader—a personage of unimpeachable sobriety and moral standing who will serve as a paragon for the rest of us. But truth be told, presidents and their families are people too—with quirks...
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New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
by Bill Maher Publisher Comments Bill Maher is on the forefront of the new wave of comedians who have begun to influence and shape political debate through their comedy. He is best known not just for being funny, but for advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the political...
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Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism
by P. J. O'Rourke Publisher Comments With his latest national best seller, Peace Kills, P.J. O'Rourke casts his ever-shrewd and mordant eye on America's latest adventures in warfare. Imperialism has never been more fun. To unravel the mysteries of war, O'Rourke first visits Kosovo...
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New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
by Bill Maher Publisher Comments Bill Maher is on the forefront of the new wave of comedians who influence and shape political debate through their comedy. He is best known not just for being funny, but for advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the political establishment...
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Yiddish with George and Laura
by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman
Powells.com Staff Pick Yiddish with Dick and Jane fans now have a new Yiddish-speaking WASP family story to thoroughly enjoy. George the macher, Bar the farbisseneh, and the whole mishpocha express themselves. Recommended by Emma, Powells.com...
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Hell in a Handbasket
by Tom Tomorrow Publisher Comments A chronicle of the worst years of our lives as seen through the eyes of cartoonist Tom Tomorrow. For years, Tom Tomorrow's acerbic and hilarious political cartoon, This Modern World, has been among the most recognizable and widely read in alternative...
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Presidential Trivia
by Richard Lederer Synopsis From the beloved Richard Lederer comes another kind of trivia book-Presidential Trivia. In it you'll find all the details about the lives of the United States presidents. It answers such questions as: Who was the first president to be assassinated? Who...
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So You Want to Be President?: Find Out If You Have the Ego, Bankroll, and Moral "Flexibility" to Lead the Nation and Take on the World
by John Warner Synopsis In theory, there are only two qualifications needed to run for President of the United States: the candidate should be 35 years of age and a natural born U.S. citizen. But what else does one need to be a contender? This book takes readers through the...
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Bad President
by R D Rosen Publisher Comments Photographs of George W. Bush and his staff are given humorous and satirical captions, along with factual critiques of the administration's policies....
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So You Think You Can Be President?: 200 Questions to Determine If You Are Right (or Left) Enough for to Be the Next Commander-In-Chief
by Iris Burnett Publisher Comments "So You Think You Can Be President? is required reading not just for those of us who have had the audacity to ask ourselves that question, but for everyone."—Senator John Kerry What exactly does the leader of five legislative branches, ten executive...
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Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression
by David Wallis Publisher Comments One hundred political cartoons you wanted to see, but weren't allowed to: all were banned for being too hot to handle. Think you live in a society with a free press? These celebrated cartoonists and illustrators found out otherwise. Whether blasting Bush...
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Bush OOPS: Presidential Photo Ops Gone Awry
by Hal Buell Publisher Comments This revised and updated edition of the hilarious Bush Oopsis a new collection of missteps, faux pas, compromising positions and embarrassing moments in 110 laugh-out loud photographs our leader and his sidekicks wish had not been taken....
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Idiots in Charge: Lies, Trick, Misdeeds, and Other Political Untruthiness
by Leland Gregory Publisher Comments Leland Gregory generates the best laughs by exposing the worst of human nature. Inside Idiots in Charge: Lies, Trick, Misdeeds, and Other Political Untruthiness Gregory offers more than 250 accounts of bumbling bureaucrats on both sides of political...
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Idiots, Hypocrites, Demagogues, and More Idiots: Not-So-Great Moments in Modern American Politics
by Paul Slansky Publisher Comments Outrageous, offensive, and mind-boggling political blunders of the last fifty years, collected here for the first time. There’s nothing more enjoyable than when political bigwigs stick their feet in their mouth. Whether discussing foreign policy...
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Destined for Destiny: The Unauthorized Autobiography of George W. Bush
by Scott Dikkers Publisher Comments In Destined for Destiny, George W. Bush offers readers an intimate, plainspoken, and often readable look at the character-shaping achievements that led to his inevitable rise to the office of President of the United States. Written from the heart, not...
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The Revelations of George W. Bush
by Warhore Publisher Comments The new book, The Revelations of George W. Bush, is a great political satire. If the Bush Administration scares you, or you're just afraid that one day you'll wake up to see martial law, troops in the streets, where everyone is forced to convert to...
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Clintonisms: The Amusing, Confusing, and Suspect Musing of Billary
by Julia Gorin Publisher Comments ISN’T THAT CALLED A DICTATORSHIP? “Bill and I didn’t come to Washington to do business as usual and compromise.” -- Hillary Clinton OH WELL “Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And...
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