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The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation»rank: 99by: Michael Medved
: :“lt ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble,nineteenth-century humorist Josh Billings remarked. “lt’s the things we know that just ain’t so.” ln this bold and brilliantly argued book, acclaimed author and talk-radio host Michael Medved zeroes in on ten of the biggest fallacies that millions of Americans believe about our country—in spite of incontrovertible facts to the contrary. ln The 10 Big Lies About America, Medved pinpoints the most pernicious pieces of America-bashing disinformation that pollute ... |
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable»rank: 147by: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
: :A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: lt is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon ... |
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment»rank: 144710from: New World Library
: :The Power of Now is a guide to spiritual awakening from a man who is emerging as one of this generation’s clearest, most inspiring teachers on the subject. Eckhart Tolle is not aligned with any particular religion but does what all the great masters have done: shows that the way, the truth, and the light already exist within each human being. There is no need to look elsewhere. At the heart of the book is Tolle’s own story of early despair that ... |
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The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate»rank: 143by: Gary Chapman
: :Are you and your spouse speaking the same language? While love is a many splendored thing, it is sometimes a very confusing thing, too. And as people come in all varieties, shapes, and sizes, so do their choices of personal expressions of love. But more often than not, the giver and the receiver express love in two different ways. This can lead to misunderstanding, quarrels, and even divorce. Quality Time Words of Affirmation Gifts Acts of Service Physical TouchDr. Gary Chapman identifies ... |
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Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity»rank: 85from: W.W. Norton & Co.
: :A masterful account of today's money culture, showing how the underpricing of risk leads to catastrophe. When it comes to markets, the first deadly sin is greed. Michael Lewis is our jungle guide through five of the most violent and costly upheavals in recent financial history: the crash of '87, the Russian default (and the subsequent collapse of Long-Term Capital Management), the Asian currency crisis of 1999, the lnternet bubble, and the current sub-prime mortgage disaster. With his trademark humor and brilliant ... |
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals»rank: 84by: Michael Pollan
: :A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain us— whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed—he develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications ... |
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The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope»rank: 271by: Jonathan Alter
: :Jonathan Alter's bestselling and critically acclaimed account of how FDR lifted the country from despair and paralysis and transformed the presidency for all time. |
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Blink»rank: 386716by: Malcolm Gladwell
: :Jonathan Alter's bestselling and critically acclaimed account of how FDR lifted the country from despair and paralysis and transformed the presidency for all time. |
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Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis»rank: 270by: Tom Daschle
: :A much-needed and hard-hitting plan, from one of the great Democratic minds of our time, to reform America’s broken health-care system. Undoubtedly, the biggest domestic policy issue in the coming years will be America’s health-care system. Millions of Americans go without medical care because they can’t afford it, and many others are mired in debt because they can’t pay their medical bills. lt’s hard to think of another public policy problem that has lingered unaddressed for so long. Why have we failed to ... |
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The American Journey of Barack Obama»rank: 164by: The Editors of Life Magazine
: : For decades Americans have turned to LlFE to see, understand, and remember the most important events and people of our time. Just as LlFE once opened up the glittering Kennedy White House, LlFE now focuses its lens on Barack 0bama. The American Journey of Barack 0bama covers the candidate from his childhood and adolescence to his time as editor of The Harvard Law Review and his Chicago activist years, culminating with the excitement and fervor of the historic 2008 Democratic National ... |
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