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STUPID WHITE MEN
Michael Moore
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STUPID WHITE MEN

by Michael Moore · ReganBooks/ HarperCollins

8 wks at #1 · 4 on list

Rember when everything was looking up? When the government was running at a surplus pollution was disappearing peace was breaking out in the middle East and Northern Ireland and the Bridge to the Twenty-First century was strung with Internet cable and paved with 401 (k) gold? Well, so much for the future. Michael Moore the award winning povocateur behind Roger & Me and the best seller Downsize This! now returns to size up the new century and that big, ugly special interest group that's laying waste to the world as we know it: stupid white men. Among the targets of Mike's Manifesto on Malfeasance and mediocrity are the Bush family Junta, Bll Clinton the Idiot Nation and Corporate American.

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BIAS
Bernard Goldberg

BIAS

by Bernard Goldberg · Regnery

15 wks on list
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SHAKEDOWN
Kenneth R. Timmerman
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SHAKEDOWN

by Kenneth R. Timmerman · Regnery

2 wks on list

Jesse Jackson is a modern day highway robber, says veteran investigative reporter Kenneth R. Timmerman, who uses cries of racism to steal from individuals, corporations, and government, to give to himself. Until now, however, no one has been brave enough to say it and diligent enough to prove it. But Ken Timmerman has cracked Jackson's machine, found Jackson cronies willing to break ranks, and uncovered a sordid tale of greed, ambition, and corruption from a self-proclaimed minister who has no qualms about poisoning American race relations for personal gain.

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LOVE, GREG & LAUREN
Greg Manning
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LOVE, GREG & LAUREN

by Greg Manning · Bantam

1 wks on list

Early on the morning of September 11, 2001, Lauren Manning-a wife, the mother of a ten-month-old son, and a senior vice president and partner at Cantor Fitzgerald-came to work, as always, at One World Trade Center. As she stepped into the lobby, a fireball exploded from the elevator shaft, and in that split second her life was changed forever. Lauren was burned over 82.5 percent of her body. As he watched his wife lie in a drug-induced coma in the ICU of the Burn Center at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Greg Manning began writing a daily journal. In the form of e-mails to family, friends, and colleagues, he recorded Lauren’s harrowing struggle-and his own tormented efforts to make sense of an act that defies all understanding. This book is that e-mail diary: detailed, intimate, inspiring messages that end, always, as if a prayer for a happy outcome: LOVE, GREG & LAUREN We share this story day by astonishing day. Greg writes of the intricate surgeries, the painful therapies, and the constant risk of infection Lauren endured. Through his eyes we come to know the doctors, nurses, aides, and therapists who cared for her around the clock with untiring devotion and sensitivity. We also come to know the families with whom he shared wrenching hospital vigils for their own loved ones who were waging a battle that some would not win. It was, most of all, Greg’s belief that Lauren would win her brave fight for life that kept him writing. Through his eyes we see what she could not-their toddler’s first steps, the video of his first birthday party, the compassionate messages of hope from around the world. And we are there as Lauren gradually emerges into awareness, signaling first with her eyes, then with smiles, her understanding of the words Greg speaks to her, the poems he recites, the songs he plays. Most miraculously, we are there when Lauren walks out of the Burn Center. The world knows all too well both the nightmare and the heroism that have marked this terrible time in history. But no account of September 11 matches the astonishing personal story Greg Manning records in these spontaneous and heartfelt pages. It is a story that invites us to share, e-mail after e-mail, the perilous course of a mortally wounded woman who by sheer will and courage emerges from near death because she is determined to live for her husband and her son. And it is equally the story of a man who, as he stays by her side through these long weeks and months, discovers anew the depth of his love and admiration for the woman who becomes his hero.

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SHADOW WARRIORS
Tom Clancy with Carl Stiner and Tony Koltz

SHADOW WARRIORS

by Tom Clancy with Carl Stiner and Tony Koltz · Putnam

6 wks on list

From Vietnam and Laos to Panama and El Salvador to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq, "Shadow Warriors" contains stories of Special Forces raids, counterterrorism, hostage rescues, reconnaissance, counterinsurgency and psychological operation--and also of building settlements, teaching civilians, cleaning up water supplies, and saving lives. This book is the third in an extraordinary series of nonfiction books by the #1 bestselling author--a look deep into the art of war through the eyes of one of America's outstanding commanders. of photos.

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DRIVER #8
Dale Earnhardt Jr. with Jade Gurss
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DRIVER #8

by Dale Earnhardt Jr. with Jade Gurss · Warner

8 wks on list

Powered by a high-octane mix of bravado and humility, Dale Jr. shares the victory and joy, tragedy and heartbreak in his first Winston Cup season. Here are the crowds, the endless travel, and the behind-the-scenes action while Dale Jr. tries to carve out his own identity and win the respect of his peers. He shows you how races are won or lost, the bonds between a driver and his team-and the weight of racing against a man who is not only your father but also your boss, your toughest competitor, and a NASCAR legend. From the crush of the media to split-second, life-and-death decisions behind the wheel, Driver #8 is one helluva ride.

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SACRED CONTRACTS
Caroline Myss

SACRED CONTRACTS

by Caroline Myss · Harmony

8 wks on list

SACRED CONTRACTS provides the answer to the question world famous intuitive healer Caroline Myss is most frequently asked: 'Why am I here?' 'What is my mission in life?' After 20 years of teaching people how to tap into their innate self-healing powers, Myss feels that the lack of a mission or purpose to life is an emotional illness of epidemic proportions. This can lead to physical illness and emotional distress, including depression, lethargy, anxiety, hopelessness and insecurity, as people take their frustrations out on loved ones, colleagues and children. Myss believes that our personal mission is part of a greater 'sacred contract' that we agree to enter into before we are born. Based on her internationally acclaimed workshop of the same name, SACRED CONTRACTS will help you to uncover your sacred contract to develop better physical and emotional health, and a clear sense of purpose.

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THE BUREAU AND THE MOLE
David A. Vise
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THE BUREAU AND THE MOLE

by David A. Vise · Atlantic Monthly Press

9 wks on list

A Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist untangles the web of deceit spun by FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen, convicted of selling America's most closely guarded national security secrets to the Russian government. Vise tells the story of how Hanssen avoided detection for decades while becoming the most dangerous double agent in FBI history. Illustrations.

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BLINDED BY THE RIGHT
David Brock
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BLINDED BY THE RIGHT

by David Brock · Crown

1 wks on list

In a powerful and deeply personal memoir David Brock, the original right-wing scandal reporter, chronicles his rise to the pinnacle of the conservative movement and his painful break with it. David Brock pilloried Anita Hill in a bestseller. His reporting in The American Spectator as part of the infamous “Arkansas Project” triggered the course of events that led to the historic impeachment trial of President Clinton. Brock was at the center of the right-wing dirty tricks operation of the Gingrich era—and a true believer—until he could no longer deny that the political force he was advancing was built on little more than lies, hate, and hypocrisy. In Blinded By the Right, Brock, who came out of the closet at the height of his conservative renown, tells his riveting story from the beginning, giving us the first insider’s view of what Hillary Rodham Clinton called “the vast right-wing conspiracy.” Whether dealing with the right-wing press, the richly endowed think tanks, Republican political operatives, or the Paula Jones case, Brock names names from Clarence Thomas on down, uncovers hidden links, and demonstrates how the Republican Right’s zeal for power created the poisonous political climate that culminated in George W. Bush’s election. With a new afterword by the author, Blinded By the Right is a classic political memoir of our times.

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NIGGER
Randall Kennedy

NIGGER

by Randall Kennedy · Pantheon

3 wks on list

Contains racist language.

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WHAT WENT WRONG?
Bernard Lewis
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WHAT WENT WRONG?

by Bernard Lewis · Oxford University Press

In this landmark volume, an authority on the Middle East examines the anguished reaction of the Islamic world as it tries to understand why things have changed, how they have been overtaken, overshadowed, and to an increasing extent dominated by the West. 15 illustrations. Map.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.