Books on Events: January 2012

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Cocoon (Short Story) (Kindle Edition)

Cocoon (Short Story) (Kindle Edition)
By Sabrina Pena Young

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Customer tags: short story, drug addiction, social justice, poverty, homelessness, charity, current events, homeless, drugs, poor

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Opening the door to a crack addict on a freezing winter's night leads to a dizzying series of events and the most chilling questions about charity, humanity, and the soul in S. Peña Young's controversial short story inspired by the author's harrowing life experiences.

Excerpt:
"What are you doing in this part of town, Elma?"
"Jus'ta meet some friends."
Why ask? Sure, friends. Nice friends with nice powders and needles and rocks. Real nice friends who will kill you for a bag of the good stuff. Friends. Kind of how I'm your friend, your supplier, but not drugs, just food, and a ride or two. I'm a supplier, too.Opening the door to a crack addict on a freezing winter's night leads to a dizzying series of events and the most chilling questions about charity, humanity, and the soul in S. Peña Young's controversial short story inspired by the author's harrowing life experiences.

Excerpt:
"What are you doing in this part of town, Elma?"
"Jus'ta meet some friends."
Why ask? Sure, friends. Nice friends with nice powders and needles and rocks. Real nice friends who will kill you for a bag of the good stuff. Friends. Kind of how I'm your friend, your supplier, but not drugs, just food, and a ride or two. I'm a supplier, too. Read more

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

The New York Times Magazine, October 16, 2011 [cover story: Does Anyone Have a Grip on the G.O.P.?] (Single Issue Magazine)

The New York Times Magazine, October 16, 2011 [cover story: Does Anyone Have a Grip on the G.O.P.?] (Single Issue Magazine)
By The New York Times

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First tagged by brainiacbooks
Customer tags: republican party, politics, new york times magazine, current events, gop, news magazines, current affairs, journalism

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Cover story: Does Anyone Have a Grip on the G.O.P.?: The Republican elite tries to take its party back, by Matt Bai. Contents: The Dumbest Guys in the Room, by Karen Olsson. My Dearest Damien, by Geoffrey Gray. A Girl Not Named Sybil, by Debbie Nathan; much more. Read more

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

A Dimes Difference?: Democrats, Republicans, and the US National Debt (Paperback)

A Dimes Difference?: Democrats, Republicans, and the US National Debt (Paperback)
By Charles F. Stamper

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First tagged by Charles F. Stampe "ky book fan"
Customer tags: politics(2), government, educateyourself, political parties, democrats, current events, american history, republicans

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Charles F. Stamper's The Grand Old Party and The Party of the People made an admittedly humorous, yet persuasive case for the ideological bankruptcy of both the Democratic and Republican Parties. In this most crucial time, this ordinary working man embarks on a much more serious exploration of the idea that both individuals and American society as a whole are being devoured by the predominance of the two party system.

In A Dimes Difference?: Democrats, Republicans, and the US National Debt Stamper asks, what is the mechanism that allures a free people while simultaneously threatening to destroy them? In the end, Stamper's message is clear: The American republic is in extreme jeopardy. The people must now choose between preserving their own liberty and the fulfillment of this most dire warning from President George Washington: "However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion." Read more

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

A Chilling Effect : The Mounting Threat of Libel and Invasion of Privacy Actions to the First Amendment (Hardcover)

A Chilling Effect : The Mounting Threat of Libel and Invasion of Privacy Actions to the First Amendment (Hardcover)
By Lois G. Forer

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Customer tags: freedom of speech, current issues, invasion of privacy, freedom of speech and expression, current events, civil rights, current issues topics, contemporary issues, libel, first amendment, civil and political rights

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

War of the Horses (Kindle Edition)

War of the Horses (Kindle Edition)
By Mark D. Bristow

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Customer tags: end times, prophecy, bible prophecy, current events

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There is an incredible amount of interesting things happening in our world today. Politics, military actions, economic trials etc. All of these things are interrelated because of the horsemen.
If you want to understand the "behind the scenes" impetus for the events of the day, you need only understand the war of the horses.There is an incredible amount of interesting things happening in our world today. Politics, military actions, economic trials etc. All of these things are interrelated because of the horsemen.
If you want to understand the "behind the scenes" impetus for the events of the day, you need only understand the war of the horses. Read more

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Seasons of Faith (Paperback)

Seasons of Faith (Paperback)
By Susan Hardy

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Customer tags: free form poetry, seasons, african-american christian, hope, prayers, grace, current events, blessings, faith, peace

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Poems written in free form are by a part-time lay poet. Her poems reflect her vision of seasons, current events, and prayers from her faith as an African-American Christian living in the United States. She shares them as her testimony of faith and hope for peace to all people everywhere. Blessings and grace by faith to all who read these poems! Read more

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Friday, January 6, 2012

IMPLOSION: Can America Recover from Its Economic and Spiritual Challenges in Time? (Hardcover)

IMPLOSION: Can America Recover from Its Economic and Spiritual Challenges in Time? (Hardcover)
By Joel C. Rosenberg

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Customer tags: eschatology, daniel, end times, natural disasters, antichrist, current events, armageddon, apocalyptic, conservative, international, china, declining morality

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Bestselling author and international political expert Joel C. Rosenberg tackles the question: Is America an empire in decline or a nation poised for a historic Renaissance?

America teeters on a precipice. In the midst of financial turmoil, political uncertainty, declining morality, the constant threat of natural disasters, and myriad other daunting challenges, many wonder what the future holds for this once-great nation. Will history’s greatest democracy stage a miraculous comeback, returning to the forefront of the world’s economic and spiritual stage? Can America’s religious past be repeated today with a third Great Awakening? Or will the rise of China, Russia, and other nations, coupled with the US’s internal struggles, send her into a decline from which there can be no return?

Implosion helps readers understand the economic, social, and spiritual challenges facing the United States in the 21st century, through the lens of biblical prophecy. Read more

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