Saturday, May 28, 2011

Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative (Paperback)

Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative
Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative (Paperback)
By Jedediah Bila

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"I've had enough of the hypocrisy, political correctness, and cry-baby syndrome of some on the left as they call you whatever, whenever, however without blinking an eye. That includes any and all who feel persecuted by my right to an opinion." --From Jedediah Bila's OUTNUMBERED

Known for her "call-it-like-you-see-it" television, radio, and print commentary, Jedediah kicks it up a notch with OUTNUMBERED. Complete with unforgettable encounters, musings, and personal stories, OUTNUMBERED exposes the true face of the Left through comings and goings in liberal Manhattan. Get ready for an unconventional journey that reminds us of the truths one can discover through everyday life. Read more


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A Step Farther Out (Kindle Edition)

A Step Farther Out
A Step Farther Out (Kindle Edition)
By Jerry Pournelle

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Essays on Technology, Civilization, and saving the world by Galaxy Science Fiction Science Editor Jerry Pournelle, PhD. Preface by Larry Niven, and Foreword by A. E. Van Vogt. From the Niven Preface: "Jerry Pournelle is our to make the whole world rich... He's been building the future since I was in grade school, and he's still at it." Essays include "Survival With Style" and "That Buck Rogers Stuff," as well as excerpts from The Strategy of Technology.
From the Preface to the 2011 Edition: “We live in an age of marvels. Despite that, we feel a sense of impending doom.... That's still true... We could still go to space. We could still mine the asteroids. We could still take part in developing mankind’s vast future. Indeed, it is easier to do now than it would have been when I wrote these essays. The unrelenting enmity of the Soviet Union has been replaced by other threats, some of them severe, but none comparable to 26,000 nuclear warheads. We have computers and the Internet. There is free exchange of ideas throughout most of the world, and the information revolution relentlessly expands that area. We still face the threat of famine, but it is not as acute as it was in the times when these essays were written. Communications, transportation, electronics, rocket technology – it’s all better now. We can still go to the planets.

We still live in an age of marvels, and it’s still true that the only limit to growth is nerve.
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Sunday, May 22, 2011

From The Pea Patch (Paperback)

From The Pea Patch
From The Pea Patch (Paperback)
By L. J. Martin

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A country boy's look at what's happening in and to America...and what to do about it. L. J. Martin is the author of over 20 novels and 3 non-fiction works. Before becoming a writer, as a R.E. broker he sold farms, ranches, and development properties all over the west. He and his wife, NYT best-selling novelist Kat Martin, live in Montana and winter in California. Read more


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Friday, May 20, 2011

Creative Geography Activities for the 21st Century (Kindle Edition)

Creative Geography Activities for the 21st Century
Creative Geography Activities for the 21st Century (Kindle Edition)
By Richard Di Giacomo

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• Hands-on Activities
• Contemporary Problems & Issues
• Student-centered Investigative Activities
• Creative & Imaginary Activities
• Games & Simulations
• Geography in History
Have you ever wanted to…
• design your own country?
• find out what was on the land where your house or school is before it was built?
• redraw confusing borders?
• analyze the geography of fantasy worlds?
• map along with an explorer?
• redesign your city?
• win a geography trivia contest?
Now you and your students can have fun doing do these things and more with:
Creative Geography Activities for the 21st Century

30 lesson plans that allow students to go beyond worksheets, and map work to investigate and create on their own!

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Monday, May 16, 2011

Recreational Geography (Kindle Edition)

Recreational Geography
Recreational Geography (Kindle Edition)
By Volcano Seven

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This blog travels around the world, sharing the location and history of each and every geographical feature, island and country or political entity.

In a world which grows smaller every day, it's more important than ever that we know and understand the world around us.

Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you're not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle give you full text content and images, and are updated wirelessly throughout the day. Read more


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Friday, May 13, 2011

Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World (Hardcover)

Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World
Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World (Hardcover)
By Lisa Bloom

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Customer tags: women(5), self-improvement(5), lisa bloom(5), legal analysts(4), angelina jolie(4), think(4), current events, gloria allred

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According to Lisa Bloom, the women and girls of today represent a stark paradox. While American women excel in education at every level, they likewise obsessively focus on celebrity media. While women outperform their male counterparts in employment in urban areas for the first time in history, they simultaneously spend countless hours staring in the mirror contemplating plastic surgery. Lisa Bloom fears that women are in danger of spiraling into a nation of dumbed down, tabloid media obsessed, reality TV addicts. Too often, they outsource matters to "experts" and in doing so neglect to truly think for themselves.

The solution:

Lisa Bloom has the solution and it involves one simple word: Think.

In this provocative, entertaining, educational, and thoroughly researched book, Lisa outlines the ways that we as a society, and particularly women, have fallen off the intellectual path, and, very specifically, points to how damaging this has been to us on many levels. Lisa shows us the fallout--but she also provides the solutions for "Reclaiming the Brain God Gave You" and seizing back control of your mind and your life. Think is delivered in a no-nonsense manner that will make you laugh, make you question yourself, make you squirm, but, most important, make you start thinking again. Read more


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