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Life: The Odds
by Gregory Arthur Baer
The lowdown on life's most intriguing
possibilities, in the bestselling,
brain-tickling tradition of the Worst Case
Scenario Survival Handbook series. Most of us
have wondered about the likelihood of striking
it rich, being audited by the IRS, or living
to be one hundred years old. But how many of
us have actually sat down and calculated the
chances that we could marry a millionaire?
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The Millionaire Mind
by Thomas J. Stanley
What do you do after you've written the No. 1
bestseller The Millionaire Next Door? Survey
1,371 more millionaires and write The
Millionaire Mind. Dr. Stanley's extremely
timely tome is a mixture of entertaining
elements.
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The Language Police: How
Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn
by Diane Ravitch
Textbook publishers are guilty of
self-censorship, argues Ravitch (Left Back: A
Century of Battles Over School Reform) in this
polemical analysis of the anti-bias and
sensitivity guidelines that govern much of
today's educational publishing.
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The One Minute
Millionaire
by Mark Victor
Hansen, Robert G. Allen
According to the
authors, "At this very instant you are
standing in the middle of millions." They
maintain that anyone can achieve "enlightened"
wealth, a utopia where everyone has money and
tithes, creating a better world for all.
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The
Demon in the Freezer: A True Story
by Richard PrestonOn
December 9, 1979, smallpox, the most deadly human virus, ceased
to exist in nature. After eradication, it was confined to
freezers located in just two places on earth: the Center for
Disease Control in Atlanta and the Maximum Containment
Laboratory in Siberia.
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Militant Islam Reaches America
by Daniel PipesIn
the introduction to this polemic against political Islam, Pipes
stakes out the political territory just to the left of Pat
Buchanan and well to the right of almost everyone else. From
this "moderate" position, Pipes argues that Islam is not an
inherent threat to Western civilization, but that militant
Islam.
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To
America: Personal Reflections of an Historian
by Stephen E. Ambrose
"I am a storyteller by training and inclination,"
writes the late Stephen Ambrose in To America, his final book.
And what a storyteller. One of the most respected and popular
historians of his era, Ambrose had a passion for making the
events of the past both relevant and entertaining.
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The
Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq
by Kenneth M. Pollack
In The Threatening Storm, Kenneth M. Pollack, one
of the world’s leading experts on Iraq, provides a masterly
insider’s perspective on the crucial issues facing the United
States as it moves toward a new confrontation with Saddam
Hussein.
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Why
We Fight: Moral Clarity and the War on Terrorism
by William J. Bennett
Bestselling author William J. Bennett says he was
inspired by displays of patriotism after the September 11
terrorist attacks, but he was also struck by how "some were
quick to find us to blame." He worries that this
"countermovement of America-bashing" will make the United States
lose its resolve.
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Bush
at War
by Bob WoodwardBush
at War focuses on the three months following the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001, during which the U.S. prepared
for war in Afghanistan, took steps toward a preemptive strike
against Iraq, intensified homeland defense, and began a
well-funded CIA covert war against terrorism around the world.
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Fighting Back: The War on Terrorism from Inside
the Bush White House
by Bill Sammon
Washington Times correspondent Sammon's inside account of the
Bush administration's reaction to 9-11 and the resultant war on
terror, readers are tendered a breathless, highly complimentary
portrait of the president and an overly simplistic moral tale
about the great merit and unwavering moral vision of his inner
circle.
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The
Story of America
by Allen Weinstein, David Rubel
An alternative title for this might be "The
Treasury of American History" as it's an anthology of our
nation's favorite stories: Lewis and Clark's expedition, Nat
Turner' s revolt, Custer's last stand, Lindbergh's
trans-Atlantic flight, and Nixon' s Watergate scandal.
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The
Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and
Himself
by Daniel J. Boorstin
Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest
historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and
majestic interpretation.
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