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Type: documentary

Status: I recommend

Author: Peter Hessler

2008-08-13

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Type: documentary

Status: I recommend

Author: Bill Bryson

2007-11-15

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Jhumpa Lahiri

Description: Started 11-16-07;

2007-11-15

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Type: poetry

Status: I recommend

Author: Virgil Suarez

Description: Vivid imagery and an excellent portrayal of what it is like to be a Cuban American.

2007-02-21

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Type: documentary

Status: I recommend

Author: Sandra MacKey

2006-12-24

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Harper Lee

Description: A must!! Atticus Finch is an integral literary character that everyone must meet.

2006-12-24

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Type: children's

Status: I recommend

Author: Kate DiCamillo

Description: Great story... should be read aloud to every kid.

2006-12-23

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Type: documentary

Status: I recommend

Author: Elie Wiesel

Description: Gripping.

2006-12-23

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Joanne Greenberg

2006-12-23

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Type: special

Status: I recommend

Author: Frank Rich

Description: What The Greatest Story Ever Sold illustrates is that most Americans did not back the IraqWhat The Greatest Story Ever Sold illustrates is that most Americans did not back the Iraq invasion because they were credulous, though many were, or even because the administration was dishonest, though it was -- reprehensibly so. In the end, notwithstanding the hype, the truth wasn't all that hard to see; even Bush's misleading claims that Saddam Hussein was about to acquire nukes were debunked on the front pages, as Rich points out, before the invasion began. Yet most citizens, despite access to evidence, chose to follow the president anyway. Rich doesn't get into why they did so, but I think the reasons boil down to a widespread popular desire to exorcise post-9/11 feelings of shame and vulnerability with the nationalistic pride achieved through the exercise of military might.

Many people who might have supported the Iraq war under different circumstances remained intractably opposed because they believed Bush hadn't proven that Baghdad was making nuclear weapons or working with al-Qaeda. They held this view because, among other reasons, in the months and years after 9/11, they were reading the smart, critical and blessedly spin-proof writings of Frank Rich....

2006-12-07