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I've asked our Air America on-air talent to share a handful of their
favorite books with our listeners and readers. These are works that
educated, enlightened, or entertained our hosts, and include both old
favorites and new finds. We think you might also enjoy them.
-Nancy Scola
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Queen & Country | Greg Rucka
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"The more screwed-up the protagonist, the
better a spy story tends to be, and Rucka
(who's also written a series of prose mystery novels) has come up with a
memorably dysfunctional antiheroine in Tara Chace, a burned-out, amoral "minder" (i.e.,
agent) for Britain's
Ministry of Intelligence..."
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DMZ | Brian Woods
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"In the near future, America's
worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging
down the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly
neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered
across the 50 states..."
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Shooting War | Anthony
Lappe and Dan Goldman
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"What started as a subversively buzz-worthy
online comic on Smithmag.net now comes to print as an expanded hardcover
with new material. And Lappe, executive editor
for Guerrilla News Network, knows Iraq: He produced
Battleground:21 Days on the Empire’s Edge, a
2004 documentary.”
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The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation | Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon
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"Using every skill and storytelling method
Jacobson and Colón have learned over the decades, they have produced the
most accessible version of the 9/11 Report. Jacobson’s text frequently
follows word for word the original report,
faithfully captures its investigative thoroughness..."
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Waiting for the Barbarians | J.M. Coetzee
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"For decades the Magistrate has run the
affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between
the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the
interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims
and into a quixotic act of rebellion..."
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Down in New
Orleans: Reflections from a Drowned City | Billy Sothern
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"'Post-Katrina New Orleans hasn't been an
easy place to live, it hasn't been an easy place to be in love, it hasn't
been an easy place to take care of yourself or see the bright side of
things.' So reflects Billy Sothern in this riveting and unforgettable
insider's chronicle of the epic 2005 disaster and the year that
followed..."
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The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century | Thomas X. Hammes
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"The War in Iraq. The War on Terror.
These types of 'asymmetrical' warfare are the conflicts of the 21st
century - and show how difficult it is for the world's
only remaining superpower to battle insurgents and terrorists who will
fight unconventionally in the face of superior military power."
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And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails | Wayne Curtis
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"Like a great barroom raconteur, the author
of this engaging treatise regales his audience with piquant opinions,
colorful trivia, lush rhetorical turns ...and an exalted, occasionally
inflated, sense of liquor's place in the greater scheme of
things..."
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Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails : From the Alamagoozlum Cocktail to the Zombie | Ted Haigh
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"Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails pays
homage to the great bartenders of the past and the beverages they created, lost in time, but still grand and full of
potential. If you have half the fun looking at this book and trying these
recipes as the author did putting them together, a great party is sure to
ensue."
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