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"I
was 28 years old when I voted for the first time. I dropped the ball
and now it's come to this," begins
Stephen Elliott
in Looking Forward to It: Or, How I learned to Stop Worrying
and Love the American Electoral Process. From
crashing campaign parties to clashing with seasoned journalists, Steve
offers uncommon—and often hilarious—insight into the 2004 presidential
election. Dave Eggers says Looking Forward to It is
"Savvy, loose, very funny and—truly—full of rare insights."
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The
Identity Theft Protection Guide, by Amanda
Welsh Ph.D., is the first comprehensive, down-to-earth
consumer guide to help families guard themselves against identity theft
and protect their computer security and personal privacy in the
information age. (St. Martin's Press) |
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Forgotten
Crimes: The Holocaust and People With Disabilities, by
Suzanne Evans Ph.D., is a concise history - supported by the
not-for-profit group Disability Rights Advocates, with a grant from the
U.S. Department of State - of the nightmarish plight suffered by more
than one million people with disabilities during the Nazi era. An
important book about the destruction of medical ethics by a
totalitarian regime, it also notes the inescapable implications of
these Nazi medical practices for our present-day controversies over
eugenics, euthanasia, genetic engineering, medical experimentation, and
rationed health care. (Ivan R. Dee, Publishers) |
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American
Nightingale: The True Story of Frances Slanger, the Forgotten
Heroine of Normandy, by Bob
Welch is the heart-wrenching and inspirational story of the
first American nurse to die after the WWII landings at Normandy. Hampton
Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers and Americana,
says "Through indefatigable research and a nearly obsessive quest to
inhabit a great moment in time, Bob Welch achieves something rare among
works of military history: He brings one person, a single extraordinary
person, to vivid life upon the page. Read American Nightingale,
and you'll never think of D-Day in the same way again." James
Bradley, best-selling author of Flags of Our Fathers
and Flyboys, says "Bob Welch has done the country a
service by recalling Frances Slanger's story... enrich your life and
read this touching story." (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) |
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The
Weight Loss Diaries, by Courtney
Rubin, is an unsparing, empowering and inspirational memoir
by Shape Magazine's popular "Weight Loss Diary" columnist, looking at
her daily struggles with weight, the challenges and triumphs of taking
up marathon running, and her larger efforts to keep food and weight
issues from consuming her life. (Contemporary Books/McGraw-Hill) |
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