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Journals, by Arthur Schlesinger

“The old-school, bow-tied liberal had a weakness for cafe society and Century Club martinis.”

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You Can Lead A Politician To Water, But You Can’t Make Him Think: Ten Commandments For Texas Politics, by Kinky Friedman

“A Texas humorist and musician recalls his unlikely quest to become governor…President Bush volunteered to be Friedman’s ‘one-man focus group.'”

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The Future of Conservatism: Conflict and Consensus in the Post-Reagan Era, edited by Charles W. Dunn

Democratic Capitalism and Its Discontents, by Brian C. Anderson

“In two new collections, conservatives wonder why the Republican ascendancy wasn’t better for their movement.”

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Hugo Chavez, by Christina and Alberto Barrera Tyszka

Hugo!: The Hugo Chavez Story From Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution, by Bart Jones

“Two biographies explore Hugo Chavez’s rapid climb from unknown military man to president…While playing the buffoon, Chavez has refashioned most of his country’s political institutions.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/books/review/Crowley-t.html?pagewanted=print

The Bulldozer and The Big Tent: Blind Republicans, Lame Democrats and the Recovery of American Ideals, by Todd Gitlin

“Todd Gitlin urges young liberals to avoid the mistakes of the New Left…’The Rright has harnessed its movement to its party while the left did not do the equivalent.'”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/books/review/LeBor-t.html?pagewanted=print

Lords of the Land: The War Over Israel’s Settlements in the Occupied Territories, 1967-2007, by Idith Zertal and Akiva Eldar

“Two Israeli scholars have written a history of the settlement project…The West Bank is another country, neither Israel nor Palestine but a lawless place.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/books/review/Kinsley-t.html?pagewanted=print

The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, by Alan Greenspan

“People misunderstood what he meant about tax cuts, the former Fed chairman says.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/books/review/Leonard-t.html?pagewanted=print

The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, by Susan Faludi

“Susan Faludi says that since 9/11, we’ve been urged to revert to mythic notions of gender roles…How did the war on terror become a ‘struggle between depleted masculinity and overbearing womanhood?'”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/books/review/Green-t.html?pagewanted=print

The Down-To-Earth Guide To Global Warming, by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon

Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion, by Lane Griffin Burns