Breaking News Pilot Escapes Upside Down Landing - Sky News

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Breaking News Pilot Escapes Upside Down Landing - Sky News

Breaking News Pilot Escapes Upside Down Landing
Sky News, UK - 1 hour ago
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! A pilot has escaped injury after his light aircraft landed …

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Citizen 'reporters' keep news flowing about Gustav - Chicago Tribune

Citizen 'reporters' keep news flowing about Gustav
Chicago Tribune, United States - 7 hours ago
NEW ORLEANS — The howling wind at my window woke me at 6 am Monday, but it wasn't Hurricane Gustav that worried me next. It was Internet traffic as the …

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Analysis: News distracts but doesn't derail - Minneapolis Star Tribune


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Analysis: News distracts but doesn't derail
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 7 hours ago
By ADAM NAGOURNEY, New York Times Hope the people vetting in Alaska now will tell us something! May be! I am very very curious to see what comes out of all …
Palin is talk of the Sunday news shows USA Today
The Note: New Questions Dog McCain-Palin Ticket ABC News
McCain Needs to Widen Base Wall Street Journal
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Mining industry shifts on more bad news - Wall Street Journal

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Mining industry shifts on more bad news - Wall Street Journal
WEAKER COMMODITY prices and higher costs are starting to take a toll on the mining industry as the billions of dollars being spent on new projects could take years to recoup. For years, BHP Billiton PLC assured shareholders that one of its biggest
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Hume in 90 Minutes

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Hume in 90 Minutes
“Well-written, clear, and informed, they have a breezy wit about them.
I find them hard to stop reading.”New York Times

“Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise.”Wall Street Journal

Hume reduced philosophy to ruins: he denied the existence of everythingexcept our
actual perceptions themselves. I alone exist, he argued, and the world is nothing more
than part of my consciousness. Yet we know that the world remains, and we go on as
before. What Hume expressed was the status of our knowledge about the world,
a world in which neither religion nor science is certain.

In Hume in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Hume’s
life and ideas and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence
in the world. The book also includes selections from Hume’s work, a brief list of suggested
readings for those who wish to delve deeper, and chronologies that place Hume within his
own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy.

Paul Strathern earned a degree in philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin, and has lectured in philosophy and mathematics. A Somerset Maugham prize winner, he has written books on history, philosophy, and travel as well as five novels. His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including the Observer (London) and the Irish Times. He lives and writes in London.

Earphones Awards recipient Robert Whitfield was born in England and worked for the BBC for ten years as a radio news announcer and also worked as a narrator for the Royal National Institute for the Blind in London. In addition to narrating for Blackstone Audiobooks, he involves himself in numerous stage-acting projects in the United States and Europe.
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc
Author: Paul Strathern
Narrator: Robert Whitfield
ISBN: 0-7861-3988-9
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Wake-Up Call

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

KRISTEN BREITWEISER WAS A HAPPY YOUNG SUBURBAN MOTHER AND HOUSEWIFE LEADING A PRIVILEGED LIFE. THEN, ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, HER HUSBAND, RON, CALLED FROM HIS OFFICE IN THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE.

"Sweets, I’m okay. I’m okay. Don’t worry… It’s not my building. " Kristen didn’t know what he was saying. He told her to turn on the television. He continued. "They are jumping out of the windows. Right across from me… Sweets, I’m safe… But I have to go."

The call ended abruptly and Kristen watched with horror as the second tower exploded. In that frozen instant, she felt in her heart that Ron had been killed.

WAKE-UP CALL is the deeply personal, often shocking, and ultimately inspirational story of a woman whose world was shattered by terrorism — and who, with no husband by her side or father for her child, found the courage and strength to not only build a new life, but become one of the country’s most outspoken activists and harshest critics of the current administration.

A former Rcpublican, Breitweiser, along with three other 9/11 widows (known to the media as "The Jersey Girls”), fought tirelessly for the creation of the 9/11 Commission, in spite of strong opposition from President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, and many other top government officials. While describing her journey, Breitweiser discloses eye-opening information about mistakes made prior to the 9/11 attacks, cover-ups discovered during her campaign for the 9/11 Commission, surprising encounters with some of the country’s most powerful officials, and unsettling facts about present-day national security.

Moving, hard-hitting, and revelatory, Kristen Breitweiser’s audiobook is a wake-up call no American can ignore.

KRISTEN BREITWEISER is one of the nations leading 9/11 activists. She appears frequently on national television as a commentator on matters related to terrorism and has been featured in the New York Times. Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, Oprah, Glamour, and Ms., and is a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post and other publications. Breitweiser was named Woman of the Year by both Ms. and Glamour, and won the 2005 Ron Ridenhour Truth-Telling Award. She lives in New York City with her daughter.
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Author: Kristen Breitweiser
Narrator: Kristen Breitweiser
ISBN: 1594835616
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USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS - The Associated Press

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS - The Associated Press

USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney (Abrams Books for Young Readers) (FH) 42. "The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life" by Jim Tressel, Chris Fabry and …
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS Washington Post
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS The Associated Press
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Some back-to-school kid books for the beach bag - The Canadian Press


The Canadian Press
Some back-to-school kid books for the beach bag
The Canadian Press - 24 minutes ago
In addition to new and familiar characters to soothe and prepare is a two-tier counting book celebrating teachers and what they teach - from art to geometry …

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McCain and Obama get their own comic books - Los Angeles Times


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McCain and Obama get their own comic books
Los Angeles Times, CA - 17 hours ago
The Obama book is written be Jeff Mariotte (autor of the novel "River Runs Red") and drawn by Tom Morgan while the McCain edition is authored by Andy Helfer …
Upcoming Obama and McCain Comic Books Can Also Be Seen on Mobile … Editor & Publisher
Barack Obama, John McCain Get Superhero Treatment — Minus Tights … MTV.com
John McCain, Barack Obama Star in Biographical Comic Books DigitalJournal.com
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