Not a book, but too interesting to pass up (as mentioned tonight on The Report): Unity ’08 Support or draft your own candidate for president (Pssst! Stewart-Colbert ’08!) Determine the issues and questions the candidates must address Nominate the next president and vice president in the first-ever online convention Make history by creating the re-United [...]
26 Sep
Posted by: Angela in: Colbert Report, Entertainment
Tony Bennett in the Studio: A Life of Art & Music by Tony Bennett
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
25 Sep
Posted by: Angela in: Colbert Report, International, Linguistics
When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World’s Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge by K. David Harrison Harrison is part of the Living Tongues Institute
24 Sep
Posted by: Angela in: Colbert Report, Culture, Current Events, International, Politics
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman
Bookworms take note: Colbert is probably going to be in your Sunday paper. Like all Parade interviews, it is short, sweet, and tuned to the attention-span of a seventh grader, but worth a read nonetheless. Sneak preview here (thanks to the No Fact Zone).
20 Sep
Posted by: Angela in: Colbert Report, Law
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World by Bill Clinton The Jon Stewart interview of the former president is a must see. As the potential first first husband, Clinton discusses his love of politics, his love of giving, the importance of sleep (I hear that!) and the candidate he’s backing in this race [...]
12 Sep
Posted by: Angela in: Autobiography/Biography, Daily Show, Politics
Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush by Robert Draper
Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor
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