http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/book/ en-us Mon, 6 Oct 2008 22:09:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2099007/posts And today, we want to look at the very real possibility that Ayers collaborated with Obama in writing Dreams From My Father. Jack Cashill has done a wonderful three part series of looking at all the similarities of Obama's book and the writings of Bill Ayers. PART I “I picture the street coming alive, awakening from the fury of winter, stirred from the chilly spring night by cold glimmers of sunlight angling through the city.” Bill Ayers, Fugitive Days. “Night now fell in midafternoon, especially when the snowstorms rolled in, boundless prairie storms that set the sky close to the... Ted Mathis Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2099007/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 22:09:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094573/posts WND Exclusive ELECTION 2008 VP debate moderator Ifill releasing pro-Obama book Focuses on blacks who are 'forging a bold new path to political power' Posted: Bob Unruh 8:35 pm Eastern September 30, 2008 By Bob Unruh © 2008 WorldNetDaily Gwen Ifill The moderator of Thursday's vice presidential debate between Democrat Sen. Joe Biden and GOP Gov. Sarah Palin is writing a book, to come out about the time the next president takes the oath of office, to "shed new light" on Democratic candidate Barack Obama and other "emerging young African American politicians" who are "forging a bold new path to... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094573/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 03:26:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089340/posts Yes, there's a list of titles floating around the Internet right now, but it's a fake. It is, however, established fact that our would-be vice president has in the past tried to pull books off library shelves. The New York Times reports that as a member of the City Council of Wasilla, Alaska, Palin complained to colleagues about a book called Daddy's Roommate, described in promotional material as being ''for and about the children of lesbian and gay parents.'' Laura Chase, who ran Palin's campaign for mayor, explained that the book was harmless and suggested Palin read it. Chase told... MiamiHerald.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089340/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:39:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083436/posts These days, political memoirs come in three genres. First, the "everyone around me was an idiot or a crook, but I was a really smart good guy." Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's What Happened perfected the genre, assuring him the place in history previously occupied by Baron Munchausen. The second borrows a line from the great Toby Keith, converting "I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then" from lyric to prose. Former CIA director George Tenet's At the Center of the Storm will, for many a year, be foremost in that category. The last is... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083436/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:26:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082639/posts In his new history of humanitarian intervention, Gary Bass attempts to construct a model for international action today. Easier said than done, writes Matthew Price. Freedom's Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention Gary J Bass Knopf DH128 There are few more loaded phrases than “humanitarian intervention”. At once too broad and too narrow, it lends itself perfectly to empty sloganeering, and worse. After all, Vladimir Putin defended the invasion of Georgia partly on humanitarian grounds – to defend ethnic Ossetians – even if much of the world saw things differently. But Putin invoked the same kind of language Nato used... The National http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082639/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:31:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080769/posts Markus Aurelius' explosive new book, "Bleeding for Allah: Why Islam will Conquer the Free World, What Americans Need to Know" has Muslims from Turkey to Saudi Arabia blistering with rage. The new book, which took more than four years to research and write, scrutinizes Islam from its very birth. The Koran, the holy book of more than one billion people worldwide, is systematically analyzed by Aurelius to reveal the true nature of its message. "Bleeding for Allah" goes the full distance in detailing the uncomfortable and painful truth of that message. Turkish news agencies have attacked the author as a... Westender http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080769/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:11:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080748/posts "I CAN HAZ AMERICA?" went the caption on a photo of a wide-eyed Sarah Palin that circulated on the Internet soon after John McCain chose the Alaska governor to be his running mate. A few years ago, the caption would have been incomprehensible. But today almost any Web logger in America could tell you that the reference is to lolcats, the ironically cutesy, "laugh-out-loud" photos of cats on top of which deliberately misspelled captions are superimposed. Traditionally the cat in such photos asks for a cheeseburger. So popular have lolcats become that there is now a wiki — a collaboratively... The NY Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080748/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:53:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2077261/posts Couldnt find it on Amazon. The present era demands a new style of leadership. In an age that values relationship over authority and one that is overwhelmed by a tidal wave of information, breadth of familiarity and depth of conviction are prized commodities. Sarah Palin brings both of those qualities to her new role as candidate for the vice presidency of the United States. Those qualities, her familiarity with a broad range of issues and her strong moral center, are just two of the leadership traits that have allowed her to organize and focus her efforts in office. Using themes... Barnes And Noble http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2077261/posts#comment Mon, 8 Sep 2008 13:16:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2077133/posts Casting aside one's comfort zone is always a little bit troubling; yet here I am, baring my soul for the world to see. My first book has been published and is now available. To be honest I do feel a sense of pride, but that pride is sometimes overwhelmed by fear – the fear of rejection, fear of the unknown and fear of discovery. Anonymity holds a power of sorts; allowing us the opportunity to voice our opinions while hiding behind invented monikers. That secrecy no longer protects me, as I've chosen to author my book under my real name.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2077133/posts#comment Mon, 8 Sep 2008 06:34:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076273/posts TEARS OF THE DESERT - Arab Muslim Bigoted Genocide in Dafur, Gang Rape as a Weapon Amazon.com: Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur ...Amazon.com: Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur: Halima Bashir, Damien Lewis: Books. http://www.amazon.com/Tears-Desert-Memoir-Survival-Darfur/dp/0345506251 amazon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076273/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 21:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075672/posts Gibson Square, known for having sold other controversial books, such as Alexander Litvinenko's "Blowing Up Russia", said it was "imperative" that "The Jewel of Medina" by American author Sherry Jones be available to the public. Random House Publishing Group, which is owned by German media company Bertelsmann AG, has admitted pulling the novel about Mohammed and his wife Aisha. The book was supposed to have been published last month, but the company said at the time that "credible and unrelated sources" had warned that the book "could incite acts of violence." Washington-based Ms Jones criticised the initial decision not to... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075672/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 00:02:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075314/posts WASHINGTON — Bob Woodward, who wrote two books praising President Bush and then a third harshly criticizing him, is out with a fourth tome that renders a mixed verdict on Bush, lauding the president’s surge of troops into Iraq, but saying "too often he failed to lead." At 487 pages, "The War Within" is the fourth installment in Woodward’s series of books on the president. Its release is embargoed until Monday, although an advance copy was obtained exclusively by FOX News. The new book is less critical than Woodward’s last tome, "State of Denial," which savaged Bush for his execution... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075314/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:48:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075290/posts Drop those spareribs, imperialist pig-eaters! A new book argues that the great American barbecue smolders on the coals of genocidal racism. A good barbecue, as I see it, should begin with a trip to Home Depot to buy 6-foot lengths of rebar. When suspending an entire butterflied lamb over an oak fire for many hours, while basting it with stalks of rosemary dripping with lemon juice and red wine, the rebar comes in handy for spread-eagling purposes. Just insert the rebar through diagonally opposed leg joints, and your crucified lamb is easily maneuverable. I performed this ritual (or rather, I... Salon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075290/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:15:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074431/posts Their lives and their fates could hardly have been more different. William Walker graduated from college when he was 14 and later earned a medical degree and passed the bar. Cornelius Vanderbilt quit school after the sixth grade and is known to have read only one book in his entire life. Walker was executed by firing squad when he was 36, his body thrown naked into a shallow grave far from his native Nashville, Tenn. When Vanderbilt died in bed at the age of 83, he was the richest self-made man in the world. His tomb on his native Staten... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074431/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:45:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073851/posts It's "booze o'clock" on a recent Thursday night on New York's Fire Island—a rolling, inexact hour when 10 vacationing guys decide to kick off their nightly binge. Between tequila shots and pulls of beer, the sun-baked twentysomethings roar on the deck of their rented beach house, sounding the depths of maledom: sexual conquests, mastery of fire ("I'll grill that potato salad") and escape from the monotony of girlfriends and work. "I like starting things," says one guy, as if to sum up his generation. "Then it gets boring." The banter may seem like an open dish-session between friends, but masculine... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073851/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 17:19:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071609/posts Drinkers the world round know the name Bacardi means rum, but few non-Cubans know that this global enterprise was founded -- and is still owned -- by a Cuban family that played an important role in the island's social, political and economic history. Emilio Bacardi was a prominent activist in Cuba's fight for independence from Spain, suffering lengthy periods of imprisonment for the cause. Other members of the clan, based in Cuba's eastern city of Santiago, also stepped forward to oppose the sad parade of corrupt and dictatorial rulers that the island has since known. Longtime NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071609/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:23:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070795/posts Can a nationalist found an empire? The United States of George W. Bush invaded Iraq in the name of democracy, though any representative Iraqi government would have to oppose a foreign occupation. Russia under Vladimir Putin tries to impose its will on Ukraine in the name of national self-determination, denying that Ukrainians are a separate people. The Chinese regime modernizes Tibet while expressing its own sense of national superiority. All of these are imperial policies by essentially nationalist regimes, and all of them spread nationalism around the world. Ukrainian national identity is ever more distinct. Tibetan protests spread from towns... Timesonline.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070795/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:35:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068196/posts LOS ANGELES - Dave Freeman, co-author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die," a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators, died after hitting his head in a fall at his home. He was 47. Freeman died Aug. 17 after the fall at his Venice home, his father, Roy Freeman, told the Los Angeles Times on Monday. An advertising agency executive, Freeman co-wrote the 1999 book subtitled "Travel Events You Just Can't Miss" with Neil Teplica. It was based on the Web site whatsgoingon.com, which the pair ran together from 1996 to 2001. "This... Yahoo/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068196/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:29:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2067422/posts ... Next, Harrison looks at definitions of fascism. The phenomenon is not confined to the political Right, since the USSR was as fascist as the Third Reich. Nor is it absent in the Third World. The inability to distinguish between people and their leaders is a fallacy often made by patronising Western intellectuals. As for the [racist Arabs'] accusation that Israel is a "racist, apartheid" state, the author argues that it is instead a nearly textbook example of a multicultural society. There are Black Israelis and Arab Jews and anyone can convert to Judaism. In Israel the holy places and... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2067422/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:50:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064084/posts A US publisher has cancelled the publication of a novel about the youngest wife of the Muslim prophet Mohammed amid a growing controversy over the book. The Jewel of Medina, a debut novel by journalist Sherry Jones about Mohammed's child bride A'isha had been due for release in the US last week. But publisher Random House released her from the contract amid the controversy and her agent said Jones was now looking for a publisher in another country to pick up the rights. "Random House made the decision to cancel its US publication of the novel The Jewel of Medina... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064084/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:39:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063425/posts It is a bold historian who writes a history of the Caucasus, as events of the past week have made all too clear. The region may not be much bigger than England and Wales, but its history involves three unrelated indigenous groups of people – the Abkhaz and Circassians in the north-west, the Chechens, Ingush and Dagestanis in the north-east, the Kartvelians (Georgians, Mingrelians and Svans) in the south – and representatives of many Eurasian groups (Iranian, Turkic, Armenian, Semitic, Russian) who have settled there over the past 2,000 years. Some forty mutually unintelligible languages, of which a handful are... Timesonline.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063425/posts#comment Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:52:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060948/posts Protestors Dog Pelosi on Her LA Book Tour at American Jewish University August 12, 2008 by Marcy Winograd –Nancy Pelosi thanked her host, American Jewish University, proclaimed her support for Israel as a Jewish state, and then talked about the importance of women owning their power – this from the woman who upon assuming her role as Speaker of the House declared impeachment off the table, thus immediately surrendering her power to hold the Bush administration accountable for war crimes.Midway through Pelosi’s somewhat surreal Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters book chat in Los Angeles, Peter Thottam —... LA Progressive http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060948/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:07:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060792/posts Barack Obama may have quelled a self-described political "firestorm" by quitting Rev. Jeremiah Wright's controversial "black liberation" church, but the bombastic pastor is preparing to set off a bomb in the homestretch of the Democratic candidate's campaign. WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060792/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:19:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2060511/posts In a presidential campaign season that has set many firsts, we are about to experience a new 'first' from Presidential hopeful Barack Obama. In an article published by Politico, sources have learned that on September 9th, Crown Publishing will release Barack Obama's 3rd book, Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama’s Plan to Renew America’s Promise". The release of the book will be unlike any other in modern history as it will represent the first time that Presidential Candidate has released a book while in the heat of a political campaign. I have wondered for months what Obama would do... PDOP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2060511/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:19:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2059429/posts As we reported earlier this week, Jerome Corsi's, The Obama Nation marked it's debut this morning on the top of the New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller List. Although the list represented the extent of the Times acknowledgement of the book. The New York times in it's trademark fashion celebrated the arrival of The Obama Nation by reviewing an array of books that represent their patented radicalized-left and anti-American views. Among their featured book reviews for the American Public to enjoy were... PDOP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2059429/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:13:06 GMT