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75 Books Challenge for 2009 : jayde1599's 75 in 2009 list		232	jayde1599, November 25
1010 Category Challenge : Paruline's 1010 challenge		43	paruline, November 24
Awful Lit. : Books to be struck from HS reading lists!		263	dukeallen, October 22
Build the Open Shelves Classification : Top-level categories		303	TheIronRose, July 10
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Whisper's Reading List 2009		488	alaskabookworm, March 19
What Are You Reading Now? : Share a line or passage from your current book, part 2		309	ophlia, February 21
50 Book Challenge : Nickelini's 2008		220	bonniebooks, January 8
888 Challenge : karenmarie's 888 challenge		65	billiejean, January 3
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : karenmarie's 75 book challenge		123	Whisper1, January 3
50 Book Challenge : jfetting's 50 book challenge - 2008		176	jfetting, January 1
What Are You Reading Now? : What books are next on your reading list?		355	stevetempo, November 2008
50 Book Challenge : hohosmurf goes for 100!		64	hohosmurf, October 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the Week of 27 September 2008		232	koalamom, October 2008
Non-Fiction Readers : The impact of media in today's world: recommendations requested		24	jaygheiser, July 2008
50 Book Challenge : undeadgoat's 2008 challenge		49	sussabmax, June 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 29 March 2008		178	mrspenny, May 2008
Non-Fiction Readers : What Non-Fiction are you Reading for April 2008?		98	ThePam, May 2008
Dutch writing in English - An appreciation : Harry Mulisch		14	citizenkelly, May 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 April 2008		160	alcottacre, May 2008
Book of the month club : April books		16	CarlaR, May 2008
Dormant: Readers Without Borders : Spielberg Snubbing Olympics		23	Pandababy, April 2008
Dormant: Book talk : One or multiple books?		56	austen54, April 2008
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : karenmarie's 2008 challenge		13	karenmarie, February 2008
Dormant: The Green Dragon : Have you bought and books lately? Do tell!		298	AnnaClaire, February 2008
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 9 February 2008		148	GreyHead, February 2008
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 February 2008		217	kfl1227, February 2008
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 5 January 2008		170	abealy, January 2008
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Jumping in the pool with my books		118	kambrogi, January 2008
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Leebot's 50 Books		39	leebot, December 2007
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : joeinma's 50 Book Challenge		42	joeinma, December 2007
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Theresa's Book List		41	theresak1975, December 2007
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Megami's 2007 Challenge		64	chanale, December 2007
Dormant: Book talk : Another Silly Game to Play -- Continued!		416	Lman, October 2007
Dormant: Site talk : Milestone - 500th Book		20	aqeeliz, September 2007
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Dormant: Political Conservatives : more inconvenient facts about Al Gore		66	ggchickapee, August 2007
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Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 21 July 2007		173	Storeetllr, July 2007
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Dormant: Progressive & Liberal! : Recommend a Good Liberal Book		26	rowmyboat, July 2007
Dormant: Non-Fiction Readers : What nonfiction are you reading now?		206	3Rs, July 2007
Dormant: The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part II		279	readhead, July 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 June 2007		141	jeniferbal, July 2007
Dormant: Book talk : Recommend a Good Liberal Book		2	Linkmeister, June 2007
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Know-it-all 1- Small is beautiful 2- Last child in the wood 3- The assault on reason 4- Eats, shoots and leaves 5- In cold blood - started Oct 19 2009 - finished Oct 23 2009

Whisper, you have an interesting discussion on your thread. I will have to check out A Slobbering Love Affair. I read The Assault on Reason last month, and he definitely talks about the media. It has an "anit-Bush" tone to it. I don't know if it is just me, but I enjoy reading political books ...

... to read most, if not all of the books you mentioned: What Liberal Media, Lapdogs: how the Press Rolled Over for Bush, the Assault on Reason, Flat Earth News and the Sweetheart of the Silent Majority. Thanks again to all for stopping by, for sharing comments and for the wonderful ...

cmt I haven't read The Assault on Reason but will add it to the list to read in 2009. I too appreciate all the discussions! It is so great to exchange comments with intelligent, kind people. LT is wonderful!

... say I'm enjoying this discussion and have put all those books onto my list. Have either of you (or any other lurkers) read The Assault on Reason? It's on the same kind of theme, right? My husband got it for my birthday a few years back, but it's still languishing in my near-the-bed pile. ...

2. The Assault on Reason by Al Gore Read: 1/1/09-1/2/09 Synopsis: Al Gore takes a look at how the American people have become disconnected to democracy. Since the inventions of radio and especially television, Americans have had a one-sided assault and have lost their chance to reason. He ...

... t: Quick List: January: 1. Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World - Vicki Myron 277 pages 2. The Assault on Reason - Al Gore 296 pages 3. The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury 526 4. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling 111 pages 5. ...

... I have spent making phone calls, knocking on doors, and doing data entry have maybe done some good. While I was reading The Assault on Reason, I kept thinking about what the US and the world would be like today if Gore had been allowed to take office won back in 2000. He's ...

I agree with your few brief comments on the Assault on Reason. I don't think you should worry about being offensive though, after all it is your thread. Anyway, my fear is not that the current administration will win the election, but that they will win the election by default because Obama-Bi ...

#87 The Assault on Reason by Al Gore I don't even know where to begin. A month away from the election, I probably shouldn't try since I don't want to offend anybody. Suffice it to say that I agree with everything Gore says, I am outraged by the direction in which the current administration ...

... and now I can't wait to find out what happens. I'm worried about the heroine. The other book I'm currently reading is The Assault on Reason which I need to put down for the night because it's making me all worked up. Then Ulysses, which I'm going to read all by itself because I'll ...

I'm reading Assault on Reason right now, too, and as a fellow choir-member I'm having a similar response to it. Why are the people who disagree with me not reading this book? If they read it, they will see the light and agree with me! I have to read it in small doses because it starts to make me ...

Assault on Reason, Al Gore audio book I snuck in a listen to this rather long book when I should have been doing other things, but I couldn't not listen. This feels like one of those books that everyone should read (or listen to), but I have to admit that in my case he's preaching to ...

... Canadians, Will Ferguson 64. The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood 65. Discourse on Inequality, Jean-Jacques Rousseau 66. Assault on Reason, Al Gore 67. Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud

... one based on 'lay-people's priorities." Today I went into my local Borders to find three specific books: Al Gore's The Assault on Reason, something by Vandana Shiva (I didn't have a particular title in mind), and The World Without Us (which I knew the subject of, but not the ...

... by Jerry Mander. It scared me in 80s and scares me today. We are so passive when we watch TV. I also just finished The Assault on Reason by Al Gore and he doesn't look at it from a biological process like Mander does, but expresses concern about the control of content and the ...

... Crispin The Dechronization of Sam Magruder by George Gaylord Simpson Swan Song by Edmund Crispin The Assault on Reason by Al Gore Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding Silhouette in Scarlet by Elizabeth Peters The Mistress's Daughter by A.M. Hom ...

Hooray! The Assault on Reason has been finished. A very good book, full of thoughtful insights and interesting theories about TV, public discourse, democacy, etc. Finished listening to Beowulf and have started reading the Francis B. Grummere translation in Harvard Classics. Read Bridget ...

Finished Swan Song. Stuck on Beowulf. Finally, finally finished The Assault on Reason by Al Gore last night after 3 months of on and off again reading. Will continue with Beowulf.

I'm almost finished with The Assault on Reason by Al Gore that I started in January. It just seemed time to pick it up again. Also in the beginning of Beowulf, the Francis B. Grummere translation in the Harvard Classics for my 888 challenge. For fun I'm going to start Bridget Jones's ...

... to one translation and will read another. About 2/3way through Kavalier & Clay. And I have plans on finishing The Assault on Reason by Al Gore this month too.

Okay, I'm going to finish The Assault on Reason by Al Gore this month. I put it down in January because I had so much lovely fiction to read after being inspired by my 888 challenge, but I put Assault on the 888 challenge and it's time to finish it. I just opened it and found the ...

I am reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and absolutely loving it. I'm still trying to get back to The Assault on Reason by Al Gore, but there are too many fiction books that are holding my attention right now.

... of the month of March. Whole books: 22: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 23: The Assault on Reason by Al Gore 24: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum 25: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins 26: An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore ...

... the car, The Case of the Gilded Fly for light reading, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay for 888 reading, and The Assault on Reason for non-fiction 888 reading. Until this year I'd say I was mostly a one book at a time person. This year is different because of the 888 challenge. ...

... to start a Georgette Heyer mystery called No Wind of Blame. 30s, England, Agatha Christie-ish. And, I'm continuing The Assault on Reason by Al Gore but it's slow going too.

... around here in a while . . . Also, I've been reading lots; I just can't seem to stick with the same book! Anyhow: 23: The Assault on Reason by Al Gore Another part of the reason I haven't been reading is because I've been watching The West Wing on DVD. I love it to bits. It ...

... of mine worked at the coffee shop where she wrote at least one of these books. Is that 3 degrees of separation? ;-) The Assault on Reason by Al Gore Good grief, as if it wasn't bad enough before I read this book, now I know how REALLY bad it is. We can't get a new Commander-In-Chief ...

... trashy romance - Hard to Handle by Lori Foster - totally awful. Got rid of it yesterday. And, of course, finishing The Assault on Reason by Al Gore.

... Britney on the news -- but no mention of the situation in Darfur or any other country in need of humanitarian help. The Assault on Reason by Al Gore addresses this issue in part. He suggests that the Internet may be a way to re-engage citizens in public discourse. Hmmm ... just like we ...

... the sarcasm, wildly improbable situations, and strange stories of the people Candide encounters. I'm also reading The Assault on Reason by Al Gore, which although interesting, is always put down for something else. I'll work on it next - it's another 888 book. Actually, all ...

I'm still reading The Assault on Reason by Al Gore. It's slow going but good. I've read 4 or 5 books since starting it. Right now my non-Al Gore book is Perfume The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind. It's quite good so far. The language is lyrical - a joy to read. Next on ...

... the first book in our bookclub's new year. There are 12 of us, so we have floating years. Plus, still working away at The Assault on Reason.

I'm still slogging on with The Assault on Reason. It's good and depressing because it's so true and I'm sick all over again about what Bush and Co have done to my country. It's a slow read. I'm also reading Tempest by Laura Parker. It's a Regency and I've read it before... I'm ...

I started and and am greatly enjoying, in a sad way because what he's talking about is sooo depressingly true, The Assault on Reason by Al Gore. I was able to pull a quote out this morning while talking with my 14-year old about the NH Primaries. It's not an easy read, since in 3 days I've ...

... Beleaguered Lord Bourne. I got rid of Passion and Secrets - weren't worth keeping on the shelves. I have now started The Assault on Reason.

Since I've got a terrible sinus infection, I won't start with my intended first book of 2008, The assault on Reason by Al Gore - the way I feel I wouldn't do it justice. So today we're reading a lovely Regency romance by Kasey Michaels called The Secrets of the Heart.

I have just uncovered a used and tatty copy of The Assault and plan to read it soon. Will update when done. The copy is falling apart and the inside cover reads the former owner's name and "Its a keeper" underneath.

85. The Assault on Reason While this book has recieved rave reviews, I didn't particularly enjoy it. It read like a university essay, with boring prose, facts hammered away at, and some odd digressions. Did it say anything new? Not really. While it is an important topic, this book may not be ...

I understand that Al Gore's new book Assault on Reason discusses the influence of media, along with other topics. Like Chomsky, he writes from a left of center perspective. However, he is significantly more mainstream.

... alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> I have read two of Harry Mulisch’s books so far The Assault and Siegfried, which I plan to re-read before commenting further here. I remember ‘The Assault’ moved me tremendously. I went to hear Harry giving a ...

The Assault on Reason by Al Gore.

26) The Assault on Reason by Al Gore - (audiobook) - Gore's bash at the current regime through a look at society's declining interest in "reason". It gets a bit bogged down in details we've already heard a million times before on news programs but overall it is an intelligent look on how the ...

Just realized I never added The Assault on Reason by Al Gore which I read a month or two ago. 37 down.

I finished The Assault on Reason last night and this morning picked up Grace (Eventually) by Anne Lamott. Also still reading The Grapes of Wrath and loving it. Determined to finish the last bit of Power Down in the next few days, which I put aside for Al Gore, then I need to take a ...

7. The Assault on Reason by Al Gore. Important book, not just for its indictment of the Bush administration but for its clear assessment of the dangerous place the US is in toward losing our democracy (what's left of it). Somewhat repetitive and a bit egocentric in places. But Gore is ...

When I finish The Assault on Reason by Al Gore, the next nonfiction will probably be The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson. Next up for fiction after The Grapes of Wrath will be either The Lizard Cage or 1984.

I'm reading Al Gore's The Assault on Reason. He is brilliant; the book is well researched, very accessible, a strong indictment of the Bush admin. A bit repetitive in places, but overall a very good read. Highly recommend.

Tim, what about 666? (I am just 4 books short of that mark. Heh. I might just go and buy The assault on reason by Al Gore from my wish list, according to some quite a devilish author *g*.)

20. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Read this for my book club and really enjoyed it. 21. Assault on Reason by Al Gore. A good read, I agree with his viewpoint completely.

... up: 1984 The Grapes of Wrath Bird Brains : the intelligence of crows, ravens, magpies and jays Still reading The Assault on Reason and Grave Matters.

I'm in Anywhere, USA with Al Gore's Assault on Reason. (Excellent, so far.) I'm also trying to get out of London and back to Devonshire (Sense and Sensibility). And: my cremated remains were just mixed into a concrete artificial reef and dumped off the coast of Ocean City, New Jersey ...

From Al Gore - The Assault on Reason: If dogma and blind faith rush in to fill the vacuum left by reason's departure, they allow for the exercise of new forms of power more arbitrary and less derived from the consent of the governed. In simple terms, when fear and anxiety play a larger ...

I'll be finishing A Thousand Splendid Suns tonight; next up: The Lizard Cage and The Assault on Reason. And still have Sense and Sensibility to finish.

I'm just beginning A Thousand Splendid Suns 5 chapters in. And for my nonfiction, I'll start The Assault on Reason tonight. I was so excited to start Suns today, I even dreamed about it last night.

It was a red letter library day for me: A Thousand Splendid Suns The Assault on Reason Grave Matters The Lizard Cage Waking the Tiger The beginners guide to forgiveness (audio) I have a couple of things to finish up tonight before I gleefully dig into this new pile.

... finishing The Good Rain and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - enjoyed both of them immensely. I'll be starting Al Gore's Assault on Reason this week.

... history - by 15 per cent, compared to just 1.65 per cent during President Bush's first term.' P.S. Gore's new book, The Assault on Reason--that's his nickname, no? Kinda like Michael Moore and Sicko?

My favorite book for June thus far is The Assault on Reason by Al Gore.

I just started The Assault on Reason by Al Gore - and am finding it to be enlightening from not just a left-of-center POV, but from the standpoint of how technology is dumbing down America.

Al Gore's new book The Assault on Reason. It's an impassioned discussion of what's wrong with American politics and media. Kevin Phillips's Wealth and Democracy is pretty good, if statistics- and table-rich.

... more than the second one, which was Unnatural Cases. Right now I'm crying my way through Al Gore's latest book The Assault on Reason which debuted at numero uno on The New York Times bestseller list. I guess that answers the 'do you buy bestsellers?' question!

... before has a president said God told him to go to war and nobody locked him up." *sigh* I'm well into Al Gore's new book The Assault on Reason and I have to say I am not sure which is worse: my previously held belief that GW is a well-meaning simpleton who's been manipulated by those who ...

... be political, e.g. members of the Democratic Party who are LT users could be encouraged to give Al Gore’s new book,The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision-making a high rating. This is the ‘wikisation,’ of book reviewing. Democracy is fine, but ...

So who else has purchased Al Gore's new book The Assault on Reason? I know one of our newest members has, since I suggested she and I move our discussion over here in order not to violate the no-politics rule in a different group. I'm just beginning to read it this weekend.

I'm reading The Assault on Reason by Al Gore. I've only read three chapters so far, but I am very impressed by this well-reasoned, well-written book. Anyone interested in the state of politics and the welfare of the country should read this book.

The other member of the household read The Assault on Reason; she finished it depressed. Since she's been around since the Hoover Administration, it takes a lot to do that. You can understand why I'm hesitant to start it, I hope. ;)

*whistles innocently* Just got a package from B&N today. The Assault on Reason by Al Gore Presidential Courage : Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 by Michael R. Beschloss :o)

At Borders @ 30% off -- Albert Gore's The Assault on Reason. via Bookmooch -- Nevada Barr's Liberty Falling.