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  I Am America

  (And So Can You!)

  by Stephen Colbert

  From Stephen Colbert, the host of television's highest-rated punditry show ("The Colbert Report"), comes the book to fill the other 23 hours of your day. "I Am America (And So Can You!)" contains all of the opinions that Stephen doesn't have time to shoehorn into his nightly broadcast. Dictated directly into a microcassette recorder over a three-day weekend, this book contains Stephen's most deeply held knee-jerk... (more)
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  The Greatest Story Ever Sold

  The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina

  by Frank Rich

  New York Times columnist Frank Rich examines the trail of fictions manufactured by the Bush administration from 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina, exposing the most brilliant spin campaign ever waged. When America was attacked on 9/11, its citizens almost unanimously rallied behind its new, untested president as he went to war. What they didn't know at the time was that the Bush administration's highest priority was not... (more)