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|  | Down & Dirty by Jake Tapper
In this review of the 2000 presidential election, a commentator for Salon magazine is nonpartisan but perhaps not objective as he shows how both sides used maximum spin, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, and questionable legal strategies to affect the outcome of the Florida recount controversy. He presents many inside stories of the candidates and their staffs and ultimately arrives at a very depressing overall assessment of the state of democracy in America. AUTHOR: Jake Tapper
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Current Affairs 
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 | The Experience of Place by Tony Hiss
'The Experience of Place' offers an innovative and delightfully readable proposal for new ways of planning, building, and managing our most immediate and overlooked surroundings. AUTHOR: Tony Hiss
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Current Affairs
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 | Children's Party Cakes by Sue Aldridge
These delightful and delectable party cakes will make boys and girls feel extra special! Easy-to-master recipes and icing techniques are accompanied by full-color photographs, helpful hints, baking instructions, and even templates for the more intricate designs. Choose from a majestic chocolate ice-cream Galleon that sails on a blue whipped-cream sea: a Space Shuttle decorated in white chocolate, wafers, and licorice strips; a Butterfly with wings of fruit; and irresistible designs for a mermaid cake, fire engine, tree house, aquarium, and over 20 others! Many are adorned with ready-made food such as cookies, ice cream, chocolatea, marsmallows, and candy to cut down on your time in the kitchen. AUTHOR: Sue Aldridge
PUBLISHER: New Holland Publishers, Limited
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Cooking & Food
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 | Simple Pleasures & Cozy Comforts by David Greer, Robert Taylor, Susannah Seton
An exuberant guide, organized seasonally, to the delights of the simple things that enable us to live happy, healthy lives, this book contains over 150 stories and recipes and over 100 quotes. Rich in anecdotes involving a colorful variety of people, places, foods, and ways of being and seeing, it is illustrated with beautiful woodcuts. AUTHOR: David Greer, Robert Taylor, Susannah Seton
PUBLISHER: Red Wheel/Weiser
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Cooking & Food
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 | Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville, Delba Winthrop, Harvey Claflin Mansfield
The Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville wrote this classic in French after traveling across America. It is divided into two sections: the first, on government; the second, on the American character. It is considered one of the most perceptive and enduring descriptions of America and Americans ever written. AUTHOR: Alexis De Tocqueville, Delba Winthrop, Harvey Claflin Mansfield
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Current Affairs
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 | Dirty Dealing by Gary Cartwright
The Chagra brothers were pioneers in smuggling drugs across the Mexican border, becoming infamous for their fabulous wealth. But in the end Lee Chagra was gunned down, Federal Judge Maximum John Wood was assassinated, Jimmy and Joe Chagra were imprisoned, and Charles Harrelson (Woody's father) was convicted for Judge Wood's murder. A compelling and true account of modern-day banditry. 20 photos. AUTHOR: Gary Cartwright
PUBLISHER: Cinco Puntos Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Current Affairs
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