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(All ISBNs listed are hardcover editions unless otherwise specified.)

March 16, 2004: The Buying of the President 2000, and The Buying of the President 2004: Who's Really Bankrolling Bush and His Democratic Challengers--and What They Expect in Return, by Charles Lewis. Perennial; 1st edition, 2004. ISBN: 0060548533
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March 12, 2004: The Car Book 2004, by Jack Gillis. Gillis Pub Group, 2004. ISBN: 0972746013

March 8, 2004: World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability, by Amy Chua. Doubleday; 1st edition, 2002. ISBN: 0385503024
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February 27, 2004: Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief, by Pauline Boss. Harvard Univ Pr, 1999. ISBN: 0674017382
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February 25, 2004: The Tyranny of the Two Party System, by Lisa Disch. Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN: 0231110359
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February 23, 2004: Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War, by Judith Miller. Simon & Schuster, 2002. ISBN: 0684871599
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February 18, 2004: Making Schools Work: A Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need, by William Ouchi. Simon & Schuster, 2003. ISBN: 0743246306
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February 16, 2004: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life, by Peter Robinson. Regan Books; 1st edition, 2003. ISBN: 0060523999
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February 16, 2004: Inside the Oval Office: The White House Tapes from FDR to Clinton, by William Doyle. Kodansha International, 1999. ISBN: 1568362854
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February 13, 2004: Madam Secretary: A Memoir, by Madeleine Albright. Miramax, 2003. ISBN: 0786868430
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February 9, 2004: An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror, by David Frum. Random House; 1st edition, 2003. ISBN: 1400061946
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January 30, 2004: Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism, by Thomas Friedman. Anchor, 2003. ISBN: 1400031257
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January 23, 2004: No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning, by Abigail Thernstrom. Simon & Schuster, 2003. ISBN: 0743204468
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January 23, 2004: Attacking Democracy: A Defense of Negativity in Presidential Campaigns, 1960-2000, by John Geer.
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January 9, 2004: American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, by Kevin Phillips. Viking Press, 2004. ISBN: 0670032646
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January 2, 2004: We Were Soldiers Once and Young: Ia Drang: The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam, by Joseph Galloway. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 0679411585
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December 8, 2003: In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington, by Robert Rubin. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 0375505857
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December 8, 2003: Faces of Christmas Past, by Bill Holm. Afton Historical Society Press, 1997. ISBN: 1890434027
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December 4, 2003: The Lord Is My Shepherd: The Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-Third Psalm, by Rabbi Harold Kushner. Knopf, 2003. ISBN: 1400040566
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December 1, 2003: The Other Parent: The Inside Story of the Media's Effect on our Children, by James Steyer. Atria Books, 2002. ISBN: 074340582X
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November 25, 2003: Re-imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age, by Tom Peters. Prometheus Books, 2003. ISBN: 1591021731
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November 13, 2003: Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception, by Danny Schechter. Prometheus Books, 2003. ISBN: 1591021731
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October 30, 2003: The Radical Center: The Future of American Politics, by Ted Halstead. Knopf Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN: 0385720297
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October 20, 2003: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, by Al Franken. E P Dutton, 2003. ISBN: 0525947647
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October 16, 2003: Sixty Minutes With God: A Puzzled Pilgrim Bares His Questions and His Neck in a Spirited Encounter with No. 1, by Jim Klobuchar. Kirk House Pub, 2003. ISBN: 1886513783
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October 15, 2003: Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War as Seen by National Public Radio's Correspondent, by Anne Garrels. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2003. ISBN: 0374529035
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October 14, 2003: Inside the Oval Office: The White House Tapes from FDR to Clinton, by William Doyle. Kodansha International, 2002. ISBN: 1568363168
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October 13, 2003: The Lord is my Shepherd, by Rabbi Harold Kushner. Random House, Inc, 2003. ISBN: 1400040566
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October 10, 2003: A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women, by Lynne V. Cheney. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0689858191
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October 10, 2003: The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America's Problems In Ways Liberals And Conservatives Can Love, by Matthew Miller. Perseus Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 1586481584
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September 23, 2003: Naked in Baghdad, by Anne Garrels. Ferrar, 2003. ISBN: 0374529035
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September 4, 2003: Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen our Country and It's Time to Take it Back, by Jim Hightower. Viking Press, Inc, 2003. ISBN: 0670031410
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August 1, 2003: Feeding A Yen: Savoring Local Specialties from Kansas City to Cuzco, by Calvin Trillin. Random House, Inc, 2003. ISBN: 0375508082
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July 28, 2003: The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas, by Jerry Dennis. Random House, Inc, 2003. ISBN: 1400060982
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July 24, 2003: Seabiscuit: An American Legend, by Laura Hillenbrand. St Martins Pr, 2003. ISBN: 0312251939
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June 25, 2003: Words That Shook the World: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events, by Richard Greene. Alpha Communications (Book and CD edition), 2001. ISBN: 0735202966
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May 30, 2003: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis. W W Norton & Co. Inc., 2003. ISBN: 0393057658
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May 6, 2003: Master of the Senate, by Robert Caro. Random House Inc, 2003. ISBN: 0394720954
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May 2, 2003: A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, by Samantha Power. Harpercollins, 2003. ISBN: 0465061508
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April 15, 2003: Divided Loyalties: Nationalism and Mass Politics in Syria at the Close of the Empire, by James Gelvin. University of California Press, 1999. ISBN: 0520210697
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March 26, 2003: The Code of the Warrior: Exploring Warrior Values Past and Present, by Shannon French. Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. ISBN: 0847697568
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March 17, 2003: Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles, by Richard Price. Scribner, 2003. ISBN: 0743235355
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February 17, 2003: Hail to the Chief: The Making and Unmaking of American Presidents, by Robert Dallek. Hyperion, 1996. ISBN: 078686205X
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December 2, 2002: Take on the Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know, by Arthur Levitt. Pantheon Books, 2002. ISBN:0375421785
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November 8, 2002: Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11, by Thomas Friedman. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2002. ISBN:0374190666
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August 20, 2002: Master of the Senate, by Robert Caro. Random House, 2002. ISBN: 0394528360
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August 5, 2002: The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life, by Richard Florida. Basic Books, 2002. ISBN: 0465024769
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April 12, 2002: Jersey Rain, by Robert Pinsky. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001. ISBN: 0374178879
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April 9, 2002: April, 1865: The Month That Saved America, by Jay Winik. Thorndike Press, 2001. ISBN: 078389581X
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March 6, 2002: Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic, by John DeGraaf. Publishers Group West, 2001. ISBN: 1576751511
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December 13, 2001: Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964-1965, by Michael Beschloss. Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN: 0684804085
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December 4, 2001: Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden, by Peter Bergen. Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN: 0743205022
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November 21, 2001: Making a Killing: The Business of Guns in America, by Tom Diaz. W. W. Norton & Co., 1999. ISBN: 156584470X
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October 29, 2001: John Adams, by David McCullough. Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN: 0684813637
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October 26, 2001: Living a Life That Matters: Resolving the Conflict Between Conscience and Success, by Harold Kushner. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0375431373 (The author spoke at the Wayzata Community Church about his book.)
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October 15, 2001: Living a Life That Matters: Resolving the Conflict Between Conscience and Success, by Harold Kushner. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0375431373
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August 3, 2001: Inviting Disaster: Lessons from the Edge of Technology, by James Chiles. Harpercollins, 2001. ISBN: 0066620813
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June 28, 2001: Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal: Bringing Yesterday's Sane Wisdom into Today's Insane World, by Loretta LaRoche. Bantam Doubleday Dell Publichers, 2001. ISBN: 0767906659
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June 27, 2001: Staying Tuned: A Life in Journalism, by Daniel Schorr. Pocket Books, 2001. ISBN: 0671020870
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May 29, 2001: Disobedience by Jane Hamilton. Thorndike Press, 2001. ISBN: 0786231599
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May 10, 2001: A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines. Random House, 1993. ISBN: 0679414770
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January 31, 2001: The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood. Random House, 2000. ISBN: 0375430857
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January 12, 2001: Eccentric Islands, by Bill Holm. Publishers Group West, 2000. ISBN: 1571312455
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December 15, 2000: A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines. Random House, 1993. ISBN: 0679414770
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