Amazon Creates Political Map Based on Book Sales

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To help push political books from now through the election, Amazon has created "Amazon Election 2008 Store." Here, customers can see a map of the United States, highlighting red and blue states based on sales patterns of political books. It only takes a glance to see that, apart from the Northeast, the US is awash in "red" books. Full Story

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Politics - New Arrivals

A Peaceful Revolutionary

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In February, the Iranian government showed a fictionalized video on the dangers of foreign plots against the state. One of its stars: a mysterious American named Gene Sharp. In June 2007, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez publicly accused Mr. Sharp of stirring unrest in Venezuela. Last year in Vietnam, authorities arrested several opposition activists who were distributing a book written by Mr. Sharp. In 2005, fires destroyed two Moscow bookstores selling Russian translations of the same book. Full Story
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Obama Books, Pro and Con, are Hot

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Whether they like him or oppose him, readers want to hear more about Barack Obama. Full Story

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The Obama Nation
Change We Can Believe In