Congratulations–just by looking at this post, you became 25% more patriotic. 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 beliefs on The American Family, Race, Religion, Sex, Sports, and many more topics, conveniently arranged in chapter form.

These are the stories that catapulted James Herriot to literary fame. When this book was first published, it was a simple volume of memoirs by an unknown Scottish veterinarian. But within a year, the book became recognized as a masterpiece. And in the two and a half decades that ollowed, Dr. Herriot became one of the most universally loved authors of our time.

These are the stories that catapulted James Herriot to literary fame. When this book was first published, it was a simple volume of memoirs by an unknown Scottish veterinarian. But within a year, the book became recognized as a masterpiece. And in the two and a half decades that ollowed, Dr. Herriot became one of the most universally loved authors of our time.

Dispatches from the Edge By Anderson Cooper
Audiobook/Biography | Unabridged | Duration 5:04:56 | MP3 | 48kbit stereo | 4 x 25 MB + 1 x 1 MB .rar files

Writing with the same emotional intensity that distinguishes his news broadcasts, CNN journalist Anderson Cooper describes his powerful personal reaction to the tragic events of 2005 – a year that brought a tsunami to Asia, escalating violence to Iraq, famine to Africa, and two devastating hurricanes to the United States.

The Confucian Analects (literally translated as "discussion over Confucius' words") collects a record of the philosophy, discussions and day to day life of the great Chinese scholar Confucius (551-479 BCE). Coming into existence during a particularly war-torn period in Chinese history know as the Spring and Autumn period, this text came about at a time of newfound literacy and burgeoning awareness in ancient Chinese thought. Probably written posthumously over a period of many years by his disciples, Confucious' main values of propriety, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety are repeated throughout the book via various examples and conversations. This code of ethics has come to form the backdrop of Chinese conduct and is a core text in modern Chinese education.

Recorded live in Washington D.C. on December 10, 1993.

In 1992, Bill Clinton was elected President of the United States. After 12 years of a Republican White House, voters hungry for "change" believed Clinton when he promised a new vision, a new activism, and a new direction for the US. In The Clinton Vision, Noam Chomsky speaks about the President's actions on NAFTA, health care, crime, labor relations, foreign policy and the economy.
Noam Chomsky is a tireless and principled spokesperson for the progressive movement, as well as a linguist who has revolutionized the study of language. One of the world's leading intellectuals and political critics, and author of over 30 books on contemporary issues, Chomsky lectures to standing-room-only audiences around the globe. This is his first speech to be released on compact disc.
"Chomsky has been unrelenting in his attacks on the American hierarchy… [He] is up there with Thoreau and Emerson in the literature of rebellion." - Rolling Stone
"If the job of a rebel is to tear down the old and prepare for the new, then this is Noam Chomsky, a 'rebel without a pause,' the 'Elvis of academia….' As rock 'n roll in the '90s continues to be gagged, it is ironic that a man of 65 years turns out to be the real rebel spirit."- Bono of U2
"How adroitly [Chomsky] cuts through the crap and actually says something."- Village Voice

Another articulate and immediately accessible description of Corporate America's unrelenting attack on poor and working class people. From the attack on unions to the well crafted business propaganda campaigns, Chomsky provides us with a clear picture of how US Capital is leading us down a path of a two tiered society with islands of extreme wealth in a sea of poverty.

In perhaps the most potent of his speeches released on CD (this one recorded in 1995 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), linguist and political critic Noam Chomsky frankly addresses the evident – but largely undiscussed – lines of class in American society, comparing, for example, American labor laws and practices with those of its global comrades. "The government," Chomsky says, quoting John Dewey, his favorite Democratic philosopher, "is the shadow cast by business over society." He bemoans corporate propaganda, the crushing of unions, and the "created wants" that have left us "a devastated peasant society…. People are scared, angry, and hostile." Pretty tough stuff, but Chomsky does offer one ray of hope: "If you want to change something, change the substance, not the shadow." – Michael Ruby