Title: Atlas Shrugged

Author: Ayn Rand

Rank: 46

Blurb: “Atlas Shrugged is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world — and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged stretches the boundaries further than any book you have ever read. It is a mystery, not about the murder of a man’s body, but about the murder — and rebirth — of man’s spirit.”

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Title: The Day of the Locust

Author: Nathanael West

Rank: 805,708

Blurb: “Tod Hackett is a brilliant young artist — and a man in danger of losing his heart. Brought to an LA studio as a set-designer, he is soon caught up in a fantasy world where the cult of celebrity rules. But when he becomes besotted by the beautiful Faye, an aspiring actress and occasional call-girl, his dream rapidly becomes a nightmare. For, with little in the way of looks and no money to buy her time, Tod’s desperate passion can only lead to frustration, disillusionment and rage.”

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Title: New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR’s Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

Author: Burton Folsom, Jr.

Rank: 23

Blurb: “In this shocking and groundbreaking new book, economic historian Burton W. Folsom exposes the idyllic legend of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a myth of epic proportions. With questionable moral character and a vendetta against the business elite, Roosevelt created New Deal programs marked by inconsistent planning, wasteful spending, and opportunity for political gain — ultimately elevating public opinion of his administration but falling flat in achieving the economic revitalization that America so desperately needed from the Great Depression.”

Review: “A must read for anyone who wants to understand how America came to revere socialism over a free market.”

Customers Also Bought: “Atlas Shrugged”, by Ayn Rand

Footnote: Unemployment, 1933: 24.9%; 1937: 14.3%; 1981: 7.5%; 1993: 7.3%; 2001: 4.2%; 2009: 7.6%.

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Title: A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (And Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media

Author: Bernard Goldberg

Rank: 25

Blurb: “BONUS: An exclusive interview with Rush Limbaugh on the unholy alliance between Obama and the mainstream media”

Review: “It’s a very short read, perhaps a one-off in advance of the balloon payment on his boat.”

Customers Also Bought: “The Yankee Years”, by Joe Torre

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Title: Football For Dummies

Authors: Howie Long & John Czarnecki

Rank: 43,026

Blurb: “Once you break through that initial fear of being overwhelmed by football and what you don’t understand, I know everything else about the game, like dominoes, will fall into place.”

Review: “The Canadian Pro Football League, which started 11 years before that other overrated Pro outdoor League down south, has not never will be and isn’t a ‘feeder’ or ‘AAA’ League for the NFL. The NFL has nothing to be smug about after that lousy Super Bowl XL!”

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Title: The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History

Author: Harry S. Dent

Rank: 20

Blurb: “Your life is about to change for reasons outside of your control.”

Review: “If you followed his investment advice over the last five years, you would be flat broke by now.”

Customers Also Bought: “The Next Great Bubble Boom: How to Profit from the Greatest Boom in History: 2006-2010,” by Harry S. Dent

Footnote: In the 2006 Bubble Boom, Dent predicts “the Great Boom resurging into its final and strongest stage in 2007, and even more fully in 2008, lasting until late 2009 to early 2010,” when the Dow hits 40,000.

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Title: The Leadership Genius of George W. Bush: 10 Common Sense Lessons from the Commander-in-Chief

Authors: Carolyn B. Thompson & James W. Ware

Rank: 540,896

Blurb: “‘We did it,’ says coauthor Carolyn Thompson, a leadership expert, ‘because he’s so widely underestimated and because everybody thinks he’s not what he really is.’ That would be Master Leader, she and James Ware conclude in their scholarly study.”

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