What Does Amazon.com Recommend for You?

[huskerlaw]

They are creepy accurate. I rarely use the site, even less often buy something from them...and yet, my Top 10 Recommendations:

1. Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror ~Richard A. Clarke
2. Outfoxed-Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (DVD)
3. Tales of Despereaux ~Kate Dicamillo (ok, I bought Because of Winn-Dixie a few weeks ago from Amazon)
4. Literature for Today's Young Adults ~Alleen Pace Nilsen (based on above purchase, I assume)
5. Uncovered-The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (DVD)
6. The Hunting of the President (DVD)
7. Bowling for Columbine (DVD)
8. Bush Family Fortunes--The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (DVD)
9. R is for Ricochet ~Sue Grafton (they missed here, I can't stand her books)
10. Naked Pictures of Famous People ~Jon Stewart (I loooove the Daily Show!)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. there is already my thread about it

i am political and pathetic according to them.

[huskerlaw]

2. I stole this idea from you, actually

hope you don't mind! ;)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. copy cat threads are fine with me

[arcane1]

5. hmmm...

that kind of makes sense :P

mine are just insane, I guess they haven't been able to spy on me at home yet... I mean, baseball books???? :wtf:

[Misunderestimator]

4. Kind of eclectic list, I guess...

The Blind Assassin - by Margaret Atwood
Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (DVD)
My Life - by Bill Clinton
The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill - by Ron Suskind
One Degree of Separation - by Karin Kallmaker
An Inexpressible State of Grace - by Cameron Abbott
Thy Neighbor's Wife - by Georgia Beers
(Those last three are gay... hmmm)
American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush - by Kevin Phillips
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

[NewJeffCT]

6. Da Vinci Code for me?

How does that one come up? Isn't that a religious book? I'm an atheist...

It says I'm recommended it because I bought Bill & Hillary's books (gift for my wife); Lying Liars, the DVD "Hero", & Dude, Where's My Country??? edited to add - & the Hobbit.

[huskerlaw]

7. It's not a religious book,

it's a fictional book that uses religious symbols in a mystery context. In other words, it doesn't advocate religion in any way, in fact, it greatly annoyed many religious people.

[MsAnthropy]

8. They always recommend stuff I've already read

which is spooky, but if they are all-knowing why didn't they know that?

[MissMillie]

9. Mindy Smith - One Moment More (CD)

I don't know who she is.

Aimee Mann - Live At St. Ann's Warehouse (DVD)
Michael Moore - Dude, Where's My Country? (book)
Lucy Kaplansky - The Red Thread (CD)
The Hunting of the Presiddent (DVD)
Woman of the Year - DVD
Taxi - The Complete First Season (DVD)

[Feathered Fish]

10. Kubrick and Zombies over here!

2001 Filming the Future (book)
The Beyond (dvd)
Zombie (dvd)
City Of The Living Dead (dvd)
Tess (dvd)
Switched-On Boxed Set (cd)
Max Ernst and Alchemy : A Magician in Search of Myth (book)
The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey (book)
Dawn of the Dead (dvd)
Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange (cd)

[mosin]

11. I just checked...

It's a funny mix of firearms, politics, scrapbooking, and The Wiggles. :)

For example:
8. Baby Scrapbooks: Ideas, Tips, and Techniques for Baby Scrapbooks
9. The Wiggles - Toot Toot! (DVD)
10. Do-It-Yourself Submachine Gun : It's Homemade, 9mm, Lightweight, Durable-And It'll Never Be On Any Import Ban Lists!
11. All-Girl Scrapbook Pages: The Growing Up Years

My wife scrapbooks and uses my Amazon account. We've both used it to buy Wiggles CD's and DVD's for nieces and nephews. I read and look up a lot of books on politics and firearms, including a book I bought on "Expedient Homemade Firearms." :)

[flamingyouth]

12. I have an interest in Hawaiian history and yoga, as you can see

1. New Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary: With a Concise Grammar and Given Names in Hawaiian
by Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert

2. A Little Too Much Is Enough (Norton paperback fiction)
by Kathleen Tyau

3. Song of the Exile (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by KIANA DAVENPORT

4. A Concise History of the Hawaiian Islands
by Phil Barnes

5. 30 Essential Yoga Poses: For Beginning Students and Their Teachers
by Judith, Ph.D. Lasater

6.Ayurveda and Marma Therapy: Energy Points in Yogic Healing
by David Frawley, et al

7. Middle Son
by Deborah Iida

8. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
by Sri S. Satchidananda

9. Name Me Nobody
by Lois-Ann Yamanaka

10. Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian
by Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert

[Renew Deal]

13. Here's mine

1. The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Widescreen Edition
2. Kill Bill, Volume 2
3. Lost In Translation (Widescreen Edition)
4. Good News For People Who Love Bad News ~ Modest Mouse
5. A Ghost Is Born ~ Wilco
6. Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush
by John W. Dean
7. Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition) DVD ~ Harrison Ford
8. The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind
9. The Last Samurai (Widescreen Edition) DVD ~ Ken Watanabe
10. What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America by Thomas Frank
11. Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think by George Lakoff
12. My Life by Bill Clinton
13. Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
14. American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips
15. Hot Fuss ~ Killers

[tishaLA]

14. I only buy books from Amazon

and they are generally good in ascertaining what I already want or what I should want. They do, however, give me picks from out in left field sometimes.

1. What Does a Woman Want?: Reading and Sexual Difference by Shoshana Felman

2. Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism by Trinh T. Min-Ha

3. Time and Narrative, Volume 3 (Time & Narrative) by Paul Ricoeur, et al

4. Lacan: The Absolute Master by Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, Douglas Brick

5. Handbook Of Inaesthetic (Meridian (Stanford, Calif.).) by Alain Badiou, Alberto Toscano

6. Precarious Life: The Power of Mourning and Violence by Judith Butler

7. Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety (Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud) by Sigmund Freud, Peter Gay

8. The Social Construction of American Realism by Amy Kaplan

9. Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860 by Richard Slotkin

10. The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding by Ian Watt

11. American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the Modern Era by E. Anthony Rotundo

12. Lacan to the Letter: Reading Ecrits Closely by Bruce Fink

13. Henry James : Novels 1881-1886: Washington Square, The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians (Library of America)
by Henry James, William T. Stafford

14. Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis by Sigmund Freud, Peter Gay

15. Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire by Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri

[CornField]

15. Interesting

I normally shop B&N in lieu of Amazon because of the upromise incentives.

1. Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, et al
2. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
3. The Last Juror by John Grisham (Author)
4. Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
5. The Eight : A Novel by KATHERINE NEVILLE
6. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
7. 3rd Degree by James Patterson, Andrew Gross
8. The Time Traveler's Wife (Harvest Book) by Audrey Niffenegger
9. New Clues to Harry Potter Book 5: Hints from the Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter by Galadriel Waters, Astre Mithrandir (Contributor)
10. The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter by ALLAN ZOLA KRONZEK, ELIZABETH KRONZEK
11. The Hobbit (Leatherette Collector's Edition) by J. R. R. Tolkien
12. Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter by Galadriel Waters, Astre Mithrandir
13. The Narrows: A Novel by Michael Connelly
14. The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ by Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince
15. Detecting Men: A Readers Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Men (Detecting Men) by Willetta L. Heising

[mvd]

16. My first 15

1. Good News For People Who Love Bad News ~ Modest Mouse
2. Transatlanticism ~ Death Cab For Cutie
3. Impossible Dream ~ Patty Griffin
4. Oh, Inverted World ~ The Shins
5. Finally Woken ~ Jem
6. Tambourine ~ Tift Merritt
7. JoJo ~ JoJo (not interested. Decided on Lindsay Lohan's Speak being a guilty pleasure B- grade, but haven't changed on JoJo's.)
8. Magical Mystery Tour ~ The Beatles
9. Feels Like Home ~ Norah Jones
10. Past Masters, Vol. 1 ~ The Beatles
11. Past Masters, Vol. 2 ~ The Beatles
12. Let It Be... Naked ~ The Beatles
13. The Singles 1992-2003 ~ No Doubt
14. Smile ~ Brian Wilson
15. Hot Fuss ~ The Killers

When I said I wasn't interested in the JoJo, it changed to..

Contraband ~ Velvet Revolver (not sure about this one even as a STP fan)