Winter Is Coming

This one's also on my Christmas list.

I love books!

At Amazon, Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped.

Save 20% on Digital SLR Cameras

I don't know how well actual cameras go over these days, considering all the cellphones in use. (Frankly, I'm not all the photographer that I used to be either.)

In any case, shop for cameras at Amazon.

Plus, Canon EOS Rebel T5 Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm IS II plus EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Bundle.

Holiday Book Buying for 2015

Suggestions, at Free Beacon, "It’s Not All Doom and Gloom: Holiday Book Buying for 2015":

Politics, history, literature, sci-fi, fantasy, classics, and more.

I don't see it there, but check out Diary of a Minecraft Zombie Book 1: A Scare of A Dare (Volume 1).

Maybe I'll get that for my kid, heh.

More books at Amazon.

Enjoying Stephen Kotkin's Stalin

This book is incredible.

And it's supposed to be the first of three volumes!

At Amazon, Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928.

Holiday Gift Guides

In electronics, at Amazon.

More, Holiday Gifts.

And for him and her, Amazon Fashion Gift Guide.

Plus, Braun Series 7- 790cc Pulsonic Shaver System, Silver.

BONUS: From Perry Anderson, American Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers.

Timberland Men's Magic Glove with Touchscreen Technology

At Amazon, Timberland Men's Magic Glove.

Plus, GoPro HERO4 Session.

Also, Shop Holiday Home & Garden Gift Guide - Gifts for the Winter Decorator .

And from Michael Morell, The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism - From al Qa'ida to ISIS.

Retailers Brace for Massive Holiday Onslaught

A shopping onslaught. Not a terrorist onslaught, or at least we hope.

At the Los Angeles Times, "Target and other retailers brace for holiday shopping onslaught":

At the Target store in Eagle Rock, workers are sprinting to get ready for the retail world's equivalent of the Super Bowl: Black Friday.

The store will throw open its doors on Thanksgiving at 6 p.m. to welcome crowds of shoppers eager to score deals after stuffing themselves with turkey and pie.

"It's a huge day for us," store manager Gilbert Diaz said of the Thursday-into-Friday shopathon. "It's probably the best time of the year."

In recent weeks, consumers have been sending mixed signals about how spendy they're feeling for the holidays.

Consumer confidence rose sluggishly in November, according to the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index, released Wednesday. The increase to 91.3 from 90 the month before was less than economists had forecast and down from the preliminary estimate of 93.1 earlier in the month.

Consumer spending managed only a modest 0.1% increase in October, the second straight month of weakness, even though personal income jumped 0.4%, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

That means people are saving rather than buying, economists said, with the silver lining being that they might be saving to spend on presents and holiday fripperies. Consumer spending isn't a frivolous measurement because it accounts for about two-thirds of U.S. economic activity.

Macy's and Nordstrom said this month that slow shopper traffic led to disappointing third-quarter financial results and higher inventory levels. Retail sales in October edged up only slightly after two flat months, Commerce Department data show.

Target and other merchants need to do well on Black Friday, which traditionally kicks off the crucial holiday shopping season. Retailers can earn up to 40% of their annual revenue during the last few months of the year.

The National Retail Federation trade group forecasts that sales during November and December will climb 3.7% to $630.5 billion, slightly below the 4.1% growth of 2014.

To handle that kind of festive consumerism requires lots of planning at Target and retailers across the nation...

More.

The Black Book of the American Left — Volume 5: Culture Wars

The new volume's out from David Horowitz, The Black Book of the American Left — Volume 5: Culture Wars.

New Books on the Salem Witch Trials

At Amazon.

See Benjamin C. Ray, Satan and Salem: The Witch-Hunt Crisis of 1692.

And Stacy Schiff, The Witches: Salem, 1692.

More, Books in Colonial History.

Randall Munroe, Thing Explainer

At Amazon, Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words.

KIND — Nuts & Spices, Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt, 1.4 Ounce, 12 Count

A bestselling item, at Amazon, Sweet and salty blend of almonds, peanuts, and walnuts drizzled in chocolate with a touch of sea salt * Provides all natural protein, fiber and only 5g of sugar * Finely crafted from the highest quality whole nuts and nature's most delicious spices * KIND is a brand of delicious, natural, healthful foods made from wholesome ingredients you can see & pronounce.

Plus, 12 Days of Deals - Office Products.

Also, Shop - $25 Gift Card with $100 Progress Lighting Purchase.

On sale, 40% Off - Brother SE400 Combination Computerized Sewing and 4x4 Embroidery Machine With 67 Built-in Stitches, 70 Built-in Designs, 5 Lettering Fonts.

And for under the tree, from Bruce Levine, The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South.

ICYMI, The German War

From Nicholas Stargardt, The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939–1945.

Deals in TV, Video, and Audio for Black Friday Week

At Amazon, Black Friday Deals Week - Save on TV, Video, Audio.

Also, Shop Amazon - Black Friday Office Deals.

Plus, for under the tree, from Ian Kershaw, Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis, and Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris.

Nicholas Stargardt, The German War

I want this book for Christmas.

From Nicholas Stargardt, The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939–1945.

Synopsis

The Second World War was a German war like no other. The Nazi regime, having started the conflict, turned it into the most horrific war in European history, resorting to genocidal methods well before building the first gas chambers. Over its course, the Third Reich expended and exhausted all its moral and physical reserves, leading to total defeat in 1945. Yet 70 years on – despite whole libraries of books about the war’s origins, course and atrocities – we still do not know what Germans thought they were fighting for and how they experienced and sustained the war until the bitter end.

When war broke out in September 1939, it was deeply unpopular in Germany. Yet without the active participation and commitment of the German people, it could not have continued for almost six years. What, then, was the war Germans thought they were fighting? How did the changing course of the conflict – the victories of the Blitzkrieg, the first defeats in the east, the bombing of Germany’s cities – change their views and expectations? And when did Germans first realise that they were fighting a genocidal war?

Drawing on a wealth of first-hand testimony, The German War is the first foray for many decades into how the German people experienced the Second World War. Told from the perspective of those who lived through it – soldiers, schoolteachers and housewives; Nazis, Christians and Jews – its masterful historical narrative sheds fresh and disturbing light on the beliefs, hopes and fears of a people who embarked on, continued and fought to the end a brutal war of conquest and genocide.

Cyber Monday Sale

At Amazon, CYBER MONDAY SALE!!! bPowered UP® ZOOM Highest Rated Power Bank - Premium Ultra-thin Portable External Battery Charger - TRUE-12000 mAh - DUAL USB - Works on all Cell Phones & Tablets - iPhone, Samsung, iPads - $20 Aluminum 3-in-1 Cord with Lightening Plug Included - (Blue).

Also, 12 Days of Deals - TV, Video, Audio

Plus, stay warm, Lasko 754200 Ceramic Heater with Adjustable Thermostat.

And for under the tree, Gary Kasparov, Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped.

Hey, Thanks to the Reader Who Bought Michael Savage's New Book, Government Zero: No Borders, No Language, No Culture

Actually, thanks to all of my readers who've been shopping through my Amazon links. I appreciate it.

But special thanks to the reader who picked up Michael Savage's new book. I didn't even know Michael Savage had a new book, heh.

Here, Government Zero: No Borders, No Language, No Culture.

ISIS: The State of Terror

More for your war on terror library, from Jessica Stern and J. M. Berger.

At Amazon, ISIS: The State of Terror.

Black Friday Deals

At Amazon, 12 Days of Deals - TV, Video, Audio.

Also, Cyber Monday - Save $25 Off $100 Bosch Orders.

And, Cyber Monday - Save $25 Off $125 Dremel Orders.

And by popular demand, Fredrik Logevall, Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam.

Black Friday Countdown in Camera, Photo, and Video

At Amazon, Shop - Countdown to Black Friday in Camera, Photo & Video .

And check out Audrey Kurth Cronin, How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns.

Emma Sky, The Unraveling

At Amazon, The Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq.