The Colbert Report/Books

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This is a list of books written by authors who were nailed by Stephen.

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[edit] Season 1

• It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy by Greg Behrendt

• Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson

• Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion by Bruce Feiler

• Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach

• Spanking the Donkey by Matt Taibbi

• The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene

• The Dictionary of Republicanisms by Katrina vanden Heuvel

• The Scorpion's Gate by Richard Clarke

• Are Men Necessary? by Maureen Dowd

• Attack the Messenger: How Politicians Turn You Against the Media by Craig Crawford

• John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father by Peggy Noonan

[edit] Season 2

• Teacher Man: A Memoir by Frank McCourt

• Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back by Norah Vincent

• The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat by Carl Bernstein

• Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future by Paul Begala

• Annie Duke: How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker by Annie Duke

• What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner by Emily Yoffe

• It's My Party, Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America by Christine Todd Whitman

• The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved by Alan Dershowitz

• The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq by George Packer

• Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection by Lama Surya Das

• Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina And the Color of Disaster by Michael Eric Dyson

• On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense by David Brooks

• Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel by Tony Campolo

• The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs

• This Just In: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV by Bob Schieffer

• The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track by Norman Ornstein

• Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America by James Webb

• Thank You for Smoking: A Novel by Christopher Buckley

• A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man by Frank Vincent

• The Shield and the Cloak: The Security of the Commons by Gary Hart
• Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy by Bruce Bartlett

• Muzzled: From T-Ball to Terrorism - True Stories That Should Be Fiction by Michael Smerconish

• Manliness by Harvey Mansfield

• Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics by Markos Moulitsas

• No god But God by Reza Aslan

• To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife by Caitlin Flanagan

• Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority by Hugh Hewitt

• The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris

• A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger

• American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation by Jon Meacham

• Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle by Mike Huckabee

• Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington by Paul Rieckhoff

• Shanks For Nothing BY Rick Reilly

• The Shere Hite Reader by Shere Hite

• American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century by Kevin Phillips

• The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope by Jonathan Alter

• Roving Mars by Steven Squyres

• Everything Bad Is Good For You by Steven Johnson

• The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery

• Hostile Takeover by David Sirota

• The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollans

• Misquoting Jesus by Bart Ehrman

• The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley

• Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam by Marc Bowden

• Blow the House Down by Robert Baer

• Rejuvenile by Christpher Noxon

• The One Percent Doctrine by Ron Suskind

• Challenge Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life by Lee Silver

• The One That Got Away: A Memoir by Howell Raines

• The Good Fight: Why Liberals--And Only Liberals--Can Win the War On Terror and Make America Great Again by Peter Beinart

• Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in the World by Linda Hirshman

• Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete by Bill Rhoden

• The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids by Alexandra Robbins

• The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts and the Disregard for Human Life by Ramesh Ponnuru

• Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton by David Gergen

• Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalsim into a Tax Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body Piercing, Hollywood Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show by Geoffrey Nunberg

• The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century by Paul Krugman

• A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin

• Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competetive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs by Ken Jennings

• Now I Can Die In Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the 2004 Red Sox by Bill Simmons

• The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina by Frank Rich

• On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life by Arianna Huffington

• The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis

• A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track by Andy Stern

• Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed And Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America by Byron Dorgan

• Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back by Amy Goodman

• Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy

• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

• Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction by David Kuo

• The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008 by Mark Halperin

• The Phony Marine: A Novel by Jim Lehrer

• I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

• Miracle on 49th Street by Mike Lupica

• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt

• The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis Collins

• The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Dr. Peter Singer

• The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family by Dan Savage

• Team of Rivals, The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

• Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism by Daniel Pinchbeck
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• Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly
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[edit] Season 3

• Policing the Globe: Criminilizationand Crime Control in International Relations by Ethan Nadelman

• Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich by Jim Cramer

• The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation by David Kamp

• Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession with Cosmetic Surgery by Alex Kuczynski

• The Enemy At Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility For 9/11 by Dinesh D'Souza

• Breachpoint by Richard Clarke

• Culture Warrior by Papa Bear

• Whistling Post Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South by Thomas Schaller

• Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush by Barry Lando

• Showdown: Why China Wants War with the United States by Jed Babbin

• US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man by Charlie LeDuff

• The Humanities and Human Nature by Stephen Pinker

• American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America by Chris Hedges

• China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power by Sheryl WuDunn

• A Match Made in Heaven: American Jews, Christian Zionists, and One Man’s Exploration of the Weird and Wonderful Judeo-Evangelical Alliance by Zev Chafets

• Skin: A Natural History by Nina Jablonski

• Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia by Nicholas Kristof

• Debating Race with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson by Brother Dyson

• No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World’s 14 Highest Peaks by Ed Viesturs

• Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

• How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman

• Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole by Benjamin Barber

• Blind Into Baghdad: America's War in Iraq by James Fallows

• The N Word by Jabari Asim
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• Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts by Clive James
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• The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeanette Walls

• The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future by Vali Nasir

• The Divided States of America?: What Liberals and Conservatives Are Missing in the God-And-Country Shouting Match by Dr. Richard Land

• This Moment on Earth: Today’s New Environmentalists and their Vision of the Future by John Kerry

• Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity by Elaine Pagels

• A Model Summer by Paulina Porizkova

• Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success by Russell Simmons

• Healthy Aging by Dr. Andrew Weil

• I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe

• The New American Story by Bill Bradley

• Death by Black Hole (and Other Cosmic Quandaries) by Brother Tyson

• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

• Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss and the Myths and Realities of Dieting by Gina Kolata

• The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden

• The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring, by Richard Preston

• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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• The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor by William Langewiesche

• Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson

• Street Talk by Randy Kearse

• Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond

• Man in the Middle by John Amaechi

• The River Where America Began: A Journey Along the James by Bob Deans

• Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters by Jessica Valenti

• A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Carl Bernstein

• Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America by Cullen Murphy

• A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Carl Bernstein

• The Second Brain : The Scientific Basis of Gut Instinct and a Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestines (Your Gut Has a Mind of Its Own) by Michael Gershon
  • Read the Wikiality.com Review of this book.

• The I Chong: Meditations from the Joint by Tommy Chong

• Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home, by Will Schwalbe

• Muses, Madmen, and Prophets: Rethinking the History, Science, and Meaning of Auditory Hallucination by Daniel B. Smith

• The Idea That Is America by Anne-Marie Slaughter

• Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home by Will Schwalbe

• Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, by Vincent Bugliosi

• Ending the War in Iraq by Tom Hayden

• The Science of Gaydar by David France

• Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

• Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower by Zbigniew Brzezinski

• The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life by Dr. Richard Florida

• Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives by Frank Sulloway

• The Power of Art by Simon Schama

• n Defense of Our America by Anthony Romero

• The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life in America by Charles Kaiser

• No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner by Robert Shrum

• Failing America's Youth: How Today's Churches Are Mixing God and Politics and Losing Their Way by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

• Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 by Michael Beschloss

• The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism by Michael J. Behe

• Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames by Ian Bogost

• The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown

• The Lincoln Highway by Michael Wallis

• The Cult of the Amateur by Andrew Keen

• Pontoon by Garrison Keillor

[edit] Season 4

• Ingrid Newkirk^{Episode #358} "Making Kind Choices : Everyday Ways to Enhance Your Life Through Earth and Animal Friendly Living"
• Shashi Tharoor^{Episode #359} "The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st Century Power"
• Jennifer 8. Lee^{Episode #360} "The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food"
• Gregory Rodriguez^{Episode #361} "Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America"
• George McGovern^{Episode #363} "Out of Iraq : A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now"
• Geraldo Rivera^{Episode #364} "HISPANIC"
• Howard Kurtz^{Episode #365} "Reality Show : Inside the Last Great Television News War"
• Sudhir Venkatesh^{Episode #366} "Gang Leader For A Day"

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