by Elizabeth Gilbert  Review "Gilbert examines America's ongoing infatuation with the frontier and leaves no stone unturned in her exploration of the cultural landscape of masculinity. Why, she asks, do American men continue to find themselves attracted to the wilderness? And what, precisely, does it mean to be a man in today's world?..." Heather Hewett, The Christian Science Monitor (read more) Your price $24.95 (New - Hardcover) check for other copies 
by Malcolm Gladwell  
Powells.com Staff Pick Somewhere along the way to guru-dom, Malcolm Gladwell got tagged as a business writer. Fair enough — The Tipping Point speaks more powerfully to the principles of succesful marketing than any pedestrian semester in the classroom. But while raves... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Joe Bageant
Powells.com Staff Pick Deer Hunting with Jesus is a hilarious, depressing, and painfully honest chronicle of an America often cited but rarely listened to: rural lower-class whites. With brilliant, spot-on detail, Joe Bageant reports on the historical, economic, and... (read more) Your Price $13.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Barbara Ehrenreich
Publisher Comments The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage.Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Nena Baker Publisher Comments We are running a collective chemical fever that we cannot break. Everyone everywhere now carries a dizzying array of chemical contaminants, the by-products of modern industry and innovation that contribute to a host of developmental deficits and health... (read more) Your Price $24.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Christopher Lasch Publisher Comments When The Culture of Narcissism was first published, it was clear that Christopher Lasch had identified something important: waht was happening to American society in the wake of the decline of the family over the last century. The book quickly became a... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your Price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Lynn Dumenil Publisher Comments When most of us take a backward glance at the 1920s, we may think of prohibition and the jazz age, of movies stars and flappers, of Harold Lloyd and Mary Pickford, of Lindbergh and Hoover--and of Black Friday, October 29, 1929, when the plunging stock... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Thomas M Allen Publisher Comments The development of the American nation has typically been interpreted in terms of its expansion through space, specifically its growth westward. In this innovative study, Thomas Allen posits time, not space, as the most significant territory of the young... (read more) Your Price $22.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Jason King Publisher Comments Renowned pot connoisseur and photographer King shows off the best marijuana strains, from the coffee shops in Amsterdam to the volcanoes of Hawaii--each accompanied by stunning photos and enlightened commentary. Housed in a gorgeous slipcase box, this... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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by Sarah Vowell
Powells.com Staff Pick Leave it to Sarah Vowell to roam across America in search of the motivations and culture of political murder. Obsessive, edifying, and, of course, witty, Assassination Vacation is unlike any other historical tourism or travel writing book you'll ever... (read more) Your Price $3.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Judith Levine
Publisher Comments Shocked by the commerce in everything from pet cloning to patriotism, frightened by the downward spiral of her finances and that of the trash-strewn earth, Judith Levine enlists her partner, Paul, in a radical experiment: to forgo all but the most... (read more) Your Price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Robert D Putnam
Publisher Comments In a groundbreaking bestseller based on vast new data, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and our democratic structures--and tells how we may reconnect.... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Chuck Klosterman
Powells.com Staff Pick "Part memoir, part meditation on crappy television, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is a raucous ride through the cultural wasteland of Generation X. Don't think, though, that this book's obsession with meaningless trivia is worthless. Chuck Klosterman's... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Eric Schlosser
Powells.com Staff Pick "What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the last forty thousand," Schlosser observes, yet most Americans know very little about how that food is made, where, by whom, and at what cost. Fast Food Nation traces the industry's... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Barbara Ehrenreich Publisher Comments America in the 'aughts — hilariously skewered, brilliantly dissected, and darkly diagnosed by the bestselling social critic hailed as "the soul mate"* of Jonathan Swift. Barbara Ehrenreich's first book of satirical commentary, The Worst Years of... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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