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The Wordy Shipmates The Wordy Shipmates
by Sarah Vowell

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At once a meditation on the motives of the pilgrims and a history of religion in America, The Wordy Shipmates will be a welcome addition to your history shelves. Sarah Vowell brings her usual wry humor and sharp insight to a piece of American history... (read more)

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Assassination Vacation Assassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell

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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)

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Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping
by Judith Levine

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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)

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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D Putnam

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Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work -- but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone, which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious... (read more)

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The Partly Cloudy Patriot The Partly Cloudy Patriot
by Sarah Vowell

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Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell -- widely hailed for her inimitable stories on public radio's This... (read more)

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Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America
by Morgan Spurlock

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The nauseating truth from the producer, director, and guinea pig of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Super Size Me. Just when you figured it was safe to scarf fries again comes the factpacked and funny new alarm bell from the man whose month-long... (read more)

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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich

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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)

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Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World
by Sarah Vowell

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Take the Cannoli is a moving and wickedly funny collection of personal stories stretching across the immense landscape of the American scene. Vowell tackles subjects such as identity, politics, religion, art, and history with a biting humor. She... (read more)

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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser

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"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)

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Chuck Klosterman, Volume 4: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas Chuck Klosterman, Volume 4: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
by Chuck Klosterman

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One of Klosterman's most "dangerous ideas" may be his assertion that Billy Joel is a fantastic songwriter, but, oddly enough, his profile on the singer is not only fascinating, it earned him the wrath of Mr. Joel himself. How ironic! And yet, perhaps... (read more)

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This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation
by Barbara Ehrenreich

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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)

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NO LOGO: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs NO LOGO: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs
by Naomi Klein

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With a new Afterword to the 2002 edition. No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament to detail the insidious practices and far-reaching effects of corporate marketing—and the powerful potential of a growing activist sect that will... (read more)

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Bait and Switch Bait and Switch
by Barbara Ehrenreich

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Bait and Switch, Barbara Ehrenreich's remarkable follow-up to Nickel and Dimed, examines life in the ever-increasing population of the white-collar unemployed. Veering from the absurd (Wizard of Oz dolls) to the unsettling (Christian prayer breakfasts... (read more)

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The American Dream: Walking in the Shoes of Carnies, Arms Dealers, Immigrant Dreamers, Pot Farmers, and Christian Believers The American Dream: Walking in the Shoes of Carnies, Arms Dealers, Immigrant Dreamers, Pot Farmers, and Christian Believers
by Harmon Leon

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For some, the American Dream is a pre-fab house in the suburbs with 2.5 kids and a two-week vacation at the end of the year. To others, it is working a push fruit cart in Oakland in order to put food on the family's table in Oaxaca. In The American... (read more)

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Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
by Eric Schlosser

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America's black market is much larger than we realize, and it affects us all deeply, whether or not we smoke pot, rent a risqué video, or pay our kids' nannies in cash. In Reefer Madness the best-selling author of Fast Food Nation turns his... (read more)

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Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--And More Miserable Than Ever Before Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--And More Miserable Than Ever Before
by Jean M. Twenge

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Called "The Entitlement Generation" or Gen Y, they are storming into schools, colleges, and businesses all over the country. In this provocative new book, headline-making psychologist and social commentator Dr. Jean Twenge explores why the young people... (read more)

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Working Poor : Invisible in America (04 Edition) Working Poor : Invisible in America (04 Edition)
by David K. Shipler

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The Working Poor is a deeply impressive book, a thorough and balanced study of the millions of Americans living at or around the poverty line. Shipler's varied portraits and interviews are insightful and moving, and his analysis of causes and... (read more)

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Mongo: Adventures in Trash Mongo: Adventures in Trash
by Ted Botha

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Journalist Ted Botha became obsessed with mongo (defined as any discarded object that is retrieved) when he moved to New York. Decorating his apartment with the furniture and objects he found on Manhattan's streets, he soon realized he wasn't the only... (read more)

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Radio on : a Listeners Diary (98 Edition) Radio on : a Listeners Diary (98 Edition)
by Sarah Vowell

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There are approximately 502 million radios in America. For this savvy, far-reaching diary, celebrated journalist and author Vowell turned hers on and listened—closely, critically, creatively—for an entire year. As a series of impressions and... (read more)

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Greatest Generation Greatest Generation
by Tom Brokaw

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"They came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America -- men and women whose everyday lives of duty, honor, achievement, and courage gave us the world we have today." In this magnificent... (read more)

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