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The Glass Castle: a Memoir The Glass Castle: a Memoir
by Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in... (read more)

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The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century
by James Howard Kunstler

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In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long... (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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Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says about Us) Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says about Us)
by Tom Vanderbilt

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We've all been stuck in traffic and wondered Why me!? Tom Vanderbilt has the answers. If you are wondering why everyone in front of you is braking, or why it’s impossible to merge, he’ll tell you why. Traffic is a compulsively readable book. I could... (read more)

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Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
by Frank Warren

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In the movie, In the Mood for Love, Tony Leung whispers his most secret thoughts into a hole in the ruined temple of Angkor Wat. In Bethlehem, pilgrims write out their prayers and wishes and stuff them into tiny cracks between the bricks at the Western... (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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Culture Jam: How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge-And Why We Must Culture Jam: How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge-And Why We Must
by Kalle Lasn

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America is no longer a country but a multimillion-dollar brand, says Kalle Lasn and his fellow "culture jammers". The founder of Adbusters magazine, Lasn aims to stop the branding of America by changing the way information flows; the way institutions... (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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Who's Your City? : How the Creative Economy Is Making Where To Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life (08 Edition) Who's Your City? : How the Creative Economy Is Making Where To Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life (08 Edition)
by Richard Florida

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It’s a mantra of the age of globalization that where we live doesn’t matter. We can innovate just as easily from a ski chalet in Aspen or a beachhouse in Provence as in the office of a Silicon Valley startup. According to Richard Florida... (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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The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends: A Very Trippy Miscellany The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends: A Very Trippy Miscellany
by Adriano Sack

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You're sitting at a bar with friends, and the conversation hits a lull. Someone excuses herself to get the next round and buy some time. But you don't need it, because you've read The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends and you're loaded with an... (read more)

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The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World in the Next 20 Years The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World in the Next 20 Years
by James Canton

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A renowned global futurist prepares businesses and individuals for the radical changes on the horizon An advisor to three presidents spanning over thirty years, Dr. James Canton identifies probable outcomes and future trends in business, technology... (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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Walking on Water : Reading, Writing, and Revolution (04 Edition) Walking on Water : Reading, Writing, and Revolution (04 Edition)
by Derrick Jensen

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Both a critique of the current educational system and an excellent look at the writing and communication, Walking on Water is based on Jensen's own experiences teaching writing classes at Eastern Washington University and Pelican Bay state prison in... (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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Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone? 2 Edition Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone? 2 Edition
by Frank Furedi

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Explains the useful contribution of intellectuals both to culture and to democracy - and why we need to recreate a public sphere in which intellectuals and the general public can talk to each other again.... (read more)

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