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Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America
by Dan Savage

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In Skipping Towards Gomorrah, Dan Savage eviscerates the right-wing conservatives as he commits each of the Seven Deadly Sins himself (or tries to) and finds those everyday Americans who take particular delight in their sinful pursuits. Among them... (read more)

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

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The Rise of the Creative Class" gives a provocative new way to think about why people live as they do today--and where they might be headed. Weaving storytelling with masses of new and updated research, Florida traces the growing role of creativity in... (read more)

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What Is America?: A Short History of the New World Order What Is America?: A Short History of the New World Order
by Ronald Wright

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In the six years since 9/11, as the bush regime has squandered domestic solidarity and international goodwill, many of the archetypes and ideals with which we’ve traditionally framed the American enterprise now seem endangered, even hollow. This... (read more)

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Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress
by Debra Ginsberg

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Chapter OneThe Luncheonette It's a very slow Friday night. I've had precious few tables and the evening promises to be a bit of a wash. I check my watch for the tenth time. Only eight-thirty. Although the night drags interminably, I know better than to... (read more)

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The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker
by Mike Rose

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As did the national bestseller Nickel and Dimed, Mike Rose's revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters... (read more)

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Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
by Andres Duany

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A manifesto by America's most controversial and celebrated town planners, proposing an alternative model for community design. There is a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and to replace the automobile-based settlement... (read more)

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Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
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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American Studies American Studies
by Louis Menand

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From the bestselling author of The Metaphysical Club, brilliant illuminations of America yesterday and today. At each step of this journey through American cultural history, Louis Menand has an original point to make: he explains the real significance of... (read more)

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The Spectator: Talk about Movies and Plays with the People Who Make Them The Spectator: Talk about Movies and Plays with the People Who Make Them
by Studs Terkel

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An elegant new edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winner's "richly entertaining" (Publishers Weekly) conversations with the masters of stage and screen. The Studs Terkel Interviews: Film and Theater collects the Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian's... (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 Cannabis Breeder's Bible: The Definitive Guide to Marijuana Varieties and Creating Strains for the Seed Market The Cannabis Breeder's Bible: The Definitive Guide to Marijuana Varieties and Creating Strains for the Seed Market
by Greg Green

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"The Cannabis Breeder's Bible" offers real-world, professional techniques for breeding primo pot and gives precise growing information for 60 popular marijuana varieties. The book covers new hybridization techniques, international seed law issues... (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. Hailed by Newsweek as a "cranky stylist with talent to burn," Vowell has an irresistible voice -- caustic and... (read more)

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A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember
by Iain Levison

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All Iain Levison really wants is a steady paycheck, cable television, and the possibility of a date on Saturday night. But after blowing $40,000 on an English degree, he can’t find the first, can’t afford the second, and can’t even... (read more)

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The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution
by David Kamp

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The wickedly entertaining, hunger-inducing, behind-the-scenes story of the revolution in American food that has made exotic ingredients, celebrity chefs, rarefied cooking tools, and destination restaurants familiar aspects of our everyday lives... (read more)

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My American Century My American Century
by Studs Terkel

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For over thirty years, millions of readers have enjoyed Studs Terkel's groundbreaking, provocative, and moving oral histories. Now, in a pantheon of 'ordinary' Americans, Terkel collects the most memorable interviews from each of his eight classic works.... (read more)

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Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias
by Andrew D Blechman

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When his next-door neighbors in a quaint New England town suddenly pick up and move to a gated retirement community in Florida, Andrew D. Blechman is astonished by their stories. Larger than Manhattan, with a golf course for every day of the month, two... (read more)

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Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen
by Susan Griffin

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Griffin, winner of a MacArthur grant and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, demonstrates that ultimately democracy is not only a system of governance, but, in its fullest form, represents a revolution in consciousness that is... (read more)

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Steal This Book Steal This Book
by Abbie Hoffman

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In 1970, Abbie Hoffman conceived the idea for his most ambitious book project yet. He had begun criss-crossing the country, ferreting out alternative ways of getting along in America--some illegal, but most of them having to do with survival techniques... (read more)

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American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville
by Bernard-Henri Levy

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Hoping to gauge the success of America's experiment in democracy, France's leading journalist follows Tocqueville's journey across our once nascent nation to rediscover what it means to be an American. Here in opposing and quick succession, we meet... (read more)

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The Working Poor: Invisible in America The Working Poor: Invisible in America
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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