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Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry
by Stacy Malkan

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Lead in lipstick? 1,4 dioxane in baby soap? Coal tar in shampoo? How is this possible? Simple. The $35 billion cosmetics industry is so powerful theyandrsquo;ve kept themselves unregulated for decades. Not Just a Pretty Face chronicles the quest that led... (read more)

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Race Race
by Studs Terkel

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America's foremost oral historian tackles the most difficult and complicated issue in America today -- race relations -- by interviewing nearly a hundred blacks and whites. The result is a riveting and deeply moving -- and frequently provocative -- look... (read more)

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Habits of the Heart: Individualism Commitment American Life Habits of the Heart: Individualism Commitment American Life
by Robert Neell Bellah

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Meanwhile, the authors' antidote to the American sickness--a quest for democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions--has contributed to a vigorous scholarly and popular debate. Attention has been focused on forms of... (read more)

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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
by Paul Fussell

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In his highly entertaining observations of class in America, Fussell shows how our status is revealed by everything we do, say, and own. Funny, insightful, and at times outrageous, Class is guaranteed to amuse everyone, from high-class to low. Line... (read more)

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Something Happened: A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies Something Happened: A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies
by Edward D Berkowitz

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In both the literal and metaphorical senses, it seemed as if 1970s America was running out of gas. The decade not only witnessed long lines at gas stations but a citizenry that had grown weary and disillusioned. High unemployment, runaway inflation, and... (read more)

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Service and Style: How the American Department Store Fashioned the Middle Class Service and Style: How the American Department Store Fashioned the Middle Class
by Jan Whitaker

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Whitaker presents an entertaining and fully illustrated history of the department store--the center of American cultural and economic life.... (read more)

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Hello, I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity Hello, I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity
by Hal Niedzviecki

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When being a rebel is sanctioned by society, what is left to rebel against? Hal Niedzviecki has a blunt message for the army of tattoo and piercing enthusiasts, bloggers, skateboard warriors, and anyone else walking around with the smug certainty... (read more)

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The Fluoride Deception The Fluoride Deception
by Christopher Bryson

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One of Ashley's Top Five picks for 2004. To read more staff Top Five lists click here.... (read more)

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Marijuana Flower Forcing: Secrets of Designer Growing Marijuana Flower Forcing: Secrets of Designer Growing
by Tom Flowers

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Two handbooks for serious cultivators of cannabis<BR>-- Documents and explains the techniques used to produce miracle varieties of marijuana<P>A high-tech book targeted at the underground horticulturist, Marijuana Flower Forcing reveals the... (read more)

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Branded Nation: The Marketing of Megachurch, College, Inc., and Museumworld Branded Nation: The Marketing of Megachurch, College, Inc., and Museumworld
by James B Twitchell

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Branding has become so successful and so ubiquitous that even cultural institutions have embraced it. In this witty and trenchant social analysis, James Twitchell shows how churches, universities, and museums have learned to embrace Madison Avenue rather... (read more)

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Destructive Generation Destructive Generation
by Peter Collier

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The compelling story of an intellectual journey into and out of the radical trenches.... (read more)

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American Culture, American Taste: Social Change and the Twentieth Century American Culture, American Taste: Social Change and the Twentieth Century
by Michael Kammen

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In American Culture, American Tastes, Michael Kammen leads us on an entertaining, thought-provoking tour of America's changing tastes, uses of leisure, and the shifting perceptions that have accompanied them throughout our nation's history. Starting at... (read more)

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Home-Alone America: The Hidden Toll of Day Care, Behavioral Drugs, and Other Parent Substitutes Home-Alone America: The Hidden Toll of Day Care, Behavioral Drugs, and Other Parent Substitutes
by Mary Eberstadt

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Why are there so many troubled kids these days, diagnosed with learning disabilities or behavioral problems? Why is child obesity out of control? Why are teenagers contracting herpes and other sexually transmitted diseases at unprecedented rates? In... (read more)

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Best of Ask Edition Your Marijuana Question Best of Ask Edition Your Marijuana Question
by Ed Rosenthal

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Your Marijuana Questions Answered.... (read more)

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The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash Became America's Scapegoats The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash Became America's Scapegoats
by Jim Goad

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Culture maverick Jim Goad presents a thoroughly reasoned, darkly funny, and rampagingly angry defense of America's most maligned social group -- the cultural clan variously referred to as rednecks, hillbillies, white trash, crackers, and trailer trash... (read more)

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One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding
by Rebecca Mead

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Astutely observed and deftly witty, One Perfect Day masterfully mixes investigative journalism and social commentary to explore the workings of the wedding industryan industry that claims to be worth $160 billion to the U.S. economy and which has every... (read more)

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Iced: The Crystal Meth Epidemic Iced: The Crystal Meth Epidemic
by Jerry Langton

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This is the first book to expose every aspect of the epidemic for the general reader. From the perspective of experts in drug addiction and doctors, law enforcement, and stories from addicts and former addicts, "Iced" is a scary but compelling portrait... (read more)

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The Girl I Left Behind: A Narrative History of the Sixties The Girl I Left Behind: A Narrative History of the Sixties
by Judith Nies

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At the height of the Vietnam War protests, twenty-eight-year-old Judith Nies and her husband lived a seemingly idyllic life. Both were building their respective careers in Washington—Nies as the speechwriter and chief staffer to a core group of... (read more)

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You Want Fries with That?: A White-Collar Burnout Experiences Life at Minimum Wage You Want Fries with That?: A White-Collar Burnout Experiences Life at Minimum Wage
by Prioleau Alexander

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At age 41, Alexander quit his high-paying position as an advertising executive and decided to take a series of low-paying jobs in order to avoid helping his wife around the house. Over the next year, he worked as a pizza deliveryman, ice cream scooper,... (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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-292) and index.... (read more)

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