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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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Gathering Storm Americas Militia Threat Gathering Storm Americas Militia Threat
by Morris Dees

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On October 26, 1994, Morris Dees wrote Attorney General Janet Reno to alert her to the danger posed by the growing number of radical militia groups. He warned the Attorney General that the "mixture of armed groups and those who hate is a recipe for... (read more)

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Politics of Psychopharmacology (Leary Library) Politics of Psychopharmacology (Leary Library)
by Timothy Leary

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In this brief, lively book of reminiscences, the man Allen Ginsberg called "a hero of American consciousness" describes his transformation from bohemian professor to avatar of the new age. In his typically wry, provocative style, Timothy Leary gives... (read more)

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True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradis True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradis
by Terence Mckenna

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This mesmerizing, surreal account of the bizarre adventures of Terence McKenna, his brother Dennis, and a small band of their friends, is a wild ride of exotic experience and scientific inquiry. Exploring the Amazon Basin in search of mythical shamanic... (read more)

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Hitting Home Hitting Home
by Bernard Sternsher

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Twelve historical articles describe the problems of the Great Depression in town and country, on a scale we can all comprehend. A real breakthrough in our understanding of the depression. --Alfred B. Rollins, Jr.... (read more)

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Eastern Standard Time a Guide To Asian Influen Eastern Standard Time a Guide To Asian Influen
by Jeff Yang

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For everyone who's ever wondered how to order Korean barbecue and Chinese dim sum; what "good feng xui" is and how to make sure you have it; where to find the ten greatest Nintendo games never released in the States, and which is the deadliest martial... (read more)

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Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture
by Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter

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In this wide-ranging and perceptive work of cultural criticism, Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter shatter the most important myth that dominates much of radical political, economic, and cultural thinking. The idea of a counterculture — a world outside... (read more)

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Gig: Americans Talk about Their Jobs Gig: Americans Talk about Their Jobs
by John Bowe and Marisa Bowe

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"Amazing . . . a gem of a book that uses only the strength of the human voice to tell an American story -- sometimes dark, always fascinating."<BR>-- "USA Today <BR>"The accounts are wonderfully revealing, with gritty and almost shockingly... (read more)

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Childhood in America Childhood in America
by Paula Fass

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The family lies at the center of raging public debates over work, parenthood, welfare, and values-debates that cut across lines of race, politics, and class. In the media, in discussions of public policy, and in the courts, this debate is critically... (read more)

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Home Fires Burning: Married to the Military-For Better or Worse Home Fires Burning: Married to the Military-For Better or Worse
by Karen Houppert

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As taps echoes across the cookie-cutter housing areas of upstate New York’s Fort Drum, the wives turn on the evening news, both hoping for and dreading word of their husbands overseas. It’s a ritual played out on military bases across the... (read more)

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Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
by John De Graaf

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The authors define affluenza as "a painful, contagious, virally transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more". Behind the wordplay is a serious subject indeed: the increasing deterioration of the... (read more)

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Altered state :the story of ecstasy culture and Acid House Altered state :the story of ecstasy culture and Acid House
by Matthew Collin

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The authors trail Ecstasy from California, through New York, covering its history, culture, and the politics that surround it. "First things first. Altered States sends all those imitation Irvine Welshs from the football-hooligan school of literary E... (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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The New York Times bestselling investigation into white-collar unemployment from “our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism”—The New York Times Book Review Americans’ working lives are growing more precarious every day... (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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Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit, and the Era of Predatory Lenders Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit, and the Era of Predatory Lenders
by James Scurlock

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How much money do you owe on your credit card bills? Paying off a mortgage, home equity loan, or college loan, too? Our culture has come to take debt for granted, but this hasn't always been the norm. Over the last generation in America, James Scurlock... (read more)

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Under the Influence: The Disinformation Guide to Drugs Under the Influence: The Disinformation Guide to Drugs
by Preston Peet

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In the latest in the oversize Disinformation Guide series of anthologies, editor Preston Peet assembles an all-star cast to lay to rest the specious misinformation peddled by prohibitionists who depend upon the "War on somedrugs and users"for their... (read more)

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Zombification: Stories from National Public Radio Zombification: Stories from National Public Radio
by Andrei Codrescu

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"The world is undergoing zombification. It was gradual for a while, a few zombies here and there, mostly in high office, where being a corpse in a suit was de rigueur . . . The worst part about zombies raging unchecked is the slow paralysis they induce... (read more)

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Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure
by Juliet B Schor

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This pathbreaking book explains why, contrary to all expectations, Americans are working harder than ever. Juliet Schor presents the astonishing news that over the past twenty years our working hours have increased by the equivalent of one month per year&... (read more)

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The Greatest Generation The Greatest Generation
by Tom Brokaw

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"In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the fortieth anniversary of D-Day, the massive and daring Allied invasion of Europe that marked the beginning of the end of Adolf Hitler's Third... (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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