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Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich Publisher Comments A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism Americans are a positive people--cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover 
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The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell Publisher Comments In this New York Times bestseller, the author of Assassination Vacation brings the [Puritan] era wickedly to life (Washington Post). To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Sarah Vowell investigates what that means — and what it... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Hippie by Barry Miles Publisher Comments It’s the celebration of an era. At a mind-blowing price, this ultimate, beautiful, illuminating, and really groovy look at the 1960s counterculture is rich in illustrations and filled with the history, politics, sayings, and slogans that defined... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends: A Very Trippy Miscellany by Adriano Sack Staff Pick 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) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age by Justin Kaplan Publisher Comments This newest book by Pulitzer Prize winner Justin Kaplan is a sparkling combination of biography, social history, architectural appreciation, and pure pleasure Endowed with the largest private fortunes of their day, two heirs of arch-capitalist John Jacob... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Marijuana Garden Saver: Handbook for Healthy Plants by J C Stitch Publisher Comments Utilizing a handy, field-guide style, this book is divided into five sections by problem type: Pests, Diseases, Environmental Stresses, Nutrient Deficiencies, and Controls. Problems are alphabetized within each section and identified in full-color... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Getting Ghost Signed by Luke Bergmann Review This is an eloquent, moving narrative account of the lives of Dude, Rodney, and other young men who trade drugs, love their family and friends, dream of ordinary lives, and navigate a maze of violence, detention, jail time, and early death in turn of... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School by Neil Postman Publisher Comments Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America by Louis Menand Publisher Comments Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for History A riveting, original book about the creation of modern American thought. The Metaphysical Club was an informal group that met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872, to talk about ideas. Its members included... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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