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The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food--Before the National Highway System, Beforechain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When
by Mark Kurlansky
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A remarkable portrait of American food before World War II, presented by the New York Timesabestselling author of Cod and Salt. Award-winning New York Timesabestselling author Mark Kurlansky takes us back to the food and eating habits of a younger... ( read more)
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Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno Logy
by Lawrence Weschler
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A nondescript storefront operation in Los Angeles, California, the Museum of Jurassic Technology actually exists — that may be the only thing about it that is for certain. The creation of David Wilson, a man of prodigiously unusual imagination, the... ( read more)
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The Archaic Revival: Speculations on Psychedelic Mushrooms, the Amazon, Virtual Reality, UFOs, Evolut
by Terence Mckenna
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Cited by the L.A. Weekly as "the culture's foremost spokesman for the psychedelic experience," Terrence McKenna is an underground legend as a brilliant raconteur, adventurer, and expert on the experiential use of mind-altering plants.In these essays... ( read more)
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Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front
by Sharon Astyk
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Why are so few peak oil authors women? There's been much debate about this, and no one has yet arrived at a definitive answer. But whatever the reason, Sharon Astyk has established herself as a true rarity within the peak oil community by virtue of being... ( read more)
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Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen
by Mark Rudd
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The leader of the student uprising of 1968 and founding member of the notorious Weather Underground tells his story--for the first time In 1968, Mark Rudd led the legendary occupation of five buildings at Columbia University, a dramatic act of protest... ( read more)
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Soldier from the War Returning: The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War II
by Thomas Childers
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One of our most enduring national myths surrounds the men and women who fought in the so-called "Good War." The Greatest Generation, we're told by Tom Brokaw and others, fought heroically, then returned to America happy, healthy and well-adjusted. They... ( read more)
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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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Labor, Free and Slave: Workingmen and the Anti-Slavery Movement in the United States
by Bernard Mandel
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A classic piece of Old Left scholarship made available to a new generation of students and activists Bernard Mandel's classic study provides a concise overview of the relationship between organized abolitionism and the fledgling labor movement in the... ( read more)
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Standing by: The Making of an American Military Family in a Time of War
by Alison Buckholtz
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Alison Buckholtz never dreamed she would marry a military man, but when she met her husband, an active-duty U.S. Navy pilot, nothing could stop her from building a life with him — not even his repeated attempts to talk her out of marriage. He didn't... ( read more)
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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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- Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno Logy
by Lawrence Weschler - Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism
by Woden Teachout - The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food--Before the National Highway System, Beforechain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When
by Mark Kurlansky - The Haight-Ashbury: A History
by Charles Perry - Found II: More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World
by Davy Rothbart
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Contributors | June 25, 2009
By Kaya Oakes
"When I saw those changes taking place, I decided to take matters into my own hands, because the days of wining and dining authors were clearly coming to an end."
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Review-a-Day | June 20, 2009
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This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America by Ryan Grim Reviewed by Gerry Donaghy Powells.com Back in March of...
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On Oregon | May 13, 2009
By Matt Love
"The question is not whether marijuana should be legalized in Oregon; it's how it should be legalized."
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