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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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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich Publisher Comments The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage. Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $25.00 Used - Mass Market
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Lsd: Doorway To the Numinous (09 Edition) by Stanislav Grof Publisher Comments A pioneering book that explores the unknown landscape of human consciousness induced by LSD and other psychedelics - Shows the relationship between shamanism, near death experiences, and other mystical and altered states with those induced by... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 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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Voices of the Chicago Eight: A Generation on Trial by Tom Hayden Publisher Comments The explosive protests and police riots outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the ensuing conspiracy trial gave voice to the tumultuous politics of the time. Frank Condon and Ron Sossi have crafted a dramatically gripping playscript from a... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 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 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: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Politics of Psychopharmacology (Leary Library) by Timothy Leary Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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