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Breaking News: A Stunning and Memorable Account of Reporting from Some of the Most Dangerous Places in the World by Martin Fletcher Publisher Comments During three decades covering wars, revolutions, and natural disasters, Martin Fletcher worked his way from news agency cameraman to Tel Aviv bureau chief for NBC News, facing down his own fears while facing up to mass killers, warlords, and murderers... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism by P. J. O'Rourke Publisher Comments With his latest national best seller, Peace Kills, P.J. O'Rourke casts his ever-shrewd and mordant eye on America's latest adventures in warfare. Imperialism has never been more fun. To unravel the mysteries of war, O'Rourke first visits Kosovo... (read more) List Price $12.75 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream by Hunter S Thompson Publisher Comments First published in 1990, Songs of the Doomed is back in print -- by popular demand! In this third and most extraordinary volume of the Gonzo Papers, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson recalls high and hideous moments in his thirty years in the Passing Lane -- and no... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking by Jessica Mitford Publisher Comments Jessica Mitford was a member of one of England’s most legendary families (among her sisters were the novelist Nancy Mitford and the current Duchess of Devonshire) and one of the great muckraking journalists of modern times. Leaving England for... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Hitch-22: A Memoir by Christopher Hitchens Publisher Comments Over the course of his 60 years, Christopher Hitchens has been a citizen of both the United States and the United Kingdom. He has been both a socialist opposed to the war in Vietnam and a supporter of the U.S. war against Islamic extremism in Iraq. He... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Saturday Night by Susan Orlean Publisher Comments A new edition of Susan Orlean’s first book, a quirky classic about Saturday night in America that launched the career of the Orchid Thief author.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate by Marjorie Williams and Timothy Noah Publisher Comments One of Washington's finest writers on people, politics, and life — collected for the first time. Marjorie Williams knew Washington from top to bottom. Beloved for her sharp analysis, elegant prose, and exceptional ability to intuit character... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Fire by Sebastian Junger From Powells.com Sebastian Junger came to the attention of many readers in 1997 with The Perfect Storm, his bestselling account of a ferocious storm off the coast of Nova Scotia and the men and women whose lives were affected by it. However, readers of Vanity... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $3.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Moyers on America: A Journalist and His Times by Bill Moyers Publisher Comments Bill Moyers's vision for America in this crucial election year. "Our nation can no more survive as half democracy and half oligarchy than it could survive 'half slave and half free." — from Moyers on America Over the years millions of... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $3.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Telegram From Guernica George Steer by Nicholas Rankin Publisher Comments Biography of George Steer, the war correspondent who first revealed the involvement of the Nazis in the Spanish Civil War. "An irresistable blend of pace, passion and precision" "Independent"... (read more) Your price: $4.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel--Why Everything You Know Is Wrong by John Stossel Publisher Comments Now in paperback: The major national bestseller that the New York Times says "tosses sand on liberal sacred cows"John Stossel -- award-winning journalist, tireless consumer-rights crusader, and anchor of ABC's newsmagazine 20/20 -- has built... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe Publisher Comments "An American classic" (Newsweek) that defined a generation. “An astonishing book” (The New York Times Book Review) and an unflinching portrait of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters, and the 1960s.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Pine Barrens by John Mcphee Publisher Comments Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that runs between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national parks, which has been known since the seventeenth century as... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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I Have Fun Everywhere I Go: Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the by Mike Edison Publisher Comments “If your books subtitle is Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World, you have a lot to live up to—and somehow Mike Edison does .... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World by Sarah Vowell Publisher Comments Take the Cannoli is a moving and wickedly funny collection of personal stories stretching across the immense landscape of the American scene. Vowell tackles subjects such as identity, politics, religion, art, and history with a biting humor. She... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sound of No Hands Clapping by Toby Young Publisher Comments After the international success of HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE, Toby Young is back with another hilarious memoir about social and professional failure. Toby sets his sights anew on a high-flying career, this time on the West Coast. But it... (read more) Your price: $3.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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Audition: A Memoir by Barbara Walters Publisher Comments Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: "I want to be you." My stock reply is always: "Then you have to take the whole package." And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $6.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Giving Good Weight by John Mcphee Publisher Comments "You people come into the marketthe Greenmarket, in the open air under the down pouring sunand you slit the tomatoes with your fingernails. With your thumbs, you excavate the cheese. You choose your stringbeans one at a time. You pulp the nectarines and... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Notes from the Underground: The Most Outrageous Stories from the Alternative Press by Nancy Armstrong Synopsis Tired of the same boring news stories? look no further than this compilation of the best, most original stories covered by alternative newspapers throughout America's metropolitan cities.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mencken: The American Iconoclast: The Life and Times of the Bad Boys of Baltimore by Marion Eliz Rodgers Publisher Comments A towering figure on the American cultural landscape, H.L. Mencken stands out as one of our most influential stylists and fearless iconoclasts--the twentieth century's greatest newspaper journalist, a famous wit, and a constant figure of controversy... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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