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Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens by Christopher Hitchens Publisher Comments Arguably collects the finest work by America's foremost rhetorical Pugilist (the Village Voice) in one volume for the first time. Spanning four remarkable decades, this collection includes the author's masterful early writings on civil rights, Vietnam... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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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: $4.98 Sale - Hardcover
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No, They Can't: Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed by John Stossel Publisher Comments The government is not a neutral arbiter of truth. It never has been. It never will be. Doubt everything. John Stossel does. A self-described skeptic, he has dismantled society's sacred cows with unerring common sense. Now he debunks the most sacred of... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Between You and Me by Mike Wallace Publisher Comments Mike Wallace. His very name conjures up a certain kind of journalism -- smart, informed, intense, and groundbreaking. Who else has wrangled sit-downs with his roster of world leaders and criminals, celebrities, and underdogs, heroes and scoundrels... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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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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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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The Rum Diary by Hunter S Thompson Publisher Comments Begun in 1959 by a twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary is a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s. The narrator... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Receptionist: An Education at the New Yorker by Janet Groth Publisher Comments In 1957, when a young Midwestern woman landed a job at The New Yorker, she didn't expect to stay long at the reception desk. But stay she did, and for twenty-one years she had the best seat in the house. In addition to taking messages, she ran... (read more) List Price $21.95 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 $13.00 Your price: $5.98 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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Censored 2009 by Peter Phillips Publisher Comments The yearly volumes of Censored, in continuous publication since 1976 and since 1995 available through Seven Stories Press, is dedicated to the stories that ought to be top features on the nightly news, but that are missing because of media bias and self... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness by Hunter S Thompson Publisher Comments SPORTS, POLITICS, AND SEX COLLIDE IN HUNTER S. THOMPSON'S WILDLY POPULAR ESPN.COM COLUMNS. Insightful, incendiary, outrageously brilliant, such was the man who galvanized American journalism with his radical ideas and gonzo tactics. For over half a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 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 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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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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Dispatches and Dictators: Ralph Barnes for the Herald Tribune by Barbara S Mahoney Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-298) and index.... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America by John Mcmillian Publisher Comments How did the New Left uprising of the 1960s happen? What caused millions of young people-many of them affluent and college educated-to suddenly decide that American society needed to be completely overhauled? In Smoking Typewriters, historian John... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me by Ralph Steadman Publisher Comments A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice New York Post Required Reading "Enormously entertaining."—The Boston Globe "A pleasant surprise."—The Tampa Tribune "Bizarre and compelling."— Miami New Times "A must read."&... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 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 toand somehow Mike Edison does .... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Years with Ross (Perennial Classics) by James Thurber Publisher Comments A Dime a Dozen "Harold Ross died" December 6, 1951, "exactly one month after his" fifty-ninth birthday. In November of the following year the New Yorker entertained the editors of "Punch" and some of its outstanding artists and writers. I was in Bermuda... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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