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The Encyclopedia of Social Work: Four-Volume Set by Terry Mizrahi Publisher Comments Oxford University Press and The National Association of Social Workers are proud to announce that 2009's completely updated, revised and critically-acclaimed 20th edition of this essential work is now available in paperback. The 400 articles in this four-... (read more) List Price $265.00 Your price: $49.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield by Jeremy Scahill Publisher Comments In Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill, author of the New York Times best-seller Blackwater, takes us inside Americas new covert wars. The foot soldiers in these battles operate globally and inside the United States with orders from the White House to do whatever... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $20.99 Sale - Hardcover
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How to Find Fulfilling Work (School of Life) by Roman Krznaric Publisher Comments A practical and inspirational guide to examining your career and deciding whether it truly makes you happy — this book will show you the steps it takes to find a job that truly makes you thrive. The desire for fulfilling work is one of the great... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.20 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World in the Next 20 Years by James Canton Publisher Comments A renowned global futurist prepares businesses and individuals for the radical changes on the horizon An advisor to three presidents spanning over thirty years, Dr. James Canton identifies probable outcomes and future trends in business, technology... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Art of the Public Grovel: Sexual Sin and Public Confession in America by Susan Wise Bauer Publisher Comments "Interesting, well-written, and well-researched, this book should have wide appeal. Who doesn't want to read about sex and confession and how the mighty fall and, in some cases, get up again?"--Stephen Prothero, author of Religious Literacy: What Every... (read more) List Price $24.75 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls Publisher Comments Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Liars & Outliers: Enabling the Trust That Society Needs to Thrive by Bruce Schneier Publisher Comments In today's hyper-connected society, understanding the mechanisms of trust is crucial. Issues of trust are critical to solving problems as diverse as corporate responsibility, global warming, and the political system. In this insightful and entertaining... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame by Peter Dreier Publisher Comments A hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for womens suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, or a federal minimum wage was considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for granted... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life by Brian Raftery Publisher Comments Armed with a keen eye and a terrible singing voice, writer Brian Raftery sets out across the globe, tracing karaoke's evolution from cult fad to multi-million dollar phenomenon. In Japan, he meets Daisuke Inoue, the godfather of karaoke; in Thailand, he... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell Publisher Comments It has not been by shaping the opinions or directing the actions of the holders of power that modern intellectuals have most influenced the course of events but by shaping public opinion in ways that affect the actions of power holders in democratic... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time by David Wilson Publisher Comments After decades studying creatures great and small, evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson had an epiphany: Darwin's theory won't fully prove itself until it improves the quality of human life in a practical sense. And what better place to begin than... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman Staff Pick Klosterman understands your life. Intimately. Through this seemingly meandering and always hilarious critique of modern pop culture, he exposes how unlikely cultural minutiae make our society tick and dictate how we live our lives.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Elementary Forms of Religious Life by Emile Durkheim Publisher Comments "Karen Fields has given us a splendid new translation of the greatest work of sociology ever written, one we will not be embarrassed to assign to our students. In addition she has written a brilliant and profound introduction. The publication of this... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Division of Labor in Society by Emile Durkheim Synopsis Emile Durkheim founded the French school of sociology.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.98 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 $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Publisher Comments New York Times Bestseller, With a New Afterword “Schlosser has a flair for dazzling scene-setting and an arsenal of startling facts . . . Fast Food Nation points the way but, to resurrect an old fast food slogan, the choice is yours... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-made Landscape by James Howard Kunstler Publisher Comments The Geography of Nowhere traces America's evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where every place is like no place in particular, where the cities are dead zones and the countryside is a wasteland of cartoon... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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 $13.50 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--And More Miserable Than Ever Before by Jean M. Twenge Publisher Comments Called “The Entitlement Generation” or Gen Y, they are storming into schools, colleges, and businesses all over the country. In this provocative new book, headline-making psychologist and social commentator Dr. Jean Twenge explores why the... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray Publisher Comments Breaking night: (Urban slang) staying up through the night, until the sun rises Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen was living on the streets, and who eventually made it into Harvard. Liz Murray was born to loving... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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