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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Vintage) by Christopher McDougall Staff Pick Born to Run is the one of those books you just can't keep to yourself. In fact, it's probably the one title I've recommended more than any other in the last two years. It has a little bit of everything: adventure, travel, history, science, and sport, all... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper 
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman Publisher Comments Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction When three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick Publisher Comments A National Book Award finalist and National Book Critics Circle finalist, Barbara Demick’s Nothing to Envy is a remarkable view into North Korea, as seen through the lives of six ordinary citizens Award-winning journalist Barbara Demick... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": And Other Conversations about Race by Beverly Tatum Publisher Comments Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see black youth seated together in the cafeteria. Of course, it's not just the black kids sitting together-the white, Latino, Asian Pacific, and, in some regions, American Indian youth are clustered... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich Publisher Comments A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Americans are a "positive" people -- cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: This is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive is the key to getting success and prosperity. Or so we are... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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By the Lake of Sleeping Children : the Secret Life of the Mexican Border (96 Edition) by Luis Urrea Publisher Comments Luis Alberto Urrea's first book, Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border, was a haunting and unprecedented look at what life is like for those living on the Mexican side of the border, eking out only the barest of lives not far from... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character by Jack Hitt Publisher Comments WHAT IS IT THAT DRIVES THE SUCCESS OF AMERICA AND THE IDENTITY OF ITS PEOPLE? ACCLAIMED WRITER AND CONTRIBUTING EDITOR TO THIS AMERICAN LIFE JACK HITT THINKS IT’S BECAUSE WE’RE ALL A BUNCH OF AMATEURS. America’s self-invented tinkerers... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents) by Dick Hebdige Publisher Comments 'Hebdige's Subculture: The Meaning of Style is so important: complex and remarkably lucid, it's the first book dealing with punk to offer intellectual content. Hebdige ...] is concerned with the UK's postwar, music-centred, white working-class... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Why Is Sex Fun? Evolution of Human Sexuality (97 Edition) by Jared M. Diamond Publisher Comments To us humans the sex lives of many animals seem weird. In fact, by comparison with all the other animals, we are the ones with the weird sex lives. How did that come to be?Just count our bizarre ways. We are the only social species to insist on carrying... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Becoming Mexipino by Jr. Guevarra, Rudy P. Publisher Comments Becoming Mexipino is a social-historical interpretation of two ethnic groups, one Mexican, the other Filipino, whose paths led both groups to San Diego, California from 1900 to 1965. Rudy Guevarra traces their earliest interactions under Spanish... (read more) List Price $72.00 Your price: $63.90 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Cunning of Recognition by Elizabeth A. Povinelli Publisher Comments The Cunning of Recognition is an exploration of liberal multiculturalism from the perspective of Australian indigenous social life. Elizabeth A. Povinelli argues that the multicultural legacy of colonialism perpetuates unequal systems of power, not by... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Trade Paper
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Arab Youth: Social Mobilization in Times of Risk by Samir (edt) Khalaf Publisher Comments In 2011 thousands of Arab youth took to the streets revealing the genesis of a new generation sparked by the desire for civil liberties and participatory democracy. Arab Youth explores the antecedents of the upheavals and anticipates alternative venues... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction by John Storey Publisher Comments Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, sixth edition, has been extensively revised throughout. As before, the book presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of and various approaches to popular culture. Its breadth and... (read more) Your price: $44.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch (Studies in Sensory History) by Constance Classen Publisher Comments From the softest caress to the harshest blow, touch lies at the heart of our experience of the world. Now, for the first time, this deepest of senses is the subject of an extensive historical exploration. The Deepest Sense: A Cultural... (read more) Your price: $30.75 New - Trade Paper
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Making Democracy Work : Civic Traditions in Modern Italy (93 Edition) by Robert D. Putnam Publisher Comments Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $27.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey by Isabel Fonseca Publisher Comments After the revolutions of 1989, Isabel Fonseca lived and traveled with the Gypsies of Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Romainia, and Albania — listening to their stories and recording their attempts to become... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Being Danish: Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life by Richard Jenkins Publisher Comments In Being Danish, Richard Jenkins offers a comprehensive, up-to-date look at modern Danish culture. Looking first at a small Danish town in the 1990s, he tracks how the idea of what it means to be Danish has evolved, moving through the 1990s to the... (read more) Your price: $56.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea by Annette B Weiner Publisher Comments This re-examination of the Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea, the people described in Malinowski's classic ethnographic work of the early 20th century, provides a balanced view of the society from a male and female perspective, including coverage of new... (read more) List Price $54.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth by Adharanand Finn Publisher Comments “A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhino, and buffalo roam the plains on either side. But I haven’t come to Kenya to spot wildlife. I’ve come to run.” Whether... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Everyday Life in South Asia (2ND 10 Edition) by Diane P. Mines Synopsis This anthology provides a lively and stimulating view of the lives of ordinary citizens in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. For the second edition of this popular textbook, readings have been updated and new essays added. The result is... (read more) List Price $29.00 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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