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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman Publisher Comments Now available in audio for the first time--a hilarious and discerning take on popular culture by the author of "Fargo Rock City" that explores everything from the crucial role of breakfast cereal to how John Cusack films destroy the modern meaning of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $11.98 Sale - Compact Disc 
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Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat Publisher Comments As the youngest-ever op-ed columnist for the New York Times and the author of the critically acclaimed books Privilege and Grand New Party, Ross Douthat has emerged as one of the most provocative and influential voices of his generation. Now he offers a... (read more) Your price: $95.99 New - Compact Disc
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Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat Publisher Comments As the youngest-ever op-ed columnist for the New York Times and the author of the critically acclaimed books Privilege and Grand New Party, Ross Douthat has emerged as one of the most provocative and influential voices of his generation. Now he offers a... (read more) Your price: $44.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks Publisher Comments With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live. Now, with the intellectual curiosity and emotional wisdom that make his columns... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Compact Disc
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo Publisher Comments From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo, a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century’s great, unequal cities. ... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Compact Disc
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Three Famines by Thomas Keneally Publisher Comments This is the story of three terrible famines. The first is an Gorta M?r, the great hunger of Ireland, which began in 1846. The second is the deadly famine that struck Bengal in 1943. The third is the Ethiopian famine, which first sprung up in lethal form... (read more) Your price: $59.97 New - Compact Disc
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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis Publisher Comments We will soon be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of every man, woman, and child on the planet. Abundance for all is within our grasp. This bold, contrarian view, backed up by exhaustive research, introduces our near-term future, where... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr Synopsis The best-selling author of The Big Switch returns with an explosive look at technologys effect on the mind.... (read more) Your price: $76.00 New - Compact Disc
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Compact Disc
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Haiti After the Earthquake by Paul Farmer, M.d. Publisher Comments On January 12, 2010, a major earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of people died, and the greater part of the capital was demolished. Dr. Paul Farmer, U.N. deputy special envoy to Haiti, who had worked in the country for... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation about America; Who We Are, Where We've Been, and Where We Need to Go Now, to Recapture the American Dre by Tom Brokaw Publisher Comments Tom Brokaw, known and beloved for his landmark work in American journalism and for the New York Times bestsellers The Greatest Generation and Boom!, now turns his attention to the challenges that face America in the new millennium, to offer reflections... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Compact Disc
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Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age by Susan Jacoby Publisher Comments In a narrative that combines the intensely personal with social, economic, and historical analysis, Susan Jacoby turns an unsparing eye on the marketers of longevity-pharmaceutical companies, lifestyle gurus, and scientific businessmen who suggest that... (read more) Your price: $95.99 New - Compact Disc
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Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization by Spencer Wells Publisher Comments This new book by Spencer Wells, the internationally known geneticist, anthropologist, author, and director of the Genographic Project, focuses on the seminal event in human history: mankind's decision to become farmers rather than hunter-gatherers. What... (read more) Your price: $69.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family by Liza Mundy Publisher Comments A revolution is under way. Within a generation, more households will be supported by women than by men. In The Richer Sex, Liza Mundy shows how this reality will transform the sexual, dating, marriage, and work habits of men and women worldwide.This flip... (read more) Your price: $83.99 New - Compact Disc
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A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit by Tim Ryan Publisher Comments In one of the most optimistic audio books to come out of Washington during these trying times, Congressman Tim Ryan presents us with an inspiring and hopeful view of our country’s future—and a... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich by Robert Frank Publisher Comments Full of captivating profiles and expert insights into the lives and lifestyles of the nouveau riche, Richistan tells the real story of a new gilded age. The recent explosion of wealth has created a new breed of multimillionaires. Ed Bazinet, for example,... (read more) Your price: $59.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Digital Divide: Writings for and Against Facebook, Youtube, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking by Mark (edt) Bauerlein Publisher Comments Twitter, Facebook, e-publishing, blogs, distance-learning and other social media raise some of the most divisive cultural questions of our time. Some see the technological breakthroughs we live with as hopeful and democratic new steps in education... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability by Lierre Keith Publisher Comments We?ve been told that a vegetarian diet can feed the hungry, honor the animals, and save the planet. Lierre Keith believed in that plant-based diet and spent twenty years as a vegan. But in The Vegetarian Myth, she argues that we?ve been led astray - not... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - MP3 CD
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The Next Decade: Where We've Been...and Where We're Going by George Friedman Publisher Comments The author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world, specifically addressing the skills... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Compact Disc
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The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability by Lierre Keith Publisher Comments We?ve been told that a vegetarian diet can feed the hungry, honor the animals, and save the planet. Lierre Keith believed in that plant-based diet and spent twenty years as a vegan. But in The Vegetarian Myth, she argues that we?ve been led astray - not... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Compact Disc
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