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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Staff Pick Gladwell's appeal can be traced directly to his studied obsession with familiar objects and events, and his remarkable talent for synthesizing complicated ideas into compelling stories. In The Tipping Point, the author set out to describe how ideas... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Stranger than Fiction: True Stories by Chuck Palahniuk Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of Fight Club and Diary, a collection of essays and journalistic pieces that prove that real life has imagination beaten cold in the strangeness and wonder departments Chuck Palahniuk’s world has always been, well... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (Perennial Classics) by Howard Zinn Publisher Comments Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller From Powells.com "Live from New York is described as 'an uncensored history of Saturday Night Live' and that is exactly what you get: no mincing of words, no glancing blows....See the hatred that Jim Belushi still bears for Bob Woodward for writing about his brother... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko by Mike Royko From Powells.com "One More Time is valuable for more than sentimental reasons, or even just the admiration of Royko's pungent, sharp-edged, undeniably entertaining style. It can be read, quite simply, as a front-row record of the past four decades in American history... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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America (the Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart From Powells.com Why do we love America so much? For the much-celebrated naked pictures of Supreme Court justices? The flashbacks to those stultifyingly dull high school textbooks? Or can it be that seeing the polished irreverence of the Daily Show writers in book form... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Blue Blood by Edward Conlon Publisher Comments The life of a New York City police officer, with the NYPD running through his veins: a highly anticipated nonfiction epic- destined to be a classic. Blue Blood is an important book about what it means to protect, to serve, and to defend among the ranks... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Second City: Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy Theater by Sheldon Patinkin Publisher Comments Hear (on 2 audio CDs – included): * John Belushi try to bluff his way through an oral exam to avoid the draft * Mike Myers as a Canadian border guard who "closes" Canada * Bonnie Hunt singing "Up, Up And Away" as an annoying "on-hold... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $1.50 Used - Hardcover
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