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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott
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"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was  ten years old at the time, was trying to get a  report on birds written that he'd had three months to  write. It was due the next day. We were out at our  family... (read more)

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    Hell's Angels (96 Edition)

    Hunter S. Thompson 9780345410085
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    Pulphead: Essays

    John Jeremiah Sullivan 9780374532901
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    Silk Parachute

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Pulphead: Essays
Pulphead: Essays
by John Jeremiah Sullivan
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I love collections of essays. I almost always have one (or two or three) in a pile on my bedside table. But not since I first read A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace have I loved a book of essays as much as I loved... (read more)

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You Are Being Lied to: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes and Cultural Myths
You Are Being Lied to: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes and Cultural Myths
by Russell Kick
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You Are Being Lied Tois a massive collection of articles that ruthlessly destroy the distortions, myths, and outright lies that are fed to us by the government, the media, corporations, history books, organized religion, science and medicine, and society... (read more)

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General
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
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"An American classic" (Newsweek) that defined a generation. “An astonishing book” (The New York Times Book Review) and an unflinching portrait of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters, and the 1960s.... (read more)

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Media Studies
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The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media
by Brooke Gladstone
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A million listeners trust NPR's Brooke Gladstone to guide them through the complexities of the modern media. Bursting onto the page in vivid comics by acclaimed artist Josh Neufeld, this brilliant radio personality guides us through two millennia of... (read more)

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The Pine Barrens
The Pine Barrens
by John Mcphee
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Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that runs between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national parks, which has been known since the seventeenth century as... (read more)

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Encounters with the Archdruid
Encounters with the Archdruid
by John Mcphee
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The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and... (read more)

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Hitch-22: A Memoir
Hitch-22: A Memoir
by Christopher Hitchens
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Most who have observed Christopher Hitchens over the years would agree that he possesses a ferocious intellect and is unafraid to tackle the most contentious subjects. Now 60, English-born and American by adoption; all atheist and partly Jewish; bohemian... (read more)

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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
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
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“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 to—and somehow Mike Edison does .... (read more)

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The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect
The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect
by Bill Kovach
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In July 1997, twenty-five of America's most influential journalists sat down to try and discover what had happened to their profession in the years between Watergate and Whitewater. What they knew was that the public no longer trusted the press as it... (read more)

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Bestsellers

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May 29, 2012
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
  1. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
    by Anne Lamott
  2. Pulphead: Essays
    by John Jeremiah Sullivan
  3. Fraud
    by David Rakoff
  4. Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
    by Hunter S Thompson
  5. Library of America #77-7: Reporting World War II Volume 2: American Journalism
    by Samuel Hynes
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