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Pulphead: Essays by John Jeremiah Sullivan Staff Pick 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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S Thompson Publisher Comments Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Rum Diary by Hunter S Thompson Publisher Comments Begun in 1959 by a twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary is a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s. The narrator... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Hitch-22: A Memoir by Christopher Hitchens Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Quotable Hitchens: From Alcohol to Zionism: The Very Best of Christopher Hitchens by Christopher Hitchens Publisher Comments Over the past few decades, the bestselling author of Hitch-22 has crisscrossed the globe debating religious scholars, Catholic clergy, rabbis, and devout Christians on the existence of God--appearances that have attracted thousands of people on both... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Reporting America by Alistair Cooke Publisher Comments Over fifty years of reportage on American life by one of the 20th century's greatest broadcasters for nearly sixty years, Alistair Cooke reported on American life for the BBC. Reporting America is a fascinating account of history in the making. His... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Cronkite by Douglas Brinkley Publisher Comments For decades, Walter Cronkite was known as "the most trusted man in America." Millions across the nation welcomed him into their homes, first as a print reporter for the United Press on the front lines of World War II, and later, in the emerging medium of... (read more) Your price: $34.99 New - Hardcover
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The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J R Moehringer Publisher Comments The bestselling memoir that captured the hearts of readers and critics nationwide is now available in paperback In the tradition of This Boy's Life and The Liar's Club, J.R. Moehringer's The Tender Bar is a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe Publisher Comments Tom Wolfe's much-discussed kaleidoscopic non-fiction novel chronicles the tale of novelist Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters. In the 1960s, Kesey led a group of psychedelic sympathizers around the country in a painted bus, presiding over LSD... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff by Calvin Trillin Publisher Comments For at least forty years, Calvin Trillin has committed blatant acts of funniness all over the place—in The New Yorker, in one-man off-Broadway shows, in his “deadline poetry” for The Nation, in comic novels like Tepper Isn’t Going... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe Publisher Comments "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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Encounters with the Archdruid by John Mcphee Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Control of Nature by John Mcphee Publisher Comments The Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strageties and tactics through which people attempt to control nature.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hell's Angels (96 Edition) by Hunter S. Thompson Publisher Comments "California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Coming Into the Country by John McPhee Publisher Comments Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Annals of the Former World by John McPhee From Powells.com In 1978, New Yorker science writer John McPhee set out on a series of road trips with prominent geologists. In each case, they remained close to Interstate 80, which spans the country at about the 40th parallel. McPhee's purpose was to write an... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News by Dan Rather Publisher Comments This memoir by Dan Rather -- one of the most pre-eminent journalists of our time -- is told in a straightforward and conversational manner so that you hear his distinctive voice on every page. Rather, -- who has won every prestigious journalism award in... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Half Empty by David Rakoff Publisher Comments In this deeply smart and sneakily poignant collection of essays, the bestselling author of Fraud and Don’t Get Too Comfortable makes an inspired case for always assuming the worst—because then you’ll never be disappointed. Whether he... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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No, They Can't: Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed by John Stossel Publisher Comments The government is not a neutral arbiter of truth. It never has been. It never will be. Doubt everything. John Stossel does. A self-described skeptic, he has dismantled societys sacred cows with unerring common sense. Now he debunks the most sacred of... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens by Christopher Hitchens Publisher Comments Arguably collects the finest work by America's foremost rhetorical Pugilist (the Village Voice) in one volume for the first time. Spanning four remarkable decades, this collection includes the author's masterful early writings on civil rights, Vietnam... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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