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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
by Sheri Fink
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Sheri Fink’s landmark investigation into the deaths of patients at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, a gripping portrayal of unfolding calamity, vital choices and the suspenseful quest for truth and justice.... (read more)

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Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It
Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It
by David M. Ewalt
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HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS. Ancient red dragons with 527 hit points, +44 to attack, and a 20d10 breath weapon, to be specific. In the world of fantasy role-playing, those numbers describe a winged serpent with immense strength and the ability to spit fire... (read more)

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The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives
The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives
by Sasha Abramsky
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Fifty years after Michael Harrington published his groundbreaking book The Other America, in which he chronicled the lives of people excluded from the Age of Affluence, poverty in America is back with a vengeance. It is made up of both the long-term... (read more)

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The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving
The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving
by Leigh Gallagher
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“The government in the past created one American Dream at the expense of almost all others: the dream of a house, a lawn, a picket fence, two children, and a car. But there is no single American Dream anymore.” For nearly 70 years, the suburbs... (read more)

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The Accidental Playground: Brooklyn Waterfront Narratives of the Undesigned and Unplanned
The Accidental Playground: Brooklyn Waterfront Narratives of the Undesigned and Unplanned
by Daniel Campo
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Highly illustrated and artfully researched, the book will draw readers into a unique space in one of New York City's most popular boroughs. The Accidental Playground explores the remarkable landscape created by individuals and small groups who occupied... (read more)

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So Rich, So Poor (12 Edition)
So Rich, So Poor (12 Edition)
by Peter Edelman
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Income disparities in our wealthy nation are now wider than at any point since the Great Depression. The structure of todays economy has stultified wage growth for half of Americas workers—with even worse results at the bottom and for people of... (read more)

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Buzz: Urban Beekeeping and the Power of the Bee
Buzz: Urban Beekeeping and the Power of the Bee
by Lisa Jean Moore
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“Buzz is a fascinating reminder of the interconnections between humans and animals, even in that most urban of environments, New York City.”—Gary Alan Fine, author of Authors of the Storm: Meteorologists and the Culture of... (read more)

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Childism: Confronting Prejudice Against Children
Childism: Confronting Prejudice Against Children
by Elisabeth Young-bruehl
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"More than a study of child abuse, [Childism] excavates the psychological foundations of destructive attitudes toward children."—Peter Monaghan, Chronicle of Higher Education Washington... (read more)

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Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader
Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader
by Robert Ji-song (edt) Ku
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Chop suey. Sushi. Curry. Adobo. Kimchi. The deep associations Asians in the United States have with food have become ingrained in the American popular imagination. So much so that contentious notions of ethnic authenticity and authority are marked by and... (read more)

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The XX Factor: How the Rise of Working Women Has Created a Far Less Equal World
The XX Factor: How the Rise of Working Women Has Created a Far Less Equal World
by Alison Wolf
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Noted British academic and journalist Alison Wolf offers a surprising and thoughtful study of the professional elite, and  examines the causes—and limits—of women’s rise and the consequences of their difficult choices. The gender... (read more)

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Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Sma
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Sma
by David Robinson Simon
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Few consumers are aware of the economic forces behind the production of meat, fish, eggs, and dairy. Yet omnivore and herbivore alike, the forces of meatonomics affect us in many ways. Most importantly, we've lost the ability to decide for ourselves what... (read more)

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Getting to 50/50: How Working Parents Can Have It All
Getting to 50/50: How Working Parents Can Have It All
by Sharon Meers
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The Road Map to a Great Career, a Good Marriage and a Happy Family Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober are two working moms who believe that everyone wins when men are full parents and women have full careers. They know that families thrive not in spite of... (read more)

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Vampire Culture (Dress, Body, Culture)
Vampire Culture (Dress, Body, Culture)
by Maria Mellins
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Unique and exciting, this ethnographic study is the first to address a little-known subculture, which holds a fascination for many. The first decade of the twenty-first century has displayed an ever increasing fixation with vampires, from the recent... (read more)

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The Prepper's Complete Book of Disaster Readiness: Life-Saving Skills, Supplies, Tactics and Plans
The Prepper's Complete Book of Disaster Readiness: Life-Saving Skills, Supplies, Tactics and Plans
by Jim Cobb
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PREPARE. SURVIVE. THRIVE. Is your survival plan complete from A to Z? Are you truly 100 percent prepared? Because if you overlook one vital area, fail to stock one critical supply or underestimate one potential danger, your whole plan could come crashing... (read more)

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Unwanted Child (09 Edition)
Unwanted Child (09 Edition)
by Harrington
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The baby abandoned on the doorstep is a phenomenon that has virtually disappeared from our experience, but in the early modern world, unwanted children were a very real problem for parents, government officials, and society. The Unwanted Child... (read more)

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Glam: The Performance of Style
Glam: The Performance of Style
by Darren Pih
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Glam, an extravagant, futuristic pop style, emerged in the early 1970s and remains one of the most instantly recognizable but critically derided stylistic phenomena of 20th-century art and cultural history. Known mostly through the music of the era&... (read more)

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Atomic Comics: Cartoonists Confront the Nuclear World
Atomic Comics: Cartoonists Confront the Nuclear World
by Ferenc Morton Szasz
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The advent of the Atomic Age challenged purveyors of popular culture to explain to the general public the complex scientific and social issues of atomic power. Atomic Comics examines how comic books, comic strips, and other cartoon media represented the... (read more)

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The War Conspiracy: JFK, 9/11, and the Deep Politics of War
The War Conspiracy: JFK, 9/11, and the Deep Politics of War
by Peter Dale Scott
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Peter Dale Scott examines the many ways in which war policy has been driven by “accidents” and other events in the field, in some cases despite moves toward peace that were directed by presidents. This book explores the “deep politics... (read more)

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One Summer: America, 1927
One Summer: America, 1927
by Bill Bryson
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One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country—a fascinating and gripping narrative featuring such outsized American heroes as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and... (read more)

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The Nautical Prepper: How to Equip and Survive on Your Bug-Out Boat
The Nautical Prepper: How to Equip and Survive on Your Bug-Out Boat
by William E. Simpson, Iii.
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THE SMART BUG-OUT PLAN When a catastrophic disaster strikes and lawless looting puts land-based shelters at risk, escaping on a boat is absolutely the best way to keep your family together, self-sufficient and safe. Perfect for novice and expert sailors... (read more)

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