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A good place to live :America's last migration
by Terry Pindell Book News Annotation Gleaned from his research based on travels around the country, the author provides a detailed description of 16 of his favorite cities and towns with a healthy sense of community. The book emphasizes such features as communal gathering places, natural...
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The Faber book of America
by Christopher Ricks Book News Annotation Not an anthology of literature about America, or one of pious, platitudinous self-congratulation, but a remarkably varied collection of memoirs, speeches, commentary, poetry, and fiction, by residents and visitors alike, that portray the diversity of...
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America's downtowns :growth, politics & preservation
by Richard Collins Book News Annotation Reports on an effort by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to assess the effectiveness of efforts in 10 cities to integrate preservation values into the local policies that shape downtown growth and development. The cities studied are...
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American: Beyond Our Greatest Notion
by Chris Matthews Publisher Comments From Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball, star of NBC's The Chris Matthews Show, and the New York Times bestselling author of Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think comes this celebration of the American Spirit. Fiercely independent, in love with...
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Declining fortunes :the withering of the American dream
by Katherine Newman Book News Annotation A thoughtful portrait of the baby boom generation and its subgroups, exploring the differences in expectations and economic reward experienced by the boomers and their parents. Anthropologist Newman (Columbia U.) draws on extensive interviewing...
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Illegal Drugs (Current Controversies)
by Charles P Cozic Synopsis Despite efforts to stanch the inflow of cocaine, marijuana, and other drugs, the problems associated with the illegal drug trade persist. Some commentators call for an intensified "war on drugs" and a crackdown on traffickers and dealers, while others...
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Twilight's Last Gleaming: The Price of Happiness in America
by James R Cooper Publisher Comments Are Americans burning themselves out from stress? Have the living conditions and the pace of the modern urban lifestyle made the attainment of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness impossible? In Twilight's Last Gleaming, James R. Cooper proposes a...
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Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts: A Review of the Scientific Evidence
by Lynn Etta Zimmer Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-233) and index....
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Coming of Age the Story of Our Century
by Studs Terkel Description Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-163)....
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Drug Testing at Work: A Guide for Employers and Employees
by Beverly A Potter Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-269) and index....
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Gathering storm :America's militia threat
by Morris Dees Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-241) and index....
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American Social Classes in the 1950s
by Packard And Horowitz Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-206) and index....
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Tainted truth :the manipulation of fact in America
by Cynthia Crossen Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-256) and index....
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Warrior dreams :violence and manhood in post-Vietnam America
by James Willia Gibson Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-341) and index....
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The Scapegoat Generation: America's War on Adolescents
by Mike Males Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-318) and index....
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Making peace with the 60s
by David Burner Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-286) and index....
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American originals :the private worlds of some singular men and women
by Geoffrey C Ward Description Includes bibliographical references and index....
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The lost city :discovering the forgotten virtues of community in the Chicago of the 1950s
by Alan Ehrenhalt Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-293) and index....
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Coming to Zion
by James B Allen TOC Native women on the Utah frontier / Ronald W. Walker -- Brigham Young and Mormon Indian policies : the formative period, 1836-1851 / Lawrence G. Coates -- The constitution of the state of Deseret / Peter Crawley -- Theory and practice of church and state...
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Half a truth is better than none :some unsystematic conjectures about art, disorder, and American experience
by John Kouwenhoven TOC A preliminary note on the lay of the land -- American culture: words or things? -- The trouble with translation -- Urban despair and the cities' hope --Architecture as environmental technology -- Democracy, machines, and vernacular design -- The Eiffel...
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