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A good place to live :America's last migration
by Terry Pindell

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Coming of Age the Story of Our Century
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Coming of Age the Story of Our Century
by Studs Terkel

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Drug Testing at Work: A Guide for Employers and Employees
by Beverly A Potter

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Gathering storm :America's militia threat
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Gathering storm :America's militia threat
by Morris Dees

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American Social Classes in the 1950s
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American Social Classes in the 1950s
by Packard And Horowitz

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Tainted truth :the manipulation of fact in America
by Cynthia Crossen

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Warrior dreams :violence and manhood in post-Vietnam America
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Warrior dreams :violence and manhood in post-Vietnam America
by James Willia Gibson

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The Scapegoat Generation: America's War on Adolescents
by Mike Males

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Making peace with the 60s
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Making peace with the 60s
by David Burner

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American originals :the private worlds of some singular men and women
by Geoffrey C Ward

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The lost city :discovering the forgotten virtues of community in the Chicago of the 1950s
by Alan Ehrenhalt

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Coming to Zion
by James B Allen

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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

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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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