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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich  
Publisher Comments The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage.Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join...
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Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
by Jim Sheeler Publisher Comments Based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning story, Jim Sheeler's unprecedented look at the way our country honors its dead; Final Salute Is a stunning tribute to the brave troops who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan and to the families who continue...
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X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft But Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
by Jeff Gordinier
Powells.com Staff Pick I was very skeptical about this book when I first picked it up — and became even more so when Gordinier predicted my exact reaction. But X Saves the World is impossible to resist: a well-written, extremely funny, and, I have to say, unnervingly...
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Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias
by Andrew D. Blechman Publisher Comments When his next-door neighbors in a quaint New England town suddenly pick up and move to a gated retirement community in Florida, Andrew D. Blechman is astonished by their stories. Larger than Manhattan, with a golf course for every day of the month, two...
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Assassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell
Powells.com Staff Pick Leave it to Sarah Vowell to roam across America in search of the motivations and culture of political murder. Obsessive, edifying, and, of course, witty, Assassination Vacation is unlike any other historical tourism or travel writing book you'll ever...
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The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things
by Barry Glassner
Publisher Comments There has never been another era in modern history, even during wartime or the Great Depression, when so many people have feared so much. Three out of four Americans say they feel more fearful today then they did twenty years ago. The Culture of Fear...
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D Putnam
Publisher Comments In a groundbreaking bestseller based on vast new data, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and our democratic structures--and tells how we may reconnect....
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This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation
by Barbara Ehrenreich Publisher Comments America in the 'aughts — hilariously skewered, brilliantly dissected, and darkly diagnosed by the bestselling social critic hailed as "the soul mate"* of Jonathan Swift. Barbara Ehrenreich's first book of satirical commentary, The Worst Years of...
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Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-Lot Gardeners Are Inventing the Future Today!
by Chris Carlsson Publisher Comments Outlaw bicycling, urban permaculture, biofuels, free software, and even the Burning Man festival are windows into a scarcely visible social transformation that is redefining politics as we know it. As capitalism continues to corral every square inch of...
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The Partly Cloudy Patriot
by Sarah Vowell Publisher Comments Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell -- widely hailed for her inimitable stories on public radio's This...
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Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World
by Sarah Vowell
Publisher Comments One of the most popular commentators on public radio's much-loved "This American Life", Vowell explores her own life and the world around her with a discerning eye, quick wit, and a droll sense of humor. "Take the Cannoli" offers readers a great...
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Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation
by Peter H. (edt) Schuck Publisher Comments What is America? Is it a hegemonic superpower, composed of ruthlessly selfish capitalists? Or is it a land of hope and glory, a shelter for the huddled masses, and a beacon of freedom and enlightenment? The definition of this complex nation has been...
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Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration
by Lewis Lapham Publisher Comments A preeminent political essayist writes about the perversion of America's democratic legacy under George W. Bush and makes a compelling case for impeachment....
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Millennials Rising : the Next Great Generation (00 Edition)
by Neil Howe Publisher Comments By the authors of the bestselling 13th Gen, the first in-depth examination of the Millennials--the generation born after 1982. "Over the next decade, the Millennial Generation will entirely recast the image of youth from downbeat and alientated to...
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Working Poor : Invisible in America (04 Edition)
by David K. Shipler
Powells.com Staff Pick The Working Poor is a deeply impressive book, a thorough and balanced study of the millions of Americans living at or around the poverty line. Shipler's varied portraits and interviews are insightful and moving, and his analysis of causes and...
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Bait and Switch
by Barbara Ehrenreich
Powells.com Staff Pick Bait and Switch, Barbara Ehrenreich's remarkable follow-up to Nickel and Dimed, examines life in the ever-increasing population of the white-collar unemployed. Veering from the absurd (Wizard of Oz dolls) to the unsettling (Christian prayer breakfasts...
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Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World
by Greg Critser Publisher Comments In this astonishing expose, journalist Greg Critser looks beyond the sensational headlines to reveal why nearly 60 percent of Americans are now overweight. Critser's sharp-eyed reportage and sharp-tongued analysis make for a disarmingly funny and truly...
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The Middle-Class Millionaire: The Rise of the New Rich and How They Are Changing America
by Russ Alan Prince Publisher Comments In this groundbreaking book, Prince and Schiff examine the far-reaching impact of the middle class millionaires--people who enjoy a net worth ranging from one to ten million dollars, who have earned rather than inherited their wealth....
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Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family, and Commitment
by Ethan Watters
Publisher Comments The numbers can't be ignored: the current generation of young Americans is delaying marriage longer than any other generation in history. But while the media trumpets this fact in a way that seems designed to scare us, until now no one has really taken...
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The Way We Really Are: Ending the War Over America's Changing Families
by Stephanie Coontz Publisher Comments Stephanie Coontz, the author of The Way We Never Were, now turns her attention to the mythology that surrounds today’s family—the demonizing of “untraditional” family forms and marriage and parenting issues. She argues that while...
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