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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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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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Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping
by Judith Levine
Publisher Comments Shocked by the commerce in everything from pet cloning to patriotism, frightened by the downward spiral of her finances and that of the trash-strewn earth, Judith Levine enlists her partner, Paul, in a radical experiment: to forgo all but the most...
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Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities
by Alexandra Robbins Publisher Comments Alexandra Robbins was puzzled when her eighteen-year-old sister announced that she planned to rush one of her college??'s many sororities. Wanting to find out if the clich?? stereotypes about sorority girls were actually true, Robbins went undercover in...
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Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America
by Morgan Spurlock Publisher Comments The nauseating truth from the producer, director, and guinea pig of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Super Size Me, Just when you figured it was safe to scarf fries again comes the factpacked and funny new alarm bell from the man whose month-long...
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser
Powells.com Staff Pick "What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the last forty thousand," Schlosser observes, yet most Americans know very little about how that food is made, where, by whom, and at what cost. Fast Food Nation traces the industry's...
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Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-made Landscape
by James Howard Kunstler Publisher Comments The Geography of Nowhere traces America's evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where every place is like no place in particular, where the cities are dead zones and the countryside is a wasteland of cartoon...
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Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (with Kids) in America
by Michelle Kennedy Publisher Comments The shocking story of a suburban mother's plunge into homelessness Michelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married her high school sweetheart and settled in the suburbs...
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Good to Great in the Social Sectors
by Jim Collins Publisher Comments Jim Collins answers the social sector with a monograph to accompany Good to Great. 30-50% of those who bought Good to Great work in the social sector. This monograph is a response to questions raised by readers in the social sector. It is not a new...
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Working Stiff: The Misadventures of an Accidental Sexpert (P.S.)
by Grant Stoddard Publisher Comments A twenty-two-year-old perennial virgin, Englishman Grant Stoddard didn't know what to do with his life in America—until he won an X-rated online contest, the prize being intercourse with an infamous married sex columnist. He consequently wound up...
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The Art of War
by Sun Tzu and Samuel B. Griffith Publisher Comments Written in China more than 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War is the first known study of the planning and conduct of military operations. These terse, aphoristic essays are unsurpassed in comprehensiveness and depth of understanding...
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Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World
by Sarah Vowell
Publisher Comments Take the Cannoli is a moving and wickedly funny collection of personal stories stretching across the immense landscape of the American scene. Vowell tackles subjects such as identity, politics, religion, art, and history with a biting humor. She...
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Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping
by Judith Levine Publisher Comments Many of us have tried to call a halt to our spending at one time or another. But what if we decided not to buy anything for a whole year? Obviously, we would need necessities like food and soap, but how would be manage without new clothes, treats...
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty
by Muhammad Yunnus
Publisher Comments Muhammad Yunus is that rare thing: a bona fide visionary. His dream is the total eradication of poverty from the world. In 1983, against the advice of banking and government officials, Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of...
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Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
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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The Heart of Social Change: How to Make a Difference in Your World
by Marshall B. Rosenberg Publisher Comments The tenets of Nonviolent Communication are applied to a variety of settings, including the classroom and the home, in these booklets on how to resolve conflict peacefully. Illustrative exercises, sample stories, and role-playing activities offer the...
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Branded Nation: The Marketing of Megachurch, College, Inc., and Museumworld
by James B Twitchell Publisher Comments Branding has become so successful and so ubiquitous that even cultural institutions have embraced it. In this witty and trenchant social analysis, James Twitchell shows how churches, universities, and museums have learned to embrace Madison Avenue rather...
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The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker
by Mike Rose Publisher Comments As did the national bestseller Nickel and Dimed, Mike Roses revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters...
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The Book of Snobs
by William Makepeace Thackeray Publisher Comments England may not have a monopoly on snobbery, but the nation is a past master in its practice, as Thackeray realized when he embarked on his priceless satirical account of the snobs of England. Serialized in Punch in 1846/47, his hilarious portraits...
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No More Prisons: Urban Life, Homeschooling, Hip-Hop Leadership, the Cool Rich Kids Movement, a Hitchhiker's Guide to Community Organizi
by William Ups Wimsatt Publisher Comments Winner of the 2000 Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Best Book, Politics....
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