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A Lifetime of Secrets: A Postsecret Book
by Frank Warren  
Powells.com Staff Pick Who doesn't love that feeling of looking through someone else's mail without the risk of getting caught? Here, Warren presents another collection of intimate confessions, shared secrets, and endless pleasure for voyeurs and students of the human...
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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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Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen
by Susan Griffin Publisher Comments Griffin, winner of a MacArthur grant and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, demonstrates that ultimately democracy is not only a system of governance, but, in its fullest form, represents a revolution in consciousness that is...
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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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American Nerd: The Story of My People
by Benjamin Nugent Publisher Comments Most people know a nerd when they see one but can't define just what a nerd is. American Nerd: The Story of My People gives us the history of the concept of nerdiness and of the subcultures we consider nerdy. What makes Dr. Frankenstein the archetypal...
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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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Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do
by Studs Terkel
Publisher Comments Studs Terkel records the voices of America. Men and women from every walk of life talk to him, telling him of their likes and dislikes, fears, problems, and happinesses on the job. Once again, Terkel has created a rich and unique document that is as...
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In Defense of Elitism
by William A Henry Publisher Comments From the Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic for "Time magazine comes the tremendously controversial, yet highly persuasive, argument that our devotion to the largely unexamined myth of egalitarianism lies at the heart of the ongoing "dumbing of...
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The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink
by Mark Dery
Publisher Comments From the far left to the far right, on talk radio and the op-ed page, more and more Americans believe that the social fabric is unraveling. Celebrity worship and media frenzy, suicidal cultists and heavily armed secessionists: modern life seems to have...
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The Spirit of Disobedience: Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption, and the Culture of Total Work
by Curtis White Publisher Comments The intersection of religion and politics is among the most hotly...
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Culture Jam: How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge-And Why We Must
by Kalle Lasn Publisher Comments America is no longer a country but a multimillion-dollar brand, says Kalle Lasn and his fellow "culture jammers". The founder of Adbusters magazine, Lasn aims to stop the branding of America by changing the way information flows; the way institutions...
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What Would Jesus Buy?: Reverend Billy's Fabulous Prayers in the Face of the Shopocalypse (07 Edition)
by Billy Publisher Comments The Church of Stop Shopping was founded by Talen to protest the modern culture of commercialization and consumption. This short and powerful book is designed to entertain, to convince the skeptical, and inspire the converted....
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Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy Signed
by Susan Griffin Publisher Comments Griffin, winner of a MacArthur grant and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, demonstrates that ultimately democracy is not only a system of governance, but, in its fullest form, represents a revolution in consciousness that is...
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House Thinking: A Room-By-Room Look at How We Live
by Winifred Gallagher Publisher Comments This lyrical, room-by-room exploration of the American home past, present, and future reveals how houses reflect identity and affect daily lives....
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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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The Middle Mind: Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves
by Curtis White Publisher Comments Acclaimed social critic Curtis White describes an all-encompassing and little-noticed force taking over our culture and our lives that he calls the Middle Mind: the current failure of the American imagination in the media, politics, education, art...
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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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Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter
by Steven Johnson Publisher Comments Forget everything you've read about the age of dumbed-down, instant-gratification culture. In this provocative, intelligent, and convincing endorsement of today's mass entertainment, national bestselling author Steven Johnson argues that the pop culture...
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Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit, and the Era of Predatory Lenders
by James Scurlock
Powells.com Staff Pick How much money do you owe on your credit card bills? Paying off a mortgage, home equity loan, or college loan, too? Our culture has come to take debt for granted, but this hasn't always been the norm. Over the last generation in America, James Scurlock...
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Chuck Klosterman IV : Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas (06 Edition)
by Chuck Klosterman
Powells.com Staff Pick One of Klosterman's most "dangerous ideas" may be his assertion that Billy Joel is a fantastic songwriter, but, oddly enough, his profile on the singer is not only fascinating, it earned him the wrath of Mr. Joel himself. How ironic! And yet, perhaps...
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