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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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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D Putnam
Publisher Comments Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work -- but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone, which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious...
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The Last American Man
by Elizabeth Gilbert
Powells.com Staff Pick Elizabeth Gilbert first met Eustace Conway in New York City, on the sidewalk in front of her apartment. He'd traveled from North Carolina, dressed in handmade buckskin clothing and "carrying an impressive knife on his belt." Gilbert, a...
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
by Chuck Klosterman
Powells.com Staff Pick "Part memoir, part meditation on crappy television, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is a raucous ride through the cultural wasteland of Generation X. Don't think, though, that this book's obsession with meaningless trivia is worthless. Chuck Klosterman's...
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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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Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project
by Dave Isay Publisher Comments Drawn from the work of StoryCorps, the largest and most ambitious oral history project in American history, comes this tapestry of the stories Americans have been sharing from their lives to leave behind to their loved ones. In its two permanent public...
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Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069
by William Strauss Publisher Comments Hailed by national leaders as politically diverse as former Vice President Al Gore and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Generationshas been heralded by reviewers as a brilliant, if somewhat unsettling, reassessment of where America is heading. William...
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Partly Cloudy Patriot (02 Edition)
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 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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Corner : a Year in the Life of an Inner-city Neighborhood (97 Edition)
by David Simon Synopsis From the prize-winning author of "Homicide" and a former police detective comes the searing true story of one of America's most crime-ridden neighborhoods, located in Baltimore, and a family struggling to survive there. of photos....
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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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Overspent American : Why We Want What We Don't Need (98 Edition)
by Juliet B. Schor Publisher Comments The Overspent American explores why so many of us feel materially dissatisfied, why we work staggeringly long hours and yet walk around with ever-present mental "wish lists" of things to buy or get, and why Americans save less than virtually anyone in...
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Letter to a Christian Nation
by Sam Harris
Powells.com Staff Pick Sam Harris is a wonderful, courageous independent thinker. His Letter to a Christian Nation is a dynamic exposé of the hypocrisy inherent in organized religion. Recommended by Adrienne, Powells.com (See all of our Staff Top 5s of 2006)...
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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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There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
by Alex Kotlowitz Publisher Comments The New York Times This meticulous portrait of two boys in a Chicago housing project shows how much heroism is required to survive, let alone escape. Kotlowitz's story informs the heart. San Francisco Chronicle Amid the darkness and ever-present despair,...
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Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expections
by Christopher Lasch Publisher Comments When The Culture of Narcissism was first published, it was clear that Christopher Lasch had identified something important: waht was happening to American society in the wake of the decline of the family over the last century. The book quickly became a...
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What Should I Do If Reverend Billy Is in My Store?
by Bill Talen
Publisher Comments The Reverend Billy is a revivalist preacher who leads the Church of Stop Shopping, an anticonsumerist communion devoted to putting the odd into God. Created by the actor Bill Talen, the Reverend first appeared alongside the sidewalk preachers in New York'...
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The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America
by Katherine S. And Victor Tan Chen Newman Publisher Comments An urgent examination of the lives of millions of hardworking Americans--neither poor nor middle class--who live without a safety net The Missing Class gives voice to the 57 million Americans--including 21 percent of the nation's children-- who are...
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Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen
by Susan Griffin Publisher Comments Susan Griffin, winner of a MacArthur grant and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, is widely recognized as one of the most important feminist thinkers of our day. Griffin has been broadly praised for her erudition and depth...
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Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
by Frank Warren
Powells.com Staff Pick In the movie, In the Mood for Love, Tony Leung whispers his most secret thoughts into a hole in the ruined temple of Angkor Wat. In Bethlehem, pilgrims write out their prayers and wishes and stuff them into tiny cracks between the bricks at the Western...
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