Journalism
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas : a Savage Journey To the Heart of the American Dream (71 Edition)
by Hunter S. Thompson  
Powells.com Staff Pick When Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer bought the Modern Library in 1925, its mission was ? and still is ? to provide attractive, hardcover editions of important works of literature and thought to serious readers on a budget. The Modern Library became...
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The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Fear, Secrecy, and Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision Making, Degrade Our Democracy, and Put Our Country and Our World in Peril
by Al Gore
Powells.com Staff Pick More astute and timely observations from my favorite candidate who isn't running for President. Recommended by Ted, Powells.com...
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Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq
by Dahr Jamail
Powells.com Staff Pick George Orwell once said, "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." No one has captured that revolutionary spirit more than Dahr Jamail. Jamail, like all of us, heard the lies the media was spewing to justify the U.S....
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What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love
by Carole Radziwill
Powells.com Staff Pick You might think booksellers are the first to hear about all the new and noteworthy books — and it's true that we get advance notice much of the time — but there are just so many new books, month after month, that it often takes bestsellerdom...
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Let Me Finish
by Roger Angell
Powells.com Staff Pick This wonderful collection of personal anecdotes by the New Yorker magazine writer and baseball chronicler comes together into a vivid portrait of a life well lived. Angell is witty and urbane. He deftly balances the deeply felt with a delightful, light...
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Seek: Reports from the Edges of America and Beyond
by Denis Johnson
Powells.com Staff Pick The best thing about Denis Johnson's writing is that he never seems to take the easy way out. Some of these nonfiction pieces in this collection are searing and brutal, a few are soul searching, and a couple just plain funny. They made me think about...
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Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
by Hunter S Thompson
Powells.com Staff Pick I never thought that old Dr. Gonzo would ever be relevant again. Leave it to a conservative administration to prove me wrong. In this collection of pre- and post-9-11 writings, Kingdom of Fear shows that Thompson can still be witty, provocative and...
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Don't Get Too Comfortable (05 Edition)
by Rakoff
Powells.com Staff Pick "Don't Get Too Comfortable is a gratifying reading experience for the misanthrope in all of us. Rakoff has a style and wit that is appropriately cruel towards its deserving targets. If you actually enjoy foie gras, performance art, or stalking...
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Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems
by David Rakoff
Powells.com Staff Pick "Don't Get Too Comfortable is a gratifying reading experience for the misanthrope in all of us. Rakoff has a style and wit that is appropriately cruel towards its deserving targets. If you actually enjoy foie gras, performance art, or stalking...
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What Remains: A Memoir of Fate Friendship
by Carole Radziwill
Powells.com Staff Pick You might think booksellers are the first to hear about all the new and noteworthy books — and it's true that we get advance notice much of the time — but there are just so many new books, month after month, that it often takes bestsellerdom...
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Let Me Finish
by Roger Angell
Powells.com Staff Pick This wonderful collection of personal anecdotes by the New Yorker magazine writer and baseball chronicler comes together into a vivid portrait of a life well lived. Angell is witty and urbane. He deftly balances the deeply felt with a delightful, light...
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The Progressive Guide to Alternative Media and Activism (Seven Stories' Open Media Pamphlet Series)
by Project Censored
Powells.com Staff Pick The Open Media Pamphlet Series For readers of The WTO who want to make a difference, Nader suggests: "Step One: Read this pamphlet and pass it on." I would like to recommend a Step Two: Read other books in the Open Media Pamphlet Series. These...
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Killed: Great Journalism Too Hot to Print
by David Wallis
Powells.com Staff Pick This collection of articles and essays, that never saw the light of day in the publications that commissioned them, shows that the "cover your ass and protect the bottom line" editorial stance is hardly new. Killed is great journalism given a new...
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War Reporting for Cowards
by Chris Ayres
Powells.com Staff Pick Chris Ayres takes readers on a unique journey through the war in Iraq — as a journalist who's terrified of his own shadow. His description of both the philosophical and the mundane aspects of war are incisive and often surprising, and War...
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The Complete New Yorker: Eighty Years of the Nation's Greatest Magazine with DVD-ROMs
by New Yorker
Powells.com Staff Pick The title says it all. This superb — nay, essential — set of eight DVD-ROMs includes everything ever printed in every issue of the New Yorker, right down to the vintage advertisements. The content is searchable in every way possible from your...
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What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love
by Carole Radziwill
Powells.com Staff Pick You might think booksellers are the first to hear about all the new and noteworthy books — and it's true that we get advance notice much of the time — but there are just so many new books, month after month, that it often takes bestsellerdom...
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
Powells.com Staff Pick "We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold." With those words, you are sucked into a brutal and decadent odyssey of drugs, booze, insanity, pain, suffering, and of course, fear and loathing. This is...
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