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After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story
After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story
by Michael Hainey
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A decade in the writing, the haunting story of a son’s quest to understand the mystery of his father’s death — a universal memoir about the secrets families keep and the role they play in making us who we are. Michael Hainey had just... (read more)

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
by Hunter S Thompson
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the... (read more)

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Roger Ailes: Off Camera
Roger Ailes: Off Camera
by Zev Chafets
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“When youve got Roger Ailes on your side, you do not lose.”—Rush Limbaugh   Roger Ailes is the quintessential man behind the curtain. He more or less invented modern politi­cal consulting and helped Richard Nixon, Ronald... (read more)

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In Suspect Terrain
In Suspect Terrain
by John Mcphee
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From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indianas drifted diamonds and gold In Suspect Terrain is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three othersa biography; a set piece about a fragment... (read more)

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Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
by Christopher Hitchens
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Arguably collects the finest work by America's foremost rhetorical Pugilist (the Village Voice) in one volume for the first time. Spanning four remarkable decades, this collection includes the author's masterful early writings on civil rights, Vietnam... (read more)

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American Story: A Lifetime Search for Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
American Story: A Lifetime Search for Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
by Bob Dotson
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The host of the NBC Today Show’s popular segment shares his favorite stories of citizens making a difference around the country For the six million people who watch the Emmy Award–winning “American Story with Bob Dotson” on NBC... (read more)

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The Crofter and the Laird
The Crofter and the Laird
by John Mcphee
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When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestorsColonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainlanda hundred and thirty-eight people were living there. About eighty of these, crofters and farmers, had familial histories of unbroken... (read more)

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Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression
Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression
by David Wallis
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Think you live in a society with a free press? These celebrated cartoonists and illustrators found out otherwise. Whether blasting Bush for his "Bring 'em on!" speech, spanking pedophile priests, questioning capital punishment, debating the disputed 2000... (read more)

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The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again
The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again
by Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols
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American journalism is collapsing as newspapers and magazines fail and scores of reporters are laid off across the country. Conventional wisdom says the Internet is to blame, but veteran journalists and media critics Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols... (read more)

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Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else
Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else
by Associated Press
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The Associated Press throws open its archives and invites readers into its news bureaus and out into the field to witness first hand its groundbreaking reporting that made the AP the worlds largest news organization.... (read more)

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Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
by Molly Ivins
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Whether she's writing about redneck politics in her native Texas or the discreet charms of Bushwazee, Molly Ivins in never less than devastatingly honest—and hilarious.  Our toughest, funniest, and savviest columnist delivers the goods on:... (read more)

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Lunch with the FT: 52 Classic Interviews
Lunch with the FT: 52 Classic Interviews
by Lionel Barber
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A selection of Financial Times interviews with high-profile figures in business, politics, the arts, science and more, illustrated in full color.   From film stars to politicians, tycoons to writers, dissidents to lifestyle gurus, Lunch with the FT... (read more)

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Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times
Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times
by Robert Waterman McChesney
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Robert McChesney argues that the media, far from providing a bedrock for freedom and democracy, have become a significant antidemocratic force in the United States and, to varying degrees, worldwide.<P>Rich Media, Poor Democracy addresses the... (read more)

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The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms
The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms
by Ron Rosenbaum
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One part intellectual and one part private eye, Ron Rosenbaum takes readers into "the secret parts" of the great mysteries, controversies, and enigmas of our time, including:the occult rituals of Skull and Bones, the legendary Yale secret society that... (read more)

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Them: Adventures with Extremists
Them: Adventures with Extremists
by Jon Ronson
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A wide variety of extremist groups -- Islamic fundamentalists, neo-Nazis -- share the oddly similar belief that a tiny shadowy elite rule the world from a secret room. In Them, journalist Jon Ronson has joined the extremists to track down the fabled... (read more)

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Hell's Angels (99 Edition)
Hell's Angels (99 Edition)
by Thompson
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"California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and... (read more)

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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
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Tom Wolfe's much-discussed kaleidoscopic non-fiction novel chronicles the tale of novelist Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters. In the 1960s, Kesey led a group of psychedelic sympathizers around the country in a painted bus, presiding over LSD... (read more)

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The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media
by Brooke Gladstone
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A million listeners trust NPR's Brooke Gladstone to guide them through the complexities of the modern media. Bursting onto the page in vivid comics by acclaimed artist Josh Neufeld, this brilliant radio personality guides us through two millennia of... (read more)

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This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
by Jay Allison
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A welcome change from the sloganeering, political mudslinging and products of spin doctors.--The Philadelphia Inquirer Based on the NPR series of the same name, This I Believe features eighty Americans--from the famous to the unknown--completing the... (read more)

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Pulphead: Essays
Pulphead: Essays
by John Jeremiah Sullivan
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I love collections of essays. I almost always have one (or two or three) in a pile on my bedside table. But not since I first read A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace have I loved a book of essays as much as I loved... (read more)

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