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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls Publisher Comments “Nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly), The Glass Castle is the bestselling, critically acclaimed, highly publicized, and celebrated memoir by Jeannette Walls.Millions of readers have been transformed by Jeannette Walls’s... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Party of One: The Loner's Manifesto by Anneli Rufus Publisher Comments The Buddha. Rene Descartes. Emily Dickinson. Greta Garbo. Bobby Fischer. J. D. Salinger: Loners, all—along with as many as 25 percent of the world's population. Loners keep to themselves, and like it that way. Yet in the press, in films, in folklore,... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser 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... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs Staff Pick Ever wonder why we have suburbs? Or why we wanted them in the first place? What about the lovely ideal of the Parisian street lined with cafes and shops? Why don't we have more of those? Or would we want them at all? Then read this! If you live in, near,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-made Landscape by James Howard Kunstler Publisher Comments In this "eminently relevant and important book" (Library Journal), the author traces the evolution of America's landscape, where every place looks like no place in particular, and where accommodating the automobile jeopardizes the individual and the... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell Staff Pick Unfamiliar Fishes is a lively examination of America's influence in the Hawaiian Islands, from the early-19th-century conversion efforts of Christian missionaries to the coup led by their grandchildren. Vowell keeps the story moving with rich... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh Publisher Comments In this "riveting"(The New York Times) work of nonfiction, a sociologist infiltrates the world of Chicago's crack-dealing gangs First presented in Freakonomics, the story of a young sociologist who embedded himself in Chicago's most notorious gang and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch Publisher Comments What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston... (read more) List Price $24.50 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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With No Direction Home: Homeless Youth on the Road and in the Streets (Case Studies on Contemporary Social Issues) by Marni Finkelstein Publisher Comments This book gives voice to the homeless youth and is rich with material on their everyday lives, including living conditions and street experiences. The case study's strength lies in its ethnographic methodology, which combines direct observations and... (read more) List Price $48.45 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Always Running La Vida Loca Gang Day by Luis J Rodriguez Publisher Comments By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests, then watched with increasing fear as drugs, murder, suicide, and senseless acts... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Stat-spotting: a Field Guide To Identifying Dubious Data (08 Edition) by Joel Best Publisher Comments Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Solnit Publisher Comments "The freshest, deepest, most optimistic account of human nature I've come across in years." -Bill McKibben The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Truth Behind the "Mommy Wars": Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother? by Miriam Peskowitz Publisher Comments - Forty percent of mothers in the U.S. work full time, 25 percent stay at home and report no paid income, and 35 percent work part... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K Shipler Staff Pick The Working Poor is a deeply impressive book, a thorough and balanced study of the millions of Americans living at or around the poverty line. Shipler's varied portraits and interviews are insightful and moving, and his analysis of causes and suggestions... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together by Ron Hall and Denver Moore and Lynn Wincent Publisher Comments A modern-day slave and an international art dealer are bound together by a dying womans faith. Will Ron, the art dealer, be able to embrace Denver, whos been homeless for almost 20 years? Will Denver learn to trust a white man? Theres pain and laughter... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas by Chuck Klosterman 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 not.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Citizen's Guide to Planning (Citizens Planning) by Duerksen Publisher Comments APA's popular primer for citizens is all new For decades, planning officials and engaged citizens have relied on The Citizens Guide to Planning ? for a better understanding of the basics of planning. Now, Duerksen, Dale, and Elliott have revised this... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Columbine by Dave Cullen Publisher Comments On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up their school, Oklahoma City-style, and to leave "a lasting impression on the world." Their bombs failed, but the ensuing shooting defined a new... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell 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... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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