Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-Lot Gardeners Are Inventing the Future Today!
by Chris Carlsson

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Outlaw bicycling, urban permaculture, biofuels, free software, and even the Burning Man festival are windows into a scarcely visible social transformation that is redefining politics as we know it. As capitalism continues to corral every square inch of... (read more)
 
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Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture
by Daniel Radosh

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What does it mean when a band is judged by how hard they pray rather than how hard they rock? Would Jesus buy "Jesus junk" or wear "witness wear"? What do Christian skate parks, raves, and romance novels say about evangelicalism -- and America? Daniel... (read more)
 
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Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
by Jim Sheeler

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They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no military family ever wants to hear. It begins with a knock at the door. aThe curtains pull away. They come to the door. And they know. They always know, a said Major Steve Beck... (read more)
 
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Gross National Happiness
by Arthur C Brooks

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Who are the happiest Americans? Surveys show that religious people think they are happier than secularists, and secularists think they are happier than religious people. Liberals believe they are happier than conservatives, and conservatives disagree. In... (read more)
 
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Brooklyn Street Art
by Steven P Harrington

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From the warehouses of ultra-hip Williamsburg to the brick facades of Bushwick tenements and DUMBO'S waterfront cool, from subway cars to bridge pylons, the 150 images in this book by photographer Jaime Rojo capture the wide range of mediums and styles... (read more)
 
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Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness
by Elizabeth Farrelly

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I, like you, drive too much. I buy too much--of which I keep too much and also throw too much away. I overindulge my children, and myself. Directly as well as indirectly I use too much water, energy, air and space. My existence, in short, costs the... (read more)
 
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The Averaged American: Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public
by Sarah E Igo

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Americans today andldquo;knowandrdquo; that a majority of the population supports the death penalty, that half of all marriages end in divorce, and that four out of five prefer a particular brand of toothpaste. Through statistics like these, we feel that... (read more)
 
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Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen
by Susan Griffin

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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... (read more)
 
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Trading Up: Why Consumers Want New Luxury Goods--And How Companies Create Them
by Michael J. Silverstein

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Trading up isnat just for the wealthy anymore. These days no one is shocked when an administrative assistant buys silk pajamas at Victoriaas Secret. Or a young professional buys only Kendall-Jackson premium wines. Or a construction worker splurges on a... (read more)
 
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Obit.: Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Led Extraordinary Lives
by Jim Sheeler

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Like Everything I Really Needed to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten, or Tuesdays with Morrie, Obit is a wise and deeply moving book that illuminates the human condition. For ten years, Jim Sheeler has scoured Colorado looking for subjects whose stories he... (read more)
 
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Leaving Dirty Jersey: A Crystal Meth Memoir
by James Salant

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With his nickname, Dirty Jersey, tattooed on the inside of his left forearm, James Salant wanted everyone to know he was a tough guy. At the age of eighteen, after one too many run-ins with the cops for drug possession, he left his upper-middle-class... (read more)
 
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Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism
by Bill Kauffman

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From “the finest literary stylist of the American right,” a surprising and spirited account of how true conservatives have always been antiwar and anti-empire (Allan Carlson, author of The American Way) Conservatives love war, empire... (read more)
 
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The Fabric of America: How Our Borders and Boundaries Shaped the Country and Forged Our National Identity
by Andro Linklater

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An evocative and highly original narrative that redefines America’s character and identity.With the same mix of compelling narrative history and captivating historical argument that made his previous book, Measuring America, such a success, Andro... (read more)
 
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The Sixties Unplugged: A Kaleidoscopic History of a Disorderly Decade
by Gerard J. Degroot

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andldquo;If you remember the Sixties,andrdquo; quipped Robin Williams, andldquo;you werenandrsquo;t there.andrdquo; That was, of course, an oblique reference to the mind-bending drugs that clouded perceptionandmdash;yet time has proven an equally... (read more)
 
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Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today's Pop Mysticisms
by Robert M. Price

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A noted religious scholar examines the historical roots and the current appeal of today's pop mysticisms. Critical and appreciative at the same time, Price applies his impressive background in theology and biblical criticism to put these trends in... (read more)
 
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