by Elizabeth Gilbert  Review "Gilbert examines America's ongoing infatuation with the frontier and leaves no stone unturned in her exploration of the cultural landscape of masculinity. Why, she asks, do American men continue to find themselves attracted to the wilderness? And what, precisely, does it mean to be a man in today's world?..." Heather Hewett, The Christian Science Monitor (read more) Your price $24.95 (New - Hardcover) check for other copies 
by Malcolm Gladwell  
Powells.com Staff Pick Somewhere along the way to guru-dom, Malcolm Gladwell got tagged as a business writer. Fair enough — The Tipping Point speaks more powerfully to the principles of succesful marketing than any pedestrian semester in the classroom. But while raves... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Barbara Ehrenreich Publisher Comments America in the 'aughts — hilariously skewered, brilliantly dissected, and darkly diagnosed by the bestselling social critic hailed as "the soul mate"* of Jonathan Swift. Barbara Ehrenreich's first book of satirical commentary, The Worst Years of... (read more) Your Price $18.95 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Randall Fitzgerald Publisher Comments In a devastating exposin the tradition of Silent Spring and Fast Food Nation, investigative journalist Randall Fitzgerald warns how thousands of man-made chemicals in our food, water, medicine, and environment are making humans the most polluted species... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Chris Carlsson Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $18.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by David Halberstam Publisher Comments The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles... (read more) Your Price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Tom Brokaw Publisher Comments "In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the fortieth anniversary of D-Day, the massive and daring Allied invasion of Europe that marked the beginning of the end of Adolf Hitler's Third... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Paul Stamets Publisher Comments From the author of Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms comes the only identification guide exclusively devoted to the world's psilocybin-containing mushrooms. Detailed descriptions and color photos for over 100 species are provided, as well as an... (read more) Your Price $32.50 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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Tuesday July 8, 2008
by Alexander Saxton Publisher Comments In this acclaimed historical study, Alexander Saxton establishes the centrality of white racism to American politics and culture. Examining images of race at a popular level--from black-face minstrelsy to the construction of the Western hero, from... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
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... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Sarah Vowell
Publisher Comments One of the most popular commentators on public radio's much-loved "This American Life", Vowell explores her own life and the world around her with a discerning eye, quick wit, and a droll sense of humor. "Take the Cannoli" offers readers a great... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Robert D Putnam
Publisher Comments In a groundbreaking bestseller based on vast new data, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and our democratic structures--and tells how we may reconnect.... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Hunter S. Thompson Publisher Comments "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 East... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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