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1	The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals more books like this by Michael Pollan add to wishlist Pollan writes about the ecology of the food humans eat and why--what it is, in fact, that we are eating. Discussing industrial farming, organic food, and what it is like to hunt and gather food, this is a surprisingly honest and self-aware account of the evolution of the modern diet. see all copies from $6.47! new only from $7.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The 48 laws of power more books like this by Robert Greene add to wishlist Inspired by Machiavelli's instructional book for young princes, this modern guide for business and everyday life tells how to gain, keep, and distribute power. see all copies from $8.51! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies more books like this by Jared Diamond add to wishlist This history examines the influences of geography and environment on the development of civilization and seeks to find large patterns that might explain why, in the modern period, some groups seem to have significantly greater material wealth than others. The author is an evolutionary biologist and his scientific approach to human history draws ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $8.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Rules for Radicals more books like this by Saul Alinsky add to wishlist This primer tells the "have-nots" how they can organize to achieve real political power for the practice of true democracy. see all copies from $7.25! new only from $7.59! \| SVS
5	Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal more books like this by Eric Schlosser add to wishlist To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. Schlosser, a National Magazine Award-winning journalist, charts the fast food industry's enormous impact on our health, landscape, economy, politics and culture as he transforms the way America thinks about what it eats. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Democracy in America more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville add to wishlist The Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville wrote this classic in French after traveling across America. It is divided into two sections: the first, on government; the second, on the American character. It is considered one of the most perceptive and enduring descriptions of America and Americans ever written. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Chariots of the Gods more books like this by Erich Von Daniken add to wishlist In this bestseller, Erich von Daniken's puts forth the proposition that Earth may have been visited by aliens long ago, and points to archaeological phenomena as evidence. see all copies from $2.77! new only from $3.22! \| SVS
8	The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression more books like this by Amity Shlaes add to wishlist This striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression looks at the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how they had helped to establish the steadfast character that has developed a nation. see all copies from $3.91! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Structure of Scientific Revolutions more books like this by Thomas S Kuhn add to wishlist Thomas S. Kuhn's work explaining the process of scientific discovery. This text is the third edition and incorporates a new index. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining more books like this by Foxfire Fund Inc, Eliot Wigginton (Editor) add to wishlist Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. see all copies from $2.29! new only from $9.74! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship more books like this by Jeffrey Zaslow add to wishlist From the co-author of the bestselling "The Last Lecture" comes a moving tribute to female friendships, with the inspiring story of 11 girls and the women they became. see all copies from $8.42! new only from $12.32! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Life and Death in Shanghai more books like this by Nien Cheng add to wishlist This is a first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to make her confess to the charges of being a British spy failed; all efforts to indoctrinate her were ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community more books like this by Robert D Putnam add to wishlist Based on a 25-year research project, this book documents a significant downward spike in the ways that Americans gather in social groups--and recommends new ways that people can come together for the common good. see all copies from $3.28! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II more books like this by Douglas A Blackmon add to wishlist Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history, the late 1870s through the 1940s when thousands of African-American men were arbitrarily arrested, hit with fines, charged for room and board in state and county jails, and then forced to work off the debt as unpaid laborers. see all copies from $4.01! new only from $4.07! \| SVS
15 view cover	After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection more books like this by James West Davidson add to wishlist This text uses 15 dramatic episodes in American history to show students how historians go about the business of interpreting the past. It discusses historical methods within the context of an historical narrative so that students may learn about American history at the same time as seeing how historians use a variety of evidence (diaries, letters ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor more books like this by Susan Wise Bauer add to wishlist Covering the major events of the ancient world, this guide includes maps, a timeline, illustrations and parental aids. see all copies from $8.53! new only from $9.16! \| SVS
17 view cover	Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling more books like this by John Taylor Gatto add to wishlist This radical treatise on public education has been a best-seller for 10 years! Thirty years of award-winning teaching in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory governmental schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders as cogs in the industrial machine. In celebration of the ten-year ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project more books like this by Dave Isay (Editor) add to wishlist Drawn from the work of StoryCorps, the largest and most ambitious oral history project in American history, this tapestry presents the stories Americans have been sharing from their lives to leave behind to their loved ones. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization more books like this by Graham Hancock add to wishlist The bestselling author of The Sign and the Seal reveals the true origins of civilization. Connecting puzzling clues scattered throughout the world, Hancock discovers compelling evidence of a technologically and culturally advanced civilization that was destroyed and obliterated from human memory. Four 8-page photo inserts. see all copies from $4.12! new only from $11.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Fourth Turning more books like this by William Strauss, Neil Howe add to wishlist Basing their vision on a provocative theory of American history as series of recurring 80- to 100-year cycles, the authors predict that, just after the millennium, America will enter a new era that will culminate with a political and social crisis comparable to the American Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II. "The Fourth Turning" shows ... see all copies from $8.35! new only from $10.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Discipline and Punishment: The Birth of the Prison more books like this by Michel Foucault add to wishlist A history of the development of the science of penology in the West. Foucault, a celebrated French scholar and former professor at the College de France, examines the shift in Western attitudes towards criminal justice and punishment, tracing their shift from an emphasis upon divine justice and retribution in the Middle Ages to the faith in ... see all copies from $5.75! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
22 view cover	Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana more books like this by Haven Kimmel add to wishlist Kimmel, aka "Zippy" because of her propensity as a toddler to race around like a monkey, shares the details of her quirky childhood in the Midwest, where the cast of family characters includes her beauty-queen sister, deeply religious brother, wise mother, and gambling father. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.30! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Unchristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity...and Why It Matters more books like this by David Kinnaman, Gabe Lyons add to wishlist It's a difficult fact to face: the perception that most nonbelievers have of Christianity is overwhelmingly negative. Through groundbreaking research conducted on 16- to 29-year-old non-Christians, released solely through this book, Christians will see how their friends, colleagues, and neighbors really perceive them. "Unchristian" uncovers why ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $9.50! \| SVS
24 view cover	The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life more books like this by Richard Florida add to wishlist The national bestseller that defines a new economic class and shows how it is key to the future of our cities. The Washington Monthly 2002 Annual Political Book Award WinnerThe Rise of the Creative Class gives us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed. Weaving storytelling with masses of new ... see all copies from $2.40! new only from $6.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Real America: Messages from the Heart and Heartland more books like this by Glenn Beck (Read by) add to wishlist Plain-speaking radio host Glenn Beck shares his views on topics such as alcohol, family, politics, race, religion--and the flag. He connects these to mainstream American values, and offers his balance of humor and sincerity to counter what he sees as the doubletalk that too often prevails in the media. see all copies from $4.19! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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