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1	American gods more books like this by Neil Gaiman After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the days, then the hours, then the seconds until his release tick away, he can feel a storm building. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in apparently adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the bizarre Mr ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic more books like this by Joseph J Ellis From the prizewinning author of the bestselling "Founding Brothers" and "American Sphinx" comes this masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. see all copies from $6.36! new only from $10.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation more books like this by Jon Meacham Brilliantly articulating an argument that links the Founding Fathers to an insightful, contemporary point of view, "American Gospel" renews readers' understanding of history, and what public religion has meant in America. see all copies from $4.92! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Partly Cloudy Patriot more books like this by Sarah Vowell In "The Partly Cloudy Patriot," 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 narratives on public radio's "This American Life" -- ponders a number of curious questions: Why ... see all copies from $5.24! new only from $6.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project more books like this by Dave Isay 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 $6.45! new only from $7.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Last American Man more books like this by Elizabeth Gilbert This portrait, which grew from a profile published in GQ, studies the life of mountain-man Eustace Conway, who upon running away from his family, pursued a survivalist lifestyle in the North Carolina woods--and flourished. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life more books like this by Robert N Bellah First published in 1985, "Habits of the Heart" continues to be one of the most discussed interpretations of modern American society, a quest for a democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions. In a new preface the authors relate the arguments of the book both to the current realities of American society and to the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Americans: The Colonial Experience more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin THE AMERICANS: THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE is the first volume in Boorstin's three-volume work THE AMERICANS. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	What's So Great about America more books like this by Dinesh D'Souza Culture critic D'Souza debunks what he sees as the standard liberal charges against the United States--such as that it is decadent and an inheritor of the West's colonial heritage. He celebrates the American values of liberty, freedom, and individuality, and shows how they argue against such a view. D'Souza regrets that anti-American views seem to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	American Dreams: Lost & Found more books like this by Studs Terkel What is the American Dream? Ordinary Americans of every stripe discuss their dreams and hopes, and how those dreams and hopes have been fulfilled or dashed in the years since the Second World War. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Americans: The National Experience more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin The nation was beginning not at one time or place, but again an again, under men's very eyes. Americans were forming new communities and reforming old communities all over the world expanse of the western world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.28! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Real America: Messages from the Heart and Heartland more books like this by Glenn Beck (Read by) There are some things people think but don't say.... "Political correctness is the classic Great Idea Gone Wrong. All it's done is shut us up. It hasn't changed anybody's mind. It hasn't changed our hearts. It's changed our faces. It's taken every opinion we have, it's taken every joke we have, and it's forced us to conceal it and hide it and bury ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.08! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville more books like this by Bernard-Henri Levy At a time when Americans are anxious about how the world perceives them and, indeed, keen to make sense of themselves, a brilliant and sympathetic foreign observer has arrived to help begin a new conversation about the meaning of America. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Freedom: A History of Us more books like this by Joy Hakim This volume focuses on the history of the United States through stories of human freedom aspired to and won, beginning with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and culminating in the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 60s and the advances that have been made since. The book provides a picture of the people and events that shaped America. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country more books like this by Howard Fineman Fineman presents a brilliant new organizing principle to clarify the political issues that dominate American life. According to the author, there have been 13 main clashes of ideas--and every major debate can be traced back to one of these frameworks. see all copies from $10.78! new only from $13.92! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea That Shaped a Nation more books like this by Jim Cullen "The American Dream" is one of the most familiar and resonant phrases in our national lexicon, so familiar that we seldom pause to ask its origin, its history, or what it actually means. In this fascinating short history, Jim Cullen explores the meaning of the American Dream, or rather the several American Dreams that have both reflected and ... see all copies from $4.33! new only from $11.05! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin The author introduces the seminal concept of "pseudo-events"--such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are staged solely for publicity--and redefines celebrity as "a person who is known for his well-knownness". The result is an essential resource that distinguishes the deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.21! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character, Abridged and Revised Edition more books like this by David Riesman, Nathan Glazer, Reuel Denney The Lonely Crowd is considered by many to be the most influential book of the twentieth century. Its now-classic analysis of the 'new middle class' in terms of inner-directed and other-directed social character opened exciting new dimensions in our understanding of the psychological, political, and economic problems that confront the individual in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.32! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Why Do People Hate America? more books like this by Ziauddin Sardar, Merryl Wyn Davies Not just another 9/11 book, this controversial United Kingdom bestseller is for those who are trying to understand why America is a target for hate. The authors explore the global impact of America's foreign policy, corporate power, and the TV and Hollywood machine. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.48! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilledthe Promise of Democracy more books like this by Andro Linklater In 1790, America was in enormous debt, having depleted what little money and supplies the country had during its victorious fight for independence. Before the nation's greatest asset, the land west of the Ohio River, could be sold it had to be measured out and mapped. And before that could be done, a uniform set of measurements had to be chosen ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	America's Victories: Why the U.S. Wins Wars and Will Win the War on Terror more books like this by Larry Schweikart A co-author of "A Patriot's History of the United States" offers a conservative perspective on the amazing success of America's armed forces. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
22 view cover	Who Are We: The Challenges to America's National Identity more books like this by Samuel P Huntington In his seminal work "The Clash of Civilizations" and the "Remaking of World Order," Samuel Huntington argued provocatively and presciently that with the end of the cold war, "civilizations" were replacing ideologies as the new fault lines in international politics. His astute analysis has proven correct. Now Professor Huntington turns his ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $9.23! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Generation of Vipers more books like this by Philip Wylie Perhaps the most vitriolic attack ever launched on the American way of living-from politicians to professors to cars to Mom-Generation of Vipers ranks with the works of De Tocqueville and Emerson in defining the American character and malaise. Wylie's classic, written with devastating wit and a pen as sharp as a barber's razor, wages war on all ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Age of Fallibility: The Consequences of the War on Terror more books like this by George Soros After reflecting on his support of a losing Democrat for president, George Soros steps back to revisit his views on why George Bush's policies around the world fall short in the arenas most important to Soros: democracy, human rights and open society. As a survivor of the Holocaust and a life-long proponent of free expression, Soros understands ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fifties more books like this by Tom Brokaw In this autobiography, renowned television journalist looks at his days growing up in South Dakota and how that experience has stayed with him, influencing his various career decisions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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