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1	Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything more books like this by Steven D Levitt, Stephen J Dubner Economist Steven Levitt is a popularizer in the best sense of that term, and his reality-based view of economics encompasses both how it touches our daily lives (though we may not always see it) and how it can help bring clarity to that messy world we live in. In FREAKONOMICS, written with journalist Stephen J. Dubner, Levitt casts his ... see all copies from $2.87! new only from $14.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream more books like this by Hunter S Thompson A classic of American journalism from the aftermath of the '60s, Hunter S. Thompson's FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, the chronicle of his life on the road and on drugs, was originally published serially in Rolling Stone in 1971. Dubbing himself a "Gonzo journalist," Thompson devoted his entire career to defining that term as a reporter whose ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business more books like this by Neil Postman A brilliant powerful and important book....This is a brutal indictment Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.63! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Hell's Angels; a strange and terrible saga more books like this by Hunter S. Thompson Gonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels--Hell's Angels, that is. He's lived with them, he knows them and their machines, he speaks their language,and he reports it back to the world with all the fearsome force of a souped-up cyclone burning rubber. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $8.28! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Electric Kool Aid Acid Test more books like this by Tom James Wolfe Tom Wolfe's THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST is one of the most essential works on the 1960s counterculture, revolutionizing the way the reporters wrote about the world. This seminal work of the New Journalism, a style which explored the writer's own experience of the journey rather than merely reporting the bare facts, was written in a mind ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $73.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto more books like this by Chuck Klosterman From the author of "Fargo Rock City" comes another hilarious and discerning take on popular culture, exploring everything from the crucial role of breakfast cereal to how John Cusack films destroy the modern meaning of love. see all copies from $4.40! new only from $4.79! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Age of American Unreason more books like this by Susan Jacoby Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon--the addiction to infotainment, from television to the Web, which has resulted in a lazy and credulous public. see all copies from $15.17! new only from $15.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Rules of the Game more books like this by Neil Strauss The author of the bestseller "The Game" returns with the first new Game project--a two-volume pocket set, featuring Strausss first-ever how-to guide for pickup artists, "The StyleLife Challenge," and a new volume of Game stories, "The Style Diaries." see all copies from $13.00! new only from $13.00! \| SVS
9	How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization more books like this by Franklin Foer This wide-ranging work of reportage is a unique and brilliantly illuminating look at the world's most popular sport as a new metaphor for the pressing issues of our age, from the clash of civilizations to the global economy. see all copies from $3.56! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Bobos in Paradise the New Upper Class and How They Got There more books like this by David Brooks In this study of trends and class, a writer defines and decodes a new group in American society which he calls BoBos--a portmanteau word made from "bohemian" and "bourgeois"--who embody a consumerist combination of those two world-views. Brooks engages in what he calls "cosmic sociology," and writes in the tradition of William H.Whyte (THE ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories more books like this by Chuck Palahniuk Chuck Palahniuk abandons fiction for fact in this collection of essays, which includes pieces on Marilyn Manson, his job as a hospice driver, submarines, college wrestling, his father's murder, and the making of the movie of his novel FIGHT CLUB. see all copies from $6.25! new only from $7.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Ascent of Man more books like this by J. Bronowski see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.95! \| first editions
13 view cover	Simulacra and Simulation more books like this by Professor Jean Baudrillard, Sheila Glaser (Translator) Baudrillard's 1981 work on postmodern theory is concerned with the economic matrix and empty reproducibility of contemporary electronic culture. see all copies from $8.95! new only from $11.97! \| SVS
14 view cover	Clubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture more books like this by Frank Owen In this striking debut, a journalist explores the nightclubs of the 1990s and the rise and fall of a decadent nocturnal empire that stretched over several American cities and spawned its own subculture of celebrities and wannabes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market more books like this by Eric Schlosser Marijuana, pornography, and immigrant migration: in common, they share the dubious distinction of having three of the largest black markets in history. And their prosperity is only growing. Noted essayist Schlosser, author of FAST FOOD NATION, examines these three market sectors and dissects what it is about these enterprises that makes them ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers more books like this by Sonia Maasik, Jack Solomon Its unique critical method of cultural analysis continues to make this the most widely adopted of all composition readers that focus on American popular culture -- now revised to respond to students' increasing need to understand and analyze visual culture. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.30! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things more books like this by Dr. Barry Glassner This engaging analysis examines how misinformation cycles through the media, transforms public opinion, and eventually leads to public policy changes. Uncovering the often hidden beneficiaries of these scare tactics, this cautionary tale encourages readers to decipher the reality behind media-fed "fear mongering" and to focus instead on the more ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.52! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Partly Cloudy Patriot more books like this by Sarah Vowell In this collection of essays, an NPR commentator reveals her unabashed interest in Americana, and her gift for social commentary. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.82! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster more books like this by Dana Thomas Thomas, the style and cultural reporter for "Newsweek," takes a hard-hitting look at the world of new luxury, and argues that globalization and corporate greed have ensured that old-time manufacturing has bowed to sweatshops and wild profits to produce mediocre merchandise. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The physics of Star Trek more books like this by Lawrence M. Krauss Written by a renowned theoretical physicist, this book boldly goes where Star Trek has gone before. Lawrence M. Krauss reveals what the series got right--and wrong--in a fascinating voyage through the frontiers of science. The book investigates the plausibilities of faster-than-light speed, holodecks, and cloaking devices and explains the physics ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The social construction of reality; a treatise in the sociology of knowledge more books like this by Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann This book reformulates the sociological subdiscipline known as the sociology of knowledge. Knowledge is presented as more than ideology, including as well false consciousness, propaganda, science and art. see all copies from $3.16! new only from $7.72! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Molvania more books like this by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch Bored by Bulgaria? Tired of Turkey? Try Molvania! But don't leave home without the funniest faux travel guide one will ever read. 138 color photos, 30 illustrations, 18 maps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison more books like this by Jim Morrison For the first time in paperback, here are the poems, diary entries, drawings, and photographs of the dark angel of rock 'n' roll, Jim Morrison. Never before has anyone seen him this way--in detail and with no pulled punches. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.72! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Steal This Book more books like this by Abbie Hoffman Abbie Hoffman's STEAL THIS BOOK was turned down 30 times before it was finally published in 1970. It was banned in Canada, and many stores in the US refused to carry it. The book, of course, became an international sensation, leaping instantly onto the best-seller lists, making Hoffman even more famous than he already was. Hoffman won renown as a ... see all copies from $8.81! new only from $8.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Sociology more books like this by Rodney Stark This text, considered to be a living classic among introductory sociology texts, is written by a major sociology researcher and scholarly author, Rodney Stark. The text introduces students to the methods and theories of sociology by introducing them to the techniques sociologists use to study society, as well as explaining the rationale behind ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.81! \| first editions \| SVS

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