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 Joe Bageant
Powells.com Staff Pick Deer Hunting with Jesus is a hilarious, depressing, and painfully honest chronicle of an America often cited but rarely listened to: rural lower-class whites. With brilliant, spot-on detail, Joe Bageant reports on the historical, economic, and... (read more) Your Price $9.50 (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 $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Elaine Tyler May Publisher Comments In the 1950s, the term "containment" referred to the foreign policy-driven containment of Communism and atomic proliferation. Yet in Homeward Bound May demonstrates that there was also a domestic version of containment where the "sphere of influence" was... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Susan Quinn Publisher Comments A vivid portrait of the turbulent 1930s and the Roosevelt administration as seen through the WPA’s Federal Theater Project.Under the direction of a five-foot redheaded firecracker, Hallie Flanagan, the Federal Theater Project managed to turn a WPA... (read more) Your Price $25.99 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Jason King Publisher Comments Renowned pot connoisseur and photographer King shows off the best marijuana strains, from the coffee shops in Amsterdam to the volcanoes of Hawaii--each accompanied by stunning photos and enlightened commentary. Housed in a gorgeous slipcase box, this... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Thomas M Allen Publisher Comments The development of the American nation has typically been interpreted in terms of its expansion through space, specifically its growth westward. In this innovative study, Thomas Allen posits time, not space, as the most significant territory of the young... (read more) Your Price $22.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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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 $3.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Judith Levine
Publisher Comments Shocked by the commerce in everything from pet cloning to patriotism, frightened by the downward spiral of her finances and that of the trash-strewn earth, Judith Levine enlists her partner, Paul, in a radical experiment: to forgo all but the most... (read more) Your Price $6.50 (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 $7.98 (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
Publisher Comments From an acclaimed conservative historian and former military officer, a bracing call for a pragmatic confrontation with the nation's problems The Limits of Power identifies a profound triple crisis facing America: the economy, in remarkable disarray, can... (read more)
by Barbara Ehrenreich
Powells.com Staff Pick Bait and Switch, Barbara Ehrenreich's remarkable follow-up to Nickel and Dimed, examines life in the ever-increasing population of the white-collar unemployed. Veering from the absurd (Wizard of Oz dolls) to the unsettling (Christian prayer breakfasts... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
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