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The Culture Industry (Routledge Classics) Best Price: $11.80 This collection of essays is very interesting. They all cover a critique of mass culture with... | The Complete Works (Everyman's Library) Best Price: $17.00 Montaigne explained his own purpose for writing these essays: To create a portrait of himself. ... | Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen : Reflections on Sixty and Beyond Best Price: $3.95 Written when McMurtry was 62, WALTER BENJAMIN AT THE DAIRY QUEEN is probably best classified as... | Time of Wonder (Picture Puffin) Best Price: $2.95 The wonders of the world as seen from a child's perspective are rendered beautifully in this... | For the Time Being Best Price: $7.86 I'm not a big reader these days. I picked this up a couple of years ago at a library sale. I had... |
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Nothing's Sacred Best Price: $6.44 Lewis Black is at his very best. Truly, "nothing is sacred" from Lew's uniquely... | Short Takes: Brief Encounters with Contemporary Nonfiction Best Price: $8.92 As a high school English teacher, I have been searching for a good collection of SHORT,... | Crow Boy (Picture Puffins) Best Price: $2.95 Really, if books like this were read more often in schools, I bet bullying would decrease. This... | Selected Political Writings Best Price: $7.65 The Prince is a book everyone should read in order to understand how many kings and rulers who... | The Braindead Megaphone Best Price: $7.22 If you really like Pastoralia for its insanity and out of this world fantasy, then you may not... |
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