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 Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and AmericaBest Price: $16.78 Tough's account of Promise Academy and Canada's vision tugs at your heartstrings. It's an... |  GomorrahBest Price: $16.50 In America, we've almost romanticized the gangster lifestyle with depictions like those in the... |  Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)Best Price: $14.24 I wanted so much to like this book. I was thinking it was another one of those pop psych books... |  Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing ChinaBest Price: $16.83 If you are anything like me, you have wondered about the lives and work conditions of the... |  State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of AmericaBest Price: $16.45 With the price of gas, many folks are giving up vacations for 'armchair travel' and this type of... |
 The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American DreamBest Price: $14.02 "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" is Barack Obama's... |  The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big DifferenceBest Price: $1.82 If you are a sociologists probably you would not think that this is an interesting book, but if... |  The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About ItBest Price: $8.97 This book gives great insight on how complex nations really are and that there is a soulution... |  Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That WorksBest Price: $17.43 Newt has a strong grasp on the issues facing the American people. What's more important, he... |  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Amazing Sex, Third EditionBest Price: $11.44 ...with elderly Mexican widows! Well sir if thats you,or if you are similarly having a not so... |
 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall DownBest Price: $5.69 marvelous book, well worth a thoughtful read; a little Hmong girl caught between well-meaning... |  The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It MattersBest Price: $15.94 "The Big Necessity" contains a fair amount of interesting information. Two billion,... |  The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern IranBest Price: $16.05 What a very nice surprise it was to see that much of the book is about the centuries-old... |  The Wisdom of CrowdsBest Price: $8.80 I love books that take a new and unique idea, thoroughly research and expand the idea, and then... |  Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the DyingBest Price: $7.00 This book was informative and comforting to me after I lost my mother to cancer. I wished I'd... |
 The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a GoddessBest Price: $10.77 This book is easy to read and is packed with information. I am about 15 workouts into the... |  Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods ApproachesBest Price: $41.64 The book arrived in a timely fashion and was in excellent condition. This is a wonderfully well... |  The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around ThemBest Price: $7.94 The Freedom Writers Diary is a powerful story of how one person changed 150 lives in their high... |  Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or SucceedBest Price: $8.95 The esteemed Jared Diamond, author of one of the most insightful and profound books of the... |  The Innocent ManBest Price: $1.80 It's becoming a well known fact in the US - there are two different justice systems, one for... |
 Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About ContentmentBest Price: $33.10 Phil Zuckerman, a social scientist, has a really pleasant story to tell in this easy-to-read... |  Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World (Bradford Books)Best Price: $14.25 Dr. Pentland's research and the use of "sociometer" will offer a way to perform a... |  The Bitch, the Crone, and the Harlot: Reclaiming the Magical Feminine in MidlifeBest Price: $19.71 During middle age women often struggle with redefining themselves. This book is a wonderful... |  Sex, Lies, and Handwriting: A Top Expert Reveals the Secrets Hidden in Your HandwritingBest Price: $8.14 I heard the author on the Opie and Anthony show, and bought the book immediately. I had read... |  The Complete Guide to Asperger's SyndromeBest Price: $15.71 It has now been several months since reading Tony Attwood's excellent book and I have pulled it... |
 Fast Food NationBest Price: $1.50 This is outrageous propaganda! I am truly disgusted at how much they insult McDonalds. McDonalds... |  Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital NativesBest Price: $12.97 There is nothing more important than the safety of our children. There is also nothing more... |  The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series)Best Price: $13.04 This book was very helpful in my own spiritual journey. It's worth all the time you'll spend... |  Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our NationBest Price: $11.95 This book certainly adds to my knowledge and understanding of colonial history. Cokie Roberts... |  Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture ManifestoBest Price: $5.65 I listened to this book on CD; it is read by the author, and there were moments in which I felt... |
 How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and LifeBest Price: $5.99 This is an interesting little book and easy to read. If you get anything from this book, it... |  Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful ActsBest Price: $8.91 I'm not usually a big fan of 'self-help' books, but I was caught by the title and couldn't... |  Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in AmericaBest Price: $7.49 This book tells the reality for too many Americans, who don't qualify for the Bush/McCain tax... |  Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the PrisonBest Price: $8.44 By the time that Michel Foucault published DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH in 1975, he had already made a... |  Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesBest Price: $2.99 This is a truly profound book, and quite elegantly written. The central insight is how geography... |
 Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in AmericaBest Price: $1.98 I had heard of this book for several years prior to finding it the thrift store. I'm very glad I... |  Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American CommunityBest Price: $5.97 I am currently enrolled in American Society and this is the corresponding textbook. After... |  Go Ask AliceBest Price: $4.50 I read this book in college for a children's lit class. I was not impressed. It is a... |  American PastoralBest Price: $6.70 This brilliant work of Art has many themes. It resonated with me as an examination of dreams... |  OrientalismBest Price: $8.00 Edward Said, the celebrated scholar and stone thrower,(1) treats us to a generous helping of... |
 I Think, I Am!: Teaching Kids the Power of AffirmationsBest Price: $7.54 Just a quick note of thanks to Louise again a wonderful collection of affirmations. I have quite... |  The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our TimeBest Price: $7.70 What do Bono, and countless other celebrities have in common with the author? A: They've always... |  A Conflict of Visions: Idealogical Origins of Political StrugglesBest Price: $10.68 If you want to know why Republicans believe what they do, and why Democrats believe what they... |  People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve ConflictsBest Price: $6.56 Although "People Skills" was first published in 1986, I feel obliged to review it as... |  Women Who Love Too MuchBest Price: $8.75 This book helped me through a very turbulent time. It addresses many issues that are simply... |
 In Cold BloodBest Price: $4.98 This book is essentially a detailed and well-crafted piece of journalism with the level and... |  Sex and the CityBest Price: $3.89 I was very disaponted with the book. It seemed like the characters were hopping around so much... |  The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Modern Library Series)Best Price: $12.58 I bought this book as a required reading for school. It was very easy to read and covered many... |  Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media CollideBest Price: $10.00 I come late to this book, published in 2006. I do not regret it. It is a bit too focused on... |  Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become MenBest Price: $12.97 What this book offers is a fascinating mix of interviews, observations, and the author's... |
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