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The Abundant Community Awakening the
Power of Families and Neighborhoods by John McKnight and Peter Block.
This book gives voices to the idea of beloved communities that help
raise children, provide security, sustain health, secure income, and
care for vulnerable people. 173 pages. More
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The
Age of Oil What They Don't
Want You to Know About the World's Most Controversial Resource by
Leonardo Maugeri. A
probing and controversial history of the oil industry by an insider.
Indexed. 354 pages. More
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A
Home in the World: Houses
and Cultures by
Martine and Caroline Laffon. Offers
a perspective
on home design by revealing how different cultures have handled the
task
of building houses that reflect their ideals and values. Illustrated
with
150 color images. 216 pages. More
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Andy
KaufmanWrestling with the
American Dream by Florian Keller.
Critical
exploration of Kaufman’s career within a broader discussion
of the ideology
of the American Dream. Indexed. 194 pages. Buy
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A
Place to Stand A Tale of the
Peace River Country
by J. W. Secrist. Novel about immigrants who settled in British
Columbia’s Peace River Block during the mid-20th century. 320
pages . Look
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Arab/American Landscape,
Culture, and Cuisine in Two Great Deserts by Gary Paul Nabhan. Essays
exploring how two seemingly disparate cultures are bound to each other
in ways rarely imagined. Illustrated with B&W photos. 141
pages. Buy
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Atlantis
and the Kingdom of the Neanderthals 100,000
Years of Lost History by Colin Wilson. The history of
Neanderthal
influence from Atlantis to the contemporary era. Indexed. 320
pages. More
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Authentic
Fakes Religion
and American Popular Culture
by
David Chidester. Cultural
study exploring the role that fakery--in the guise of frauds,
charlatans,
inventions, and simulations--plays in creating religious experience.
Indexed.
294 pages. More
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Brothers
in Clay The Story of Georgia
Folk Pottery by John A.
Burrison. The story of the state of Georgia's rich folk pottery
tradition -- the historical forces that shaped it and the families and
individual artisans who continue to keep it alive. Illustrated with
B&W photos. Indexed. 326 pages. More
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The
Cinema, or the
Imaginary Man by Edgar Morin.
Translated by Lorraine
Mortimer. English-language
debut of French critic and social theorist Edgar Morin's provocative
study
of the cinematic art. Indexed. 292 pages. More
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Coming
of Age in the
21st Century Growing Up in
America Today
by Mary Frosch. Anthology of fiction and memoir exploring coming of age
in the new millennium. A follow-up to the critically acclaimed
multicultural collections "Coming of Age" and "Coming of Age Around the
World." Includes 21 stories by writers such as Louise Erdrich, Seth
Kantner, Emily Rabateau, Sherman Alexie and George Tucker. 319 pages. More
on
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Confessions
of an
Eco-Sinner Tracking Down the
Sources of My Stuff by Fred
Pearce. A global journey to find the sources of all the stuff in one
man's life—and its social and environmental footprint.
Indexed.
176 pages. Buy
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Deja
Vu
Aberrations of
Cultural Memory by Peter Krapp. Trade paperback. Electronic Mediations
series title, Volume 17. Indexed. 218 pages. More
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Disappearing
Ink
Poetry at the End of Print Culture by Dana Gioia. This book stakes the
claim for poetry's place amid American popular culture, where poetry in
its latest oral forms -rap, slam, performance-is transforming the
traditional
literary culture of the printed page. More
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Dog
Man An
Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain by Martha Sherrill. The story of
how one man's consuming passion for dogs saved a legendary breed from
extinction and led him to a difficult, soulful way of life in the wilds
of Japan's remote snow country. Illustrated with B&W photos.
237
pages. Look
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Dude
Ranching in Yellowstone Country Larry
Larom and Valley Ranch, 1915-1969 by W. Hudson Kensel . A study of
early dude ranch development in Wyoming focusing on the development of
Valley Ranch near Yellowstone Park. Illustrated with B&W photos and
maps. Indexed. 240 pages.. Buy
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Edible
Medicines An
Ethnopharmacology of Food by Nina L. Etkin. An investigation into the
health and medicinal implications and applications of foods from the
cuisines of peoples around the world. Indexed. 301 pages. Buy
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Energy
Victory
Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil by Robert Zubrin. An
engineer's compelling argument that flex-fuel vehicles -- able to run
on any combination of gasoline or alcohol fuels -- would destroy the
oil cartel monopoly on transportation fuel supplies. Indexed. 336
pages.. More
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Evolution
of Crop Plants
by J. Smartt and N. W. Simmonds. Hardcover, new. Second Edition.
Comprehensive
coverage of over one hundred of the world's major economically
significant
crop plants and their wild ancestors. Indexed. 531 pages. More
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Fish
Catching Methods of the World by
editors Otto Gabriel, Klaus
Lange,
Erdmann Dahm, and Thomas Wendt. Fourth Edition. A comprehensive survey
of the evolution of fishing methods throughout the world, with
approximately
750 illustrations. Indexed. 523 pages.. Buy
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Getting
a Grip Clarity,
Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad by Frances Moore Lappe.
An examination of how to grasp the real roots of today's crises, from
hunger and poverty to climate change and terrorism, and effect change.
Indexed. 186 pages. Buy
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Good
Grief Healing Through the
Shadow of Loss
by Deborah Morris Coryell . A compassionate guide to the experience of
loss as an essential growth process. Includes CD of the author reading
selections from the text. Buy
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The
Great Turning From Empire
to Earth Community
by David C Korten. Explores the threat of continuous warfare in
humanity's future and provides a detailed plan for meeting and
overcoming such a dire destiny. Indexed. 402 pages. Buy
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Gypsy
Horses and the
Travelers Way
The Road to Appleby Fair
by John Hockensmith. Illustrates in photography, prose and poetry the
centuries-old lifestyle of the Romani Gypsies of northern England.
Photography by equine photographer John S. Hockensmith. 184 pages. Buy
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Hardscrabble
by Kevin Mcfadden. The VQR Poetry Series title. Poems that examine
American identity through the latent possibilities of language. More
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Here
Comes Everybody
The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky. A
critical assessment of the impact of new technology on the nature and
use of groups. Indexed. 327 pages. More
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How
It Is The Native American
Philosophy of V. F. Cordova
edited by Kathleen Dean Moore, Kurt Peters, Ted Jojola, Amber Lacy. In
three parts, V.F. Cordova sets out a complete Native American
philosophy -- the nature of reality itself, our role as residents of
the Earth and, finally, a call for a new reverence in a world where
there is no distinction between the sacred and the mundane. 245 pages. More
on this title. |
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How
to Expand Love
Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships by Dalai Lama. First
Edition.
Details a program for transforming self-centered energy into outwardly
directed compassion. 212 pages. More
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In
Defense of Food
An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan. A detailed examination of what
to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health. Indexed. 244
pages.. More
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Intoxication
The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances by Ronald K. Siegel.
An
exploration of the biological and cultural reasons for the pursuit of
intoxication.
Indexed. 372 pages. More
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Light
and Variable A
Year of Celebrations, Holidays, Recipes, And Emily Dickinson by Connie
Cronley. Celebrated Oklahoma essayist and commentator Connie Cronley
romps through the special holidays and events of the calendar year. 245
pages. Buy
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Live
Art And Performance,
edited by Adrian Heathfield. Leading artists and thinkers assess the
relevance
of Live Art now and its impact within the visual arts and the broader
cultural
sphere. Illustrated with photographs by Hugo Glendinning. Indexed. 256
pages. More
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Metalsmiths
and Mentors Fred
Fenster and Eleanor Moty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison edited
by Jody Clowes. Exhibition Catalogue of show at the Chazen Museum of
Art featuring contemporary American metalsmithing, including hollowware
and jewelry, wearable sculpture, poetic and narrative objects, and
conceptual installations.. Buy
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The
Nature of Home Taking Root in a Place by Greta Gaard. Essays
exploring what it means to be at home in the world. 209 pages. Buy
this title. |
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New
Media, Old Media A History And
Theory Reader edited by Thomas
W. Keenan
and Wendy Hui Kyong Chun. Leading media and cultural
theorists examine
the historical context of new media technologies. Indexed. 418 pages. More
on this title. |
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Paradoxes
from A to Z by
Michael Clark. A compendium of philosophical paradoxes that takes the
reader on a lively tour of puzzles that have taxed thinkers from Zeno
to Galileo and Lewis Carroll to Bertrand Russell. Indexed. 253
pages. More
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The
Quotable Cowboy by Kathy Etling.
First Lyons Press Edition.
Collections
of wisdom, humor, insight and foolishness of cowboys and cowgirls.
Indexed.
247 pages.. More
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Radical
Simplicity Creating an
Authentic Life by Dan
Price. Hand-lettered
and illustrated book on how to live a simple but rewarding life with
little
money. 171 pages. More
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Reading
Comics How
Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk. The first
serious book of comics criticism by the leading critic in the field.
More than 100 illustrations. Indexed. 405 pages. More
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Science,
Soul, and the Spirit of Nature Leading
Thinkers on
the
Restoration
of Man and Creation by Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld and Jessica van
Tijn.
An exploration of the relationship between humans and nature through
conversations
with 12 leading scientific and social visionaries. Includes interviews
with Rupert Sheldrake, Jane Goodall, and Nobel Peace Prize-winner
Rigoberta
Menchú Tum. 303 pages. Look
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Screwed
The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class -- And What We Can Do About
It by Thom Hartmann. Exposes systematic efforts by corporations and
politicians to destroy the U.S. middle class. 238 pages.. More
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Shadowplay
The
Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare by Clare
Asquith.
First Edition. Study of how Shakespeare secretly addressed the
political
issues of his day, and how his plays embody a hidden history of
England
Indexed. 348 pages. More
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Something
in the Air American
Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics by Richard
Hoffer.
A sports narrative that tells the individual stories of the athletes
who gathered in Mexico City for the Summer Olympics in 1968, a year of
dramatic upheaval around the world. Indexed. 258 pages. More
on
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Spooky
Campfire Tales Hauntings,
Strange Happenings, and Supernatural Lore by S. E. Schlosser. A
collection of 30 creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings,
and other strange occurrences from times past. Illustrated by Paul G.
Hoffman 185 pages. More
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The
Stars by
Edgar Morin. Translated by Richard Howard. First University
of Minnesota
Press Edition. An investigation into the cultural and social
significance
of the motion picture star system. Bibliography. 160 pages. More
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SuperMedia
Saving Journalism So It Can Save the World by Charlie Beckett. A
broadcast journalist explores the potential for a new type of
journalism, discussing the impact of social networking sites and blogs
on traditional journalism, and making the case that journalism could be
the catalyst for change needed to solve many of the world’s
problems. Indexed. 205 pages.. More
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Texas
Disasters True
Stories of Tragedy and Survival by Mike Cox. Twenty dramatic true
stories of natural and man-made disasters are retold in this
collection. Bibliography. 242 pages. More
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Things
I Learned From Knitting... Whether I Wanted To or Not
by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. A humorous collection of witty observations
on how knitting and life wisdom are spun together. 160 pages.. More
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To
Cork or Not To Cork
Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle by
George M. Taber. Examines
all sides of the debate over whether to continue using cork to cap wine
bottles or to embrace new closures. Indexed. 278 pages.. More
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Unjust
Deserts
How The Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take
It Back by Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly. Argues that wealth derived from
residual wealth of past economic and technological
development is
a common property. Indexed. 230 pages. More
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Lowering
the Bar
Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture by Marc Galanter. Analyzes hundreds of
lawyer
jokes from Mark Twain classics to contemporary anecdotes about Dan
Quayle,
Johnnie Cochran, and Kenneth Starr. Illustrated with prints and
cartoons.
Indexed. 429 pages. More
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The
Lone
Surfer of Montana,
Kansas by Davy Rothbart. Trade
paperback, new. First
Trouchstone Edition.
Collection of short stories inspired by road trips and small towns,
populated
by questionable heroes and gold-hearted thugs.162 pages. More
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Wabi
Sabi The
Art of Everyday by Diane Durston. Collection of gems of wisdom about
appreciating the humble beauty of everyday life. 367 pages. More
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The
War of
the Worlds
Classics Illustrated Edition by H.G. Wells. Reprint edition of Classic
Illustrated issue No. 124. 50th Anniversary Special Limited Edition
Issue.
Illustrated by Lou Cameron. Library binding. More
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Yoga
SpandakarikaThe
Sacred Texts at the Origins of Tantra by Daniel Odier. First
U.S.
Edition Translated by Clare Marie Frock. Translation and commentary of
one of the most important texts of the Kashmirian Shivaism tradition of
Tantra. 175 pages. Buy
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Zane
Grey on Fishing edited by Terry
Mort. First Lyons Press
paperback edition.
A selection of some of Grey's best writing about fishing. Foreword by
Loren
Grey. 268 pages. More
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