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The Next Wave
The Next Wave
Written by Catherine Herridge
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307885265
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The Next Wave
On the Hunt for Al Qaeda's American Recruits
Written by Catherine Herridge


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $15.00

TERROR WALKS AMONG US. Born here, raised here, plotting here, the terrorists of al Qaeda 2.0 aim to kill Americans. And our government helps.
 
Who are the recruits for the next wave? They live next door.

A radicalized army major guns down forty-five, killing twelve soldiers and one civilian; an... Read more >
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You Had to Be There
You Had to Be There
Written by Robert Collins
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ISBN: 9781551995144
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You Had to Be There

Written by Robert Collins


Format: eBook
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $11.99

They gained their maturity in an age of monumental and unprecedented change – from horse-and-buggy, Model TFord, and crank telephone, to moonwalks, space shuttles, and the Internet. They are better educated, more affluent, more vigorous, and longer-lived than any generation before them, yet obstinately cling to a forthright simplicity no generation... Read more >
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Censored 2013
Censored 2013
Edited by Mickey Huff, Illustrated by Khalil Bendib, Contribution by Project Censored
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ISBN: 9781609804220
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Censored 2013
The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2011-2012
Edited by Mickey Huff
Illustrated by Khalil Bendib
Contribution by Project Censored


Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $19.95

Every year since 1976, Project Censored, our nation's oldest news-monitoring group--a university-wide project at Sonoma State University founded by Carl Jensen, directed for many years by Peter Phillips, and now under the leadership of Mickey Huff--has produced a Top-25 list of underreported news stories and a book, Censored, dedicated to the stories that ought... Read more >
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The Real Story of Risk
Adventures in a Hazardous World
Written by Glenn Croston


Format: eBook
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $11.99

Offering a wealth of fascinating information about health, sex, money, safety, food, and the environment, this book illuminates an often-misunderstood but crucial aspect of daily life. We live in a world of risk. It waits for us in our refrigerator and surrounds us on the freeway. It's lurking in our arteries... Read more >
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Sharia Versus Freedom
The Legacy of Islamic Totalitarianism
Written by Andrew G. Bostom


Format: eBook
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $15.99

Author Andrew G. Bostom expands upon his two previous groundbreaking compendia, The Legacy of Jihad and The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism, with this collection of his own recent essays on Sharia - Islamic law. The book elucidates, unapologetically, Sharia's defining Islamic religious principles and the consequences of its application across space... Read more >
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The Stammering Century
The Stammering Century
Written by Gilbert Seldes, Introduction by Greil Marcus
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ISBN: 9781590175804
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The Stammering Century

Written by Gilbert Seldes
Introduction by Greil Marcus


Format: Trade Paperback, 452 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $18.95

Gilbert Seldes, the author of The Stammering Century, writes:

    This book is not a record of the major events in Ameri­can history during 
    the nineteenth century. It is concerned with minor movements, with the 
    cults and manias of that period. Its personages are fanatics, and radicals, 
    and mountebanks. Its intention is to connect these secondary...

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The Stammering Century

Written by Gilbert Seldes
Introduction by Greil Marcus


Format: eBook, 452 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $18.95

Gilbert Seldes, the author of The Stammering Century, writes:

      This book is not a record of the major events in Ameri­can history during
      the nineteenth century. It is concerned with minor movements, with the
      cults and manias of that period. Its personages are fanatics, and radicals,
      and mountebanks. Its intention is... Read more >
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The Journey of Man
The Journey of Man
Written by Spencer Wells
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307830456
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The Journey of Man
A Genetic Odyssey
Written by Spencer Wells


Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2012
Price: $11.99

Around 60,000 years ago, a man—genetically identical to us—lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up as the father of us all? What happened to the descendants of other men who lived at the same time? And why, if modern humans... Read more >
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Assholes
Assholes
Written by Aaron James
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385535656
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Assholes
A Theory
Written by Aaron James


Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $23.95

In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.

What does it mean for someone to be an asshole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people...

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Assholes
Assholes
Written by Aaron James
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385535687
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Assholes
A Theory
Written by Aaron James


Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $12.99

In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.

What does it mean for someone to be an asshole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people...

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Assholes
Assholes
Written by Aaron James, Read by Arthur Morey
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780449807118
Our Price: $17.50

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Assholes
A Theory
Written by Aaron James
Read by Arthur Morey


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $17.50

In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.

What does it mean for someone to be an asshole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people...

Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
Censored 2013
The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2011-2012
Edited by Mickey Huff
Illustrated by Khalil Bendib
Contribution by Project Censored


Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $19.95

Every year since 1976, Project Censored, our nation's oldest news-monitoring group--a university-wide project at Sonoma State University founded by Carl Jensen, directed for many years by Peter Phillips, and now under the leadership of Mickey Huff--has produced a Top-25 list of underreported news stories and a book, Censored, dedicated to the stories that ought... Read more >
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Costa Rica - Culture Smart!
Costa Rica - Culture Smart!
Written by Jane Koutnik
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781857336658
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Costa Rica - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Written by Jane Koutnik


Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $9.95

Costa Rica is renowned for its tropical beauty, the warmth and charm of the “Ticos”—its people’s own name for themselves—and its political stability. This “Switzerland of the Americas” is widely regarded as an oasis of democracy in turbulent Central America.
Since the first edition of Culture Smart! Costa Rica was... Read more >
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Costa Rica - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Written by Jane Koutnik


Format: eBook, 168 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $9.95

Costa Rica is renowned for its tropical beauty, the warmth and charm of the “Ticos”—its people’s own name for themselves—and its political stability. This “Switzerland of the Americas” is widely regarded as an oasis of democracy in turbulent Central America.
 
Since the first edition of Culture Smart! Costa Rica was published... Read more >
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A Different Mirror for Young People
A History of Multicultural America
Written by Ronald Takaki
Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff


Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $18.95

A longtime professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ronald Takaki was recognized as one of the foremost scholars of American ethnic history and diversity. When the first edition of A Different Mirror was published in 1993, Publishers Weekly called it "a brilliant revisionist history of America that is likely... Read more >
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Doomsday Preppers Complete Survival Manual
Doomsday Preppers Complete Survival Manual
Written by Michael Sweeney
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781426211225
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Doomsday Preppers Complete Survival Manual
Expert Tips for Surviving Calamity, Catastrophe, and the End of the World
Written by Michael Sweeney


Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $19.95

This custom companion to the blockbuster National Geographic Channel series Doomsday Preppers is filled with how-to illustrations, "Prepper Profiles" of people in the show, and survival tips from preppers themselves. Handy and comprehensive, the manual offers valuable life-saving information to help prepare for the most devastating calamities. Episodes of this highly original show, which debuted in... Read more >
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Doomsday Preppers Complete Survival Manual
Expert Tips for Surviving Calamity, Catastrophe, and the End of the World
Written by Michael Sweeney


Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $19.95

This custom companion to the blockbuster National Geographic Channel series Doomsday Preppersis filled with how-to illustrations, "Prepper Profiles" of people in the show, and survival tips from preppers themselves. Handy and comprehensive, the manual offers valuable life-saving information to help prepare for the most devastating calamities. Episodes of this highly original show, which debuted in February 2012... Read more >
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Fanpire
Fanpire
Written by Tanya Erzen
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780807006337
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Fanpire
The Twilight Saga and the Women Who Love it
Written by Tanya Erzen


Format: Hardcover, 184 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $24.95

An author immerses herself in the frenzied fandom of Twilight, the young-adult vampire romance series that has captivated women of all ages
 
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer’s young-adult vampire romance series, has captivated women of all ages, from teenagers who swoon over the film adaptations to college-educated women who devour the novels as a... Read more >
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Fanpire
The Twilight Saga and the Women Who Love it
Written by Tanya Erzen


Format: eBook
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $24.95

An author immerses herself in the frenzied fandom of Twilight, the young-adult vampire romance series that has captivated women of all ages
 
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer’s young-adult vampire romance series, has captivated women of all ages, from teenagers who swoon over the film adaptations to college-educated women who devour the novels as a... Read more >
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A Gift of Hope
A Gift of Hope
Written by Danielle Steel
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780345531360
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A Gift of Hope
Helping the Homeless
Written by Danielle Steel


Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $20.00

In her powerful memoir His Bright Light, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel opened her heart to share the devastating story of the loss of her beloved son. In A Gift of Hope, she shows us how she transformed that pain into a campaign of service that enriched her... Read more >
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A Gift of Hope
A Gift of Hope
Written by Danielle Steel
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345531377
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A Gift of Hope
Helping the Homeless
Written by Danielle Steel


Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $9.99

In her powerful memoir His Bright Light, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel opened her heart to share the devastating story of the loss of her beloved son. In A Gift of Hope, she shows us how she transformed that pain into a campaign of service that enriched her... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
Korea - Culture Smart!
Korea - Culture Smart!
Written by James Hoare
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ISBN: 9781857336696
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Korea - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Culture & Customs
Written by James Hoare


Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $9.95

JAMES HOARE spent over thirty years in the British Diplomatic Service, with postings to Seoul and Beijing.  His last job was Chargé D’Affaires in Pyongyang, North Korea, where he established the British Embassy. Since retirement, he has become a regular radio and television commentator on Korea, and he also teaches at... Read more >
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Korea - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Culture & Customs
Written by James Hoare


Format: eBook, 168 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $9.95

Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside... Read more >
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McLuhan For Beginners
McLuhan For Beginners
Written by Terrence W. Gordon, Illustrated by Susan Willmarth
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934389751
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McLuhan For Beginners

Written by Terrence W. Gordon
Illustrated by Susan Willmarth


Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $16.99

Marshall McLuhan was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of the 20th century. He was so far ahead of his time that he predicted the future and offered a critique of human behavior in a media saturated world that is perhaps more valuable in today’s Internet age than it...

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Peru - Culture Smart!
Peru - Culture Smart!
Written by John Forrest
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781857336672
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Peru - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Culture & Customs
Written by John Forrest


Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $9.95

Peru is associated with ancient civilizations, awe-inspiring Inca cities, ruthless conquistadores, spectacular Andean scenery, astonishing biodiversity, and colorful woven textiles. All true—but visitors will find a great deal more to Peru than this.

The two distinctive cultures that first encountered each other five hundred years ago have, progressively, integrated. This process... Read more >
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