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The Age of American Unreason
By: Jacoby, Susan
Published by: Pantheon
Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon--one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. With mordant wit, she surveys an anti-rationalist landscape extending from pop culture to a pseudo-intellectual universe of "junk thought.
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Price: $26.00
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Boogers Are My Beat
By: Barry, Dave
Published by: Crown Publishing Group
The New York Times calls him “the funniest man in America,” and his legions of fans agree, laughing and snorting as they put his books on bestseller lists nationwide. In Boogers Are My Beat , Dave gives us the real scoop on: • The scientific search for the world’s funniest joke (you can bet it includes the word “weasel”) • RV camping in the Wal-Mart parking lot • Outwitting “smart” kitchen appliances and service contracts • Elections in Florida (“You can’t spell Florida without ‘duh’”) • The Olympics, where people from all over the world come together to accuse each other of cheating • The truth about the Dakotas, the Lone Ranger, and feng shui • The choice between death and taxes And much, much more—including some truths about journalism and serious thoughts about 9/11.
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Price: $13.95
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Bush at War
By: Woodward, Bob
Published by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
With his unmatched investigative skill, Bob Woodward tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers, after the initial shock of the September 11 attacks, led the nation to war. Extensive quotations from the secret deliberations of the National Security Council - and firsthand revelations of the private thoughts, concerns and fears of the president and his war cabinet - make Bush at War an unprecedented chronicle of a modern presidency in time of grave crisis.
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Price: $11.99
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After: How America Confronted the September 12 Era
By: Brill, Steven
Published by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
The story begins on September 12, 2001. It reads like a novel. But the characters in award-winning journalist Steven Brill's After are real. They don't have all the answers or all the virtues of fictional heroes. It is because they are so human - so much like the rest of us - that makes the way they rise to the challenge of September 12 such an inspiring story about how America really works.
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Afterwords: Stories and Reports from 9/11 and Beyond
By: Compiled by the Editors of Salon.com
Published by: Washington Square Press
After September 11, 2001,
emotions couldn't be clearly defined.
There were no Words strong enough to justify, avenge, explain, or express the sheer magnitude of this horrifyingly unique moment in history.
In this remarkable anthology, compiled by Salon.com's award-winning editorial team, Rick Moody, Janet Fitch, Caroline Knapp, and Jeffrey Eugenides join many contemporary literary talents and reporters in giving a voice to the day that left a stunning roar of silence across America.
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America Embattled
By: Crockatt, Richard
Published by: Routledge
Analysis of the wider background to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, which examines the reasons for such violent hatred of the US and the gulf between American perceptions of its own society and those of other nations.
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Price: $34.99
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America's Crisis
By: Jeffs, Daniel B.
Published by: Hard Shell Word Factory
America is steeped in uncertainty. We have been subjected to political terrorism, social aggression, legal anarchy, and media-driven chaos. We've lost our voice in government, education, and almost everything else in society - even as we have entered the age of communications and information technology. It is a good time to discover democracy.
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Price: $7.00
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Americans at Risk
By: Redlener, Irwin
Published by: Knopf Publishing Group
Redlener, who founded and directs the National Center for Disaster Preparedness, applies his expertise to an incisive analysis of what's wrong with the system and what must be done to turn it around.
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Price: $24.00
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Anti-Arab Racism in the USA
By: Salaita, Steven
Published by: Pluto Press
A subtle account of anti-Arab racism in today's America and its place in supposedly 'liberal' communities, especially since 9/11.
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At Home in the World: Collected Writings from The Wall Street Journal
By: Pearl, Daniel; Cooper, Helene
Published by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl became the focus of international concern when he was kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Pakistan while investigating a story. News of his brutal murder in February 2002 was universally denounced, a tragic loss of a good man and a compassionate journalist who was at home anywhere in the world. At Home in the World celebrates Pearl's life through 50 of his best stories.
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