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My Secret: A PostSecret Book (Postsecret)(more) »rank: 1481by: Frank Warren
Our review: : Postsecret.com founder Frank Warren is back with a fresh and compelling companion to his wildly popular Los Angeles Times bestseller, PostSecret. For My Secret, a collectible, paper-over-board book that includes a page of vibrant, decorative stickers, Warren has personally selected never-before-seen anonymous postcards created by teens and college students from across the country. Each card bears an intimate and powerful secret—at turns inspirational, shocking, hilarious, and poetic—that is told through original illustrations, photographs, collages, and other creative means. Sample messages include: 'I am avoiding you because you are socially below me.' 'I know the truth to the lie my ... Detail |
Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible(more) »rank: 1806by: Jorge Cervantes
Our review: :With 512 full color pages and 1120 full color photographs and illustrations, Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible is the most complete cultivation book available. The Fifth Edition of the former Indoor Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor Bible was originally published in 1983, when it immediately became a best seller. More than 500,000 copies of the Indoor Bible are in print in Dutch, English, French, German and Spanish. New greenhouse and outdoor growing chapters make this a book both indoor and outdoor growers will keep under thumb. The other 15 chapters (17 total) are all updated with the most current ... Detail |
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The Partly Cloudy Patriot(more) »rank: 287470by: They Might Be Giants
Our review: :In The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell -- widely hailed for her inimitable narratives on public radio's This American Life -- ponders a number of curious questions: Why is she happiest when visiting the sites of bloody struggles like Salem or Gettysburg? Why do people always inappropriately compare themselves to Rosa Parks? Why is a bad life in sunny California so much worse than a bad life anywhere else? What is it ... Detail |
Wall and Piece(more) »rank: 3049by: Banksy
Our review: :Banksy, Britain's now-legendary 'guerilla' street artist, has painted the walls, streets, and bridges of towns and cities throughout the world. Not only did he smuggle his pieces into four of New York City's major art museums, he's also 'hung' his work at London's Tate Gallery and adorned Israel's West Bank barrier with satirical images. Banksy's identity remains unknown, but his work is unmistakable—with prints selling for as much as $45,000. Detail |
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test(more) »rank: 2093by: Tom Wolfe
Our review: :'An American classic' (Newsweek) that defined a generation. “An astonishing book” (The New York Times Book Review) and an unflinching portrait of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters, and the 1960s. Review:They say if you remember the '60s, you weren't there. But, fortunately, Tom Wolfe was there, notebook in hand, politely declining LSD while Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters fomented revolution, turning America on to a dangerously playful way of thinking as their Day-Glo conveyance, Further, made the most influential bus ride since Rosa Parks's. By taking On the Road's hero Neal Cassady as his driver on the cross-country ... Detail |
The Age of American Unreason(more) »rank: 4566by: Susan Jacoby
Our review: :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.' Disdain for logic and evidence defines a pervasive malaise fostered by the mass media, triumphalist religious fundamentalism, mediocre public education, a dearth of fair-minded public intellectuals on the right and the left, and, above all, a lazy and credulous public.Jacoby offers an unsparing indictment of the American addiction to infotainment--from ... Detail |
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The Eagles / Hell Freezes Over(more) »rank: 1537054from: Alfred Publishing Company
Our review: :Arranged for Piano/Vocal/Chords with Lyrics. All 15 songs from the band's comeback album. Detail |
Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga (Modern Library)(more) »rank: 2287by: Hunter S. Thompson
Our review: :'California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again.' Thus begins Hunter S. Thompson's vivid account of his experiences with California's most no-torious motorcycle gang, the Hell's Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial An-gels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of ... Detail |
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Shoes Gallery Calendar 2009 (Page a Day Gallery Calendar)(more) »rank: 1223by: Workman Publishing Company
Our review: :Pierre Cardin and Robert Clergerie. Manolo Blahnik and Balenciaga. Fornarina, Ferragamo, Maud Frizon's iridescent pump, and Christian Dior's Olympic-inspired shoe--with a miniature globe for the heel. With sales surging 46% in 2008, 'Shoes' is an irresistible parade of pumps, mules, and flats, boots, spikes, sling-backs, and platforms. Even if they don't all fit in your closet, they will fit on your desktop. Inspired by Linda O'Keefe's international bestseller 'Shoes', with 535,000 copies sold in the U.S. alone. Detail |
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community(more) »rank: 132446by: Robert D. Putnam
Our review: :Like such classics as The Lonely Crowd and The Affluent Society, Robert Putnam's seminal work brings to life a central crisis in American life: our increasing isolation from our communities and each other. Drawing on twenty-five years of data collected in the Roper Reports and DDB Life Style surveys, Putnam provides incontrovertible evidence that social bonds and interpersonal trust are rapidly diminishing in our society, threatening both our civic and personal well-being. He articulates the causes of this disengagement and provides viable solutions for re-forging community connections. His groundbreaking work demonstrates that bonds with other individuals are the most powerful ... Detail |