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Rumspringa: To Be or Not to Be Amish
by Tom Shachtman
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 29 May 2007
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| Rumspringa is a fascinating look at a little-known Amish coming-of-age ritual, the rumspringa - a period when Amish youth are allowed to live outside the bounds of their faith, experimenting with alcohol, premarital sex, trendy clothes, telephones, drugs, and wild parties. By allowing them such freedom, their parents hope they will learn enough to help them make the most important decision in their lives - whether to become Amish. |
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Warlords: An Extraordinary Re-Creation of World War II Through the Eyes and Minds of Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, And Stalin
by Simon Berthon, Joanna Potts
Hardcover: Mar 2006
Paperback: 30 Apr 2007
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| A fascinating "you-are-there" look at World War II through the lives of Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, told on a day-by-day, even hour-by-hour basis, affording unparalleled insights into parallel actions. |
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The Suicidal Planet: How to Prevent Global Climate Catastrophe
by Mayer Hillman
Hardcover: 17 Apr 2007
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| An outstanding overview on global warming--and what we can do about it--from a distinguished world-class authority. |
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Better for All the World: The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America's Quest for Racial Purity
by Harry Bruinius
Hardcover: Feb 2006
Paperback: 10 Apr 2007
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| Charts the little-known history of
eugenics in America—a movement that began in the early twentieth century
and resulted in the forced sterilization of more than 65,000 Americans. |
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Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food
by Eric Schlosser, Charles W. Wilson
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 9 Apr 2007
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| Bestselling author Eric Schlosser takes what he learnt and documented in his popular book, Fast Food Nation, and presents it to preteens and adolescents - the fast food industry's biggest market. |
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Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future
by Jeff Goodell
Hardcover: Jun 2006
Paperback: 3 Apr 2007
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| As oil prices increase, Coal has effectively become the default fuel for electricity generation in the twenty-first century. Goodell debunks the faulty assumptions underlying coal's revival and shatters the myth of cheap coal energy. |
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The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
by Karen Armstrong
Hardcover: Mar 2006
Paperback: 1 Apr 2007
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| In the ninth
century BCE, the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world
created the religious and philosophical traditions that have continued to
nourish humanity to the present day: Confucianism and Daoism in China,
Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical
rationalism in Greece. Now,
Armstrong reveals how the sages of this pivotal "Axial Age" can speak
clearly and helpfully to the violence and desperation that we experience in
our own times. |
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell
Hardcover: Jan 2005
Paperback: 1 Apr 2007
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| Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you'll understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way. |
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