Cultural Issues

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A More Imperfect Union
How Inequity, Debt, and Economics Undermine the American Dream
Inflation and an addiction to debt characterize the U.S. economy.

James L. Jennings Price range: $23.95 through $33.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Aliens and Man?
A Synopsis of Facts and Beliefs
When it comes to extraterrestrials, UFOs, crop circles, and ancient-astronaut literature, most intelligent readers are repulsed by New Age hype, turned off by Erik Van Daniken, flustered by blatant pseudo-science, and deeply chagrined at how even…

Jerry Kroth Price range: $19.95 through $27.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Are You Agité?
A Treatise on Everyday Agitation
In Are You Agité? A Treatise on Everyday Agitation , Philippe Trétiack shares glimpses from his world travels as he dives into the nuances of human emotion around the globe, particularly the all-too-familiar feeling of agitation.

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Book of Fools
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Fops, Jackasses, Morons, Dolts, Dunces, Halfwits and Blockheads
Ambrose Bierce defined ‘educational’, in his Devil’s Dictionary (1911), as ‘that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the fools their lack of understanding.’?

Terry Reed Price range: $21.95 through $31.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Brewing Battles
A History of American Beer
From local and collegial to consolidated and competitive, the brewing industry followed a pattern that illustrates many of the changes that have taken place in the American business and cultural landscape over the past 100+ years.

Amy Mittelman Price range: $18.95 through $34.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Catherine Cater
An Elegant Rise Above Race and Gender as Scholar and Professor
Catherine Cater was born in New Orleans and spent her youth in Alabama. Diverse influences, from exposure to the Ku Klux Klan to immersion in Great Books, came together in the creation of this enigma who was a great lady.

Robert V. Dodge Price range: $21.95 through $31.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Consumer Culture in America
Spectacle, Deception, Simulation, and Illusion in the Marketplace
Wilber W. Caldwell observes that we are seduced, lured into a sparkling web so enticing that we perceive no reason to struggle.

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Coping with Freedom
Reflections on Ephemeral Happiness
An approachable essay on personal freedom, this lively book is inspired by the author’s own 20 th century life experience as well as 18th century philosophers, and literary and historical references.

Chantal Thomas Price range: $9.95 through $21.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Creatures in the Mist
Little People, Wild Men and Spirit Beings around the World
Varner brings together a medley of stories, myths, and folklore, sharing a fascination and respect for humankind’s early and contemporary cultures and wondering at similarities across the board.

Gary R. Varner Price range: $21.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Culture, Evolution, and Menopause
The Deceptive Dichotomy Between Nature and Nurture
In Culture, Evolution, and Menopause, Prof. Kiaris focuses on the crossroads of anthropology, the history of civilization, and evolutionary biology. Culture is usually seen as opposing biological imperatives.

Hippokratis Kiaris Price range: $22.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Drifting Towards Another Civil War in America
When enough Americans catch on, there will be hell to pay. You cannot hold off a Swat Team with a hunting gun, but there are enough guns in the US, and enough returning veterans, to cause quite a bit of mayhem.

Donald Kropp Price range: $19.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Empress Dowager Cixi
In all the history of China, only two women ever conquered and held the heights of power. Both enjoyed long reigns characterized by ruthless intrigue; they maintained an iron grip at the center while the vast country was torn by rebellions and caught up in foreign wars.

X. L. Woo Price range: $21.95 through $28.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Essays in Subjectivity, Individuality and Autonomy
Eschewing “hair-splitting for the sport of it,” Gonzalez takes a fresh look at the notion of subjectivity and the nature of the self, in seven essays.

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French Connections: Networks of Influence
They were born in the same region, went to the same schools, fought the same fights and made the same mistakes in youth. They share the same morals, the same fantasies of success and the same taste for money.

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Grand Fortunes
Dynasties of Wealth in France
Going back for generations, the fortunes of great families consist of far more than money; they are also symbols of culture and social interaction. They are at the heart of dense family and extra-family networks, of international coalitions and divisions.

Michel Pinçon and Monique Pinçon-Charlot $24.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Hostile Aliens, Hollywood and Today s News
1950s Science Fiction and 9/11
1950s Cold War-era monsters meet 21st-century terrorists: this exploration of Sci-Fi movies examines the similarities and differences between the political environment and popular culture of two eras.

Melvin E. Matthews Jr. Price range: $22.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page