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• A Slave No More : Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation
  by David W. Blight
  (History)
• An Ocean of Air : Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
  by Gabrielle Walker
  
• Driven Out : The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans
  by Jean Pfaelzer
  (History)
• Adopted Son : Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship that Saved the Revolution
  by David A. Clary
  (History)
• Dancing in the Streets : A History of Collective Joy
  by Barbara Ehrenreich
  Scientist and social commentator Ehrenreich describes the traditions of festivity, carnival and religious ecstasy, and the repression of these by the authorities of every historical period.
• The Second Gilded Age : The Great Reaction in the United States, 1973-2001
  by Michael McHugh
  
• SailingActs : Following an Ancient Journey
  by Linford Stutzman
  [Nonfiction] A religion professor buys a sailboat and visits every location that Paul the Apostle visited.
• The Gift of Gabe by Brian Joseph
  (a philosophical novel)
• The Culture Code : An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Buy and Live as They Do
  by Clotaire Rapaille
  Find out why corporations are hiring a cultural anthropologist to explain "archetypes" to them.
• The Go Point : When It's Time to Decide -- Knowing What to Do and When to Do It
  by Michael Useem
  (An unusual method for learning the skill of decision making)
• Static : Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
  by Amy Goodman, David Goodman
  
• Air America - The Playbook : What a Bunch of Left-Wing Media Types Have to Say about a World Gone Right
  by David Bender, Chuck D, Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, Thom Hartmann, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Rachel Maddow, Mike Malloy, Mike Papantonio, Randi Rhodes, Mark Riley, and San Seder. Introduction by Al Franken.
  
• Quantum Enigma : Physics Encounters Consciousness
  by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner
  Quantum mechanics has made it necessary to revise our view that there is an objective reality independent of the observer.
• The Life of Dick Haymes : No More Little White Lies
  by Ruth Prigozy
  The biography of crooner and movie actor Dick Haymes (1918-1980) is the newest title from the Hollywood Legends series
• Propaganda
  by Edward Bernays
  The "father of public relations" disclosed the secrets of the art of persuasion.
• The Central Liberal Truth : How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself
  by Lawrence E. Harrison
  (International Politics & Economics)
• The Millionaire Maker : Act, Think, and Make Money the Way the Wealthy Do
  by Loral Langemeier
  (Business & Personal Financial Planning)
• Refuse to Choose! : A Revolutionary Program for Doing Everything That You Love
  by Barbara Sher
  (Self-Help / Careers)
• In Control : No More Snapping at Your Family, Sulking at Work, Steaming in the Grocery Line, Seething in Meetings, Stuffing your Frustration
  by Redford Williams, M.D. and Virginia Williams, Ph.D.
  (Health : Self-Help)
• Letters to Sam : A Grandfather's Lessons on Love, Loss, and the Gifts of Life
  by Daniel Gottlieb
  Family psychologist Dan Gottlieb addresses 32 letters to his autistic grandson [Nonfiction]
• American Theocracy : The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century
  by Kevin Phillips
  
• Hippo Eats Dwarf : A Field Guide to Hoaxes and Other B.S.
  by Alex Boese
  This new book by the expert on the history of hoaxes debunks the frauds, urban legends and practical jokes of our time.
  (Current Events / Humor)
• God Without Religion : Questioning Centuries of Accepted Truths
  by Sankara Saranam
  According to this practitioner of Pranayama, If you wish to have a truly spiritual life, look within yourself, and reject blind faith in the teachings of "authorities."
  (Philosophy / Religion)
• The Origin of Culture and Civilization : The Ancient World View Regarding Myth, Astrology, Science, and Religion
  by Thomas Dietrich
  (Nonfiction : The History of Mythology)
• Sins of the Family : Becoming the Redemptive Generation
  by Beverly Hubble Tauke
  (Self-Help / Family Relationships)
• The Irritable Male Syndrome : Managing the Four Key Causes of Depression and Aggression
  by Jed Diamond
  (Men's Health)
• 52 Tips for Texas Hold 'em Poker
  by Barry Shulman
• Goodbye Gutenberg
  How a Bronx Teacher Defied 500 Years of Tradition and Launched an Astonishing Renaissance
  by Valerie Kirschenbaum
  (Nonfiction : Writing, Art, Education)
• On Intelligence
  by Jeff Hawkins
  A computer expert who has also studied neurology and biophysics explains what we must do to build silicon machines with true intelligence.
  (Nonfiction - Science)
• Tomorrow's Children
  A Cherokee Elder's Guide To Parenting
  by Tsolagiu M.A. RuizRazo
• Bucket of Blood -- The Ragman's War
  by R. S. Sukle
  Labor History; A fictionalized account of the 1927-1928 mine workers' strike in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Football Physics : The Science of the Game
  by Timothy Gay, Ph.D.
  (Science & Sports Nonfiction)
• Rare Earth : Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe
  by Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee
  (Science -- New in Paperback)
• The Excellent 11 : Qualities Teachers and Parents Use to Motivate, Inspire, and Educate Children
  by Ron Clark
  (Education; Parenting)
• The Outlaw Sea : A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime
  by William Langewiesche
  (Current Events; True Crime)

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