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Hot Flat and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman
Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 10:34 PM
Thread: Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why ...
Posted by: xchanelyako
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The World is Flat by by Thomas Friedman
A Brief History of the 21st Century
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Wednesday, 2013-06-12, 3:35 PM
Thread: Abidan Cruz
Posted by: AbidanCruz
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In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
An Eater's Manifesto
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 8:31 PM
Thread: Kevin Hoang Review: In Defen...
Posted by: BallSoHard
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Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
A Natural History of Four Meals
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 10:37 PM
Thread: 4 STARZ ****
Posted by: tiffanyla
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Salt by Mark Kurlansky
A World History
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 4:57 PM
Thread: 3.5 Stars
Posted by: Matthew
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Cod by Mark Kurlansky
A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
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Sunday, 2013-06-09, 10:59 PM
Thread: *** 3 stars
Posted by: DannyNguyen
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Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
The Fates of Human Societies
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 8:04 PM
Thread: 5 Stars
Posted by: kvazquez360
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Collapse by Jared Diamond
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 10:33 PM
Thread: ** Two Stars
Posted by: tinavuvuvu
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The Geography of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler
The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 8:54 PM
Thread: ****Four Stars
Posted by: Brod30
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How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer
An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 9:40 PM
Thread: * 1 Star
Posted by: Franklin
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Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
A Memoir in Books
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 0:55 AM
Thread: 4 Stars
Posted by: MonicaC
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Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
How Little Things Make a Difference
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 9:12 PM
Thread: 4sTaRz
Posted by: Kimberly
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Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
On (Not) Getting By in America
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Sunday, 2013-06-09, 6:37 PM
Thread: 3 stars??
Posted by: TienD
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Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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Thursday, 2013-06-13, 9:07 PM
Thread: 4/5 Stars
Posted by: courtneynguyen_
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Cool It by Bjorn Lomborg
The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming
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Sunday, 2013-06-09, 10:16 PM
Thread: 4 stars -
Posted by: letiffany
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Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 8:38 PM
Thread: Three cups and Tea by Greg M...
Posted by: sharky
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Touching My Father's Soul by Jamling T. Norgay
A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 9:27 PM
Thread: 4/5*
Posted by: Thao
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Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson
Promoting Peace with Books, not Bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Why Geography Matters by - Harm de Blij
Three Challenges Facing America :Climate Change, The Rise of China, and Global Terrorism
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And Still Peace Did Not Come by Agnes Fallah Kamara-Umunna and Emily Holland
A Memoir of Reconciliation
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 8:56 PM
Thread: allison g.
Posted by: ally97
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The Columbian Exchange by JR Cosby
Biological and Cultural Consequences
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Thursday, 2013-06-13, 11:37 AM
Thread: 4.5 STARS ****.*
Posted by: Saman
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What is the What? by Dave Eggers
An autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng
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Who's Your City by Richard Florida
How the Creative Economy is Making the Place You Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 7:06 PM
Thread: Who's Your City by Richa...
Posted by: lopechristian
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The Ghost Map by S. Johnson
the Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – And How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 9:26 PM
Thread: Three Stars
Posted by: Mercedesnguyen
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The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy by Pietra Rivoli
An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 10:57 PM
Thread: FOUR STARZZ ****
Posted by: Amber
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The New Great Game by Lutz Kleverman
Blood and Oil in Central Asia
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 8:59 PM
Thread: Review
Posted by: William
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The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria
Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
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Wednesday, 2011-06-15, 10:51 AM
Thread: **** Four Stars
Posted by: JCerna
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The European dream by Jeremy Rifkin
How Europe’s Vision Is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 11:31 PM
Thread: 4 Stars.
Posted by: Jules
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The Dead Yard by Ian Thomson
A Story of Modern Jamaica
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 10:33 PM
Thread: 4 Stars
Posted by: kaseytrieu
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 2:28 AM
Thread: **** 4 STARS!
Posted by: andydoan9511
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Stuffed and Starved by Raj Patel
The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
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Sunday, 2013-06-09, 1:40 PM
Thread: 3 stars
Posted by: Simonbae
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Consumed by Benjamin Barber
How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole
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Monday, 2012-06-11, 5:04 PM
Thread: 2.5 Stars
Posted by: Danny
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How to Run the World by Parag Khanna
Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance
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Tuesday, 2011-06-21, 6:52 PM
Thread: **** Four Stars
Posted by: JHuynh
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The Rise of Islamic Capitalism by Vali Nasr
Why the new Muslim Middle Class is The Key To Defeating Extremism
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The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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Tuesday, 2011-06-21, 11:11 PM
Thread: *** 3 stars?!
Posted by: brianetc
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Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
My Life
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 10:18 PM
Thread: ***** Five stars
Posted by: Traci
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The Next Decade by George Friedman
Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going
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Monday, 2011-06-20, 11:32 PM
Thread: ★★★ Three Stars
Posted by: Paula
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Not on Our Watch by Don Cheade and John Pendergrast
The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond
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Thursday, 2011-06-23, 8:04 PM
Thread: **** Four Stars
Posted by: Lunow
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The Next 100 Years by George Friedman
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Tuesday, 2013-06-18, 11:44 PM
Thread: 4/5 stars
Posted by: Duy
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The Devil's Flu by Pete Davies
The World's Deadliest Influenza Epidemic and the Scientific Hunt for the Virus that Caused It
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 0:01 AM
Thread: 3.5 stars
Posted by: ChrisVFlores
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Inside Iraq's Green Zone
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Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky
America's Quest for Global Dominance
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The Sushi Economy by Sasha Issenberg
Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy
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Wednesday, 2013-06-12, 7:16 PM
Thread: Giving it 4 Stars!
Posted by: weeeitsaustiiin
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Teenage by Jon Savage
the Creation of Youth Culture
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Super Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
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Sunday, 2013-06-16, 9:02 PM
Thread: super freakonomics
Posted by: chinaman
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God's Middle Finger by Richard Grant
Into The Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 9:50 PM
Thread: Review
Posted by: k3v1nx
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Enough by Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman
Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty
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The Untied States Of America by Juan Enriquez
Polarization, Fracturing, And Our Future
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Fast Food Nation By Eric Schlosser
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
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Friday, 2013-06-14, 2:49 PM
Thread: Four out of Five
Posted by: Lunow
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Can't Stop Won't Stop By Jeff Chang
A History of the Hip Hop Generation
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In-N-Out Burger by Stacy Perman
A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 11:41 PM
Thread: Tyrone Nguyen - Review
Posted by: Tyrone_Nguyen
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Chew On This By Charles Wilson
Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food
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Life, the Movie By Neal Gabler
How Entertainment Conquered Reality
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Fordlandia By Greg Grandin
The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City
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Common Wealth by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Economics for a Crowded Planet
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Sunday, 2012-06-10, 10:37 PM
Thread: Jenny
Posted by: Jenny
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It's The Little Things by Lena Williams
Everyday Interactions That Anger, Annoy, and Divide the Races
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Sunday, 2012-06-17, 0:07 AM
Thread: Nathalie Le
Posted by: Nathalie7
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Sleeping With The Devil by Robert Baer
How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
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A Dangerous Place by Marc Reisner
California's Unsettling Fate
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Sunday, 2012-06-10, 6:11 PM
Thread: 2.5 out of 5 stars.
Posted by: mirandathuong
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Murder in Amsterdam by Ian Buruma
Liberal Europe, Islam, and the Limits of Tolerance
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The Shia Revival by Vali Nasr
How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future
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Common Cents by Nancy J. Kimelman
How the Economy Really Works - from the Global Market to the Supermarket
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Thursday, 2012-06-14, 5:05 PM
Thread: ** Two Stars
Posted by: vivianmknguyen
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hip hop america by Nelson George
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Sunday, 2012-06-10, 4:44 PM
Thread: **** Four Stars
Posted by: Jonathan
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How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
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Monday, 2013-06-10, 10:31 PM
Thread: How The Other Half Lives by ...
Posted by: None
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Brilliant Orange by David Winner
The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 8:30 PM
Thread: 4****
Posted by: DinhQuach
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The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 4:33 PM
Thread: 5 Stars All The Way!!!
Posted by: NguyenDiana
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The Great Derangement by Matt Taibbi
A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion
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Friday, 2013-06-14, 1:39 PM
Thread: Four out of Five
Posted by: Lunow
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Richistan by Robert Frank
A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 7:35 AM
Thread: Four Stars
Posted by: Lunow
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Flyboys by James Bradley
A True Story of American Courage
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 11:48 PM
Thread: 5/5
Posted by: legendpham
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Cooked by Michael Pollen
A Natural History of Transformation
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Wednesday, 2013-06-12, 1:17 AM
Thread: Book Review
Posted by: Amy
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Hopes and Prospects by Noam Chomsky
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 8:14 PM
Thread: Book Review: Four stars out ...
Posted by: KCarrillo
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Jeans by James Sullivan
A Cultural History of an American Icon
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Tuesday, 2013-06-11, 2:45 PM
Thread: Jeans Cultural History of an...
Posted by: kevin
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Beautiful Souls by Eyal Press
The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times
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Wednesday, 2013-06-12, 11:24 PM
Thread: Must Read 8.5/10 Stars
Posted by: michael
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SuperFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
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The Next Hundred Million by Joel Kotkin
America in 2050
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Wednesday, 2013-06-12, 0:06 AM
Thread: David Alvarez
Posted by: Lebryant-Jordan
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Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol
Children in America's Schools
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Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
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