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This I Believe
The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
Jay Allison and Dan Gediman, eds.
Holt Paperbacks
"To hold this range of beliefs in the palm of your hand is as fine, as grounding, as it was hearing them first on the radio. Heartfelt, deeply cherished beliefs, doctrines for living (yet none of them doctrinaire). Ideas and ideals that nourish. You can see it in their faces, in the photos in this book. And read it in their words. I'm so proud that NPR helped carry this Edward R. Murrow tradition into a new century. And so glad to have it in print, to encounter again and again."—
Susan Stamberg, special correspondent, National Public Radio
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This I Believe II
More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
Jay Allison and Dan Gediman, eds.
Holt Paperbacks
"In the second collection derived from the extraordinarily popular and influential National Public Radio program This I Believe, pithy, personal, and stealthily affecting essays grapple with life's big questions from myriad perspectives and with refreshingly positive energy . . . Infused with gratitude and hope, these declarations are at once grounding and uplifting."—
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Business Lessons from a Radical Industrialist
Ray C. Anderson with Robin White
St. Martin's Griffin
"Ray Anderson is a personal inspiration for me and for anyone trying to find their way in this new world of green business. He may be ‘radical’ but he’s also a profit-seeking businessman.
Confessions
tells an amazing first-hand story of a personal and business transformation, a journey from being a cold-eyed capitalist to being . . . a cold-eyed capitalist, but just with a much larger perspective on what profitable really means. Ray has found a new path that’s good for the planet and
great
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Andrew Winston, environmental strategist, author of
Green Recovery
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Green to Gold
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It Happened On the Way to War
A Marine's Path to Peace
Rye Barcott
Bloomsbury USA
“Riveting. A beautifully written memoir that reads like a novel and reveals fundamental truths about good, evil, and our common humanity.”—
Ishmael Beah, author of
A Long Way Gone
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Our Boys
A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen
Joe Drape
St. Martin's Griffin
"Joe Drape tells the remarkable story of the Smith Center Redmen, not only their success in winning football games, but also in swelling pride for a community and building character in young men. He shows that Roger Barta and the people in Smith Center are winners in every sense of the word."—
Bob Stoops, head coach, University of Oklahoma
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102 Minutes
The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn
Times Books
"102 Minutes does for the September 11 catastrophe what Walter Lord did for the Titanic in his masterpiece, A Night to Remember . . . Searing, poignant, and...
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Bright-Sided
How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America
Barbara Ehrenreich
Picador
“In this hard-hitting but honest appraisal, America’s cultural skeptic Barbara Ehrenreich turns her focus on the muddled American phenomenon of positive thinking. She exposes the pseudoscience and pseudointellectual foundation of the positive-thinking movement for what it is: a house of cards. This is a mind-opening read.”—
Michael Shermer, author of
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
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Nickel and Dimed
On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
Picador
"A valuable and illuminating book . . . We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America's working poor so clearly and directly, and conveying with it a deep moral outrage . . . She is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism."—
Dorothy Gallagher,
The New York Times Book Review
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Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language
Deborah Fallows
Walker & Company
"The eager student will learn a fair bit about the history of the language and how its array of characters and tones were systematized, all the while gathering insights into the country’s customs and culture. Rather than draw sweeping conclusions, Fallows sticks to her own experiences and observations, which makes her book all the more valuable. China hands will have many moments of recognition. For others,
Dreaming in Chinese
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Lesley Downer,
The New York Times Book Review
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The Good Soldiers
David Finkel
Picador
"Against the tradition of combat memoirs, [Finkel] chooses to keep himself out of the action, so that
The Good Soldiers
sometimes reads more like a novel than a reporter’s journal, with Finkel as the omniscient narrator . . .
The Good Soldiers
is more than a splendid account of men in combat. It will stand as the classic book about an extremely challenging war."—
Daniel Ford, Durham, New Hampshire,
Michigan War Studies Review
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The Thinking Life
How to Thrive in the Age of Distraction
P. M. Forni
St. Martin's Press
"
The Thinking Life
is the most provocative and useful book I’ve read in years. As I traveled through it, Professor Forni gave me ideas about how to become more thoughtful, made me feel guilty, annoyed me with his grumpiness, and inspired me with his wit and optimism. You probably won’t agree with everything in this book, but that is part of its brilliance: Forni’s compels you to live
The Thinking Life
as you devour his little gem."—
Robert Sutton, Stanford Professor and author of New York Times bestsellers
Good Boss, Bad Boss
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The No Asshole Rule
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The Checklist Manifesto
How to Get Things Right
Atul Gawande
Picador
“Few medical writers working today can transmit the gore-drenched terror of an operation that suddenly goes wrong—a terror that has a special resonance when it is Dr. Gawande himself who makes the initial horrifying mistake. And few can make it as clear as he can what exactly is at stake in the effort to minimize calamities.”—
The New York Times
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KaBOOM!
How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play
Darell Hammond, Founder of KaBOOM!
Rodale Books
“It takes equal parts audacity, creativity, and vision to build an organization as successful as KaBOOM!—and Darell Hammond has that special blend. I’m proud to have partnered with the organization as First Lady of California to bring 31 new playgrounds to the state’s neediest communities, including the first volunteer-built intergenerational playground in California. It’s a partnership that continues to change lives and transform these communities.”
—Maria Shriver, award-winning journalist, bestselling author and activist
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Animal Factory
The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment
David Kirby
St. Martin's Griffin
“
Animal Factory
, by David Kirby, documents the scandal of today’s industrial food animal production system in the same compelling way Upton Sinclair alerted Americans to the abuses of the meat packing industry in his 1906
The Jungle
. The well being of animals produced for human consumption, the fate of rural communities, the health of farm workers, and the protection of the environment are daily compromised for the sake of profit.”—
Robert S. Lawrence, M.D., Director, of the Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Eaarth
Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
Bill McKibben
St. Martin's Griffin
“Bill McKibben may be the world's best green journalist . . . What really sets
Eaarth
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Time
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Step Out on Nothing
How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges
Byron Pitts
St. Martin's Griffin
“Byron Pitts’ book should be required reading for anyone who has been told 'You can’t do it.' Faced with obstacles and challenges that many would find insurmountable, Byron through his remarkable faith and the support of his family refused to accept what all too many resign themselves to today, a life left unfilled, with promise, dreams and aspirations sadly left on the doorsteps of our future. Faith without works is dead; Byron’s faith is far from dead!"—
T.D. Jakes, author and chief pastor of The Potter's House
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Methland
The Death and Life of an American Small Town
Nick Reding
Bloomsbury USA
“This is a strong book, and it tells a complicated story in comprehensible, human dimensions. Like all good journalism, it’s the hand holding up the mirror, the friend telling us to take a cold, hard look at ourselves.”—
Los Angeles Times
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Footnotes in Gaza
A Graphic Novel
Joe Sacco
Metropolitan Books
"Fascinating . . . the cartoonist is in top form throughout . . . A story soaked to the marrow with heartbreaking insights . . . One of the best long-form comics of this decade, and Sacco’s greatest work to date.”—
The Comics Reporter
L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist
Eisner Award Winner
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Justice
What's the Right Thing to Do?
Michael J. Sandel
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks
"What
Justice
does, and does very well, is teach. Sandel explains theories of justice based on utilitarianism (minimize social harm), libertarianism (maximize personal freedom) and communitarianism (cultivate civic virtue) with clarity and immediacy honed by years of classroom presentation; the ideas of Aristotle, Jeremy Bentham, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Robert Nozick and John Rawls have rarely, if ever, been set out as accessibly. Sandel’s virtuosic untangling of Kant’s notorious knots, in under 40 pages, is worth the price of admission by itself . . . In terms we can all understand, [
Justice
] confronts us with the concepts that lurk, so often unacknowledged, beneath our conflicts.”—
Jonathan Rauch,
The New York Times Book Review
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Amexica
War Along the Borderline
Ed Vulliamy
Picador
“Vulliamy, with a mix of irony and pathos, writes like a latter-day Graham Greene . . . Like all good travel writing,
Amexica
is vivid, colorful, and exotic, filled with striking vignettes and larger-than-life characters.”—
Tamar Jacoby,
The New York Times Book Review
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The New Normal
An Agenda for Responsible Living
David Wann
St. Martin's Griffin
"Wann pulls from the disciplines of biology, anthropology, history, and psychology to make his case that the current paradigm of bigger and more is not working. This is one of the best approaches to promoting a sustainable world."—
Library Journal
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I Shall Not Hate
A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
Izzeldin Abuelaish
Walker & Company
By turns inspiring and heartbreaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish's account of his extraordinary life. A...
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Making Good
Finding Meaning, Money, and Community in a Changing World
Billy Parish and Dev Aujla
Rodale Books
As we emerge from the recession, a generation is searching for practical answers about how to succeed and make positive change in the world. With real-life...
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The Limits of Power
The End of American Exceptionalism
American Empire Project
Andrew Bacevich
A Metropolitan/Holt Paperbacks Book
“This compact, meaty volume ought to be on the reading list of every candidate for national office in November's elections. In an age of cant and baloney, Andrew Bacevich offers a bracing slap of reality.
The Limits of Power
is gracefully written and easy to read . . . chockablock with provocative ideas and stern judgments. Bacevich's brand of intellectual assuredness is rare in today's public debates. Many of our talking heads and commentators are cocksure, of course, but few combine confidence with knowledge and deep thought the way Bacevich does here. His big argument is elegant and powerful.”—
The Washington Post
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