Eating
the Dinosaur
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Chuck
Klosterman has chronicled rock music, film,
and sports for almost fifteen years. He's
covered extreme metal, extreme nostalgia,
disposable art, disposable heroes, life on
the road, life through the television, urban
uncertainty and small-town weirdness. He's
written about everything he can think of (and
a lot that he's forgotten). In Eating the
Dinosaur, Klosterman is more entertaining
and incisive than ever. Whether he's
dissecting the boredom of voyeurism, the
reason why music fan's inevitably hate their
favorite band's latest album, or why we love
watching can't-miss superstars fail
spectacularly, Klosterman remains obsessed
with the relationship between expectation,
reality, and living history.
Justice:
What's the Right Thing to Do?
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Michael
J. Sandel's "Justice" course is one of the
most popular and influential at Harvard. Up
to a thousand students pack the campus
theater to hear Sandel relate the big
questions of political philosophy to the most
vexing issues of the day, and this fall,
public television will air a series based on
the course. Justice offers readers the same
exhilarating journey that captivates Harvard
students. Affirmative action, same-sex
marriage, physician-assisted suicide,
abortion, national service, patriotism and
dissent, the moral limits of markets-Sandel
dramatizes the challenge of thinking through
these conflicts, and shows how a surer grasp
of philosophy can help us make sense of
politics, morality, and our own convictions
as well.
Speaking
of Faith: Why Religion Matters: and How to
Talk About It
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The
host of public radio's Speaking of
Faith explores the role of faith in
today's world, drawing on her life
experiences and her in-depth conversations
with such figures as Elie Wiesel, Karen
Armstrong, and Thich Nhat Hanh.
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Dogs
& Devotion
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This
tribute to the bond between dogs and their
owners by the Monks of New
Skete--authors of Divine Canine--pairs
lavish photography with inspirational text
that imparts the lessons and insights the
authors have gained over decades of living
with and training dogs.
Plato
and a Platypus Walk into a
Bar...:Understanding Philosophy Through
Jokes
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This
irreverent (but accurate) guide teaches the
principles and concepts of philosophy through
one-liner jokes, vaudeville humor, cartoons,
and limericks, in an irreverent introduction
to the great philosophers and philosophical
traditions, from Existentialism to
Logic.
Transit
Maps of the World
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This
history of mass transit around the globe
brings together a collection of historic and
current maps of every rapid-transit system in
the world, along with more than 650
full-color photographs, diagrams, and rare
ephemera for Beijing, New York, Paris,
London, Cleveland, Chicago, Tokyo, Moscow,
Madrid, Berlin, San Francisco, and other
cities.
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