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Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam

"Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling …

The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community by Ray Oldenburg

The Unfolding of Language by Guy Deutscher

Anathem by Neal Stephenson

Anathem, the latest invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle, is a magnificent …

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky

A literalidade na série Watchmen, de Alan Moore (-)

O presente trabalho aborda a história em quadrinhos Watchmen, dos britânicos Alan Moore e Dave Gibbons, a partir do conceito …

What's the matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank

One of "our most insightful social observers"* cracks the great political mystery of our time: how conservatism, once a marker …

A Study Guide for Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed by Cengage Learning Gale

Freakonomics by Steven Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Cult bestseller and new buzz word, Freakonomics is at the fear of everything we see and do, and the subjects …

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national …

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

Feeling Very Strange by James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times"Eat food. Not …