 | Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice by Howard Zinn
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $1.75 This book really puts a face on typically theoretical progressive ideology. A must for anyone seeking to understand leftist thought.
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 | A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (Perennial Classics) by Howard Zinn
Buy used from: $6.99 Howard Zinn is one of America's greatest assets--it's a shame more people haven't read this.
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 | The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 All things considered, probably my favorite novel of all-time.
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 | Mr. Show: What Happened?! The Complete Story and Episode Guide by Naomi Odenkirk
Buy used from: $24.95 Great book for fans of the smartest show to ever air on American television.
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 | The Chomsky Reader by Noam Chomsky
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $0.98 A great introduction to one of the greatest voices of dissent in American history.
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 | The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Susan Orlean
Buy new: $12.60 / Used from: $0.01 Beautiful book. A great character study in Laroche.
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 | Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan by Howard Sounes
Buy used from: $2.79 A great biography of a modern treasure. Gives a relatively good feel for what it must be like to be Dylan.
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 | The Diary Of Soren Kierkegaard by Soren Kierkegaard
Buy new: $11.70 / Used from: $4.75 Some great, accessible insight from the father of existentialism.
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 | Essays In Existentialism by Jean-Paul Sartre
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $1.76 Another accessible argument for existentialist thought. As interesting as it is informative.
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 | Rushmore (Classic Screenplay) by Wes Anderson
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $6.99 Wonderful screenplay.
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 | Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $0.01 Troubling and vivid fictional account of the horrors of war.
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 | The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives, Volume 13 by Robert Siegel
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $0.01 Smarter and more honest than 99% of all 'real' American news publications.
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 | Otis!: The Otis Redding Story by Scott Freeman
Buy used from: $8.94 The only reputable book about the most passionate musician in modern music history.
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 | Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
Buy used from: $0.01 Has the engrossing quality of great fictional literature. Gives a compelling argument against the current fast food culture we live in.
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 | You're Not Alone, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz
Buy used from: $2.75 Melancholy and sweet--these comic strips have more wisdom and heart than any number of ridiculous self-help chicken soup-esque books.
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