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Brandwashed
by Martin Lindstrom
Formats: Audio Download ($26.66) | Audio CD ($32.00)
Published:
September 2011
From the best-selling author of Buyology comes a shocking insider’s look at how today’s global giants conspire to obscure the truth and manipulate our minds, all in service of persuading us to buy.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs
Formats: Audio Download ($36.66)
Published:
September 2011
Thirty years after its publication, The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning....[It] can also be seen in a much larger context.
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Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change
by Timothy Wilson
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($23.96)
Published:
September 2011
Why might some sex education programs result in more teen pregnancies? Why did reading that self-help book make you feel less happy? What's the best way to recover from trauma?
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The Penguin and the Leviathan
by Yochai Benkler
Formats: Audio Download ($23.33)
Published:
August 2011
What do Wikipedia, Zip Car’s business model, Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and a small group of lobster fishermen have in common? They all show the power and promise of human cooperation in transforming our businesses, our government, and our society at large.
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The Dumbest Generation
by Mark Bauerlein
Formats: Audio Download ($14.39) | Audio CD ($35.99) | MP3 CD ($26.99)
Published:
May 2011
This shocking, surprisingly entertaining romp into the intellectual nether regions of today's under-thirty set reveals the disturbing and, ultimately, incontrovertible truth: cyberculture is turning us into a society of know-nothings.
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The Social Animal
by David Brooks
Formats: Audio Download ($33.25) | Audio CD ($36.00)
Published:
March 2011
With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and best-selling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live.
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