Social Sciences

Extreme Evil: Kids Killing Kids

by Bob Larson
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (1999-09-23)
ISBN: 0785268707
Binding/Media: Paperback - 204 pages
Release Date: 1999-09-23
SKU: 543ts
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: This book has mild edge wear, mild spine crease.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

by Hunter S. Thompson
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Vintage (1998-05-12)
ISBN: 0679785892
Binding/Media: Paperback - 224 pages
Edition: 2
Release Date: 1998-05-12
SKU: 1105090021
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: This book has minor edge wear. A Clean, Unmarked Copy. Will ship to Canada, U.S. and Internationally.

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Heralded as the "best book on the dope decade" by the New York Times Book Review, Hunter S. Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing and D.A.R.E. founders rethinking their motto. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the "Great Red Shark." In its trunk, they stow "two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers.... A quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls," which they manage to consume during their short tour.

On assignment from a sports magazine to cover "the fabulous Mint 400"--a free-for-all biker's race in the heart of the Nevada desert--the drug-a-delic duo stumbles through Vegas in hallucinatory hopes of finding the American dream (two truck-stop waitresses tell them it's nearby, but can't remember if it's on the right or the left). They of course never get the story, but they do commit the only sins in Vegas: "burning the locals, abusing the tourists, terrifying the help." For Thompson to remember and pen his experiences with such clarity and wit is nothing short of a miracle; an impressive feat no matter how one feels about the subject matter. A first-rate sensibility twinger, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a pop-culture classic, an icon of an era past, and a nugget of pure comedic genius. --Rebekah Warren

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Fences, gates and bridges: A practical manual

Product Group: Book
Publisher: Algrove Pub (1999)
ISBN: 0921335628
Binding/Media: Paperback - 188 pages
SKU: 0908220003
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: New book with mild shelf wear. A Clean, Unmarked Copy.

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More on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

by Suzette Haden Elgin
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Prentice Hall (1983-09)
ISBN: 0136011209
Binding/Media: Paperback - 284 pages
SKU: 1006190022
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: This book has minor shelf wear and neat underlining in blue. Will ship to Canada, U.S. and Internationally.

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Since its debut, the "Gentle Art" series has sold over 600,000 copies. More on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense presents the key tactics and skills for controlling language behavior in one's personal and professional life. A helpful manual showing how to neutralize verbal attacks and get positive responses, this bestselling book is proof that Dr. Elgin's techniques work.

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The Cultural Feast: An Introduction to Food and Society

by Carol A. Bryant, Anita Courtney, Barbara A. Markesbery, K.M. Dewalt
Product Group: Book
Publisher: West Group (1985-01)
ISBN: 0314852220
Binding/Media: Paperback - 500 pages
Edition: 1st
SKU: 0609230006
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: This book has minor shelf wear. Very clean copy in excellent condition.

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THE CULTURAL FEAST looks at the impact of evolution, geography, environment, social structure, and religion on food practices around the world. The text is comprised of three units. The first unit explains the myriad influences on human diet and examines the role of evolution on contemporary food practices. The second unit looks at factors that influence current food practices, such as dietary revolutions that accompany advancements in agricultural practices; the influence of culture in what, how, when, and why we eat; and the influence of religion, social organizations and industrialization on foodways. The third unit of the text looks at nutrition problems and solutions to those problems. The text explores global and domestic hunger, examines diseases of under- and over-nutrition, and looks at dietary behavior change and large-scale programs to change dietary practices.