"These selections form the many writings of Thomas Sowell over a period of half a century and cover social, economic, cultural, legal, educational and political issues ... The topics range from late-talking children to "tax cuts for the rich," baseball, race, war, the role of ju…
Funny, wise, learned and compulsive' - GQ Bill Bryson turns away from travelling the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling -- Independent on Sunday
Bill Bryson turns away from the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture. In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native …
'Made in America' turns away from the highways and byways of middle America for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture.
... affluenza is an addiction, or at least a pernicious habit ... This book [can] be seen as an intervention. [It] asks us to face our consumption-generated problems. It doesn't ridicule us, but it doesn't pull punches. And, like an intervention for other substance-abuse problem…
by Naylor, Thomas H., De Graaf, John, Wann, David
In chapters with titles like Swollen Expectations and A Rash of Bankruptcies, Affluenza uses the whimsical metaphor of a disease to tackle a very serious subject: the damage done--to our health, our families, our communities, and our environment--by the obsessive quest for mater…
In this indictment of consumerism, de Graaf et al. treat the social problem they call "affluenza" like a disease, discussing symptoms, treatment, and causes for this "painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogg…
In this latest collection of his always provocative essays, Thomas Sowell once again demonstrates why he is one of the most thoughtful, readable, and controversial thinkers of our time. With his usual unrelenting candor, Sowell cuts through the stereotypes, popular mythology, an…
In this latest collection of his always provocative essays, Thomas Sowell once again demonstrates why he is one of the most thoughtful, readable, and controversial thinkers of our time. With his usual unrelenting candor, Sowell cuts through the stereotypes, popular mythology, an…
