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Spying on the South

An Odyssey Across the American Divide

By: Tony Horwitz

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Spying on the South

An Odyssey Across the American Divide

By: Tony Horwitz

The New York Times-bestselling final book by the beloved, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Tony Horwitz. With Spying on the South, the best-selling author of Confederates in the Attic returns to the South and the Civil War era for an epic adventure on the trail of America's greatest landscape architect. In the 1850s, the young Frederick Law Olmsted was adrift, a restless farmer and dreamer in search of a mission. He found it during an extraordinary journey, as an undercover correspondent in the South for the up-and-coming New York Times. For the Connecticut Yankee, pen name "Yeoman," the South was alien, often hostile territory. Yet Olmsted traveled for 14 months, by horseback, steamboat, and stagecoach, seeking dialogue and common ground. His vivid dispatches about the lives and beliefs of Southerners were revelatory for readers of his day, and Yeoman's remarkable trek also reshaped the American landscape, as Olmsted sought to reform his own society by creating democratic spaces for the uplift of all. The result: Central Park and Olmsted's career as America's first and foremost landscape architect. Tony Horwitz rediscovers Yeoman Olmsted amidst the discord and polarization of our own time. Is America still one country? In search of answers, and his own adventures, Horwitz follows Olmsted's tracks and often his mode of transport (including muleback): through Appalachia, down the Mississippi River, into bayou Louisiana, and across Texas to the contested Mexican borderland. Venturing far off beaten paths, Horwitz uncovers bracing vestiges and strange new mutations of the Cotton Kingdom. Horwitz's intrepid and often hilarious journey through an outsized American landscape is a masterpiece in the tradition of Great Plains, Bad Land, and the author's own classic, Confederates in the Attic.

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Penguin

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1101980303

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9781101980309

The Experience of Place

A New Way of Looking at and Dealing With our Radically Changing Cities and Count ryside

By: Tony Hiss

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The Experience of Place

A New Way of Looking at and Dealing With our Radically Changing Cities and Count ryside

By: Tony Hiss

Why do some places--the concourse of Grand Central Terminal or a small farm or even the corner of a skyscraper--affect us so mysteriously and yet so forcefully? What tiny changes in our everyday environments can radically alter the quality of our daily lives? The Experience of Place offers an innovative and delightfully readable proposal for new ways of planning, building, and managing our most immediate and overlooked surroundings.

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257

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Vintage

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0307766284

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9780307766281

"Greed Is Good" and Other Fables

Office Life in Popular Culture

By: Tony Osborne

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"Greed Is Good" and Other Fables

Office Life in Popular Culture

By: Tony Osborne

This book spans three centuries of popular entertainment and everyday culture, showcasing both mainstream and submerged channels and voices to examine how once reviled business values gained supremacy and poisoned the American spirit. The office in popular culture is often depicted as a topsy-turvy parallel universe where psychological disorders are legitimized as "managerial styles" and comically depraved bosses torment those who do the actual work. During the 1950s, the Beats chose denim and the open road over gray flannel suits and office jobs, but today their grandchildrenGeneration Yaggressively covet desk jobs. "Greed Is Good" and Other Fables: Office Life in Popular Culture examines how office life is both extolled and lampooned in popular culture. The book tracks how business values ascended to cultural dominance in the United States today, revealing our incessant struggle between financial and spiritual goals in the pursuit of "freedom" and the fulfillment of the American dream. By drawing upon sources as varied as books, newspapers, magazines, television shows, movies, blogs, message boards, documentaries, public speeches, corporate training films, and employee newsletters, the author provides compelling insights into the range of competing values and ideals interwoven throughout office life.

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195

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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ISBN 13

9798216040385

The American Condition

By: Edmund Fawcett,Tony Thomas

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The American Condition

By: Edmund Fawcett,Tony Thomas

Insights, analysis, and overview of modern American government and society by two somewhat outsiders, Britons Fawcett and Thomas.

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504

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HarperCollins Publishers

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0060380306

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9780060380304

Lyle Film and Rock N' Roll Collectibles

By: Tony Curtis

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Lyle Film and Rock N' Roll Collectibles

By: Tony Curtis

A fully illustrated guide to the treasures of pop culture, this book provides valuable and practical information that covers everything from Marilyn to Madonna, the Beatles to Bruce Springsteen, and Star Trek to Snow White. Collectibles such as signed photos, song sheets, promotional pieces, original artwork, and fan magazines can reap great rewards on the memorabilia market.

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Perigee Trade

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0399522050

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9780399522055

Must-See New York

By: Thomas Cook Publishing,Tony Kelly

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Must-See New York

By: Thomas Cook Publishing,Tony Kelly

This full-color, "magazine-style" guide help travelers "get inside" New York & make the most of their trip.

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192

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Thomas Cook

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1841570389

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9781841570389

Folkways Records

Moses Asch and His Encyclopedia of Sound

By: Tony Olmsted

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Folkways Records

Moses Asch and His Encyclopedia of Sound

By: Tony Olmsted

In 1949, immigrant recording engineer Moses Asch embarked on a lifelong project: documenting the world of sound produced by mankind, via a small record label called Folkways Records. By the time of his death in 1986, he had amassed an archive of over 2,200 LPs and thousands of hours of tapes; so valuable was this collection that it was purchased by the Smithsonian Institute. FolkwaysRecords is an account of how he built this business, working against all odds, to create a landmark in the history of American music.

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265

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Routledge

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1135353484

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9781135353483

Folkways Records

Moses Asch and His Encyclopedia of Sound

By: Anthony Olmsted,Tony Olmsted

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Folkways Records

Moses Asch and His Encyclopedia of Sound

By: Anthony Olmsted,Tony Olmsted

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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237

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Psychology Press

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0415937094

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9780415937092

Spying on the South

An Odyssey Across the American Divide

By: Tony Horwitz

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An Odyssey Across the American Divide

By: Tony Horwitz

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Spying on the South

Spying on the South

The Experience of Place

The Experience of Place

"Greed Is Good" and Other Fables

"Greed Is Good" and Other Fables

The American Condition

The American Condition

Lyle Film and Rock N' Roll Collectibles

Lyle Film and Rock N' Roll Collectibles

Must-See New York

Must-See New York

Folkways Records

Folkways Records

Folkways Records

Folkways Records

Spying on the South

Spying on the South

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