Just a few that come to mind:
A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn
The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman
Longitudes and Attitudes, Thomas Friedman
Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking
Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer
Into The Wild, Jon Krakauer
And I second the nomination for Fast Food Nation
And get a lot of great biographies!
Have fun spending!!
On 5/15/08, Helen/HS/La. wrote:
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> What would you buy?
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