Social Science : Essays

Published in 1909, Arthur Conan Doyle's The Crime of the Congo took him eight days to finish. Doyle's horror at the crimes being perpetuated against humanity in the Belgian Congo during the reign of King Leopold II is evident throughout. With illustrations of mutilated bodies, the work seems to echo Doyle's opinion that “There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.” This EasyRead Comfort Edition has been optimized for readers who do not need large type yet prefer a print that does not strain their eyes. more...

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The Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems David Rakoff’s collection of autobiographical essays, Fraud , established him as one of our funniest, most insightful writers. more...

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From his work as a reporter at Hustler magazine, to his. National Magazine Award?winning writing for Rolling. Stone and Vanity Fair, Evan Wright has always had. an affinity for outsiders?what he calls ?the lost tribes of. America.? The previously published pieces in this collection. chart a deeply personal journey, beginning with his stark but. sympathetic portrayals of sex workers in Porn Valley, through. his raw portrait of a Hollywood überagent-turned-war documentarian. and hero of America?s far right. Along the way,. Wright encounters runaway teens earning corporate dollars as. skateboard pitchmen; radical anarchists plotting the overthrow. of corporate America; and young American troops on the hunt. for terrorists in the combat zones of the Middle East. His subjects. are people for whom the American dream is either just out. of grasp, or something they?ve chosen to reject altogether. Sometimes frightening, usually profane, and often darkly comic,. Hella Nation is Evan Wright?s meticulously observed tour of the. jagged edges of all those other Americas hiding in plain sight. amid the nation?s malls and gated communities. The collection. also includes an all-new, autobiographical introductory essay by. the author. more...

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A collection of stories-some well known, some more obscure- capturing some of the best storytelling of this golden age of nonfiction. An anthology of the best new masters of nonfiction storytelling, personally chosen and introduced by Ira Glass, the producer and host of the award-winning public radio program This American Life. These pieces-on teenage white collar criminals, buying a cow, Saddam Hussein, drunken British soccer culture, and how we know everyone in our Rolodex-are meant to mesmerize and inspire. more...

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