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TitleCivilized to Death
AuthorRyan, Christopher
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader press
FormatPaperback
Category 1Social Science
ISBN-139781451659115
US Price$19.99
CDN Price$26.99
Pages304
Title StatusAS
The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which “progress” has perverted the way we live—how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die—in this “engaging, extensively documented, well-organized, and thought-provoking” (Booklist) book.
TitleFight of the Century
Author
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader press
FormatPaperback
Category 1Literary Collections
ISBN-139781501190414
US Price$17
CDN Price$23
Pages336
Title StatusAS
The American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in this “forceful, beautifully written” (Associated Press) collection that brings together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case.
TitleOnly Plane in the Sky
AuthorGraff, Garrett M
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader press
FormatPaperback
Category 1History
ISBN-139781501182211
US Price$22
CDN Price$30
Pages528
Title StatusAS
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