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A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media
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- Medical Meddling, pp. 4-6
- The Unimportant Nations , p. 7
- Wedding Bell News , pp. 8-21
- Fishing Expeditions, pp. 22-29 Why Fishermen who Used to Welcome the Coast Guard Have Started to Dread it.
- The BATF Claims 'Team Viper' was a Radical Militia Group Bent on Committing Terrorist Acts. But Where is the Evidence?, pp. 30-35
- [+]3 Reviews Origins of the Modern Mind, by Merlin Donald (3 Reviews) , p. 36
- Origins of the Modern Mind by Merlin Donald
- The Fourth Discontinuity by Bruce Mazlish
- Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- [+]3 Reviews Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes, and the Fall of O... (3 Reviews) , p. 37
- Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes, and the Fall of Old Mexico by Hugh Thomas
- O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
- The Engineers and the Price System by Thorstein Veblen
- [+]3 Reviews Making Silent Stones Speak, by Kathy D. Schick... (3 Reviews) , p. 38
- Making Silent Stones Speak by Kathy D. Schick and Nicholas Toth
- The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner
- The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker
- [+]3 Reviews The Pinball Effect, by James Burke (3 Reviews) , p. 38
- The Pinball Effect by James Burke
- Out of Control by Kevin Kelly
- Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
- [+]3 Reviews Robinson Crusoe, Part I, by Daniel Defoe (3 Reviews) , p. 39
- Robinson Crusoe, Part I by Daniel Defoe
- The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan
- The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke
- [+]3 Reviews The Pursuit of Power, by William Hardy McNeill (3 Reviews) , p. 40
- The Pursuit of Power by William Hardy McNeill
- We by Yevgeny I. Zamyatin
- The Unfinished Universe by Louise B. Young
- [+]3 Reviews The Education of Henry Adams, by Henry Adams (3 Reviews) , p. 41
- The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
- A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
- The Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav
- [+]3 Reviews The Evolution of Useful Things, by Henry Petroski (3 Reviews) , p. 41
- The Evolution of Useful Things by Henry Petroski
- Zipper by Robert Friedel
- The Total Package by Thomas Hine
- [+]3 Reviews The Great Bridge, by David McCullough (3 Reviews) , p. 42
- The Great Bridge by David McCullough
- The Innovators by David P. Billington
- The Existential Pleasures of Engineering by Samuel C. Florman
- [+]3 Reviews Foundation, by Isaac Asimov (3 Reviews) , p. 42
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov
- The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski
- See How They Ran by Gil Troy
- [+]3 Reviews Evolution Isn't What It Used to Be, by Walter ... (3 Reviews) , p. 43
- Evolution Isn't What It Used to Be by Walter Truett Anderson
- From Eros to Gaia by Freeman Dyson
- A Piece of the Action by Joseph Nocera
- [+]3 Reviews Only the Paranoid Survive, by Andrew S. Grove (3 Reviews) , p. 44
- Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew S. Grove
- Out of Control by Kevin Kelly
- Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
- [+]3 Reviews The State of Humanity, by Julian Lincoln Simon (3 Reviews) , p. 44
- The State of Humanity by Julian Lincoln Simon
- Progress and Privilege by William Tucker
- The Road to Survival by William Vogt
- [+]4 Reviews The Sunflower Forest, by William R. Jordan (4 Reviews) , p. 45
- The Sunflower Forest by William R. Jordan
- The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
- The Odyssey by Homer
- Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments by Martyn J. Fogg
- [+]Actual Knowledge (3 Reviews) , pp. 46-52The Cigarette Papers, by Stanton A. Glantz, John Slade, Lisa A. Bero, and Peter Hanauer...
- The Cigarette Papers by Stanton A. Glantz, John Slade, Lisa A. Bero, and Peter Hanauer, ...
- Smokescreen by Philip J. Hilts
- Ashes to Ashes by Richard Kluger
- [+]Bye-Bye American Pie (4 Reviews) , pp. 53-58Blue Sky Dream, by David Beers
- Blue Sky Dream by David Beers
- The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Independence Day by Richard Ford
- The Low Life by George Hickenlooper
- [+]Learning Curve (Review) , pp. 59-64Hidden Order, by John H. Holland
- Hidden Order by John H. Holland
- Gouge Away, pp. 65-66 Hurricanes and the Politics of Prices
- Smogged Down, pp. 67-70 Pollution-Hating Californians Discover There's No Free Lunch.
- Play (Regulated) Ball!, pp. 71-73 The Consumer Product Safety Commission Toys with Kids' Sports.
- Kathie Lee & Me, pp. 74-75 Downsize these moral poseurs!
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