Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin, with a New Preface, Paperback - Gray Brechin

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Rural areas cover 97 percent of the United States--yet more than 80 percent of the US population lives in urban areas. What is life like for the mi...

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In his new preface Bernd Heinrich ranges from Maine to Alaska and north to the Arctic as he summarizes findings from continuing investigations over...

The long poems of Starting From San Francisco present a new, quieter, more profound aspect of the poet. His original lyricism and caustic humor hav...

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The keys to global business success, as taught by a T-shirt's journey The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is a critically-acclaimed narr...

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With a new foreword by Mark Cuban and a new preface by the author.

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Reducere. In anii ’70, Mary Ann Singleton, provinciala naiva din Ohio, ajunge la San Francisco, unde trebuie sa renunte rapid la provincialism si la reflexel...