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Talk radio hosts - from the cerebral and sophisticated to the crude and rude - lure listeners to their radio stations with faux friendship and pseudo authority. Their shows power a cultural forcefield, as they have for generations. Radio Vox Populi provides an account of ubiquitous talk radio, from its inception to its current overwhelming societal power via a comparison of the Italian manifestation of the medium with that of the United States...

The book offers a step-by-step blueprint of radical proposals for the U.S.-Mexican border that go far beyond traditional initiatives to ease restrictions on immigration. The book argues that the border with Mexico should be completely open for Mexicans wishing to travel north. Up Against the Wall provides the background to understanding how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than the criminalization of Mexican and other m...

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The teacher of Classroom 15, known fondly as Mr. McFetridge, assigned a pen pal project in an effort to take geography lessons outside of the classroom. Imagining a place as far from Oregon as they possibly could, the students wrote letters to nine- and ten-year-old counterparts in the Soviet Union. Janice Boyle, the class secretary, reached out to Oregon's Congressional representative, Charles O. Porter, seeking assistance connecting with pee...

The book offers a step-by-step blueprint of radical proposals for the U.S.-Mexican border that go far beyond traditional initiatives to ease restrictions on immigration. The book argues that the border with Mexico should be completely open for Mexicans wishing to travel north. Up Against the Wall provides the background to understanding how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than the criminalization of Mexican and other m...

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Mann trifft Kröte Wer kann besser über das Leben auf Erden berichten als eine Schildkröte? Sie bewohnt unseren Planeten länger als fast jede andere Art und hat miterlebt wie sich dieser durch das Zutun der Menschen massiv verändert hat. Eine Evolutionsgeschichte und ein Aufruf. Die Spezies der Schildkröte könnte Geschichten über die Evolution und ihre Ursachen erzählen, von denen der Mensch, der im Vergleich ein Jüngling auf Erden ist, nur t...

Laufer delivers a compelling story of a stalwart animal prized from prehistory through to today--an animal threatened by human greed, pragmatism, and rationalization.over.

A fascinating exploration into the world of turtles across the globe, Laufer charts the lore, love, and peril to a beloved species.Dreaming in Turtle is a compelling story of a stalwart animal prized from prehistory through to today-an animal threatened by human greed, pragmatism, and rationalization. It stars turtles and shady and heroic human characters both, in settings ranging from luxury redoubts to degraded habitats, during a time when t...

Part food narrative, part investigation, part adventure story, Organic is an eye-opening and entertaining look into the anything goes world behind the organic label. It is also a wakeup call about the dubious origins of food labeled organic. After eating some suspect organic walnuts that supposedly were produced in Kazakhstan, veteran journalist Peter Laufer chooses a few items from his home pantry and traces their origins back to their source...

Neon Nevada is at once a stirring ode to a fading tradition and a celebration of a unique modern art, one whose pages will bring back memories while, perhaps, also conjuring up dreams of the future.

Forbidden Creatures chronicles Laufer's worldwide quest to penetrate the underworld network of hunters, traders, and customers who constitute the nefarious business of animal smuggling.

Exploring the ways we have used animals for sport and entertainment. The controversial line between entertainment and abuse,

Fascinating history of the secessionist movement that once flourished in Northern California and Southern Oregon-and an interview-based study of the region as it exists and still defines itself today.

Chronicles day-to-day life on the US-Mexico border. This wide-ranging, interview-driven book finds Peter Laufer on a week long road trip through the Imperial Valley and other border locales, engaging in earnest and revealing conversations with the people he meets along the way. Laufer talks to secretaries and politicians, restaurateurs and salsa dancers, poets and real estate agents about the issues that matter to them the most.