Garbage and want explored by Susan Strasser in Trash study
Social historian Susan Strasser examines American attachment to discardables at Garage sales and Goodwill in Manhattan. Her book Waste and Want traces how abundance, novelty, and disposal shape identity, consumerism, and the line between keep and throw away.
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Susan Strasser
New York
Goodwill Industries
American Express
Goodwill
Broadway
Manhattan
Upper West Side
Strasser
Metropolitan Books
Tories
eBay
Animal Hospital
New York City
Apphot
Takoma Park
Harm Done Among Ruth Rendell’s Best Mysteries
Ruth Rendell, writing as Barbara Vine and as Ruth Rendell, crafts a dark psychological mystery featuring Chief Inspector Reg Wexford in Kingsmarkham. Harm Done weaves abductions, a lone investigator, a released pedophile, a housing development protest, a sensational editor, and a fatal bombing, posing tough social questions and dense character webs.
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Ruth Rendell
Barbara Vine
Reg Wexford
Kingsmarkham
England
Crown
Wexford
John Glenn A Memoir profiles an admired American hero
The memoir chronicles John Glenn’s remarkable life from a New Concord upbringing through World War I and II pilot days to Mercury and his 1998 shuttle flight. It highlights his patriotism, Senate years, and late career return to space, presenting a portrait of a steadfast, ordinary man whose actions inspired a nation.
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John Glenn
Bantam
Nick Taylor
Glenn
New Concord
Ohio
Norman Rockwell
John
America
NASA
U.S
Annie
Bestselling Books List From Publishers Weekly Highlights Top Titles
The nation’s best selling books are listed by Publishers Weekly across fiction, nonfiction, mass market, trade paperbacks, and more. Notable titles include False Memory by Dean Koontz, Timeline by Michael Crichton, Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom, The Greatest Generation Speaks by Tom Brokaw, and Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt, among many others.
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Publishers Weekly
Dean Koontz
Michael Crichton
Atlantis
Clive Cussler
Nicholas Sparks
Saving Faith
David Baldacci
Jonathan Kellerman
Pop Goes the Weasel
James Patterson
Tunting Badger
Tony Hitterman
Soft Focus
Jayne Ann Krentz
Morrie
Mitch Albom
Tom Brokaw
Tis
Frank McCourt S
John Grisham
Angela
Frank McCourt
Stephen King
Patricia Cornwell
Dr. Atkins
Robert C. Atkins
Baby Girl
Fannie Flagg
Richard F. Heller
Rachael F. Heller
Steve Martini
Jewels of the Sun
Nora Roberts
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Shambhala
James Redfield
Kent Harut
Irresistible Forces
Danielle Steel
Mick Foley
Bill Phillips
Michael D’orso
Spencer Johnson
Richard B. Stoiley
Tony Chiu
David Maraniss
Peter Jennings
Todd Brewster
Joe Garner
the Dalai Lamiard
H. Leighton Steward
Morrison C. Bethea
Sam
Andrews
Luis A. Balart
Galileo's Daughter
Dava Sobel
Robert Jordan
Tom Clancy
Martin Greenberg
Barbara Taylor
Brad
John Irving
Jane Hamilton
Robert Famighetti
Vinegar Hill
A. Manette Ansay
Arthur Golden
Cedars
Piel Syreyuts
David Guterson
Barbara Kingsolver
Gary Zukav
Anita Shreve
Tim LaHaye
Jerry B. Jenkins
Billie Letts
Jack Canfield
Mark Victor Hansen
Kimberly Kirkberger
Dave Pelzer
Susanna Kaysen
Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
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