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Flammable: Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown is a 2008 book by sociologist Javier Auyero and anthropologist Débora Swistun. Its subject is the impact of pollution and toxicity on the residents of Flammable, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires , Argentina .
The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future is a 2018 book written by Andrew Yang, an American entrepreneur and Venture for America founder, who would later run as a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate on policy strategies discussed in the book.
Kiese Laymon was offered his first publishing deal at age 28. He started How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America in July 2007 after his uncle had passed away. While it was originally called On Parole, Laymon said that "while my relationship with paragraphs, chapters, and dead authors was getting more intimate, I was getting worse at being human...later that night, I could not sleep ...
Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill is a 2002 book by medical journalist Robert Whitaker, in which the author examines and questions the efficacy, safety, and ethics of past and present psychiatric interventions for severe mental illnesses, particularly antipsychotics. The book is ...
Ramsey went on to state that debt has become normalized in America if not throughout the world. It’s now a huge obstacle for those seeking to save money and put that cash toward retirement.
Kirkus Reviews called the book a "remarkably comprehensive and coherent analysis of and prescriptions for America's contemporary economic malaise." [5] Washington, D.C.'s Politics and Prose bookstore suggests that "This book is essential reading for all of us who want to understand America today, or why average Americans are struggling to keep ...
The Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics, and the Ethics of Queer Life is a book by Michael Warner, in which the author discusses the role of same-sex marriage as a goal for gay rights activists. First published in 1999 by The Free Press , an imprint of Simon & Schuster , it was re-published in 2000 in paperback by Harvard University Press .
America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It is a 2006 non-fiction book by the Canadian newspaper columnist and writer Mark Steyn. It forecasts the downfall of Western civilization due to internal weaknesses and Muslim population growth in Western countries and the world generally.