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  • Encounters With Men

    by Bob Ostertag ...
    Encounters With Men is a searching memoir as only Bob Ostertag could tell it. In these pages are a lifetime of intimacies and distances, moments with fathers and teachers, friends and lovers, soldiers, cops, and criminals—even one of the great mass murderers of the late twentieth century. Bob Ostertag writes of the men he has known in stories shot through with deep love and deep violence, sex ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Facebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat

    Technics and Civilization in the 21st Century

    by Bob Ostertag ...
    Facebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat is a deeply intimate look at the cataclysmic shifts between humans, technology, and the so-called natural world. Amid the breakneck pace of both technological advance and environmental collapse, Robert Ostertag explores how we ourselves are changing as fast as the world around us—from how we make music, to how we have sex, to what we do to survive, and ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creative Life

    Music, Politics, People, and Machines

    by Bob Ostertag ...
    In this eloquent and passionate volume, Bob Ostertag explores the common ground and points of friction among music, creativity, politics, culture, and technology. In terrain ranging from the guerrilla underground in El Salvador's civil war to the drag queen underground in San Francisco and New York, these essays combine journalism and autobiography to explore fundamental questions of what art is ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)

    My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement

    See how one militant union organizer fought the bosses—and national labor leaders—in this “breathtaking trip through the union-organizing scene” (Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed).“ . . . renews my faith that organizing works . . . makes a compelling case for a new vision for the American labor movement.” —Van JonesIn 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Encounters With Men

    by Bob Ostertag ...
    Narrated by Bob Ostertag ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 41 min

    Encounters With Men is a searching memoir as only Bob Ostertag could tell it. In these pages are a lifetime of intimacies and distances, moments with fathers and teachers, friends and lovers, soldiers, cops, and criminals— even one of the great mass murderers of the late twentieth century.Bob Ostertag writes of the men he has known in stories shot through with deep love and deep violence, sex ... Read more

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    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual” ... Read more

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  • The Quiet War

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    #1 Best Seller in Multiple Categories on Amazon.ca.Deeds not words. To the members of Canada’s Joint Task Force Two, it isn’t just a motto. It’s a way of life.Most Canadians have never heard of them, but when a Canadian veteran and a British intelligence officer vanish in Belize, it’s JTF2 that answers the call.Sergeant Sebastien “Rocky” Ray, reeling from the disappearance of his friend and ... Read more

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  • Bicycle Diaries

    by David Byrne ...
    **“...an engaging book: part diary, part manifesto.”—The GuardianA round-the-world bicycle tour with Talking Heads co-founder David Byrne, one of the most original artists of our day.**Urban bicycling has become more popular than ever as recession-strapped, climate-conscious city dwellers reinvent basic transportation. In this wide-ranging memoir, artist/musician and co-founder of Talking Heads ... Read more

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  • Telling True Stories

    A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University

    Edited by Mark Kramer, Wendy Call ...
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  • Found in Translation

    How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World

    Translation. It’s everywhere we look, but seldom seen—until now. Found in Translation reveals the surprising and complex ways that translation shapes the world. Covering everything from holy books to hurricane warnings and poetry to peace treaties, Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche offer language lovers and pop culture fans alike an insider’s view of the ways in which translation spreads culture, ... Read more

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    Brian Eno's Diary

    by Brian Eno ...
    The diary and essays of Brian Eno republished twenty-five years on with a new introduction by the artist in a beautiful hardback edition.'One of the seminal books about music . . . an invaluable insight into the mind and working practices of one of the industry's undeniable geniuses.'GUARDIANAt the end of 1994, Brian Eno resolved to keep a diary. His plans to go to the cinema, theatre and ... ... Read more

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  • Invisibles

    The Power of Anonymous Work in an Age of Relentless Self-Promotion

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