Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category

Consuming Kids: Protecting Our Children from the Onslaught of Marketing & Advertising
by Susan Linn
Linn was featured in Colbert’s “People Destroying America” segment tonight, along with Susan Pagan

Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob
by Lee Siegel
Angela’s note: if you like this book, you might also like The Age of Missing Information by Bill McKibben (one of my favorites).

The Race Card: How Bluffing about Bias Makes Race Relations Worse
by Richard Ford
Author’s bio

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip Zimbardo
An encore with author Philip Zimbardo. Best part of the interview? Hearing Colbert say “I teach Sunday school, motherfucker!”

A Nation of Sheep

A Nation of Sheep
by Andrew Napolitano

Nature Girl: A Novel

Nature Girl: A Novel
by Carl Hiaasen
The interview was a chat over what’s wrong with Florida (very funny).

Boom!: Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the ’60s and Today
by Tom Brokaw
Also: Malcolm Gladwell’s article on I.Q., Andrew Young

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World
by Eric Weiner
Weiner’s official website