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1	Kite Runner more books like this by Khaled Hosseini Twelve year old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father Baba, one of the richest and most respected merchants in Kabul. He has failed to do so through academia or brawn, but the one area where they connect is the annual kite fighting tournament. Amir is determined not just to win the competition but to run the last kite and bring it ... see all copies from £2.05! new only from £6.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	God of Small Things more books like this by Arundhati Roy Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this novel tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £7.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Framework for Understanding Poverty more books like this by Ruby K Payne, PhD see all copies from £10.92! new only from £17.07!
4	Paradise more books like this by Judith McNaught Meredith Bancroft is blonde, beautiful, successful - and alone. She remains mysteriously aloof from the Chicago society in which she circulates. Her secret lies with dynamic tycoon, Matthew Farrell. By the author of "Whitney, My Love", "A Kingdom of Dreams" and "Almost Heaven". see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.28! \| first editions
5	What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America more books like this by Thomas Frank Liberal journalist Thomas Frank turns his witty and insightful pen on this nation's gradual drift to the right over the last 30 years of the 20th century, asking "Why?" The conservative movement, once the bastion of Bill Buckley, Barry Goldwater, and protected interests now appears to be the people's party, the party of populism, and Frank wants ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.81! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Sea of Poppies more books like this by Amitav Ghosh At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the "Ibis," whose destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, and whose purpose is to fight China's vicious 19th-century Opium Wars. This adventure spans landscapes from the lush poppy fields of the Ganges to the exotic backstreets of Canton. see all copies from £11.11! new only from £11.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Clique more books like this by Lisi Harrison Massie Block is happily ruling her fabulous clique at her exclusive Westchester middle school when LBR (Loser Beyond Repair) Claire Lyons, the new girl, has the nerve to show up at OCD wearing Keds and two-year old GAP overalls. She is clearly not Pretty Committee material, and Massie, Alicia, Dylan and Kirsten have no problem letting everyone ... see all copies from £3.98! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Mine Till Midnight more books like this by Lisa Kleypas When an unexpected inheritance elevates her family to the ranks of the aristocracy, Amelia Hathaway discovers that tending to her younger sisters and wayward brother was easy compared to navigating the intricacies of the "ton," Even more challenging: the attraction she feels for the tall, dark, and dangerously handsome Cam Rohan. Wealthy beyond ... see all copies from £2.28! new only from £2.28! \| first editions
9	Vampire Academy more books like this by Richelle Mead St. Vladimiras Academy isnat just any boarding schoolaitas a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. Theyave been on the run, but now theyare being dragged back to St. Vladimirasathe very ... see all copies from £3.03! new only from £6.89! \| signed copies
10	North & South more books like this by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 'she tried to settle that most difficult problem for women, how much was to be utterly merged in obedience to authority, and how much might be set apart for freedom in working.' North and South is a novel about rebellion. Moving from the industrial riots of discontented millworkers through to the unsought passions of a middle-class woman, and ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.51! \| first editions
11	Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class and What We Can Do about It more books like this by Thom Hartmann, Prof. Mark Crispin Miller (Foreword by) The American middle class is on its deathbed. People who put in a solid day's work can no longer afford to buy a house, send their kids to college, or even get sick. If you're not a CEO, you're probably screwed. As Air America Radio Host, Thom Hartmann shows, this death is no accident. Like the Founding Fathers, patriots such as Roosevelt, Truman, ... see all copies from £5.91! new only from £5.96! \| first editions
12 view cover	Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor more books like this by Paul Farmer, Professor Amartya K Sen (Foreword by) "Pathologies of Power" uses harrowing stories of life--and death--in extreme situations to interrogate our understanding of human rights. Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist with twenty years of experience working in Haiti, Peru, and Russia, argues that promoting the social and economic rights of the world's poor is the most important ... see all copies from £8.77! new only from £11.07!
13 view cover	Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War more books like this by Joe Bageant Web columnist Bageant takes readers on a raucous tour through the taverns, churches, and double-wide trailers of the invisible working class--the very people who carried George W. Bush to victory--offering a vivid and sobering snapshot of a nation on the brink of catastrophe. see all copies from £8.51! new only from £8.51! \| first editions
14 view cover	I Am Charlotte Simmons more books like this by Tom Wolfe In Tom Wolfe's morality tale, his innocent heroine, Charlotte Simmons, is an earnest freshman at the fictional Dupont University. Charlotte is shocked by the campus goings-on--sex, drugs, rock & roll, and worse--and by the amoral, high-living students she encounters: her roommate is a snooty rich girl with no morals, and (in a graphically ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	A Prisoner of Birth more books like this by Jeffrey Archer Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig never should have met. One evening, Danny, an East End garage mechanic takes his girlfriend up to the West End to celebrate their engagement. He crosses paths with Spencer Craig, a barrister poised to become the youngest Queen's Counsel of his generation. A few hours later, Danny is arrested for murder and later ... see all copies from £5.12! new only from £5.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology more books like this by Margaret L Andersen "Race, Class, and Gender" includes many interdisciplinary readings. The author's selection of very accessible articles show how race, class, and gender shape people's experiences, and help students to see the issues in an analytic, as well as descriptive way. The book also provides conceptual grounding in understanding race, class, and gender; has ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £13.60! \| first editions
17 view cover	Frostbite more books like this by Richelle Mead Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rosea] Itas winter break at St. Vladimiras, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academyas crawling with Guardiansaincluding Roseas hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if handto- hand ... see all copies from £6.89! new only from £6.89! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	After the Night more books like this by Linda Howard FAITH DEVLIN: A poor, outcast child in Prescott, Louisiana, she'd always adored the town's golden boy from afar. But he called her white trash that sultry Southern night when his rich, respected father disappeared, along with her pretty Mom. Now Faith wanted to hate Gray Rouillard...not to feel a powerful surge of desire. But she couldn't quench ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.28! \| first editions
19 view cover	Privilege, Power, and Difference more books like this by Allan G Johnson This brief book is a groundbreaking tool for students and non-students alike to examine systems of privilege and difference in our society. Written in an accessible, conversational style, Johnson links theory with engaging examples in ways that enable readers to see the underlying nature and consequences of privilege and their connection to it. ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £22.82!
20 view cover	Class Matters more books like this by The New York Times, Bill Keller (Introduction by) A team of "New York Times" reporters spent more than a year exploring the ways in which class--defined as a combination of income, education, wealth, and occupation--influences destiny in a society that likes to think of itself as a land of unbounded opportunity. see all copies from £5.68! new only from £6.81! \| first editions
21 view cover	Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making more books like this by David Rothkopf Today's superclass--the minority that runs governments, corporations, international finance, and the media--has achieved unprecedented levels of wealth and power. Rothkopf presents an unprecedented examination of this group's influence on the world. see all copies from £10.24! new only from £14.32!
22 view cover	Class: A Guide Through the American Status System more books like this by Paul Fussell In "Class" Paul Fussell explodes the sacred American myth of social equality with eagle-eyed irreverence and iconoclastic wit. This bestselling, superbly researched, exquisitely observed guide to the signs, symbols, and customs of the American class system is always outrageously on the mark as Fussell shows us how our status is revealed by ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £7.76! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class and Criminal Justice more books like this by Jeffrey Reiman "What if our criminal justice system is biased against the poor from start to finish - from the definition of what constitutes a crime through the process of arrest, trial, and sentencing?" The author argues that actions of well-off people - refusal to make workplaces safe, refusal to curtail deadly pollution, promotion of unnecessary surgery, ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £7.51! \| first editions
24 view cover	Society of the Spectacle more books like this by Guy Debord Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's "The Society of the Spectacle". From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960s up to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism and everyday life in the late 20th ... see all copies from £8.70! new only from £8.70! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red more books like this by Joyce PH D Reardon Part ghost story, part memoir, this book was written to supply the back-story to the television mini-series, ROSE RED, penned by Stephen King. The fictional diary chronicles the ongoing construction and goings on of a Seattle mansion--named Rose Red--built on a Native American burial ground early in the 20th century. The diarist, Ellen, has ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions

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