MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/books/review/Oppenheimer-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print

Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know – And Doesn’t, by Stephen Prothero

“Most Americans are ignorant of the Bible and key concepts of religion…Here’s a sampling from Prothero’s need-to-know glossary: hijab, Hinduism, Holocaust, Holy Communion.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/books/review/Will-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America’s Politics and Culture, by Brink Lindsey

“What makes America different? The Cato Institute’s Brink Lindsey has some ideas…Putting scarcity behind us has been pleasant, but has it been good for us – meaning good for our souls?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/books/review/Rybczynski-t.html?pagewanted=print

The Pentagon, A History: The Untold Story of the Wartime Race to Build the Pentagon – and to Restore It Sixty Years Later, by Steve Vogel

“An architectural biography of the Pentagon…[It] was originally intended to be a temporary military headquarters.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/books/review/Beam-t.html?adxnnl=1&ref=books&adxnnlx=1181534459-ZJfTLumo7zt1IE37JWD+iw&pagewanted=print

Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich, by Robert Frank

“A Wall Street Journal reporter tracks the lives of the absurdly wealthy…For her birthday, one ‘aristokid’ asked to fly commercial, to ‘see what an airport looks like from the inside.'”