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[close] The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrance into the gang, what he learned, and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment. When Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago's most notorious housing projects, he was looking for people to take a multiple-choice survey on urban poverty. A first-year grad student hoping to impress his professors with his boldness, he never imagined that as a result of the assignment he would befriend a gang leader named JT and spend the better part of a decade inside the projects under JT's protection, documenting what he saw there. Over the next seven years, Venkatesh got to know the neighborhood dealers, crackheads, squatters, prostitutes, pimps, activists, cops, organizers, and officials. From his privileg [close]

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[close] Police Chief Brill Jessup is running from a death threat, and trying to help her pregnant daughter make decisions about the future in this heart-pounding suspense novel about a family in crisis. Find out more about this author here http://www.kathyherman.com/ Find out more about this book http://tinyurl.com/hermanthelastword Christian Fiction Suspense [close]

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[close] Author Michael Ian Black's new in paperback book My Custom Van features a special foreword by President Abraham Lincoln. Get more on Michael Black at SimonandSchuster.com [close]

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[close] A hilarious yet savvy career guide for the generation that grew up with remote controls in their hands. (Who knew that you could learn so much about work from American Idol, Anchorman, and Entourage?) http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385523370 [close]

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