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Penguin Young Readers Group Mad Libs For the Fans Taylor Swift Edition
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iUniverse The Hippie Trip A first hand account of the beliefs drug use and sexual patterns of young dropouts in America
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iUniverse If I Touch a Star Will I Sparkle Too A Fans Guide to Meeting Stars A Fans Guide to Meeting the Stars
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iUniverse Deep Cover The Inside Story of How DEA Infighting Incompetence and Subterfuge Lost Us the Biggest Battle of the Drug War
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iUniverse Home Spun Heritage How it wasHow it is
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iUniverse Generations Lost Pop Culture and Youth in Crisis
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iUniverse Subtle Censorship The Use Misuse of Drug Arguments
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iUniverse You Never Ate Lunch in This Town To Begin With An Outsiders Inside Look at the Outside of Hollywood
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iUniverse An Era of Addiction The Evolution of Dependency
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iUniverse BEFORE WE CROAK A MESSAGE TO THE WOODSTOCK GENERATION
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iUniverse The Aging World Studies in gray dynamics
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iUniverse Staying in the Game
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iUniverse Children of the Hemisphere
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iUniverse Comments About Dwyers Desk
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iUniverse SHAKESPEARE IN REHAB How Western Societies Ivy League Schools and Special Interest Groups are Waging War on World Culture and How One Child Prodigy is Fighting Back
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iUniverse The Death Proclamation of Generation X A SelfFulfilling Prophesy of Goth Grunge and Heroin
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iUniverse The Death Proclamation of Generation X A SelfFulfilling Prophesy of Goth Grunge and Heroin
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iUniverse Oh Say Cant You See How America Got Sidetracked
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iUniverse An Era of Addiction The Evolution of Dependency
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iUniverse Shakespeare in Rehab
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iUniverse The Aging World
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Gauntlet Enterprises Running the Gauntlet
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Manticore Press The New Art Right
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Simon & Schuster Crime Human Nature
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Image of the Black in Jewish Culture A History of the Other Routledge Jewish Studies Series
Book SynopsisThe evolving image of the Black in the history of Jewish culture is being traced here in the conceptual framework of recent post-modern theories of the ''other''. The study focuses on the mechanisms by which an ethno-religious minority group considered by the dominant majority to be the inferior ''other'' identifies its own inferior other. While until recently most scholarly attention has been devoted to the attitudes towards the Jews as ''other'', this is the first comprehensive discussion of the attitudes of the Jews to their own ''others''.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements, Note on the translated quotations, Introduction, 1 Dream and interpretation: ‘Two blacks, hideous to see’, 2 Sources of the symbol: ‘I am black but comely’, 3 In the Bible: ‘The children of Cush’, 4 In the literature of the Sages: ‘Ugly and black’, 5 In the cultural world of Islam: ‘Speech in its least developed form’, 6 In the Latin–Christian cultural world: ‘Beasts in all their ways’, 7 In the wake of exploration: ‘Naked and awash in lust’, Afterword, Notes, Bibliography, Index of sources, Subject index
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INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US Smart Mobs
Book SynopsisSmart Mobs takes us on a journey around the world for a preview of the next techno-cultural shift. The coming wave, says Rheingold, is the result of super-efficient mobile communications-cellular phones, wireless-paging, and Internet-access devices-that will allow us to connect with anyone, anytime, anywhere.Rheingold offers a penetrating perspective on the new convergence of pop culture, cutting-edge technology, and social activism. He also reminds us that the real impact of mobile communications will come not from the technology itself but from how people use it, resist it, and adapt to it.
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The Fall of the Asante Empire
Book SynopsisIn 1817, the first British envoy to meet the king of the Asante of West Africa was dazzled by his reception. A group of 5,000 Asante soldiers, many wearing immense caps topped with three foot eagle feathers and gold ram''s horns, engulfed him with a zeal bordering on phrensy, shooting muskets into the air. The envoy was escorted, as no fewer than 100 bands played, to the Asante king''s palace and greeted by a tremendous throng of 30,000 noblemen and soldiers, bedecked with so much gold that his party had to avert their eyes to avoid the blinding glare. Some Asante elders wore gold ornaments so massive they had to be supported by attendants. But a criminal being lead to his execution - hands tied, ears severed, knives thrust through his cheeks and shoulder blades - was also paraded before them as a warning of what would befall malefactors. This first encounter set the stage for one of the longest and fiercest wars in all the European conquest of Africa. At its height, the Asante empire, on the Gold Coast of Africa in present-day Ghana, comprised three million people and had its own highly sophisticated social, political, and military institutions. Armed with European firearms, the tenacious and disciplined Asante army inflicted heavy casualties on advancing British troops, in some cases defeating them. They won the respect and admiration of British commanders, and displayed a unique willingness to adapt their traditional military tactics to counter superior British technology. Even well after a British fort had been established in Kumase, the Asante capital, the indigenous culture stubbornly resisted Europeanization, as long as the golden stool, the sacred repository of royal power, remained in Asante hands. It was only after an entire century of fighting that resistance ultimately ceased.
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Project Beta
Trade Review"This is both a true story and a little known but extremely important event in the social history of the fringe movements that swept America during the 1990s." -- Paul Davids, Executive Producer for Showtime's RoswellTable of ContentsContentsChapter 1 KirtlandChapter 2 Close Encounters and Dead CowsChapter 3 Blue LightChapter 4 The ImplantChapter 5 Pictures of PicturesChapter 6 The MeetingChapter 7 DisinformationChapter 8 The MaverickChapter 9 Silver SkiesChapter 10 True AdventureChapter 11 Mystery ManChapter 12 Riders of the Radioactive SageChapter 13 The Saucers SpeakChapter 14 The Shadow BaseChapter 15 Flushing MolesChapter 16 The Age of AquariusChapter 17 Techie PlaygroundChapter 18 A Serious ProblemChapter 19 Project BetaChapter 20 The ShitChapter 21 The CraftChapter 22 RevelationsChapter 23 More LiesChapter 24 FalloutChapter 25 Out of ControlChapter 26 Las VegasChapter 27 The Enigma of BeliefEpilogue Where Are They Now?Appendix PROJECT BETA: THE REPORTBibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Global Culture Industry
Book SynopsisIn the first half of the twentieth century, Theodor Adorno wrote about the 'culture industry'. For Adorno, culture too along with the products of factory labour was increasingly becoming a commodity. Now, in what they call the 'global culture industry', Scott Lash and Celia Lury argue that Adorno's worst nightmares have come true.Trade Review“A fascinating set of accounts of the changing role and meaning of selected ‘cultural objects’.” Area “Their empirical work is thorough and detailed, with each chapter providing a rich description of the history, life, and geography of the cultural object in question.” British Journal of Sociology “Scott Lash and Celia Lury reconceptualize our understanding of cultural industries in the context of globalization. By analysing and documenting the shift from representation to objects in contemporary production of meaning, they open new avenues for research on communication and culture: things materialize our imaginary, we communicate through objects. This pathbreaking study will stimulate the intellectual debate for years to come.” Manuel Castells, University of Southern California, Los Angeles “Scott Lash and Celia Lury throw down the gauntlet to liberal and Marxist economic and cultural theory. They discover meaning-making at the centre of both production and consumption. Totems rule the marketplace, and popular culture generates, displaces and energizes iconic brands. The circulation of economic value has become a conversation between symbolic things. Deeply researched and theoretically sophisticated, Global Culture Industry is an important book.” Jeffrey Alexander, Yale University “By tracing the lives of a series of cultural objects, Lash and Lury analyse with great insight how, in our age of globalization, culture comes to play an ever more central and intense role in economic production. In the process, they revise powerfully our traditional notions of the culture industry.” Michael Hardt, co-author of Empire and MultitudeTable of Contents1. Introduction: Global Culture Industry. 2. Method: Ontology, Movement, Mapping. 3. The Biography of Euro 96: Branding the Event. 4. Art as Concept/Art as Media/Art as Life. 5. The Thingification of the Media: Animism and Animation. 6. The Mediation of Things: In Medias Res. 7. Flow: The Practices and Properties of Circulation. 8. Image, Markets and Display in Brazil. 9. Conclusion: Virtual Objects and the Social Imaginary.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Kate Bush and Hounds of Love
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Workman Publishing You Are Doing a Freaking Great Job.
Book Synopsis“We are made of star stuff.”—Carl Sagan Give someone you know a pat on the back. A special thank-you. A big thumbs-up! In dozens of inspiring, uplifting quotes rendered as beautiful hand-lettered art by more than 30 popular graphic designers and artists, this little book of great thoughts is motivation and affirmation made timeless. Plus there are playlists, book and movie recommendations, upbeat activities—even recipes for sweet pick-me-ups.
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University Press of America Culture in Action
Book SynopsisTrade Review'Culture in Action' crystallizes an under-acknowledged tension among conversation analysts?This is a far more sophisticated and though-provoking collection than a scan of the index might suggest. -- Andrew Carlin, University College of Dublin, Ireland * Discourse Studies *'Culture in Action' crystallizes an under-acknowledged tension among conversation analysts…This is a far more sophisticated and though-provoking collection than a scan of the index might suggest. -- Andrew Carlin, University College of Dublin, Ireland * Discourse Studies *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Membership Categorization Analysis: An Introduction Chapter 2 The Reflexive Constitution of Category, Predicate and Context in Two Settings Chapter 3 Some General Reflections on 'Categorization' and 'Sequence' in the Analysis of Conversation Chapter 4 Ticketing Rules: Categorization and Moral Ordering in a School Staff Meeting Chapter 5 Lies, Recollections and Categorical Judgments in Testimony Chapter 6 Narrative Intelligibility and Membership Categorization in a Television Commercial Chapter 7 Conclusion: Membership Categorization Analysis and Sociology
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University Press of America Crazy Culture
Book SynopsisCrazy Culture is a series of broadsides against many widely held misconceptions in both academe and the general public, who is often seen clustering under the politically correct banner of multiculturalism. Heinegg confronts the notion that all cultureespecially that of non-westerners and oppressed minoritiesis somehow good in itself and that outsiders have no right to criticize or condemn any cultures except their own. He also challenges the view that the term culture applies primarily to a handful of masterpieces, as opposed to the great bulk of artistic products and folkways, and that the proper attitude toward the vast spectrum of culture, past and present, is sentimental admiration. Surveying both the history and ideology of cultural realms such as our treatment of animals, religion, sexual norms, politics, economics, urban life, the arts, and athletics, Heinegg deftly identifies and explains ubiquitous traces of cultural sins by humanity.Table of ContentsPrelude Introduction I. The Primal Sin II. The Sexist Sins III. The Religious Sins IV. The Urban Sins V. The Sins of Technology VI. The Economic Sins VII. The Political Sins VIII. The Narcissistic Sins IX. The Artistic Sins X. The Ludic Sins Conclusion
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Running Press Book Publishers Peepsr CrossStitch Kit
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Rp Minis The Golden Girls Magnet Set
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William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company The Myth of the American Superhero
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Rlpg/Galleys Sting and The Police
Book SynopsisIn Sting and The Police: Walking in Their Footsteps, Aaron J. West explores the cultural and musical impact of Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers, and Sting. West details the distinctive hybrid character of The Police’s musical output, which would also characterize Sting’s post-Police development as a musician.Trade ReviewHistorian and musician West’s book is an excellent look at how the Police accomplished success by synthesizing disparate influences into 'marketable, mainstream music, which has remained viable for generations.' The band combined Stewart Copeland’s reggae-influenced drumming, Andy Summer’s progressive rock–style rhythm guitar, and the punk-inspired bass and literary pretensions of primary songwriter Sting. West’s musical biography consists of a series of essays that examine Sting and the Police within larger cultural and musical contexts, from early songs such as 'Bring on the Night' ('a colorful mosaic of musical styles like dub, classical guitar, ska, and even psychedelic rock') to Sting’s later solo work. West is especially good at examining how the band used the nascent MTV to define themselves through videos filmed at exotic locations around the world: 'The image of the Police as international travelers certainly reinforced their equally multicultural music.' He also insightfully analyses how Sting’s musical mission to have a global appeal dovetailed perfectly with various activist movements, observing that 'the cultural gravitas of Band Aid set the stage for his more mature persona.' * Publishers Weekly *Aaron J. West’s Sting and The Police: Walking in Their Footsteps isn’t concerned with how often Sting bickered and brawled with drummer Stewart Copeland, or what choice insults guitarist Andy Summers had for the Police bassist. Instead, West worries over the trio’s aesthetic impetus, stylistic genesis, and enduring cultural influence some thirty decades removed from their disintegration as a creative unit. . . .So who were The Police, and where did they get their sound? Which band members wrote what songs? Why did the band pack it in at the height of success rather than ride celebrity’s lucrative wave? Was 'Roxanne' a real person? What did Sting mean by being 'Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis?' Who was 'the old man in that book by Nabokov?' Was there a real 'Englishman in New York?' A fan since procuring Every Breath You Take: The Singles on cassette in the mid ‘80s, West sifts his Police survey into seven easy-to-digest theses, with each musing over a different topic. * Examiner.com *[Sting and The Police: Walking in Their Footsteps] is the perfect book for you . . . if you want to know how their music grew up, as author West thoroughly delves into how the band's songs were constructed from style mosaics. * antiMusic *If you’re looking for thoughtful analysis of the band’s music and career Sting and the Police: Walking in Their Footsteps delivers. * My Big Honkin Blog *Table of ContentsSeries Editor Foreword Timeline Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Police and the Progressive Rock, Punk, and Reggae Styles Chapter 2: The Police and the Style Mosaic Chapter 3: Sting and the Album Mosaic Chapter 4: Selling The Police and Sting to the World Chapter 5: Sting in the Age of Global Activism Chapter 6: The Police and the Rock Trio Chapter 7: The Music After The Police For Further Reading For Further Listening Index About the Author
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Kris Kristofferson Country Highwayman Tempo A
Book SynopsisWith a career in music and film that has spanned over forty years, Kristofferson began as a singer-songwriter. In this book, Mary G. Hurd surveys the life and works of this highly respected American songwriter, exploring the uncommon depth and lyricism of his work.Trade ReviewSinger-songwriter Kris Kristofferson first became known in 1970, when he was awarded the Country Music Award for his song 'Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,' as sung by Johnny Cash. Hurd provides the first detailed look at the 'arc of Kristofferson’s creative output', starting with his first LP in 1970, which featured his classic 'Me and Bobby McGee'; through his best songs combining country and folk-rock in the 1970s, such as 'Loving Her Was Easier' and 'Why Me'; to his work with Cash and Willie Nelson in the country supergroup the Highwaymen; and finally to his critically acclaimed 2006 album 'This Old Road,' recorded at the age of 70. Hurd is excellent at showing how all of Kristofferson’s work and life—including refusing to follow his family’s long tradition of serving in the military, and his stint in England as a Rhodes Scholar—are connected by one theme: 'His mandate to live an artist’s life as he thought it should be lived hinged on the concept of personal freedom.' This solid overview makes it clear just how important Kristofferson’s work has been to the history of country and rock music. * Publishers Weekly *Kris Kristofferson: Country Highwayman succeeds in contextualizing the career of an unlikely country music icon: an educated liberal whose imperfect voice, organic songwriting, sophisticated lyricism, and introverted nature emerged during Nashville’s slick and commercially oriented countrypolitan period. . . . Hurd, a retired professor of English, accomplishes the difficult task of using songs to summarize Kristofferson’s turbulent forty-year-plus career. . . . Characteristically adept is her examination of Kristofferson’s award-winning song, 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' (1970). She peers beneath the surface depiction of a miserable hangover: 'Aching with loneliness and alienation, the speaker renders a powerful evocation of alcoholism and the loss of traditional values (family, home, and faith)—not unlike Kristofferson’s own situation—and the burden of freedom that follows that loss' (p. 35). . . . [T]he book might inspire casual readers to listen more intently—or perhaps for the first time—to Kristofferson’s songs. What this book does best is illustrate the intimate link between songwriter and song, and the complex layers such a link can entail. * Thinking On Music *Hurd’s study of one of our greatest singer-songwriters offers biographical information, but more essentially, a detailed study of his work. . . .Now’s the time to fully examine and appreciate an astonishing body of work by a timeless artist. Fans of Kristofferson or anyone who admires the art of songwriting will find the book fascinating fare. * Pop Culture Classics *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Beginnings and Influences: “Pick up that guitar, Go break a heart” Chapter 2: “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose”: 1965-1970 Chapter 3: “Had to try to tame a thirst he couldn’t name”: 1971-1975 Chapter 4: “The going up was worth the coming down”: 1977-1984 Chapter 5: Rebels, Outlaws, Highwaymen, 1985-1995 Chapter 6: “I don’t believe that no one wants to know,” 1985-1991 Chapter 7: “Ain’t you come a long way down this old road”: 1995-2014 Chapter 8 Conclusion Further Reading Further Listening Further Watching About the Author
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Random House USA Inc Fantasyland
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Wayne State University Press Bewitched TV Milestones TV Milestones Series
Book SynopsisThe situation comedy ""Bewitched"" chronicled the everyday lives of Samantha, a witch, and her mortal husband, dramatizing the often-humorous troubles caused by their ""mixed marriage."" Considering the ""Bewitched"" series as a whole, this book demonstrates that the show can look very different depending upon which of its episodes are being examined.
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Wayne State University Press Have GunWill Travel TV Milestones Series
Book SynopsisOne of the most successful series of its time, Have Gun-Will Travel became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1950s and made its star, Richard Boone, a nationwide celebrity. Film scholar Gaylyn Studlar draws on a remarkably wide range of episodes from the series' six seasons to show its sophisticated experimentation with many established conventions of the Western.
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Wayne State University Press Knots Landing TV Milestones Series
Book SynopsisAiring fourteen seasons, Knots Landing was a spinoff of Dalla , but ultimately ran longer and took a very different tone. In the first scholarly study of Knots Landing, Nick Salvato situates the series in its economic and industrial contexts, addresses its progressive relationship to the American politics of its period, and unpacks the pleasures of the programme's sensuous surfaces.
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Wayne State University Press Justice on Demand True Crime in the Digital Streaming Era Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series
Book SynopsisOffers a theoretical rumination on the question asked in countless blogs and opinion pieces of the last decade: Why are we so obsessed with true crime? Tanya Horeck examines a range of audiovisual true crime texts, and considers the extent to which the genre has come to epitomize participatory media culture.
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Wayne State University Press Starring Tom Cruise Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media
Book SynopsisExamines how Tom Cruise's star image moves across genres and forms as a type of commercial product that offers viewers certain pleasures and expectations. Cruise reads as an action hero and romantic lead yet finds himself in homoerotic and homosocial relationships that unsettle and undermine these heterosexual scripts.
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