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Pennsylvania State University Press The Politics of the Book
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Yale University Press Protestant Establishment Paper
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Yale University Press Tobacco and Shamanism in South America
Book SynopsisAn ethnography of magic-religious, medicinal and recreational tobacco use among nearly 300 native South American societies. Wilbert found that South American Indians use tobacco in many ways and that a close functional relation exists between tobacco and shamanism.
£34.89
Yale University Press Medicines Dilemmas
Book SynopsisDiscusses the current US health care crisis and alternative proposals, including the Clinton administration's. Drawing on wide medical and business experience, the study suggests implementing a new federal policy at state and local levels, which best understand their area's needs.Table of ContentsNo cost is too great to save a life, but somebody has to pay; health care issues of the 1990s; health - the object of an infinite quest; health care is a cultural affair; resource allocation in health care; medicine and management - a synthesis; the past as prologue; National Health Insurance proposals; "To The States Respectively"; "Promote the General Welfare"; "Hang Together ... or Hang Separately"; health care forces for the 21st century.
£27.10
Yale University Press Blood Relations Menstruation and the Origins of Culture
Book SynopsisIntegrating perspectives of evolutionary biology and social anthropology within a Marxist framework, the author rejects the assumption that human culture is an extension of primate behaviour and argues that it is the product of a social, sexual and political revolution spearheaded by women.Table of ContentsAnthropology and origins; Levi-Strauss and "the mind"; totemism as exchange; the sex-strike; origins theories in the 1980s; the problem of the killer ape; between blood, stone, and fire; solidarity and cycles; the revolution; ice-age rhythms; the hunter's moon; the raw and the cooked; the rule of men; the dragon within.
£52.69
Yale University Press The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood
Book SynopsisWorking mothers in the 1990s face the challenge of being both nurturing and unselfish at home while engaged in child rearing, and competitive and ambitious at work. This text argues that an ideology of "intensive mothering" has developed that only exacerbates the tension working mothers face.
£53.80
Yale University Press The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies
Book SynopsisWhy in prosperous market democracies do so many people find themselves unhappy? Robert Lane shows that the main sources of well-being in advanced economies are friendship and a good family life; income has little to do with happiness once a person rises above the poverty level.Trade Review"The day is near when people will discover the Sisyphusian nature of the pursuit of material goods as a source of lasting contentment and meaning. Professor Lane's well-written and well-documented book will be the text of the new recognition that all who are out of poverty must formulate other goals in life than the amassment of objects during the day and their consumption at night." Amitai Etzioni, author of The New Golden Rule "A book of great importance for our time. Lane asks whether our most treasured institutions - market economies and democratic political systems - are good for subjective well-being. He approaches this question with a breadth of knowledge and scholarship that is difficult to match." David O. Sears, University of California, Los Angeles
£47.12
Yale University Press The Citys End
Book SynopsisFrom 19th-century paintings of fires raging through New York to scenes of Manhattan engulfed by a gigantic wave in the movie "Deep Impact", images of the city's end have been diverse. This book investigates 2 centuries of imagined cataclysms visited upon New York, and offers a perspective to our understanding of the events of September 11, 2001.Trade Review"An informative and provocative read."—Tama Starr, Wall Street Journal -- Tama Starr * Wall Street Journal *"Erudite but lavishly illustrated."—Sam Roberts, New York Times -- Sam Roberts * New York Times *"The City's End explores the imaginative and often profitable ways that filmmakers, writers, and artists have blown up, incinerated, drowned or depopulated New York City. . . . Page thoughtfully analyzes why the city's ruination has been such an enduringly popular theme."—Ann Levin, Newsday -- Ann Levin * Newsday *
£46.01
Yale University Press Climate Cultures Anthropological Perspectives on Climate Change
Trade Review“A brilliant overview of this emerging area of study. Barnes and Dove have provided an accessible volume that will shape the social study of climate and climate change from here on.”—Jesse Ribot, University of Illinois -- Jesse Ribot“Climate Cultures offers major insights, makes significant contributions, and illustrates the impressive scope of current anthropological perspectives applied to understanding climate change in new and original ways. It is extremely important scholarship.”—Karl Zimmerer, Pennsylvania State University -- Karl Zimmerer“From the meetings of the IPCC to the perambulations of herders in India, these essays do the crucial work of mapping the origins and impacts of circulating, global, and power-laden climate change cultures.”—Paul Robbins, author of Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction -- Paul Robbins
£37.11
Griffin Publishing Critical Path
Book SynopsisCritical Path marks the masterwork of one of the finest minds and most significant thinkers of the modern ageR. Buckminster Fuller is regarded as one of the most important figures of the 20th century, renowned for his achievements as an inventor, designer, architect, philosopher, mathematician, and dogged individualist. Perhaps best remembered for the Geodesic Dome and the term Spaceship Earth, his work and his writings have had a profound impact on modern life and thought.Critical Path is Fuller''s master work--the summing up of a lifetime''s thought and concern--as urgent and relevant as it was upon its first publication in 1981. Critical Path details how humanity found itself in its current situation--at the limits of the planet''s natural resources and facing political, economic, environmental, and ethical crises. The crowning achievement of an extraordinary career, Critical Path offers the reader the excit
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ABC-CLIO Hippies
Book SynopsisAn insightful introduction to hippie culture and how its revolutionary principles in the 1960s helped shape modern culture.This title explores how hippies, and 1960s counterculture in general, developed and influenced popular culture in America.Trade ReviewHippies is a delectable introduction to the hippie counterculture of the 1960s. . . . This book is a must have. * ARBAonline *This guide for students and general readers focuses on the subculture of hippies in America from 1963 to 1971, discussing its emergence, growth, legacy, philosophy, culture, and lifestyle, with a focus on San Francisco's Haight Ashbury neighborhood. Issitt, a freelance writer, addresses the influence of hippies on music, clothing, and hairstyles, and their attitudes towards sex, drugs, the Vietnam War, and the mainstream establishment, with biographical sketches of famous individuals like Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, Jerry Garcia, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix. An annotated bibliography and primary documents such as newspaper articles, an interview with Robert Altman, and the testimony of Abbie Hoffman after his arrest at the Chicago Democratic National Convention of 1968 conclude the book. * Reference & Research Book News *Hippies is a powerful pick for any American history collection from high school to college levels. * Midwest Book Review *This book is written for an audience of students planning to do serious research. * Library Media Connection *
£34.00
Little, Brown & Company Wrong
Book SynopsisAn eye-opening exploration of why experts are constantly misleading us--and what we can do about it.
£27.20
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Catastrophic Care Why Everything We Think We Know about Health Care Is Wrong Vintage
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Lulu.com Imagine you are...
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ReadHowYouWant Walk Out Walk On
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Third Chapter
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Fsg Originals This is Running for Your Life
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux The Snakes That Ate Florida
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Enshittification
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W. W. Norton & Company The Listener A Psychoanalyst Examines His Life
Book SynopsisAs a psychoanalyst, Alan Wheelis has helped many patients understand themselves and cope with the legacies of trauma or obsession that shape the neurotic personality. Here he uses his own life for the same process of discovery.
£18.50
W. W. Norton & Company Waste Uncovering the Global Food Scandal
Book SynopsisThe true cost of what the global food industry throws away.Trade Review"Deftly illuminates the global consequences of our choices about what to eat." -- Tom Standage - BBC Focus Magazine"Every day all around the globe, appallingly enormous amounts of otherwise edible food go to waste even while humans are starving. Stuart aims to educate people about where such waste occurs, how much of it there is, and what possible steps can be undertaken to reduce it substantially if not eliminate it altogether.... Notes and a huge bibliography lead readers to additional resources on this pressing environmental issue." -- Mark Knoblauch - Booklist"In Waste, Tristram Stuart...ingeniously unites many food scandals that often do not get the attention they deserve...Usefully, Stuart offers examples of what we could be doing better, from processing technologies to offal sausages." -- New Scientist"An extremely thought-provoking, passionate study which could make even the biggest skeptic think twice before putting the leftovers in the bin." -- Scotland on Sunday"Passionate, closely argued and guaranteed to make the most manic consumer peer guiltily into the recesses of their fridge." -- John Preston - Seven"Book of the Week: Stuart’s book is passionate, closely argued and guaranteed to make the most manic consumer peer guiltily into the recesses of their fridge." -- Sunday Telegraph [London]"This is one of those books that everybody should read....It may well change your view of the way we treat food forever." -- Paul Kingsnorth - The Independent [UK]"This is a first class book, as copiously referenced as any academic report, yet both blunt and incisive—the sort of book one can expect only from someone who gets his hands mucky as well as inky." -- Simon Fairlie - The Land"Tristram Stuart lifts the lid on the obscene levels of produce ending up in landfill....Read it and weep." -- The Sun [London]"Jaw-dropping ...compelling—a must-read... Stuart has an unanswerable case." -- Bee Wilson - The Sunday Times [London]
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reconstructing Nature Alienation Emancipation and
Book SynopsisOne of the main features of the contemporary environmental crisis is that no one has a clear idea of what is going on. The author uses an extension of Marx''s theory of alienation to explain why people find it so difficult to relate their different knowledges of the natural and social world. He argues that nevertheless it is possible to relate these to the abstractions of ecological discourse. Emancipation can come only through embracing science and rationality rather than rejecting them and, in the process, humanity as well as the non-human world will benefit.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 SOCIETY, NATURE AND THE BALKANISATION OF ABSTRACT KNOWLEDGE 2 UNDERSTANDING ALIENATION: FROM THE ABSTRACT TO THE CONCRETE 3 REALISM, SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM AND THE PROBLEM OF ‘NATURE’ 4 WHO WOULD KNOW? SCIENCE, LAY KNOWLEDGE AND ALIENATION 5 INDUSTRIALISING NATURE’S POWERS 6 CIVIL SOCIETY: THE RECOVERY OF WHOLENESS? 7 KNOWLEDGE, STATE AUTHORITY AND THE DIVISION OF LABOUR 8 GREEN UTOPIAS AND THE DIVISION OF LABOUR EPILOGUE: HUMANISING NATURE, NATURALISING HUMANS
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Where Inner and Outer Worlds Meet Psychosocial
Book SynopsisThe importance of George Brown''s sustained contribution to medical sociology through his longitudinal studies of psychiatric disorder and its relationship to social context is widely recognised. This collection of seventeen chapters exemplifies a particular way of working as a medical sociologist which focuses on the understanding of the meaning of social experiences as the key to an individual''s health status. It combines the biographical richness of qualitative analysis and thus reach conclusions on the basis of statistical significance. The contributors mainly focus on conditions of depression and anxiety, relating these to the meanings including both demographic aspects such as gender, parity, lifestyle, employment, refugee/immigration status, humiliation, entrapment, loss and also more interpersonal stresses such as neglect, abuse and critical or unsupportive relationships. This is a book which offers a rich treasury of information for all researchers interested in underTable of Contents1: Introduction to the work of George Brown; I: Social psychiatry and social science; 2: George W. Brown's contribution to psychiatry; 3: Bringing meaning back into social psychiatric research; 4: George W. Brown; II: Measurement of key psychosocial factors in research; 5: Lessons from using semistructured interviews with seriously ill patients; 6: Expressed emotion; 7: Contextual measures and subjective appraisal; III: Model building; 8: Negative life events and family negativity; 9: Towards a dynamic stress-vulnerability model of depression; 10: The timing of lives; 11: The childhood experience of care and abuse (CECA); 12: Gender differences in the experience and response to adversity; 13: The long-term effects of childhood adversities on depression and other psychiatric disorders; 14: Evolved socio-emotional systems and their role in depressive disorders; IV: Psychosocial factors in conditions other than depression; 15: Life stress and bipolar disorder; 16: The study of life events; V: Postscript; 17: Some thoughts on the future of social psychiatry
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Men and Maternity
Book SynopsisSince the development of modern medicine, men have become increasingly involved in childbearing as obstetricians and, more recently, as fathers. This book argues that the beneficial contribution of men has been taken for granted. Certain changes to childbearing practice have resulted, which, together with men''s involvement, have been encouraged without any reference to evidence and without adequate opportunity for reflection.Considering the findings of recent research and wider literature, and using qualitative research with mothers the text examines: how men became increasingly involved in childbearing the medicalisation of childbirth the difficulties men experience with childbirth as fathers challenging situations, such as fathers'' grief the taken-for-granted assumptions that men's increased contribution to childbearing is beneficialThis text will be of great interest to academics and postgraduate students of midwifery, obstetrics, mediTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Cultures and Times 2. The Midwife and Medical Men 3. Fathers and Fatherhood 4. The Labour and the Birth 5. Becoming a Father After the Birth 6. Childbearing and Domestic Violence 7. Men and Loss in Childbearing 8. How to Help - The Midwife's Role 9. Conclusion
£137.23
Taylor & Francis Ltd Surfing and Social Theory
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Intellectuals in Revolutionary China 19211949
Book SynopsisThis book originally examines how prominent communist intellectuals in China during the revolutionary period (1921 to 1940) constructed and presented identities for themselves and how they narrated their place in the revolution.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction 1. Perspectives Part 2: Leaders: Self-Construction from the Functional Perspective 2. Radical Intellectuals as the Guiding Force of Change: The Beginning of the Political Odyssey 3. Manufacturing Political Leadership I: The Yaqian Intellectuals and Peng Pai 4. Manufacturing Political Leadership II: Mao Zedong Part 3: Heroes: Self-Construction from the Emotional Perspective 5. Narrating Politicized Subjectivity 6. The Nobility of Ambivalence and Devotion Part 4: Sophisticates: Self-Construction from the Aesthetic Perspective 7. Clinging to Refinement in the Revolution Part 5: Epilogue 8. Self-Construction, Politics and Culture: Some General Reflections 9. Conclusion. Index of Chinese Names and Phrases
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Alternatives to Privatization
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Telling Maya Tales Tzotzil Identities in Modern
Book SynopsisTelling Maya Tales offers an experimental ethnographic portrait of the San Juan Chamula, the largest and most influential Maya community of Highland Chiapas, in the late twentieth century--the era of the Zapatistas. In this collection of essays, the author, whose field work in the area spans two generations of anthropological thought, explores several expressions of Tzotzil ethnic affirmation, ranging from oral narrative to ritual drama and political action. His work covers the current era, when the Chamula Tzotzils mingle chaotically and sometimes violently with the social and political space of modern Mexico--most recently, in the context of the Maya Zapatista movement of 1994.Trade Review"Gary H. Gossen, a seasoned anthropologist with extensive field experience in Chiapas from the time of the "Harvard Chiapas Project" in the 1960s...offers many pieces of rich ethnography and interesting interpretation." -- Latin American Research ReviewTable of ContentsPreface --Telling Maya Tales 1. The Other in Chamula Tzotzil Cosmology and History: Reflections of a Kansan in Chiapas 2. True Ancient Words 3. On the Human Condition and the Moral Order 4. Language and Indians' Place in Chiapas 5. The Chamula Festival of Games: Native Macroanalysis and Social Commentary in a Maya Carnival 6. The Topography of Ancient Maya Religious Pluralism: A Dialogue with the Present 7. Indians Inside and Outside of the Mexican National Idea: A Case Study of the Modern Diaspora of San Juan Chamula 8. Life, Death, and Apotheosis of a Chamula Protestant Leader: Biography as Social History 9. From Olmecs to Zapatistas: A Once and Future History of Maya Souls 10. Maya Zapatistas Move to an Open Future
£176.17
Taylor & Francis Ltd Claiming the Virgin The Broken Promise of Liberation Theology in Brazil
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Wiley Nanoethics
Book SynopsisNanotechnology will eventually impact every area of our world Nanoethics seeks to examine the potential risks and rewards of applications of nanotechnology. This up-to-date anthology gives the reader an introduction to and basic foundation in nanotechnology and nanoethics, and then delves into near-, mid-, and far-term issues. Comprehensive and authoritative, it: Goes beyond the usual environmental, health, and safety (EHS) concerns to explore such topics as privacy, nanomedicine, human enhancement, global regulation, military, humanitarianism, education, artificial intelligence, space exploration, life extension, and more Features contributions from forty preeminent experts from academia and industry worldwide, reflecting diverse perspectives Includes seminal works that influence nanoethics today Encourages an informed, proactive approach to nanoethics and advocates addressing new and emerging controversies before they impede progressTrade Review"This is a thought-provoking book … Essential reading for scientists entering the realm of nanotechnology." (Nanotechnology Perceptions, July 2008) "It is recommended reading for scientists and engineers working in all areas of present-day nanoscience and nanotechnology." (Angewandte Chemie, May 13, 2008) "...this compact collection is highly welcome." (Angewandte Chemie, 2008-47/21) “…these essays will provide a broad background for those who have yet to discover the many benefits that may result.” (Chemistry and Industry, December 2007) "Das Buch wird Wissenschaftler(inne)n und Ingenieur(inn)en empfohlen, die in allen Bereichen der gegenwartigen Nanowissenschaft und ?technik arbeiten." Angewandte Chemie 2008-120/21Table of ContentsForeword: Ethical Choices in nanotechnology Development (Mihail C. Roco). Preface. Contributors. PART I : Introduction: The Nanotechnology Debate. 1. Nanoscience and Nanoethics: Defining the Disciplines (Patrick Lin and Fritz Allhoff). 2. Why the Future Doesn't Need Us (Bill Joy). 3. On the National Agenda: U.S. congressional Testimony on the Societal Implications of Nanotechnology (Ray Kurzweil). PART II: Background: Nanotechnology in Context (John Weckert). 4. Nanotech's Promise: Overcoming Humanity's More Pressing Challenges (Christine Peterson and Jacob Heller). 5. Debating Nanotechnologies (Richard A. L. Jones). 6. In the Beginning: The U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (Neal Lane and Thomas Kalil). PART III: Issues: Preparing for the Next Revolution (John Weckert). 7. The Nanotechnology R(Evolution) (Charles Tahan). 8. Technology Revolutions and the Problem of Prediction (Nick Bostrom). 9. Complexity and Uncertainty: A Prudential Approach to Nanotechnology (Jean-Pierre Dupuy). 10. The Precautionary Principle in nanotechnology (John Weckert and James Moor). PART IV: Issues: Health and Environment (James Moor). 11. Nanotechnology and Risk: What are the Issues? (Anne Ingeborg Myhr and Roy Ambli Dalmo). 12. Personal Choice in the Coming Era of Nanomedicine (Robert A. Freitas, Jr). 13. Are We Playing God With Nanoenhancement (Ted Peters). 14. Anticipating the Ethical and Political Challenges of Human Nanotechnologies (David H. Guston, John Parsi, and Justin Tosi). PART V: Issues: Democracy and Policy (James J. Hughes). 15. Global Technology Regulation and Potentially Apocalyptic Technological Threats (James J. Hughes). 16. Deliberative Democracy and Nanotechnology (Colin Farrelly). 17. Rhetoric of "Stakeholding" (David M. Berube). 18. Rules of Engagement: Democracy and Dialogue in Creating Nanotechnology Futures (Jack Stilgoe and James Wilsdon). PART VI: Issues: Broader Societal Impact (John Weckert). 19. Nanotechnology and Privacy: Instructive Case of RFID (Jeroen van den Hoven). 20. Nanotechnology and the Military (Daniel Moore) 21. Can Nanoscience Be a Catalyst For Educational Reform (Patricia Schank, Joseph Krajcik, and Molly Yunker). 22. Impact of Nanotechnologies on Developing Countries (Joachim Schummer). PART VII: Issues: The Distant Future? (Fritz Allhoff). 23. Challenges and Pitfalls of Exponential Manufacturing (Mike Treder and Chris Phoenix). 24. Nanoethics and the High Frontier (Tihamer Toth-Fejel and Christopher Dodsworth) 25. Ethics for Artificial Intellects (J. Storrs Hall). 26. Nanotechnology and Life Extension (Sebastian Sethe). Index.
£49.46
George Bryant MORE THINKING ABOUT LIFE
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Distance Families Publishing Being a Distance Grandchild A Book for ALL Generations
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Random House USA Inc The Sum of Us What Racism Costs Everyone and How
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color. WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, BookRiot, Library Journal “This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”—Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist Look for the author’s podcast, The Sum of Us, based on this book!Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising student
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Random House USA Inc Sum of Us
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color. WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, BookRiot, Library Journal “This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”—Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist Look for the author’s new podcast, The Sum of Us, based on this book!Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising stu
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Random House USA Inc Not Quite Adults
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Faber & Faber Sleeping on Islands
Book SynopsisAndrew Motion has been close to the centres of British poetry for over fifty years.Sleeping on Islands is his clear-sighted and open-hearted account of this remarkable career. It takes us from scenes of a teenage home-life coloured by tragedy and silence where writing was as much a refuge as an assertion to the excruciations of early public appearances, to the decade he spent as Poet Laureate, promoting and ensuring the central place of poetry in a nation's character. Along the way, we hear about the risks and sacrifices involved, as well as the difficulties of sustaining a commitment to writing within a helix of other obligations. We see in close-up the significance of Motion's formative relationship with W. H. Auden and his subsequent friendship with Philip Larkin. And during his time as Laureate, we witness memorable encounters with Royalty and Prime Ministers, and discover the costs and complications that accompany such a high-profile role.
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Cingulum Neurosciences Institute The ADHD and AbuseDamaged Brain A Guide for Survivors and Their Companions
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Pleiades Books Paradise Revisited
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Random House USA Inc Homeland
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking history of how the decades-long war on terror changed virtually every aspect of American life, from the erosion of citizenship down to the cars we bought and TV we watched—by an acclaimed n+1 writer“[An] ambitious . . . portrait of why 9/11 is still at the heart of American life . . . It’s impossible not to admire the nerve and scope of Beck’s treatise.”—The Washington PostSHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE • A NEW YORKER AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFor twenty years after September 11, the war on terror was simultaneously everywhere and nowhere. With all of the military violence occurring overseas even as the threat of sudden mass death permeated life at home, Americans found themselves living in two worlds at the same time. In one of them, soldiers fought overseas so that nothing at home would have to change at all. In the other, life in the United States took on all kinds of unfamiliar shapes, changing people’s sense of themselves, their neighbors, and the strangers they sat next to on airplanes. In Homeland, Richard Beck delivers a gripping exploration of how much the war changed life in the United States and explains why there is no going back. Though much has been made of the damage that Donald Trump did to the American political system, Beck argues that it was the war on terror that made Trump’s presidency possible, fueling and exacerbating a series of crises that all came to a head with his rise to power. Homeland brilliantly isolates and explores four key issues: the militarism that swept through American politics and culture; the racism and xenophobia that boiled over in much of the country; an economic crisis that, Beck convincingly argues, connects the endurance of the war on terror to at least the end of the Second World War; and a lack of accountability that produced our “impunity culture”—the government-wide inability or refusal to face consequences that has transformed how the U.S. government relates to the people it governs. To see American life through the lens of Homeland’s sweeping argument is to understand the roots of our current condition. In its startling analysis of how the war on terror hollowed out the very idea of citizenship in the United States, Beck gives the most compelling explanation yet offered for the ongoing disintegration of America’s social, political, and cultural fabric.
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Random House Publishing Group Theres Always This Year
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Random House USA Inc Three or More Is a Riot
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iUniverse Not That You Asked
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iUniverse The Coming of the Ages
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iUniverse Chasing Lightning The Pursuit of Successful Living in America
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iUniverse The Second Amendment ControversyExplained Second Edition
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iUniverse The Discovery of First Principles Volume 2 02
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iUniverse A Political Education Life Arts Project A Civil Tongue With A Festival Of Expressions
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