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  • Hair Goes History Hair Goes History
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    Hair Goes History

    The book Hair Goes History by J.D. Taylor explores how hair enhancement and hair systems have played a significant role in shaping history and culture. Covering everything from ancient Egyptian wigs to the political and celebrity hairstyles of modern...
    $39.00

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    Tourism in Oman

    This book explores Oman's development of a distinctive tourism model that aimed to balance modernisation with tradition. From restoring ancient forts to creating luxury eco-resorts, the Qaboos era witnessed an unprecedented period of development in which...
    $149.00

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  • Izumo Izumo
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    Izumo

    "Izumo: Blicke in das Unbekannte Japan" ist eine Sammlung von Essays des renommierten Schriftstellers Lafcadio Hearn, die den Leser in das geheimnisvolle und faszinierende Japan des späten 19. Jahrhunderts entführt. Hearn, bekannt für seine...
    $53.00

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  • Los Españoles Pintados Por Si Mismos... Los Españoles Pintados Por Si Mismos...
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    Los Españoles Pintados Por Si Mismos...

    "Los Españoles Pintados Por Sí Mismos..." offers a fascinating glimpse into 19th-century Spanish society through a collection of articles, stories, and sketches depicting various social types and customs. Written in a lively and engaging style, this...
    $83.00

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  • Screenshots of Covid Screenshots of Covid
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    Screenshots of Covid

    The media never reveal the full truth all at once, but they do release articles now and then of parts of it.This book pieces them all together to reveal the full story of what really happened and why.150+ pages of headlines and tweets in rough...
    $48.00

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  • Decoding Liberation Decoding Liberation
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    Decoding Liberation

    This book explores the relationship between the free software movement and freedom. Focusing on five main themes-the emancipatory potential of technology, social liberties, the facilitation of creativity, the objectivity of computing as a scientific...
    $111.00

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  • Geographies of Food and Power Geographies of Food and Power
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    Geographies of Food and Power

    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the production and consumption of food, suitable for use in undergraduate classrooms, either at the intermediate or advanced level.
    $373.00

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  • Creativity, Religion and Youth Cultures Creativity, Religion and Youth Cultures
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    Creativity, Religion and Youth Cultures

    This book explores the intersection between faith, religion and performing arts in culture-based youth groups. Culture-specific churches provide a safe if "imagined community" in which young people can express these emerging identities, which...
    $116.00

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  • Navigating Imaginary Worlds Navigating Imaginary Worlds
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    Navigating Imaginary Worlds

    This edited anthology offers a collection of essays that each look at various types of wayfinding. Together they explore a variety of wayfinding tools and techniques and their applications, as well as ways of keeping track of the construction of worlds...
    $373.00

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  • When Leo Logged On When Leo Logged On
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    When Leo Logged On

    In 1997, Titanic wasn't just a movie-it was a cultural tsunami. For one young woman, stepping into the theater that day wasn't just about watching a film; it was about stepping into a world that would help define the rest of her life.Caught in the...
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  • Usi, costumi e pregiudizi del popolo di Roma ... Usi, costumi e pregiudizi del popolo di Roma ...
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    Usi, costumi e pregiudizi del popolo di Roma ...

    "Usi, costumi e pregiudizi del popolo di Roma" by Giggi Zanazzo offers a fascinating glimpse into the everyday life, traditions, and biases of the Roman people. Written in Italian, this work captures the essence of early 20th-century Rome, providing...
    $82.00

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  • The Art of Living in London, a Poem [By J. Smith] The Art of Living in London, a Poem [By J. Smith]
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    The Art of Living in London, a Poem [By J. Smith]

    "The Art of Living in London, a Poem" by James Smith offers a fascinating glimpse into the social customs and daily life of 19th-century London. Through vivid verse, Smith captures the essence of the bustling metropolis, portraying its unique characters,...
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  • Cavell on Film Cavell on Film
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    Cavell on Film

    A collection of the philosopher Stanley Cavell's most important writings on cinema.Stanley Cavell was the first philosopher in the Anglo-American tradition to make film a central concern of his work, and this volume offer a substantially complete...
    $317.00

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  • They Come in Pairs They Come in Pairs
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    They Come in Pairs

    They Come in Pairs by Rokiba ChaiseSome legends stand alone-others are defined by their greatest rivals. They Come in Pairs dives deep into the world of sports and music, exploring the stories of iconic duos whose careers, rivalries, and legacies have...
    $51.00

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  • European Agricultural Policy European Agricultural Policy
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    European Agricultural Policy

    This book presents the European Common Agricultural Policy by tracing its crucial stages from its conception to the present days. It reconstructs the negotiating processes that have taken place at the political and institutional level over the years. At...
    $402.00

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  • Lost in Translation Found in Language Lost in Translation Found in Language
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    Lost in Translation Found in Language

    What if the world's greatest misunderstandings were never about language, but about meaning?In Lost in Translation, Found in Language, explore the hidden currents beneath global conversations. From humorous cross-cultural slip-ups to the profound...
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  • Trump for Morons Trump for Morons
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    Trump for Morons

    The wittiest man in America who is Canadian could not sit by and watch democracy be destroyed by a convicted felon taking up residency in the White House. As an Emmy-award winner, documentarian and author of several books, naturally John Barbour had to...
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  • The Philosophy of Ted Chiang The Philosophy of Ted Chiang
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    The Philosophy of Ted Chiang

    Ted Chiang is one of the most insightful science fiction writers of our time. His writing has garnered high praise, including four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His short story, "Story of Your Life,"...
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  • This Is How We Love This Is How We Love
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    This Is How We Love

    The 1994 movie This Is How We Love touched the hearts of so many critics and fans alike when it was released, and has since captivated an even wider audience after winning the Academy Award for Best Picture! Now you, too, can...
    $118.00

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  • Hi There, Boys and Girls! Hi There, Boys and Girls!
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    Hi There, Boys and Girls!

    Whatever happened to Bozo the Clown, to Aunt Norma, to Solomon C. Whiskers, those television celebrities who hammed it up between cartoons and contests during local kids' shows? In Hi There, Boys and Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs, Tim...
    $137.00

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  • Europe in Its Own Eyes, Europe in the Eyes of the Other Europe in Its Own Eyes, Europe in the Eyes of the Other
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    Europe in Its Own Eyes, Europe in the Eyes of the Other

    What is Europe? Who is European? What do Europe and European identity mean in the twenty-first century? This collection of sixteen essays seeks to answer these questions by focusing on Europe as it is seen through its own eyes and through the eyes of...
    $233.00

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  • Carnival in Alabama Carnival in Alabama
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    Carnival in Alabama

    Mobile is simultaneously a typical and unique city in the postwar United States. It was a quintessential boomtown during World War II. That prosperity was followed by a period of rapid urban decline and subsequent attempts at revitalizing (or...
    $285.00

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  • Asian Political Cartoons Asian Political Cartoons
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    Asian Political Cartoons

    In Asian Political Cartoons, scholar John A. Lent explores the history and contemporary status of political cartooning in Asia, including East Asia (China, Hong Kong, Japan, North and South Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan), Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia,...
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  • Asian Political Cartoons (Hardback) Asian Political Cartoons (Hardback)
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    Asian Political Cartoons (Hardback)

    In Asian Political Cartoons, scholar John A. Lent explores the history and contemporary status of political cartooning in Asia, including East Asia (China, Hong Kong, Japan, North and South Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan), Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia,...
    $285.00

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  • Conversations with Joanna Scott Conversations with Joanna Scott
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    Conversations with Joanna Scott

    Joanna Scott (b. 1960) has been one of America's leading writers since the 1990s. Both critically acclaimed and winner of numerous prestigious awards, Scott's unique and probing vision and masterful writing has inspired readers to adjust their...
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  • Conversations with Graham Swift Conversations with Graham Swift
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    Conversations with Graham Swift

    Conversations with Graham Swift is the first collection of interviews conducted with the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel Last Orders. Beginning in 1985 with Swift's arrival in New York to promote Waterland and concluding with an interview...
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  • Table Lands Table Lands
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    Table Lands

    Food is a signifier of power for both adults and children, a sign of both inclusion and exclusion and of conformity and resistance. Many academic disciplines--from sociology to literary studies--have studied food and its function as a complex social...
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  • Graphic Indigeneity Graphic Indigeneity
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    Graphic Indigeneity

    Contributions by Joshua T. Anderson, Chad A. Barbour, Susan Bernardin, Mike Borkent, Jeremy M. Carnes, Philip Cass, Jordan Clapper, James J. Donahue, Dennin Ellis, Jessica Fontaine, Jonathan Ford, Lee Francis IV, Enrique García, Javier...
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  • Gothic for Girls Gothic for Girls
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    Gothic for Girls

    Today fans still remember and love the British girls' comic Misty for its bold visuals and narrative complexities. Yet its unique history has drawn little critical attention. Bridging this scholarly gap, Julia Round presents a comprehensive cultural...
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  • Children's Books on the Big Screen Children's Books on the Big Screen
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    Children's Books on the Big Screen

    In Children's Books on the Big Screen, Meghann Meeusen goes beyond the traditional adaptation approach of comparing and contrasting the similarities of film and book versions of a text. By tracing a pattern across films for young viewers, Meeusen...
    $97.00

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  • Tourists and Trade Tourists and Trade
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    Tourists and Trade

    How two roadside craft shops in upstate New York transformed American crafts into a fine art.Finalist for the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Regional category Amid the economic turmoil of the Great Depression, in 1929, Clarence...
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  • A Primer For Daily Life A Primer For Daily Life
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    A Primer For Daily Life

    The interacting components of everyday life - the weekly supermarket shopping trip, fast food, children's toys - are still largely unremarked by cultural theorists. Grounded in Marxist theory, and guided by feminism, Susan Willis's lucid and entertaining...
    $121.00

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  • Mobile Interface Theory Mobile Interface Theory
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    Mobile Interface Theory

    In this updated second edition, Jason Farman offers a groundbreaking look at how location-aware mobile technologies are radically shifting our sense of identity, community, and place-making practices. Mobile Interface Theory is a foundational book in...
    $373.00

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  • Cultural Politics of the Creative Industries Cultural Politics of the Creative Industries
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    Cultural Politics of the Creative Industries

    This book presents the creative industries as a suite of practices intimately connected to political, economic, and cultural power. Seeking to illuminate the creative industries through critical cultural analysis, the book shows the extent to which...
    $347.00

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    Wedding Cakes and Cultural History

    First published in 1992, Wedding Cakes and Cultural History traces the fascinating history of wedding cakes, from late medieval feasts and rites, through the Victorian wedding breakfast and into the 1990s.
    $79.00

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    Visualizations of Urban Space

    This book explores environments where art, imagination, and creative practice meet urban spaces at the point where they connect to the digital world. It investigates relationships between urban visualizations, aesthetics, and politics in the context of...
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    Destruction, Ethics, and Intergalactic Love

    Destruction, Ethics, and Intergalactic Love: Exploring Y: The Last Man and Saga offers a creative and accessible exploration of the two comic book series, examining themes like nonviolence; issues of gender and war; heroes and moral failures; forgiveness...
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  • Agrarian Reform and Farmer Resistance in Punjab Agrarian Reform and Farmer Resistance in Punjab
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    Agrarian Reform and Farmer Resistance in Punjab

    This book examines different dimensions of farmer agitations in Punjab, India. It situates the 2020-2021 farmer resistance movement within the wider context of India's post-independent development trajectory and provides a thorough analysis of various...
    $333.00

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  • Videogames and Agency Videogames and Agency
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    Videogames and Agency

    Videogames and Agency explores the trend in videogames and their marketing to offer a player higher volumes, or even more distinct kinds, of player freedom. The book offers a new conceptual framework that helps us understand how this freedom to act is...
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    Introducing Korean Popular Culture

    This new textbook is a timely and interdisciplinary resource for students looking for an introduction to Korean popular culture, exploring the multifaceted meaning of Korean popular culture at micro and macro levels and the process of cultural...
    $373.00

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