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The Sociology of Risk and Gambling Reader The Sociology of Risk and Gambling Reader James F Cosgrave This reader contributes to the sociology of gambling, and offers a variety of sociological approaches to the subject areas, ranging from classical sociological analyses of gambling to contemporary so… OL15178025W
Open sources Open sources Richard Stallman,Bob Young,Eric S. Raymond,Larry Wall,Michael Tiemann,Linus Torvalds,Chris DiBona,Mark Stone,Tim O'Reilly,Paul Vixie,Sam Ockman,Scott Bradner,Jim Hamerly,Kirk McKusick,Tom Paquin,Bruce Perens,Brian Behlendorf Freely available source code, with contributions from thousands of programmers around the world: this is the spirit of the software revolution known as Open Source. Now, in Open Sources, for the firs… OL17075731W
Culture and the politics of Third World nationalism Culture and the politics of Third World nationalism Dawa Norbu Dawa Norbu combines insights based on an understanding of specific political systems in the Third World and a deep knowledge of nationalist activity within these systems, with a theoretical framework… OL1761365W
Handbook of death & dying Handbook of death & dying Clifton D. Bryant "More than 100 scholars contributed to this carefully researched, well-organized, informative, and multi-disciplinary source on death studies. Volume 1, "The Presence of Death," examines the cultural… OL18362832W
Digital media revisited Digital media revisited Andrew Morrison,Terje Rasmussen "Arguing that "first encounters" have already applied traditional theoretical and conceptual frameworks to digital media, the contributors to this book call for "second encounters," or a revisiting. … OL18473715W
Interpersonal violent behaviors Interpersonal violent behaviors Neil Alan Weiner,R. Barry Ruback "This expanded book version of a special issue of the journal Violence and Victims analyzes the social and cultural factors that influence violent behaviors. The editors and contributors discuss the … OL20542537W
The faith of fifty million The faith of fifty million Christopher Hodge Evans,William R. Herzog Features essays by religion scholars who analyze the relation of baseball and theology in American culture. Topics include issues of national identity, baseball and civil religion, "saints and sinner… OL20945743W
Hekhalot literature in context Hekhalot literature in context Hekhalot literature in context (Conference) (2010 Princeton University) "Hekhalot literature, the earliest expression of Jewish mysticism, emerged in Palestine and Babylonia in late antiquity (ca. 500-900 C.E.). In the present volume, an international team of experts exp… OL20957198W
Gay spirit Gay spirit Mark Thompson **From Amazon.com:** Arguably the book that started the Gay Spirituality Movement. Publishers Weekly wrote: Cultural editor of the Advocate, Thompson here collects previously published articles an… OL2676828W
Does China Matter? A Reassessment Does China Matter? A Reassessment Barry Buzan,Rosemary Foot Gerald Segal's last published paper 'Does China Matter?' made a considerable splash, and had he lived, it is certain that he would have followed it up with a book. This new volume honours his memory … OL2679098W
Video Games Video Games Arthur Berger "From their inception, video games quickly became a major new arena of popular entertainment. Beginning with very primitive games, they quickly evolved into interactive animated works, many of which … OL3103130W
Television Television Raymond Williams BECAUSE IM BLACK OL3747446W
--so they understand --so they understand William Schneider "Illustrated with numerous stories collected from Alaska, the Yukon, and South Africa and drawing on the author's experiences as a longtime oral historian and curator, So They Understand is a compreh… OL3866154W
Meaning in Technology Meaning in Technology Arnold Pacey In previous books, Arnold Pacey has written about the role of ideas and ideals in the creation of technology, about the global history of technology, and about the complex interaction of political, c… OL4102834W
Maps of meaning Maps of meaning Jackson, Peter 'This is a revealing and intellectually challenging way head for a branch of human geography that has fallen behind other branches in recent decades. The book and the series that it launches deserve… OL4290803W
Blue Blue Michel Pastoureau "Blue has had a long and topsy-turvy history in the Western world. Once considered a hot color, it is now icy cool. The ancient Greeks scorned it as ugly and barbaric, but most Americans and European… OL625818W
Impotence Impotence Angus McLaren As anyone who has watched television in recent years can attest, we live in the age of Viagra. From Bob Dole to Mike Ditka to late-night comedians, our culture has been engaged in one long, frank, an… OL661665W
Philosophy in the Roman Empire (Ashgate Ancient Philosophy Series) Philosophy in the Roman Empire (Ashgate Ancient Philosophy Series) Michael Trapp xiv, 285 p. ; 24 cm OL6641489W
Solitary Sex Solitary Sex Thomas Walter Laqueur "This is the first cultural history of the world's most common sexual practice: masturbation. At a time when almost any victimless practice has its public advocates and almost every sexual act is fro… OL8909282W
The Gardens of Their Dreams The Gardens of Their Dreams Brian Griffith The Gardens of Their Dreams is a unique and important book. It contains fascinating information about our past from an array of cultures and world regions. It verifies the connection between a histor… OL9046083W
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