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Authority and the Individual Authority and the Individual Bertrand Russell From Ancient Greek philosophy to the French Revolution to the modern welfare state, in Authority & the Individual Bertrand Russell tackles the perennial questions about the balance between authority … OL1088583W
Heavy metal Islam Heavy metal Islam Mark LeVine "We play heavy metal because our lives are heavy metal."--Reda Zine, one of the founders of the Moroccan heavy-metal scene"Music is the weapon of the future."--Fela KutiAn eighteen-year-old Moroccan … OL12376852W
Why liberals and conservatives clash Why liberals and conservatives clash Bruce E. Fleming Why Liberals and Conservatives Clash offers an explanation for the extreme polarization between liberal and conservative that is the hallmark of the American political landscape today. It suggests th… OL12800155W
Bringing Light to Twilight Bringing Light to Twilight Giselle Liza Anatol "Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series has met with astonishing commercial success--not just amongst adolescent girls, but with college students, middle-aged women, and writers and publishers who hope to… OL15999032W
Iconic Iconic Lakesia D. Johnson "A visual and narrative iconography of the Black female revolutionary across a variety of media texts and historical contexts"-- OL16564346W
The social in the global The social in the global Jonathan Joseph "How do influential social ideas contribute to global governance? This book takes an original approach to international relations by looking at the way social ideas help to portray the world in a par… OL16607420W
Gameplay mode Gameplay mode Patrick Crogan "From flight simulators and first-person shooters to MMPOG and innovative strategy games like 2008's Spore, computer games owe their development to computer simulation and imaging produced by and for… OL16652128W
The Psychopath Test The Psychopath Test Jon Ronson "In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them. The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey th… OL16795887W
Top 40 Hitdossier 1965-2012 Top 40 Hitdossier 1965-2012 Various In 1965 appeared the first official Top 40 list of the most popular pop music singles of the week in the Netherlands, then compiled by Radio Veronica. Meanwhile, the top 40 already begun its 45th yea… OL17081934W
In Real Life In Real Life Cory Doctorow,Jen Wang Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she c… OL17113323W
Market relations and the competitive process Market relations and the competitive process J. S. Metcalfe,Alan Warde "The latest in the New Dynamics of Innovation and Competition series, this book explores this interface in a number of ways, looking at the competitive process and market relations from a number of d… OL17903289W
Speaking OUT Speaking OUT Rachelle Lee Smith A photographic essay that explores a wide spectrum of experiences told from the perspective of a diverse group of young people, ages 14-24, identifying as queer (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, … OL18148949W
Myth, meaning, and performance Myth, meaning, and performance Lisa McCormick,Ron Eyerman v, 166 p. : 24 cm OL18381346W
A history of anthropology A history of anthropology Finn Sivert Nielsen,Thomas Hylland Eriksen "This book covers the entire history of social and cultural anthropology in a single volume. Beginning with a summary of the discipline in the nineteenth century, exploring major figures such as Morg… OL18694216W
Masquerade and identities Masquerade and identities Efrat Tseëlon Masquerade is now a central topic in many disciplines. This text explores and revisits the role of disguise in constructing, expressing, or representing marginalised identities. OL19450446W
Trainwreck Trainwreck Sady Doyle "From Mary Wollstonecraft--who, for decades after her death, was more famous for her illegitimate child and suicide attempts than for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman--to Charlotte Brontë, Billie… OL19663953W
Comics art in China Comics art in China John A. Lent "The definitive book about cartoons, picture books, comics, and animation in mainland China"-- OL19723865W
Masterful marks Masterful marks Monte Beauchamp "In a first-of-its-kind collection, award-winning illustrators celebrate the lives of the visionary artists who created the world of comic art and altered pop culture forever. No one has told the sto… OL19983049W
Why Men Buy Sex Why Men Buy Sex Philip Birch Sex work has been a contentious issue in a variety of ways throughout history – socially, morally, ethically, religiously and politically. Traditionally noted as one of the oldest professions in the … OL20496316W
The Comics of Charles Schulz The Comics of Charles Schulz Ian Gordon,Jared Gardner The Comics of Charles Schulz collects new essays on the work of the creator of the immensely popular Peanuts comic strip. Despite Schulz's celebrity, few scholarly books on his work and career have b… OL20585486W
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