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The Intermediate Sex The Intermediate Sex Edward Carpenter 1908 work by Edward Carpenter expressing his views on homosexuality. Carpenter argues that "uranism", as he terms homosexuality, was on the increase, marking a new age of sexual liberation. OL1041144W
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
Homo Ludens Homo Ludens Johan Huizinga A unique philosophical perspective regarding the topic of play and it's impact and necessity in human culture. OL1141874W
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
Defusing democracy Defusing democracy Delia M. Boylan "Many of today's new democracies are constrained by institutional forms designed by previous authoritarian rulers. In this timely and provocative study, Delia M. Boylan traces the emergence of these … OL12513890W
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
LOVING BIG BROTHER: PERFORMANCE, PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE SPACE LOVING BIG BROTHER: PERFORMANCE, PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE SPACE John Edward Mcgrath Constant scrutiny by surveillance cameras is usually seen as - at best - an invasion of privacy, and at worst an infringement of human rights. But in this radical new account of the uses of surveilla… OL13624909W
London London David Brandon London: City of the Dead is a groundbreaking account of London's dealing with death, covering the afterlife, execution, bodysnatching, murder, fatal disease, spiritualism, bizarre deaths and cemeteri… OL13766775W
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
The Little Book of Australia The Little Book of Australia David Dale What makes us uniquely Australian? An essential, comprehensive guide for every Aussie packed with fascinating and humorous facts, figures and quotations about our politics, our icons, literature and … OL15180640W
It came from the 1950s! It came from the 1950s! Jones, Darryl "It came from the 1950s is an eclectic, witty, and insightful collection of essays predicated on the hypothesis that popular cultural documents provide unique insights into the concerns, anxieties, a… OL15951415W
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
Culture matters Culture matters Samuel P. Huntington "Prominent scholars and journalists ponder the question of why, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world is more divided than ever between the rich and the poor, between those living i… OL16063494W
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
Colonial jobs Colonial jobs Verna Fisher Provides information about the jobs people had during colonial times in America, how they learned the skills they needed, how jobs were chosen, and how modern work compares with that of the colonists. OL16629102W
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
Anthropology and Politics of Commodity Exchange Anthropology and Politics of Commodity Exchange Chris Gregory A theoretically and ethnographically informed collection of essays which opens up questions through an examination of concrete cases, covering global and local questions of political economy. OL16997677W
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
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