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Through an analysis of films such as American Beauty, Blade Runner, Natural Born Killers, and Thelma and Louise, Carl Boggs and Thomas Pollard explore the historical and theoretical shift from the long era of modernity to an emergent postmodernity and examine its intersection with film culture.

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Spanning 16 years of destruction and rebirth, this chronology deals with the tumultuous years between the Nazi seizure of power on 30th January 1933 and the proclamation of the State of Israel on 14th May 1948. Coverage includes Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe and the major theatres of war.

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In dialogue with thinkers from Aristotle to Freud, Alfredo Ferrarin provides a philosophical account of the nature of images and the imagination.

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Toni Morrison explores the interaction of race, class, culture and gender in her novels. This study takes into account Western and Black traditions to show how Morrison, through the reversal or subversion of Western stereotypes, harnesses the potential of the significance they contain.

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A growing number of North American teachers are starting to teach abroad. This collection combines personal experiences of teachers of varying backgrounds, global placement, and teaching assignments, with practical resources such as listings of recruiting agencies, job fairs, and salary guidelines.

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This book explores the philosophies and actions of a group called Hongan no kai, comprised of mercury poisoning sufferers and their supporters in Minimata, Japan. While depicting their plights, Yuki Miyamoto unpacks the ways they wrestle with tragedy in their community as well as their vision of a world otherwise (janaka shaba).

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A book about language, exploring the new rules of writing in the age of social media, emojis and cyberslang. Featuring emoji strings, sidebars, quizzes and style debates among the most lovable nerds of the digital copy world, it is suitable for readers and writers of all kinds, including of posts, tweets, texts, emails and whatever comes next...

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On March 4, 1983, Charles Rothenberg deliberately set fire to the bed where his six-year-old son, David, lay sleeping. The authors reach beyond the bizarre facts of this story and enter the mind and emotions of Rothenberg to gain some understanding of what led to this crime.

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This text brings together research from the world-systems perspective. The authors analyze emeging topics from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, from political science to archaeology. The volume serves as an introduction to both the traditional and the new in world-systems thought.

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This book of lesson plans using common picture books to teach the AASL/AECT Information Literacy Standards is targeted for grades K-3, complete with reproducible patterns and immediately usable reproducible activities providing lessons for each grade level (K-3) for each month of the school year.

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This book shows you what you can look forward to as a school building administrator, takes you through the wild and unpredictable situations as they play out, and offers suggestions for how to handle these issues going forward. So, if you are a school building administrator, a...

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This book shows you what you can look forward to as a school building administrator, takes you through the wild and unpredictable situations as they play out, and offers suggestions for how to handle these issues going forward. So, if you are a school building administrator, a...

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A section on domestic policy starts with a chapter on the state of the U.S. economy, followed by chapters on making fiscal policy, monetary policy, and labor policy.

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This book lists 365 films, one for each day of the year, organized by the date on which at least one scene in the movie occurs on that date. For example, The Longest Day, a movie about the 1944 Normandy invasion, is the entry for June 6. For some films the scene that occurred...

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A comprehensive study of the ketos - the most prominent sea monster of Greco-Roman culture.

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Anthropologist and author Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) is one of the most significant African American writers of the 20th century.

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The A-10 was never a favourite amongst the USAF's senior staff, and prior to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 they had attempted to transfer the aircraft to the US Army and Marine Corps. This title tells the story of the A-10 in Enduring Freedom.

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Featuring numerous first-hand accounts and photography from those who experienced the conflict, along with imagery from official military archives, this book offers a detailed insight into the record of the A-10 in one of the 21st Century's most significant conflicts.

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Designed to combine the bombing capability of the B-26 Marauder with the versatility of the ground-attack A-20 Havoc, the A-26 Invader would become the USAAF's attack bomber par excellence. This book focuses on the A-26's missions in World War 2.

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The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior, though something of a cult favourite, remains a largely unremarked classic of Naval Aviation. Built for nuclear weapon delivery, the A-3 made its name in Vietnam as a conventional bomber, tanker and Electronic Warfare platform. This volume focuses on the type's Vietnam service.

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