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The story of how la mode was "sexed" as feminine offers insight into the political, economic and cultural tensions that marked the birth of modern commercial culture. Jones examines men's and women's relation to fashion to argue how clothing was becoming increasingly conceptualised as feminine.

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The story of how la mode was "sexed" as feminine offers insight into the political, economic and cultural tensions that marked the birth of modern commercial culture. Jones examines men's and women's relation to fashion to argue how clothing was becoming increasingly conceptualised as feminine.

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Taking on a still-controversial topic, a diverse group of experts, including victims and clergy, offers reflections on the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, examining what the church has done-and what it still needs to do-to protect children.

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As a Seattle Times reporter explained when Maria's case hit the news there, the reality is that sex slaves for the most part are young women and teenaged girls who come from almost every one of the world's poorer countries and end up in almost every country where there is a combination of sexual demand and money.

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As a Seattle Times reporter explained when Maria's case hit the news there, the reality is that sex slaves for the most part are young women and teenaged girls who come from almost every one of the world's poorer countries and end up in almost every country where there is a combination of sexual demand and money.

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A story about a small, shy stubby-legged Adelie penguin who has to save his family from extinction.

Kiddy Lick a small island in the southeast corner of a vast amusement park known as Water World. Water World offered all kinds of exciting rides to humans from 8 to 80 years of age.

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Questions about memory, identity and belonging touch the lives of many people who live in the shadows of historical trauma. Learning to think in new ways about the Shoah as a defining crisis with modernity, Seidler also helps us imagine an ethics for a postmodern time.

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Questions about memory, identity and belonging touch the lives of many people who live in the shadows of historical trauma. Learning to think in new ways about the Shoah as a defining crisis with modernity, Seidler also helps us imagine an ethics for a postmodern time.

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The compelling inside story of how Australia attempted to bully East Timor out of its rights to the lucrative oil and gas resources of the Timor Sea and the people, both heroes and villains, who played the game for a nation's future.

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Through biographical histories of individuals involved in the freedom of religion debates, readers will discover how individuals' thoughts, beliefs, and actions affected how the religion clauses are viewed today and throughout American history.

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Includes the important organisational structures - armoured and infantry divisions, fighter and bomber wings, and carrier battle groups - in the context of modern conflicts, including Vietnam, the Gulf War, operations in Panama, Kosovo, and Somalia, and the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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States that White males matter very much to discussions of race, ethnicity, and gender in the US due to their numbers and the influence they wield. This book explores the heterogeneity of white male America, taking into account such factors as age, ethnicity, ideology, social class, regional background, occupational status, and sexual orientation.

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The author explores the heterogeneity of white male America, taking account of age, ethnicity, ideology, social class, regional background, occupation, and sexual preference. This timely work draws on a broad range of sources, including extensive field research and hundreds of interviews.

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From comic books and computer music to gaming and blogging, nerdy women have their say in this witty collection that takes on the "boys only" clubs in science and technology and celebrates a woman's geek spirit

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A study of Australian cinema exploring the relationship between a series of films produced in different periods of Australian history that are linked by a common thread - the repeated image of sheep. It focuses on two key 'sheep films': ""The Squatter's Daughter"" (Hall, 1933) and ""Bitter Springs"" (Smart, 1950).

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Shifting States offers an ethnographic examination of state agency and the relationships between surveillance, bureaucracy, infrastructure and personhood, with an impressive selection of empirically rich and theoretically engaging contributions that are relevant across a range of contemporary issues.

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The battle of Shiloh, fought in April 1862 in the wilderness of south-central Tennessee, marked the turning point in the Civil War. In this book, Larry Daniel re-creates the drama and the horror of the battle.

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The inside story of the Rudd government's first term in office. It is a tenure that will be forever defined by the global financial crisis, or - to use the Prime Minster's term - the 'shitstorm' that engulfed the nation and the world. Taylor and Uren uncover the challenges Kevin Rudd and his team faced.

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An elegant demolition of the supermarket miracle, this book charts the impact that supermarkets have had on every aspect of our lives and culture.

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In boom and in bust, Ireland has been led by Fianna Fail. This title discusses the party's remarkable dominance of the political landscape and tells the story of how it won, kept and has used power since the mid-1990s.