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When is food addictive, and under what circumstances And what can be done to cope with or, in the case of kids, avoid food addictions

As American-style processed foods transform the culture and habits of eating all over the world, Michael Moss explores food addiction and the obesity epidemic.

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This is essential Margaret Atwood on Twitter She's one of the most acute and perceptive analysts of the furtive growth of fascism. Everyone should know about this Philip Pullman Vibrates with outrage The Times

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Written by a self-confessed quizaholic, How To Win Your Pub Quiz is a glorious celebration of a great British institution the pub quiz and will help turn your team, however bad it is, into a winning machine!

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Politics, academia & corporations now bow to the new orthodoxies around gender, race & identity. How Woke Won explores woke's intellectual roots and how, what poses as radical-left, is embraced by the privileged. In this powerful critique Joanna argues that those interested in a free, egalitarian & democratic society must tackle wokeness head-on.

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Organized into ten broad chapters reflecting types of humor and topics of humor research, it provides extensive bibliographies on forty-five fields of humor study, each introduced by an essay outlining trends and pointing to major findings.

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A visually stunning narrative--told through journals, stories, images, and graphic novels--"I Live Here" bears witness to the lives of refugees and displaced people throughout crisis zones in four corners of the globe.

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Engages with the notion of Australia's lack of a sense of cultural history and the ways in which critical engagement with it do not complement or reinforce each other. It reflects upon Australia's still-neglected film heritage, the achievements of Australian TV in recent decades and engages with the debate on mutli-ethnic society.

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Software drives design in the 21st century. This book by world-renowned software studies expert, Professor Lev Manovich, explains the cultural impact of this new phenomenon.

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Manovich investigates how the movement from industry to information in the global economy has created an ostensibly new aesthetic of sensibility and representation. In proposing software as modernity's new societal force, this book seeks to reclassify software as today's revitalized combustion engine, underpinning the logic of contemporary culture.

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A major new manifesto for a high-tech future, free from work

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Investigating ideological beliefs and motivations, Vertigans argues, is the only means of understanding the wide ranging nature of the Islamic resurgence.

A long tern, comprehensive account of Turkish society spotlights important events and fundamental differences that have contributed to the contemporary Islamic resurgence.

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In this powerful collection, Australian writers explore the complex relationship between writing and justice, a relationship that necessarily involves the ethics of reading. These essays demonstrate how it is possible for writing to articulate concerns of justice, enlighten the broader community and move citizens to action.

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Showcasing Japan's astonishingly varied culture of cute this volume takes the reader on a dazzling and adorable visual journey through Kawaii.

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From the cook, butler and housekeeper to the footman, lady's maid and nanny, this is a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of some of Britain's grandest houses.

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An extended, education-focused edition of this bestselling book, which received the 2019 Indie Book Award for Best Illustrated Non-fiction and was shortlisted for General Non-fiction Book of the Year at the 2019 ABIA.