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This volume of the award-winning A Cultural History of Ideas examines the roughly thousand years, from the end of the Roman Empire to the cusp of the Reformation

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The third volume in the award-winning A Cultural History of Ideas explores the ways in which distinctively Renaissance ideas and a distinctively Renaissance culture emerged from the complex interaction of ancient and medieval influences.

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This cheeky, illustrated gift book is Porn for Women meets the Instagram age -- a sexy, silly celebration of the men (and a few women) the internet can't help but fall in love with.

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A richly entertaining, compellingly readable survey of 21st-century England from a sharp-eyed American with a winningly humorous way with words.

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A guide to the nature, purpose, and place of public service television within a multi-platform, multichannel ecology.

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Both panoramic and intimate, A Japanese Mirror is a rich and surprising exploration of national identity.

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An absorbing group biography of the Oxford thinkers who transformed philosophical thought in twentieth-century Britain

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An absorbing group biography of the Oxford thinkers who transformed philosophical thought in twentieth-century Britain

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Acts of Faith is Eboo Patel's remarkable account of coming of age and coming to understand what led him toward religious pluralism rather than hatred. His story is a hopeful and moving testament to the power and passion of young people, and to the notion that we find the fulfillment of our identities in the work we do in the world.

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Describes that cultural theory must start thinking ambitiously - not so that it can hand the West its legitimation, but so that it can seek to make sense of the grand narratives in which it is embroiled.

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"Against Flow critically examines the idea of flow in order to temper a growing number of voices that focus on play's positive potentials"--

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*WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2014*

A young army captain who risked execution to swim from free-market Taiwan to Communist China.
A barber who made $150 million in the gambling dens of Macau.

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"For the first time ever, discover how aliens have invaded pop culture in its guises, from books, magazines, and comics to film, TV, and beyond. With chapters by some of the planet Earth's leading experts on the subject, Alien Invasions! is the definitive history of extraterrestrial invaders, spanning over one hundred years and featuring more than two hundred images." --

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Why 1 = presence and 0 = absence and the digital world formula is x = xn: an exploration of meaning in a universe of infinite replication.

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New edition of the youth culture classic - first published in 1997.

Offers insight into social movements, trends, fads, and events that propelled the eras and the nation. Chapters in this book trace the evolution of pop culture in 11 key categories: Key Events in American Life; Advertising; Architecture; Fashion; Food; Leisure Activities and Sports; Literature; Music; Performing Arts; Travel; and Visual Arts.

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From the acclaimed author of American Comics and Jewish Comedy comes a sweeping and entertaining narrative that details the rise and enduring grip of horror in American literature, cinema, and, ultimately, culture-from the taut, terrifying stories of Edgar Allan Poe to the grisly, lingering films of Jordan Peele.

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From "Time and the Art of Living" (1982) to "The Grace of Great Things" (1990) and "On Dialogue" (1996), the author has tackled the traditional subjects of classic philosophy with a prose style in work fueled by American pragmatism and metaphysical exploration.

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An urgent and gripping investigation into online trolling, disinformation and conspiracy theories by an award-winning BBC correspondent.