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Drawn from the popular Guardian column these everyday exultations and inspirations will get you through dismal days.

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Pedro Corra do Lago has gathered one of the world's finest autograph collections. From a parchment signed by four popes to Stephen Hawking's thumbprint signature, this book spans nearly 900 years of handwriting from the likes of van Gogh, Michelangelo, Queen Victoria, Einstein, and many more legendary figures across art, literature, science,...

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A new society and economy has blossomed in post-Mao China, but an old state holds it back. This book addresses the question central to China today: Is the Peoples Republic of China, whose politics is a hybrid of Chinese imperial tradition and Western Marxism, willing to become a modern nation or does it insist on remaining an empire

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From the author of the bestselling Steampunk Bible, a practical and inspirational volume on making your own Steampunk creations.

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"A love letter to Harry Styles, a pop star who's a sign of the times. This book is packed with 50 titbits of Harry Styles trivia and some very serious collages. Billie can only pray that he one day sees it and graces her with an Instagram DM. (A girl can hope.)."--

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In this collaboration, Aboriginal elder Mowaljarlai and photographer Jutta Malnic rekindle a story that reaches back 60,000 years, constituting the oldest collective memory of humankind. This new edition includes a conversation about the famed Bradshaw rock paintings.

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An eerie yet insightful exploration into the phenomenon of yurei, or Japanese ghosts, both past and present.

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This books gives an overview of the history of cosplay and how it started at the turn of the 20th century.

Amid a history of institutionalized racism, black artists, entertainers, and entrepreneurs forged relationships within American popular culture. This three-volume set considers the influence of African Americans on popular culture and shows the ways in which African American culture has come to be a fundamental and lasting part of America itself.

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This book critically situates the figure of the black female vampire within literary studies, cultural studies, gender studies, and critical race studies. It invites readers to take a closer look at the black female vampire figure and how that figure shapes and is shaped by cultural narratives about African American womanhood.

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A single father. No love life. And the teaching job from hell Daniel Ken hated school, and school hated him.

In this two-volume set, a series of expert contributors look at what it means to be a boy growing up in North America, with entries covering everything from toys and games, friends and family, and psychological and social development.

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Food science, etiquette, mythbusting, history and common sense-there is no subject too big or too small for Richard Cornish to answer in his weekly Brain Foodcolumns, which have been must-reads for years. Brain Food is a collection of the best cooks' conundrums and their surprising answers.

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Starting with the liaison between Coco and a Russian prince and ending with today, this book tells the story of how the legend of a fragrance entered the collective imagination thanks to the words of Marilyn Monroe: "What do I wear to bed Five drops of Chanel No. 5 and nothing else."

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How culture uses games and how games use culture: an examination of Latin America's gaming practices and the representation of the region's cultures in games.

American life and culture was born from many other cultures around the world. This study offers chapters that detail how American life was born and how it has grown, covering the history of customs as well as how traditions are celebrated in England, the South, the Midwest, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southwest, as well as Alaska and Hawaii.

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The food business is always on the go. New restaurants, bars and cafes are born out of a fresh ideas that, with a clever twist, lead to an unprecedented culinary experience that balances location and concept - and ultimately influences a new world of food.

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