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An exploration of why we play video games despite the fact that we are almost certain to feel unhappy when we fail at them.

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"From the City of New Angeles to the colony Heinlein on the Moon, the World of Android is a futuristic world like no other. This volume highlights the intricate designs of each character from the game itself. In addition, dive into the art of each locale and world, as well as each threat and gadget noted in the game!"--

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The Basques settled in a corner of France and Spain in a land that is marked on no maps. They are a nation with a story that illuminates Europe's own saga. The author blends economic, political, literary and culinary history into a heroic tale.

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When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626 he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770. In 1842, when the novelist Charles Dickens arrived in New York, he could not conceal his eagerness to find and experience the fabled oyster cellars of New York City's slums.

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Provocative personal essays on race, representation, and the experience of having--or loving--a black body.

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Dive into this vibrantly illustrated history of everything humans have invented to entertain ourselves, from Chess and Nintendo to Drag Queen Story Hour and Burning Man.

(Paperback, Main)

A captivating A-Z compendium of our fixations by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

(Hardback, Main)

A thrilling compendium of our deepest fears and obsessions by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.

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A memoir of a fundamentalist Muslim childhood and of redefining faith, belonging and family in adulthood

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As America ceases to be defined by the black/white divide and enters a more complex multiethnic era, one of the most articulate young correspondents on television today offers a fast-paced road trip through the country's racial terrain.

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Jonathan Hennessey provides readers with everything they need to know about video games - from their early beginnings during World War II to the emergence of arcade games in the 1970s to the rise of Nintendo to today's app-based games like Angry Birds and Pokemon Go.

(Paperback, New edition)

An analysis of the nature, causes and consequences of the crisis of modern society. Professor Sorokin asserts that the whole of modern culture is undergoing a period of transition brought on by the struggle between the forces of the materialistic order and a new idealistic order.

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The bestselling book revealing why Americans are so fearful, and why we fear the wrong things-now updated for the age of Trump

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Drawing from cultures around the world, the author shows that beliefs and practices are readily subjected to political manipulation and that many parts of culture are being commodified, separated from their group or communal origins, to be packaged and sold to those who can pay for them.

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The journey of Chinese food over 5,000 years of history - and the story it tells us about the land and its people.

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The journey of Chinese food over 5,000 years of history - and the story it tells us about the land and its people.

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The journey of Chinese food over 5,000 years of history - and the story it tells us about the land and its people.

(Hardback)

Mary Roach meets Michael Pollan in this ambitious, dynamic and thought-provoking foray into the future of food

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Mary Roach meets Michael Pollan in this ambitious, dynamic and thought-provoking foray into the future of food

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A rollicking indictment of the liberal elite's hypocrisy when it comes to food. The book celebrates what is good about the American food system and how take back forks and foie gras before it's too late.

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This is a guide to France intended for the traveller who wants to get to know French people as individuals, for the negotiating businessman and for students who wishes to discover in-depth aspects of their lives. It looks at what makes up the national character of France.