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'Plus Ca Change', like any good story, tells of spectacular failures and unexpected success. This is the story of the French language second only to English for the number of countries where it is officially spoken a language that is the official tongue of two G-7 countries and three European nations.

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This book explores the fine line between fiction and history and considers how Frances cultural production has contributed to shaping the image of the French Resistance. Though an examination of the lenses through which France has regarded its recent past, the book offers a key to understanding Frances national psyche.

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A collection of essays that aims to give a broad view of the way humour operates in Australian culture. There are very few scholarly works that attempt to study humour that we have come to associate with being Australia. This book looks at the humourous culture that Australia does have, within the essays.

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Shit London explores the world of ill-conceived community art, poorly named shops, cheeky graffiti, bad translations, comical signs and the unintentionally funny scenes that surround Londoners everyday.

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Reprising the success of 'Spliffs' and 'Spliffs 2', this book offers yet more information and entertainment for the 'budding' cannabis enthusiast.

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The 80's represented cars that were flash, angular and mean. The petrol-heads of the time lusted after Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari 308; salivated over the Ferrari Daytona and Testarossa from Miami Vice, and watched ''Back to the Future'' in cinemas across the country, mesmerised at the sight of the Doc's De Lorean.

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"My Guy" is one of the foundation stones of today's massive pop culture magazine genre. It defined what it meant to be young in the 1980s and was a template for the hugely successful gossip mags like "Heat", "Closer" and "OK!" that fly off the shelves every week.

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The Evil Twins of American Television examines evil-twin depictions in over fifty years of television. Employing the schizophrenic split theory of Betty Friedan, Humphreys analyzes the ways in which these alter ego characters embody the desire for a separate self and independence.

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A colorful and in-depth cultural history of the beloved nineties sitcom that launched Will Smith to superstardomThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Airin the vein of Seinfeldia and Best Wishes, Warmest Regards.

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This book presents the reception of Hallyu ("the Korean Wave") and the real and imaginary maps of the export of South Korean cultural products around the world. It is an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach to the impact of Hallyu, including chapters on the effects of South Korean culture on countries in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

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"A vibrant, visually-driven insider's guide to "the official home of the brick," the famous LEGO House located near LEGO headquarters in Billund, Denmark"--

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Irresistibly charming, acclaimed legal scholar Sunstein writes partly as a rigorous academic and partly as a helpless fanboy as he explores our fascination with Star Wars and what the series can teach us about the law, behavioral economics, history, and even fatherhood.

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Humorous guide to the 2014 World Cup from Twitter star USA Soccer Guy.

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From the co-author of the brilliant How to Sound Cultured, a wry and incisive guide to the people and ideas that have defined cool.

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From the co-author of the brilliant How to Sound Cultured, a wry and incisive guide to the people and ideas that have defined cool.

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An exploration of the psychological effects - the pleasures, benefits and disbenefits - of computer games.

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A celebratory exploration of what our morbid tendencies can teach us about humanity, society and spirituality from the 'Sinister Minister'.

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This book traces the office from origins among merchants and monks to the gleaming glass towers of New York and the space age sweatshops of Silicon Valley, finding a legacy of invention and ingenuity - the telephone, the typewriter, the elevator, email, the copier, the cubicle, the personal computer, the personal digital assistant.