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John Markoff - What the Dormouse Said; How the 60s Counterculture Shaped the PC Industry (2005).jpg
Since much of the research behind the development of the personal computer was conducted in 1960s California, it might seem obvious that the scientists were influenced by the cultural upheavals going on outside the lab. Very few people outside the computing scene, ...
Theodore Roszak - The Making of a Counterculture (1995).jpg
When it was published twenty-five years ago, this book captured a huge audience of Vietnam War protesters, dropouts, and rebels--and their baffled elders. Theodore Roszak found common ground between 1960s student radicals and hippie dropouts in their mutual rejection ...
Harold Koch - Aboriginal Placenames; Naming and Re-naming the Australian Landscape (2009).jpg
Aboriginal approaches to the naming of places across Australia differ radically from the official introduced Anglo-Australian system. However, many of these earlier names have been incorporated into contemporary nomenclature, with considerable reinterpretations ...
Michael J. Perry - The Idea of Human Rights; Four Inquiries (1998).jpg
Inspired by a 1988 trip to El Salvador, Michael J. Perry's new book is a personal and scholarly exploration of the idea of human rights. Perry is one of our nation's leading authorities on the relation of morality, including religious morality, to politics and law. He seeks, ...
Michael Bolling - Risk Management in a Hazardous Environment; A Comparative Study of two Pastoral Societies (2005).jpg
A research focus on hazards, risk perception and risk minimizing strategies is relatively new in the social and environmental sciences. This volume by a prominent scholar of East African societies is a powerful example of this growing interest. Earlier theory and ...
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This highly successful introduction to the world of politics has been fully revised and updated to explore the systems, movements and key issues in modern politics. The new edition builds on the reputation for clarity and comprehensive coverage of the previous editions, ...
Stefan Elbe - Europe; A Nietzschen Perspective (2003).jpg
Using a detailed analysis of the writings of Nietzsche, Elbe argues that Nietzsche's thinking about Europe can illuminate our understanding. He demonstrates Nietzsche's critique of nationalism and the notion of the 'good European'.
David James - Fichte's Social and Political Philosophy; Property and Virtue (2011).jpg
In this study of Fichte's social and political philosophy, David James offers an interpretation of Fichte's most famous writings in this area, including his Foundations of Natural Right and Addresses to the German Nation, centred on two main themes: property and virtue. ...
P.M. Nair - The Kalam Effect.jpg
A nice read that should not be missedOutlook Nair keeps his narration simple, offering rare glimpses of how Kalam functionedIndia Today In a choice that surprised many, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam became President of India in 2002. Questions were raised as to how someone who was a ...
Mark Mirabello - Handbook for Rebels and Outlaws (2009).jpg
A-Z of Rebels and Outlaws: Blasphemy; Terrorism (History and Practice); Megaterrorism (Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons, and Nuclear Weapons); Survivalism and Weapons of Mass Destruction; Non-Violent Resistance (Hunger Strike, General Strike, Civil ...
John Hartley - Television Truths.jpg
As always, John Hartley’s provocative arguments and examples push against the boundaries and restrictions of conventional approaches. His focus on the multiple contexts of television adds greatly to our store of key questions about ‘television.
Jeremy Varon - Bringing the War Home; The Weather Underground.jpg
In this first comprehensive comparison of left-wing violence in the United States and West Germany, Jeremy Varon focuses on America's Weather Underground and Germany's Red Army Faction to consider how and why young, middle-class radicals in prosperous democratic ...
K. David Harrison - The Last Speakers; The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages (2010).jpg
Parallel to the extinction of biological species in our world, human languages are disappearing one by one. These tongues originated over millennia inside geographically isolated communities for whom modern methods of transportation and communication have proven ...
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Anonymous got lucky. When five of its hackers attacked security company HBGary Federal on February 6, 2011, they were doing so in order to defend the group’s privacy. It wasn’t because they hoped to reveal plans to attack WikiLeaks, create surveillance cells targeting ...
Bob Spitz - Yeah! yeah! yeah!; the Beatles.jpg
It starts in the housing projects and school playgrounds of Liverpool, where four boys would discover themselves--and a new form of music called rock 'n roll. It takes us from the famous first meeting between John and Paul, to the clubs of Liverpool and Germany when George and ...
Tony Bennett - Rock and Popular Music; Politics.jpg
How do governments shape the music industry? Rock and Popular Music examines the array of institutional and policy considerations which help determine what music is produced, how it is heard, and its connections to other cultural activity. The contributors focus on the ...
Barry A. Farber - Rock 'n' Roll Wisdom; What Psychologically Astute Lyrics Teach about Life and Love (2007).jpg
In a novel look at rock 'n' roll lyrics, psychologist Barry Farber highlights those that rise above the rest because they are not only clever, but also wise in their psychological themes and conclusions. These great lyrics embody enduring truths about topics as diverse as ...
Donald C. Macdonald - The Happy Warrior; Political Memoirs (1998).jpg
Originally published in 1988, this revised and expanded edition of Donald C. MacDonald's acclaimed memoirs provides an inside look at provincial politics in Ontario through the eyes of a party leader. Dubbed "the Happy Warrior" by Tommy Douglas, MacDonald led the Ontario ...
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Mining has played a formative role in the history of Northern Ontario. It has been one of the key generators of wealth in the area since the mid-19th century, and is also responsible for much of the urban development of Ontario's northland. The twelve papers published here ...
Edward A. Nolfi - Basic Legal Research for Paralegals (2007).jpg
This book is an “insider’s guide” to the art of legal research. Using a hands-on approach, BLR provides students with an easy and approachable way to learn about the processes, materials, and background of legal research. It explains the many methods of legal ...
Andrew M. Colarik - Cyber Terrorism; Political And Economic Implications (2006).jpg
Cyber Terrorism: Political and Economic Implications is a cyber terrorism brief that outlines many of the recent terrorist activities, political objectives, and their use of cyberspace. Much of this book is dedicated to illustrating the use of the global information ...
Adam Katz - Postmodernism and the Politics of ''Culture'' (2000).jpg
Postmodernism and the Politics of 'Culture' is a comparative critical analysis of the political and intellectual ambitions of postmodernist critical theory and the academic discipline of cultural studies. Katz's polemical aim is to show that cultural studies comes up ...
Nicholas Low - Consuming Cities.jpg
A strong collection examining whether the Rio Declaraion has made a differene to enviromental management, and whether recent policies will help to reduce the impact of global consumption and developement.The book examines these issues through studying three ...
