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Poems in Imagining Sisyphus Happy feature various voices and include cityscapes, satires, fables, wordplays, and memorials. This collection is not for readers looking for a confidently settled point of view.

Acclaimed biographer Edward J. Renehan, Jr., combines lively anecdotes with the rich social tapestry of the Gilded Age to paint the portrait of the most talented financial buccaneer of his generation.

Left brain dominance is presented in chapter 1 as a biological cause of stress characterised by rivalry, over-consumption and psychosomatic diseases, a contemproary threat to the whole ecosystem. Classic economic man as taught to students of economics disregard this problem. Formal education is insufficient to solve it. Chapter 2 is a health technology assessment of meditation as a broad-spectered means of de-stressing reducing blood pressure,...

Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain" is the follow-up volume to the award-winning Rugby's Great Split. Following on from that work, the book offers a social and cultural history of rugby league in the twentieth century, from World War One to the 'Super League' controversy of 1995. Based on extensive archival research, it situates the sport in the changing culture of the north of England. It seeks to examine the cultural, social and econo...

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Troubles spiral out of control when a psychic and her assistant move to a suburban wasteland in what was once the English countryside and take up with a spirit guide and his drowned therapist in this darkly comic, unorthodox novel. 25, 000.

THE LUCID DREAM MANIFESTO is a reprint of the original manuscript of: LUCID DREAMS, DREAMS AND SLEEP: THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTIONS published by the University of South Dakota Media Press, 1974. This thesis was one of the first books dedicated to exploring lucid dreams (dreams wherein you realize you are dreaming) within the larger context of dreams and sleep. A general and original theory of sleep and dreams is outlined as a context within which ...

James Marshall Hendrix brachte die elektrische Gitarre "zum Sprechen". Vom Blues kommend revolutionierte er den Rock'n'Roll, indem er Rückkoppelungen, unvorhersehbare Frequenzüberlagerungen und Verzerrung zur Kunstform erhob - so virtuos wie er spielte sonst niemand. Er war der Star der Stars: Paul McCartney empfahl ihn für das Monterey-Festival, Eric Burdon bewunderte ihn, Keith Richards reagierte eifersüchtig. In nur wenigen Jahren war er au...

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In Walt Whitman, Michael Cunningham sees a poet whose vision of humanity is ecstatic, democratic, and sensuous. Just over a hundred years ago, Whitman celebrated America as it survived the Civil War, as it endured great poverty, and as it entered the Industrial Revolution, which would make it the most powerful nation on Earth. In "Specimen Days Michael Cunningham makes Whitman's verse sing across time, and in "Laws for Creations he celebrates ...

The same group of characters--a young boy, an older man, and a young woman--are present in each historical period of this genre-bending, haunting, and transformative ode to life in New York.

This book analyzes the overall effect of American primacy on social and political conflicts in Asia, discussing how the post-Cold War American agenda does not promote democratization in the region, in contradiction to one of the major proclaimed aims of the proponents of the Pax Americana. This team of renowned scholars argue that the US agenda can strengthen anti-democratic impulses in Asian societies, exacerbating and complicating existing d...

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Some day I'm going to do and say everything I want to do and say, and if people don't like it I don't care.”-Scarlett O'Hara, from Gone with the WindEver since the publication of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 epic blockbuster, Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O' Hara has captivated millions with her wily ways, saucy attitude, irresistible charms-and legendary faults. Now, in Scarlett Rules, intrepid journalist Lisa Bertagnoli shares 24 life-enhancing l...

In the tradition of "The Right Words at the Right Time" comes a collection of original essays on the joys, trials, and unexpected outcomes of growing up female, written by dozens of celebrities, writers, and exceptional women. 288 pp.

Coinciding with the increased interest in the positioning of translators in politically sensitive situations, Mona Baker¿s new book highlights the importance of the role of translators and interpreters to the political process.

More Than Just a Game tracks the explosion of the sports industry in the United States since 1945 and how it has shaped class, racial, gender, and national identities. By examining both professional and intercollegiate sports such as baseball, football, basketball, golf, tennis, and stock car racing, Kathryn Jay looks at the impact of packaging, salary, hype, corporate sponsorship, drug use, and the presence of women and African American playe...

In this rethinking of Marxism and its blind spots, Dick Howard argues that the collapse of European communism in 1989 should not be identified with a victory for capitalism and makes possible a wholesale reevaluation of democratic politics in the U.S. and abroad. The author turns to the American and French Revolutions to uncover what was truly "revolutionary" about those events, arguing that two distinct styles of democratic life emerged, the ...

An inside snapshot view of the innovative Seattle church called Mars Hill and its Acts 29 network, providing--with a touch of sarcasm and humor--both principles and practices shared from the people actually doing missional church ministry with people often untouched by today's traditional and contemporary churches.

Jonathan Tokeley, contentiously convicted in 1997 after a landmark trial for smuggling Egyptian antiquities, examines current practice with regard to the conservation of antiquities and archaeological remains, and argues passionately for change. According to the cultural heritage crusade, the so-called ?Source Countries? have an indefeasible right to the ancient artefacts that are found in their soil. Also, as far as possible, what's been remo...