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Showing the cultural and institutional processes that have brought the notion of the ‘consumer’ to life, this book guides the reader on a comprehensive journey through the history of how we have come to understand ourselves as consumers in a consumer society and ...
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The Secret History of How America's "Neo-Conservative" Trotskyites came to power and Orchestrated the war against Iraq as the First Step in their drive for Global Empire. Written by the author of the #1 Banned Book in America: "Final Judgement". After reading Final ...
Peter Stearns - Consumerism in World History; The Global Transformation of Desire (2006).jpg
The desire to acquire luxury goods and leisure services is a basic force in modern life. Consumerism in World History explores both the historical origins and world-wide appeal of this relatively modern phenomenon. By relating consumerism to other issues in world ...
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Conroy’s latest novel is substantially his best. It supposes that in 1945, President Truman decided to send American troops across the Elbe to claim the American share of Berlin. That catches Stalin in a paranoiac mood, and the Red Army attacks the force headed to Berlin. ...
Martin Van Creveld - The Age of Airpower (2011).jpg
Air power has been at the cutting edge of 20th-century war. Its story is most often told from a triumphalist perspective. Van Creveld, professor emeritus of history at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, acknowledges air power's past glory with his usual blend of perception and ...
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CONTENTS:Organization of the Polish Armor Force in 1939DD Tanks at NormandyMarking British Vehicles Part 6: 1/4-ton JeepsGerman Panzerspahwagen II "Luchs"Soviet T34/85 Medium Tanks in Hungary 1945US Amy Vehicle Designations Part 2US Army Tank Destroyer ...
Daniel Gross - Dumb Money; How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation (2009).jpg
For anyone struggling to understand how our current financial crisis came about, for anyone afraid to look at their 401k, for anyone concerned about the future of the global economy, Daniel Gross is the man to listen to. Known for his candid and informative columns in ...
Gary Ralston - Rangers 1872; The Gallant Pioneers (2009).jpg
Rangers are one of the most famous teams in world football, but what became of the teenagers who formed the club? In the spring of 1872 four young men gathered in a park in the west end of Glasgow and decided to establish a side that would do justice to the new craze of association ...
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This book tells the story, for the first time in English, of Hungarian armour operations during World War II. Using both Hungarian-designed and -built armoured vehicles and German ones, the Hungarian forces fought bravely on the Eastern Front against overwhelming odds. ...
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The North American schooner "Bertha L. Downs" was one of many large four-, five- and six-masted schooners which were built on the banks of the Kennebeck River at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. These huge wooden vessels were almost universally ...
Siva Vaidhyanathan - The Googlization of Everything; (And Why We Should Worry) (2011).jpg
What is the nature of the transaction between Google's computer algorithms and its millions of human users? Are we heading down a path toward a more enlightened age, or are we approaching a dystopia of social control and surveillance? With these and other questions, ...
Greg Campbell - Blood Diamonds; Tracing The Deadly Path Of The World's Most Precious Stones (2004).jpg
Freelance journalist Campbell here writes about the cost of diamonds not in dollars to the consumer but in blood, torture, and death for the unfortunate residents of contested mining areas in Sierra Leone. He explains that "conflict diamonds," or "blood diamonds," which ...
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American power has been subjected to extensive analysis since September 11, 2001. While there is no consensus on the state of US hegemony or even on the precise meaning of the term, it is clear that under George W. Bush, the US has not only remained the 'lone superpower' but has ...
Gustaw Gerard Gracki - Wspomnienia z Powstania Warszawskiego (2008).jpg
Ta publikacja została nominowana na Książkę Audio Roku 2008 w kategorii "Literatura faktu i reportaże".Nagranie obejmuje 60 opowiadań autorstwa Gustawa Gerarda Grackiego, uczestnika Powstania Warszawskiego. Autor „Wspomnień..” walczył podczas ...
Matthew Parker - Monte Cassino; Opowieść o najbardziej zaciętej bitwie II Wojny Światowej (2009).jpg
Klasztor na Monte Cassino jest symboliczną budowlą. Od wieków stoi na samotnej górze niczym warownia chrześcijańskiej wiary. Jednak dla wielu oznacza niewyobrażalne ludzkie poświęcenie.Monte Cassino było chyba najdoskonalszym stanowiskiem obronnym ...
Julian Stallabrass - Art Incorporated; The Story of Contemporary Art (2005).jpg
The art world is bound to the economy, writes Julian Stallabrass, "as tightly as Ahab to the white whale." In Art Incorporated, Stallabrass offers a provocative look at contemporary art and the dramatic changes that have taken place in the last twenty years, illuminating ...
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In Cultures of Fear, a truly world-class line up of scholars explore how governments use fear in order to control their citizens. The "social contract" gives modern states responsibility for the security of their citizens, but this collection argues that governments ...
