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The Book of Spam
A Most Glorious and Definitive Compendium of the World's Favorite Canned Meat
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
What luncheon meat is found in over forty-five countries, available in ninety-nine percent of supemarkets and corner shops, and sells nearly eighty million pounds every year? It's SPAM. From the 20,000-member SPAM Fan Club to Monty Python's Broadway sensation SPAMalot, after seventy years of canned-meat...
A Geek in Japan
Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony (Revised and Expanded with New Topics)
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Created specifically for fans of Japanese "cool culture," A Geek in Japan is one of the most iconic, hip, and concise cultural guides available.
Reinvented for the internet age, it is packed with personal essays and hundreds of photographs and presents all the touchstones of traditional and...
my cool motorcycle
an inspirational guide to motorcycles and biking culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Motorcycle riders today have an increasingly sophisticated and more specialised range of bikes to choose from but interest in classic bikes has also influenced the design of these new machines. Looking back across the 100 years or so of the motorcycle, my cool motorcycle features over 60 stylish bikes...
by Max BIRD
Language: French
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Language: French
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Un Youtuber populaire + La thématique des idées reçues = Succès assuré !
On n'utilise que 10 % de son cerveau.
Les produits "bio" sont garantis sans pesticides.
Il n'y a pas de caféïne dans le déca.
Molière est mort sur scène.
Non, non, non et NON.
Pour démonter...
Myth in the Modern World
Essays on Intersections with Ideology and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Ubiquitous and enduring, myths are an inherent part of culture. These 10 essays explore the role of myth in the modern world, delving not only into science fiction and fantasy, but also into sport, terrorist rhetoric and television. Contributors contemplate the changing face of the hero in Breaking...
Retcon Game
Retroactive Continuity and the Hyperlinking of America
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
The superhero Wolverine time travels and changes storylines. On Torchwood, there's a pill popped to alter memories of the past. The narrative technique of retroactive continuity seems rife lately, given all the world-building in comics. Andrew J. Friedenthal deems retroactive continuity, or "retconning,"...
Hello, Cutie!
Adventures in Cute Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
A doe-eyed doll, a smiley-faced cupcake, a sweet plush kitten: they're cute?and cute is at the heart of a growing legion of adult collectors and enthusiasts who live and breathe all things cuddly and adorable.
Journalist and writer Pamela Klaffke, author of Spree: A Cultural History of Shopping...
The Mouse and the Myth
Sacred Art and Secular Ritual of Disneyland
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Rituals mark significant moments in our lives—perhaps none more significant than moments of lightheartedness, joy, and play. The rituals that bond humanity create our most transcendent experiences and meaningful memories. Rituals of play are among the most sacred of any of the rites in which humanity...
Hip Hop, Hegel, and the Art of Emancipation
Let's Get Free
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
This book argues that Hip Hop’s early history in the South Bronx charts a course remarkably similar to the conceptual history of artistic creation presented in Hegel’s Lectures on Aesthetics. It contends that the resonances between Hegel’s account of the trajectory of art in general, and the...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
The book analyses a variety of topics and current issues in linguistics and literary studies, focusing especially on such aspects as memory, identity and cognition. Firstly, it discusses the notion of memory and the idea of reimagining, as well as coming to terms with the past. Secondly, it studies...
by Jean-Pierre Prévost
Language: French
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Oui, mais d'où viennent ces histoires ? Quelles sont leurs significations ? Comment les comprendre aujourd'hui ? Typiques de l'enseignement du maître et prophète de Galilée, elles sont aussi un modèle du genre parmi les paraboles bibliques et rabbi- niques, et les plus célèbres de toutes. Comme...
by Massimo Montanari
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Un godibilissimo excursus sulla storia del cibo raccontata dal punto di vista del cervello più che delle viscere. Faccio subito un esempio molto significativo: il pane. Questo alimento fondamentale, anche se un po' trascurato nelle culture del benessere, rappresenta una vera e propria 'invenzione'....
Contare e raccontare
Dialogo sulle due culture
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Avevo aperto questo libro per curiosità; dopo le prime pagine ci sono caduto dentro. Tra botta e risposta, la partita tra la cultura umanistica e quella scientifica si chiude uno a uno, ma con gran divertimento del pubblico. Pardon, del lettore. Corrado Augias, “Il Venerdì di Repubblica”In uno...
Winchell and Runyon
The True Untold Story
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Winchell and Runyon is about the bittersweet bonding of two legendary journalists who started out as adversaries but ended up as everlasting friends. Walter Winchell and Damon Runyon lived in an unforgettable era during World War II and the years following. Walter Winchell was one of the most popular...