Amusing Ourselves to Death, Paperback - Neil Postman

A staple text on media and cultural studies courses, rejacketed and reissued with a new introduction.

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DescriptionNeil Postman's most popular work, Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985), provided an insightful critique of the effects of television on pub...

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NEIL POSTMAN (n. 8 martie 1931, New York) a fost unul dintre cei mai remarcabili critici sociali si teoreticieni ai educatiei si comunicarii din Am...

An anthology of the poetry of World War I, this collection is more concerned with the War than with poetry, and as such it is a book with a theme. ...

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Publisher: Amazon PublishingAuthor(s): Leigh RussellNumber of pages: 322Collection: A Lucy Hall MysteryPublication date: 2016Dimensions: 142 x 210 ...

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Publisher: Monkfish Book PublishingAuthor(s): Judith JohnsonNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 22Cover type: Paperba...

Publisher: Galaxy PressAuthor(s): L. Ron HubbardNumber of pages: 136Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 139 x 203 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

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Reducere. War Made Easy cuts through the dense web of spin to probe and scrutinize the key ""perception management"" techniques that have played huge roles i...

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Publisher: Oldcastle Books LtdAuthor(s): Leigh RussellNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 128 x 197 x 23Cover type: Paperback / s...

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A book that will challenge, delight and encourage in equal measure, this uncompromising book bemoans the madness of poor donor stewardship that bes...

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Everyone's favourite filthy agony aunts and Joan and Jericha are back, with more of their judgemental, filthy and absurd wisdom. The perfect gift f...

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The new edition of a popular guide to the key issues in tax reform, presented in a clear, nontechnical, and unbiased way.To follow the debate over ...

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This book is open access under a CC BY license. Selfies, blogs and lifelogging devices help us understand ourselves, building on long histories of ...

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A large-scale investigation into grave goods (c. 4000 BC-AD 43), enabling a new level of understanding of mortuary practice, material culture, tech...

It's Christmas Eve and the JOLLY POSTMAN is delivering greetings to various fairy-tale characters - there's a card for Baby Bear, a game appropriat...

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