Material Politics

Reducere. This book challenges the church to ask whether or not the gospel as we commonly interpret it today really embodies the jubilee vision of the Bible....

A richly produced, craft- and activist-centered celebration of radical DIY publishing, for readers of Appalachian Reckoning. In a remarkable act of...

This pioneering book traces Welsh LGBT life and politics from the Middle Ages to the present. Drawing on a rich array of archival sources from acro...

The gripping tale of the campaign that determined the outcome of the Second World WarBarbarossa, Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941, was the ...

Reducere. Revelation through Science is written for the educated non-scientist who may be troubled by apparent conflicts between science and religion. Are sc...

Reducere. The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality, and freedom "Eloquent, clear and profound--this...

Reducere. Horror's longstanding reputation as a popular but culturally denigrated genre has been challenged by a new wave of films mixing arthouse minimalism...

This highly accessible translation of the classic story of Sundiata, a real king who ruled the empire of Mali just south of the Sahara desert from ...

Reducere. Buying and Selling Civil War Memory explores the ways in which Guilded Age manufacturers, advertisers, publishers, and others commercialized Civil ...

Reducere. "James Luther Adams, one of the most beloved teachers, racontours, scholars and editors of the 20th century, wrote in small rather than full-length...

Reducere. Dale Ahlquist, the President of the American Chesterton Society, and author of G. K. Chesterton -The Apostle of Common Sense, presents a book of wo...

Reducere. In Homo Ludens, Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. He identifies five characteristics of play: it is fre...

Reducere. In 1975, National Airlines was shut down for 127 days when flight attendants went on strike to protest long hours and low pay. Activists at Nationa...

Reducere. The Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical & Post-Biblical Antiquity is a unique reference work that provides background cultural and technical infor...

Reducere. What happened to the Barack Obama that America voted for? Now available in paperback with exclusive new material, bestselling author and psycho-ana...

From the moment he took office as governor in 1928 to the day an assassin's bullet cut him down in 1935, Huey Long wielded all but dictatorial cont...

Reducere. DescriptionIn his classic treatise Self-Renewal, John W. Gardner examines why great societies thrive and die. He argues that it is dynamism, not de...

Reducere. In this new edition of a cult classic, Henrik Kr ger and Jerry Meldon have added new material and provided updates of the investigations Danish inv...

DescriptionOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., has been called the greatest jurist and legal scholar in the history of the English-speaking world. In this ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Craig ChalquistThe world is indeed enchanted--but you wouldn't know that from the unimaginative ways we learn to think abou...

DescriptionA charismatic young president issued the historic moon landing challenge. This book, which greatly expands the companion PBS series, tel...

Epic Encounters examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their "interests" in the Middle East. In this innovative book-now...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British secret service, formed in 1940 to encourage underground resistance to Hitler's Germ...

Naomi Klein's work has always moved and guided me. She is the great chronicler of our age of climate emergency, an inspirer of generations' - Greta...

Reducere. We're back again, overflowing with great new material for a third volume of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader. No more frantic searches at the last minu...

DescriptionOriginally published in 1918, Rivalry is regarded as the masterpiece of Nagai Kafu, a Japanese novelist known for his brilliant renderin...

Reducere. "Professor Lasswell has made a most important contribution to the study of war. Basing his essay upon the thesis that modern war must be fought on ...

Reducere. Our Community at Winchester: The City and its Workers at New Haven's Gun Factory is based on an exhibit produced by the Greater New Haven Labor His...

Charles Burnett's 1977 film, Killer of Sheep is one of the towering classics of African American cinema. As a deliberate counterpoint to popular bl...

Reducere. No safe harbours for steamboats or sailing vessels could be found along an isolated 70-mile stretch of eastern Lake Ontario, dominated by the irreg...

Watching a Man Break a Dog's Back explores the question of how to live in a natural landscape that offers beauty while being consumed by industry, ...

Reducere. The golden key to understanding the last 75 years of American political development, the eminent labor relations scholar Michael Goldfield argues, ...

How many grains of sand are there in the world? Why is DNA like sheet music? Can you hear silence?"These are examples of Real Questions that were a...

An illuminating and thought-provoking history of the growth of Hispanic American Republican voters in the past half century and their surprising im...

Here is the whole sweep of the Soviet experiment and experience as told by its last steward. Drawing on his own experience, rich archival material,...

A wide-ranging account of shipping and capitalism in the Middle East On the map of global trade, China is now the factory of the world. A parade of...

Reducere. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In this volume the authors have provided what has now bec...

En este libro reafirmo mi postura de que la corrupcion es el principal problema de Mexico. Por esta razon, convoco a todos los mexicanos, mujeres y...

Reducere. So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Signal and the Noise tells you what you need to know--before or after you read Nate Sil...