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  • The John Carlos Story

    The Sports Moment That Changed the World

    by Dave Zirin, John Carlos ...
    "A powerful and poignant memoir" of an African American athlete who defied the establishment—decades before Colin Kaepernick (Cornel West, New York Times–bestselling author of Race Matters).An NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work—Biography/AutobiographyJohn Carlos was a bronze medalist in the two hundred-meter race at the 1968 Olympics, but he is remembered for more than his ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sand and Blood

    America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border

    by John Carlos Frey ...
    A damning portrait of the U.S.-Mexico border, where militaristic fantasies are unleashed, violent technologies are tested, and immigrants are targeted.Over the past three decades, U.S. immigration and border security policies have turned the southern states into conflict zones, spawned a network of immigrant detention centers, and unleashed an army of ICE agents into cities across the country.As ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • A Critical History of the New American Studies, 1970–1990

    by Günter H. Lenz ...
    Starting in 2005, Günter H. Lenz began preparing a book-length exploration of the transformation of the field of American Studies in the crucial years between 1970 and 1990. As a commentator on, contributor to, and participant in the intellectual and institutional changes in his field, Lenz was well situated to offer a comprehensive and balanced interpretation of that seminal era. Building on ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Click to Kill

    by John Carlo ...
    You can't be dead, if you were never alive... An assassination in Belgrade. A spy on the run in London. Witnesses vanishing into thin air. Caught in the crossfire is Rigby Goode, a hacker with a heart of gold whose ability to erase personal identities makes him the man everyone wants, and some will stop at nothing to get their hands on.Cycling mad, coffee-addicted, and bacteria-phobic, Rigby was ... Read more

    $2.62 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Our Henry James in Fiction, Film, and Popular Culture

    by John Carlos Rowe ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature
    Our Henry James in Fiction, Film, and Popular Culture addresses the interesting revival of Henry James’s works in Anglo-American film adaptations and contemporary fiction from the 1960s to the present. James’s fiction is generally considered difficult and part of high culture, more appropriate for classroom study than popular appreciation. However, this volume focuses on the adaptation of his ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Quick and easy yoga

    108 easy micro-exercises to relieve stress in a minute or less

    by John Carlos ...
    Do you want to be in a better mood, stop feeling stressed and sleep better at night? You've probably heard about the health benefits of yoga. Maybe you've been meaning to try it, but you're too busy. What if there were quick and easy yoga exercises you could incorporate into your daily routine to feel and look better in sixty seconds or less? This book offers 108 easy exercises you can do anytime, ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • The Other Henry James

    by John Carlos Rowe ...
    Series series New Americanists
    In The Other Henry James, John Carlos Rowe offers a new vision of Henry James as a social critic whose later works can now be read as rich with homoerotic suggestiveness. Drawing from recent work in queer and feminist theory, Rowe argues that the most fruitful approach to James today is one that ignores the elitist portrait of the formalist master in favor of the writer as a vulnerable critic of ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Exceptional State

    Contemporary U.S. Culture and the New Imperialism

    by John Carlos Rowe ...
    Series series New Americanists
    Exceptional State analyzes the nexus of culture and contemporary manifestations of US. imperialism. The contributors, established and emerging cultural studies scholars, define culture broadly to include a range of media, literature, and political discourse. They do not posit September 11, 2001 as the beginning of US belligerence and authoritarianism at home and abroad, but they do provide context ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Public Libraries, Public Policies, and Political Processes

    Serving and Transforming Communities in Times of Economic and Political Constraint

    by Paul T. Jaeger, Ursula Gorham, John Carlo Bertot, Lindsay C. Sarin ...
    Drawing on two decades of original research conducted by the authors, as well as existing research about the intersection of public policy, political discourse, and public libraries, this book seeks to understand the origins and implications of the current standing of public libraries in public policy and political discourse. It both explains the complex current circumstances and offers strategies ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion

    Information Policy and the Public Library

    by Kim M. Thompson, Paul T. Jaeger, Natalie Greene Taylor, John Carlo Bertot, Mega Subramaniam ...
    Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion: Information Policy and the Public Library examines the interrelationships between digital literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and communities to successfully participate in the information society.This book is the first detailed consideration of digital literacy and ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Re-envisioning the MLS

    Perspectives on the Future of Library and Information Science Education

    Edited by Johnna Percell, Lindsay C. Sarin, Paul T. Jaeger, John Carlo Bertot ...
    Series Book 44 - Advances in Librarianship
    At the heart of any discussion about the future of libraries is the future of librarians—and how well our instructional programs, especially the Master of Library Science (MLS) degree, prepare them for their careers. Building on the Re-envisioning the MLS initiative from the University of Maryland’s iSchool and the Information Policy & Access Center (iPAC), this book continues the critical ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

  • Re-envisioning the MLS

    Perspectives on the Future of Library and Information Science Education

    Edited by Johnna Percell, Lindsay C. Sarin, Paul T. Jaeger, John Carlo Bertot ...
    Series Book 44 - Advances in Librarianship
    At the heart of any discussion about the future of libraries is the future of librarians—and how well our instructional programs, especially the Master of Library Science (MLS) degree, prepare them for their careers. Building on the Re-envisioning the MLS initiative from the University of Maryland’s iSchool and the Information Policy & Access Center (iPAC), this book continues the critical ... Read more

    $110.69 USD