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Concise History of the Collapse of the Soviet Union, A: The Fall of the World's Largest Empire

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Witness the dramatic collapse of a superpower in this gripping Cold War history of systemic failure. Perfect for your commute, this intense narrative explores how a massive empire unraveled in mere years. Experience the turbulence of a stagnant regime pushed to the brink by radical reforms and grassroots resistance.Ideal for focused learning, this evocative deep dive captures the raw human ... Read more

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Witness the dramatic collapse of a superpower in this gripping Cold War history of systemic failure. Perfect for your commute, this intense narrative explores how a massive empire unraveled in mere years. Experience the turbulence of a stagnant regime pushed to the brink by radical reforms and grassroots resistance.Ideal for focused learning, this evocative deep dive captures the raw human
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The Misogynistic Backlash Against Women-Strong Films

by Dana Schowalter, Shannon Stevens, Daniel L. Horvath ...

Series series Interdisciplinary Research in Gender
This book is an exploration of the political struggle for visibility engendered by the growing number of women-centered popular films and a critical analysis of the intensifying misogynistic backlash that have accompanied such advances in the depiction of women on screen.The book draws from a variety of theoretical and methodological tools to provide critical cultural analysis and alternative ... Read more

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This book is an exploration of the political struggle for visibility engendered by the growing number of women-centered popular films and a critical analysis of the intensifying misogynistic backlash that have accompanied such advances in the depiction of women on screen.The book draws from a variety of theoretical and methodological tools to provide critical cultural analysis and alternative
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Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary

by Christine Harold, Brian L. Ott, Susan A. Sci, Thomas Rosteck, Thomas S. Frentz, Edward Schiappa, Daniel Ladislau Horvath, Peter B. Gregg, Davis W. Houck, Joseph Delbert Davenport, Kendall R. Phillips, Assistant Professor Jennifer L. Borda ...

Not afraid to tackle provocative topics in American culture, from gun violence and labor policies to terrorism and health care, Michael Moore has earned both applause and invective in his career as a documentarian. In such polarizing films as Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko, Moore has established a unique voice of radical nostalgia for progressivism, and in doing so has become ... Read more

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Not afraid to tackle provocative topics in American culture, from gun violence and labor policies to terrorism and health care, Michael Moore has earned both applause and invective in his career as a documentarian. In such polarizing films as Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko, Moore has established a unique voice of radical nostalgia for progressivism, and in doing so has become
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Things Worth Keeping

The Value of Attachment in a Disposable World

by Christine Harold ...

A timely examination of the attachments we form to objects and how they might be used to reduce wasteRampant consumerism has inundated our planet with pollution and waste. Yet attempts to create environmentally friendly forms of consumption are often co-opted by corporations looking to sell us more stuff. In Things Worth Keeping, Christine Harold investigates the attachments we form to the objects ... Read more

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A timely examination of the attachments we form to objects and how they might be used to reduce wasteRampant consumerism has inundated our planet with pollution and waste. Yet attempts to create environmentally friendly forms of consumption are often co-opted by corporations looking to sell us more stuff. In Things Worth Keeping, Christine Harold investigates the attachments we form to the objects
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Resisting the Corporate Control of Culture

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Culture jamming is so twentieth century! What’s next?When reporters asked about the Bush administration’s timing in making their case for the Iraq war, then Chief of Staff Andrew Card responded that “from a marketing point of view, you don’t introduce new products in August.” While surprising only in its candor, this statement signified the extent to which consumer culture has pervaded every ... Read more

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Culture jamming is so twentieth century! What’s next?When reporters asked about the Bush administration’s timing in making their case for the Iraq war, then Chief of Staff Andrew Card responded that “from a marketing point of view, you don’t introduce new products in August.” While surprising only in its candor, this statement signified the extent to which consumer culture has pervaded every
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An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments

Learn the Lost Art of Making Sense

by Ali Almossawi ...

Series series Bad Arguments
“This short book makes you smarter than 99% of the population. . . . The concepts within it will increase your company’s ‘organizational intelligence.’. . . It’s more than just a must-read, it’s a ‘have-to-read-or-you’re-fired’ book.”—Geoffrey James, INC.comFrom the author of An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language, here’s the antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals!Have you read (or ... Read more

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“This short book makes you smarter than 99% of the population. . . . The concepts within it will increase your company’s ‘organizational intelligence.’. . . It’s more than just a must-read, it’s a ‘have-to-read-or-you’re-fired’ book.”—Geoffrey James, INC.comFrom the author of An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language, here’s the antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals!Have you read (or
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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition

The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely ...

The groundbreaking bestseller from iconic behavioral psychologist Dan Ariely, now the inspiration for the Fall 2023 NBC show The Irrational"A marvelous book… thought provoking and highly entertaining."—Jerome Groopman, New York Times bestselling author of How Doctors Think"Ariely not only gives us a great read; he also makes us much wiser."—George Akerlof, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics ... Read more

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The groundbreaking bestseller from iconic behavioral psychologist Dan Ariely, now the inspiration for the Fall 2023 NBC show The Irrational"A marvelous book… thought provoking and highly entertaining."—Jerome Groopman, New York Times bestselling author of How Doctors Think"Ariely not only gives us a great read; he also makes us much wiser."—George Akerlof, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics
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Overdressed

The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

by Elizabeth L. Cline ...

“Overdressed does for T-shirts and leggings what Fast Food Nation did for burgers and fries.”—Katha PollittCheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target to traditional chains like JCPenney now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices. And we have little reason to keep wearing and repairing the clothes we already own ... Read more

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“Overdressed does for T-shirts and leggings what Fast Food Nation did for burgers and fries.”—Katha PollittCheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target to traditional chains like JCPenney now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices. And we have little reason to keep wearing and repairing the clothes we already own
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The Filter Bubble

How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think

by Eli Pariser ...

An eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling-and limiting-the information we consume.In December 2009, Google began customizing its search results for each user. Instead of giving you the most broadly popular result, Google now tries to predict what you are most likely to click on. According to MoveOn.org board president Eli Pariser, Google's ... Read more

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An eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling-and limiting-the information we consume.In December 2009, Google began customizing its search results for each user. Instead of giving you the most broadly popular result, Google now tries to predict what you are most likely to click on. According to MoveOn.org board president Eli Pariser, Google's
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Joy

by David O. Russell ...

JOY is the story of a family across four generations centered on the girlwho becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and, in the process,recovers her childhood magic and finds her place in the world.Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in thisintense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise.In this world of ... Read more

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JOY is the story of a family across four generations centered on the girlwho becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and, in the process,recovers her childhood magic and finds her place in the world.Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in thisintense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise.In this world of
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My TWP Plays

A Collection from a Unique Canadian Theatre

by Jack Winter ...

My TWP Plays presents five important plays written by Jack Winter while he was resident playwright at Toronto Workshop Productions, one of the first great troupes of the experimental and alternative theatre movement. The carnivalesque style of the selected works in this anthology reflects the turbulence, contradictions, and subversion of the social revolution during which they were written and ... Read more

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My TWP Plays presents five important plays written by Jack Winter while he was resident playwright at Toronto Workshop Productions, one of the first great troupes of the experimental and alternative theatre movement. The carnivalesque style of the selected works in this anthology reflects the turbulence, contradictions, and subversion of the social revolution during which they were written and
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Revolutionary Wealth

by Alvin Toffler, Heidi Toffler ...

Starting with the publication of their seminal bestseller, Future Shock, Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given millions of readers new ways to think about personal life in today’s high-speed world with its constantly changing, seemingly random impacts on our businesses, governments, families and daily lives. Now, writing with the same rare grasp and clarity that made their earlier books classics, the ... Read more

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Starting with the publication of their seminal bestseller, Future Shock, Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given millions of readers new ways to think about personal life in today’s high-speed world with its constantly changing, seemingly random impacts on our businesses, governments, families and daily lives. Now, writing with the same rare grasp and clarity that made their earlier books classics, the
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