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All-City
ECW Press 2003; US$ 14.95This compelling look at graffiti explores the many aspects of this shocking, raw, and often vulgar art form that are not typically discussed. The hearts and minds of obsessive graffiti writers are revealed, and a range of controversial topics are addressed. What motivates them? How do they live? Why and how do they become interested in what many see... more...
Why We Eat, How We Eat
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 124.95Why We Eat, How We Eat maps new terrains in thinking about relations between foods and bodies. With the central premise that food is always both symbolic and material, the volume explores the intersections of current critical debates regarding how and why individuals eat. Through a series of case studies and theoretical interludes it examines how foods... more...
Masking and Power
University of Minnesota Press 2002; US$ 55.50Focusing on masking as a socially significant practice in Caribbean cultures, Gerard Aching?s analysis articulates masking, mimicry, and misrecognition as a means of describing and interrogating strategies of visibility and invisibility in Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique, and beyond. more...
Bikini Story
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95It was in 1946 that the world fi rst came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini. The following year, French couturier Louis Réard borrowed the name and applied it to a bathing costume for women. Breaking from decades of conformity, Réard dared to ?undress? women?s bodies in order to better emphasize what remained clothed -... more...
Bikini Story
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95En 1946, le monde découvrait un atoll des îles Marshall : Bikini. En 1947, le couturier français Louis Réard s'emparait de ce nom pour en faire un vêtement de bain pour les femmes. Rompant avec des décennies de conformisme, M. Réard choisissait de dénuder leur corps pour mieux l'habiller, de quelques morceaux d'étoffe. En adoptant le bikini sur les... more...
Bikini Story
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95Im Jahre 1946 entdeckt die Welt auf den Marshallinseln ein Atoll namens Bikini, auf dem die Amerikaner verheerende Atomtests durchführen. Nur wenige Tage später bedient sich der französische Modemacher Louis Réart des skandalträchtigen Namens für ein neuentworfenes Badekostüm, das den weiblichen Körper wie nie zuvor entkleidet, um ihn ? mit einem winzigen... more...
Confessions of an Event Planner
Wiley 2009; US$ 40.00For anyone planning events—student, novice, or experienced professional— Confessions of an Event Planner is an “apprenticeship in a book.” This insider’s guide takes you on a narrative journey, following a fictional event planning company that stages various types of events around the world for many different clients.... more...
Time Management for Event Planners
Wiley 2008; US$ 45.00Event planning never stops. This industry goes 24/7, 365 days a year. Planners work evenings, weekends, and holidays, often far away from their home base, organizing and running events that simply must go on, and go smoothly. Missing a critical deadline is not an option in the event planning field. Time management errors can cost a company a potential... more...
Event Planning
Wiley 2009; US$ 45.00For event planners, there’s no such thing as a dress rehearsal! Any event you plan and stage is a reflection of your organization’s image — from the initial invitation to onsite operations. Whether you’re planning a product launch, conference, sales meeting, an incentive event, or a gala fund-raiser, remember that the... more...
On Farting
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 28.00This book presents waste as an aesthetic category that introduces an arsy-versy world where detritus is precious. more...









