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HarperCollins 2010; US$ 15.99This epic biography, with its remarkable new research and vivid, fast-paced writing, will delight anyone who wants to understand the tangled history of politics and the press in modern America.? ?Debby Applegate, author of The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher ?James McGrath Morris has given us everything we could... more...
Beyond Belief
Touchstone 1993; US$ 24.95This most complete study to date of American press reactions to the Holocaust sets forth in abundant detail how the press nationwide played down or even ignored reports of Jewish persecutions over a twelve-year period. more...
Dexter and Philosophy
Open Court 2011; US$ 17.95What explains the huge popular following for Dexter , currently the most-watched show on cable, which sympathetically depicts a serial killer driven by a cruel compulsion to brutally slay one victim after another? Although Dexter Morgan kills only killers, he is not a vigilante animated by a sense of justice but a charming psychopath animated by... more...
Cognitive Surplus
Penguin Books Ltd 2010; Not AvailableFor decades, technology encouraged us to squander our time and as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential. In Cognitive Surplus , Clay Shirky examines the changes we will all enjoy as our untapped resources of talent and good will are put to use at last. Since the postwar boom, we've had a surfeit of intellect,... more...
The Hunger Games and Philosophy
Wiley 2012; US$ 18.95A philosophical exploration of Suzanne Collins's New York Times bestselling series, just in time for the release of The Hunger Games movie Katniss Everdeen is "the girl who was on fire," but she is also the girl who made us think, dream, question authority, and rebel. The post-apocalyptic world of Panem's twelve districts is a divided society... more...
The Walking Dead and Philosophy
Wiley 2012; US$ 4.99The story of The Walking Dead chronicles the lives of a group of survivors in the wake of a zombie apocalypse. The Walking Dead is an Eisner-award winning comic book series by writer Robert Kirkman. Started in 2003, the comic book continues to publish monthly and has published a total of 92 issues. The popularity of this comic book series led to... more...
The Blind Giant
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012; US$ 11.99Nick Harkaway, author of Angelmaker , presents a rousing and energizing look at how we can meaningfully and constructively engage with technology?creating an essential handbook for anyone trying to be human in a digital age. Some say our devices will lead us to ruin: isolating us from our neighbors, warping communication, delivering an unregulated... more...
Transformers and Philosophy
Open Court 2012; US$ 17.95Transformers began with toys and a cartoon series in 1984 and has since grown to include comic books, movies, and video games ? its science fiction story has reached an audience with a wide range second only to that of Star Wars. Here, in Transformers and Philosophy, a dream team of philosophers pursues the fascinating questions posed by humankind?s... more...
Castells and the Media
Wiley 2013; US$ 19.95One of the most prolific and respected scholars today, Manuel Castells has given us a new language for understanding the impact of information and communication technologies on social life. Politicians can no longer run for office without a digital media strategy, new communication technologies are a fundamental infrastructure for the economy, and... more...
Hollywood, Interrupted
Wiley 2004; US$ 21.95Hollywood, Interrupted is a sometimes frightening, occasionally sad, and frequently hysterical odyssey into the darkest realms of showbiz pathology, the endless stream of meltdowns and flameouts, and the inexplicable behavior on the part of show business personalities. Charting celebrities from rehab to retox, to jails, cults, institutions, near-death... more...









