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Pirates, Prostitutes & Pullers
The University of Western Australia Publishing 2008; US$ 19.99Culture, global political economy, human trafficking, rickshaw pullers, slavery, urbanization, colonial policy and practice more...
Facing Death
Clarendon Press 2004; US$ 49.99The ancient philosophical school of Epicureanism tried to argue that death is 'nothing to us'. Were they right? James Warren provides a comprehensive study and articulation of the interlocking arguments against the fear of death found not only in the writings of Epicurus himself, but also in Lucretius' poem De rerum natura and in Philodemus'... more...
The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 26.00An introduction to the history of the ancient philosophical school and an account of the areas of its philosophical interest. more...
Gambling, the State and Society in Thailand, c.1800-1945
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 155.00During the nineteenth century there was a huge increase in the level and types of gambling in Thailand. Taxes on gambling became a major source of state revenue, with the government establishing state-run lotteries and casinos in the first half of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, over the same period, a strong anti-gambling discourse emerged within... more...
Compassion Or Apocalypse?
John Hunt Publishing 2013; US$ 9.99How René Girard changes the way we think about God and the Bible, and its relevance for our apocalypse-threatened world. more...
Elements of Sonata Theory
Oxford University Press, USA 2006; US$ 48.99For over 150 years the concept of "sonata form" lay at the heart of European instrumental music. Now, in Elements of Sonata Theory, musicologist James Hepokoski and music theorist Warren Darcy rethink its basic principles. Considering not only sonatas but also chamber music, symphonies, overtures, and concertos, their study outlines a new,... more...
The New Destroyer: Killer Ratings
Tom Doherty Associates 2008; US$ 6.99Don't Touch That Dial! In the cutthroat world of evening news, where "if it bleeds it leads" is the industry?s lifeblood, the dead-last BCN network is hemorrhaging viewers. On the chopping block is million-dollar anchor Kitty Coughlin, who is one ratings point away from early termination. But when a group of armed men hijack her plane and... more...
The Lions of Iwo Jima
Henry Holt and Co. 2008; US$ 16.99The Lions of Iwo Jima tells the full story of one of the greatest units fielded in the history of the U.S. Marines. Combat Team 28, 4500 men strong, trained for a full year, landed on the black sands of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, and raised the flag atop Mount Suribachi after four days of ferocious combat. Major General Fred Haynes USMC... more...
The New Destroyer: Choke Hold
Tom Doherty Associates 2007; US$ 6.99Pity poor tobacco tycoon Edgar Rawly. Thanks to lawsuits, government meddling and the inexplicable deaths of many of his best customers, his megabucks industry is gasping its last breath. That is, until the introduction of the Cheyenne Smooths, Rawly's latest product. Not quite tobacco, not quite legal, more addictive than crystal meth. Suddenly... more...
The New Destroyer: Guardian Angel
Tom Doherty Associates 2007; US$ 6.99THE DESTROYER NEVER DIES . . . . VIVA LA REVOLUCION! When a dozen border patrol volunteers are murdered in New Mexico, apparent victims of Mexican nationals, Dr. Harold W. Smith of the super-secret agency CURE worries the first salvo in a new border dispute has been fired. His worst fears are realized with the appearance of the charismatic... more...









