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Reading the Text That Isn't There
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 147.00Through a careful examination of the work of the canonical nineteenth-century novelists, Mike Davis traces conspiracies and conspiratorial fantasy from one narrative site to another. more...
In Praise of Barbarians
Haymarket Books 2007; US$ 15.00A bold collection of essays and polemics from the world-renowned social critic Mike Davis. more...
The Monster at Our Door
New Press, The 2012; US$ 21.95Avian influenza is a viral asteroid on a collision course with humanity. In 1918, a pandemic strain of influenza killed at least 40 million people in three months. Now, leading researchers believe, another world catastrophe is imminent. A virus of astonishing lethality, known as H5N1, has become entrenched in the poultry and wild bird populations... more...
The Grit Beneath the Glitter
University of California Press 2002; US$ 15.95The Grit Beneath the Glitter is the first real look at the new Las Vegas from the inside. In it, long-time residents as well as professionals reflect on the transformation of one of the fastest-growing and most famous cities on earth, yet one about which relatively little is known. They offer a lively and compelling portrait of the other side of... more...
World of Gangs
University of Minnesota Press 2008; US$ 24.95John Hagedorn explores the international proliferation of the urban gang as a consequence of the ravages of globalization. Looking closely at gang formation in Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, and Capetown he discovers that gangs have institutionalized as a strategy to confront a hopeless cycle of poverty, racism, and oppression and provides vital insights... more...
How to Teach Continuing Medical Education
Wiley 2009; US$ 49.95This new volume in the concise "How To" series explores the foundations and principles of continuing education of professionals and then relates these to the practice of teaching the various modalities used in CME. The areas covered include experiential learning, group dynamics, situated learning and reflective practice - and make these understandable... more...
Evil Paradises
New Press, The 2011; US$ 18.95Evil Paradises, edited by Mike Davis and Daniel Bertrand Monk, is a global guidebook to phantasmagoric but real places?alternate realities being constructed as ?utopias? in a capitalist era unfettered by unions and state regulation. These developments?in cities, deserts, and in the middle of the sea?are worlds where consumption and inequality surpass... more...
My First Summer in the Sierra
Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 13.00John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, had not yet become a famed conservationist when he first trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, not long after the Civil War. He was so captivated by what he saw that he decided to devote his life to the glorification and preservation of this magnificent wilderness. My First Summer in the Sierra , whose... more...
IT Auditing Using Controls to Protect Information Assets 2/E
McGraw-Hill Education 2011; US$ 70.00Fully updated to cover new technology including cloud computing, virtualization, and storage Filled with solid techniques, checklists, forms, coverage of leading-edge tools, and systematic procedures for common IT audits, IT Auditing, Second Edition covers real-life scenarios and fosters the skills necessary for auditing complex IT systems. Fully... more...
Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition
McGraw-Hill Education 2006; US$ 59.99Stop hackers in their tracks. Organized by category, Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition provides complete details on the latest and most critical security tools, explains their function, and demonstrates how to configure them to get the best results.: Completely revised to include the latest security tools, including wireless tools; New tips on how... more...









