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Happy, Happy, Happy
Howard Books 2013; US$ 24.99LIVING THE DREAM Duck calls?though the source of his livelihood?are not what makes Phil Robertson the man he is today. When asked what matters in his life, he?s quick to say, ?Faith, family, ducks?in that order.? It isn?t often that a person can live a dream, but Phil Robertson, aka The Duck Commander, has proven that it is possible with vision,... more...
The Duck Commander Family
Howard Books 2012; US$ 23.99Faith. Family. Ducks?in that order. This book gives readers an up-close and personal, behind-the-scenes look at the family in the exploding A&E show? Duck Dynasty . This Louisiana bayou family operates Duck Commander, a booming family business that has made them millions. You?ll hear all about the Robertson clan from Willie and what it was like... more...
Present Shock
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 12.99?If the end of the twentieth century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be defined by presentism.? This is the moment we?ve been waiting for, explains award-winning media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, but we don?t seem to have any time in which to live it. Instead we remain poised and frozen, overwhelmed by an always-on, live-streamed... more...
Need to Know
Pan Macmillan 2012; US$ 8.95UFOs remain essentially a military and intelligence problem - and one demanding unprecedented security and deception, with access to information on a strictly 'need to know' basis. As early as 1960 former CIA director Admiral Hillenkoetter confirmed that, 'Behind the scenes, high-ranking air force officers are soberly concerned about the UFOs. But... more...
Museum Objects
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 52.95Museum Objects provides a set of readings that together create a distinctive emphasis and perspective on the objects which lie at the heart of interpretive practice in museums, material culture studies and everyday life. This reader brings together classic and up to date texts on the nature and definition of the object itself, the senses and... more...
Heavenly Bodies
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 35.95Richard Dyer's classic study of movie stars and stardom has been updated, with a new introduction by the author discussing the rise of celebrity culture and developments in the study of stars since publication of the first edition in 1986. Dyer's illuminating study is based around case studies of three major stars: Marilyn Monroe, Paul Robeson and... more...
The Heretics
Pan Macmillan UK 2013; US$ 21.83Will Storr was in the tropical north of Australia, excavating fossils with a celebrity creationist, when he asked himself a simple question. Why don't facts work? Why, that is, did the obviously intelligent man beside him sincerely believe in Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden and a six-thousand-year-old Earth, in spite of the evidence against them? It... more...
Stuart Hall
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 24.95James Procter's introduction places Hall's work within its historical contexts, providing a clear guide to his key ideas and influences, as well as to his critics and his intellectual legacy. Stuart Hall has been pivotal to the development of cultural studies during the past forty years. Whether as director of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural... more...
The Top Gear Years
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableThe Top Gear Years brings together Jeremy Clarkson's collected magazine columns for the first time. Clarkson at his pithy, provocative, hilarious best We now know all about the world according to Clarkson. In a series of bestselling books Jeremy has revealed it to be a puzzling, frustrating place where all too often the lunatics seem... more...
What Is Indigenous Knowledge?
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 57.95The international panel of contributors analyses knowledge production and the rules of scholarship, opening new avenues for discussion in education, philosophy, cultural studies, as well as in other important fields. more...









