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Hip: The History
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99Hip: The History is the story of how American pop culture has evolved throughout the twentieth century to its current position as world cultural touchstone. How did hip become such an obsession? From sex and music to fashion and commerce, John Leland tracks the arc of ideas as they move from subterranean Bohemia to Madison Avenue and back again.... more...
Heavy Metal Islam
Crown Publishing Group 2008; US$ 15.00?We play heavy metal because our lives are heavy metal.? ?Reda Zine, one of the founders of the Moroccan heavy-metal scene ?Music is the weapon of the future.? ?Fela Kuti An eighteen-year-old Moroccan who loves Black Sabbath. A twenty-two-year-old rapper from the Gaza Strip. A young Lebanese singer who quotes Bob Marley?s ?Redemption Song.? They... more...
The Cultural Context of Medieval Music
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 37.00An urgently needed guide to understanding medieval music to be used as a text for the university undergraduate, graduate students in music and interdisciplinary medieval studies, and for the professional musicologist and medievalist. This book will also be appreciated by everyone interested in early music. more...
A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook
Random House Publishing Group 2012; US$ 35.00Ever wonder what it?s like to attend a feast at Winterfell? Wish you could split a lemon cake with Sansa Stark, scarf down a pork pie with the Night?s Watch, or indulge in honeyfingers with Daenerys Targaryen? George R. R. Martin?s bestselling saga A Song of Ice and Fire and the runaway hit HBO series Game of Thrones are renowned for bringing Westeros?s... more...
Killing Monsters
Basic Books 2008; US$ 15.95From a veteran creator of children's entertainment, an insider's view of how even the most violent games and TV shows can help children conquer fears and develop a bold sense of self. more...
True Living Organics
Green Candy Press 2012; US$ 20.00The only organics grow guide is also the only book that shows how to change an existing grow room to an all-natural, synthetic-free, living, breathing cannabis cultivation space. Written in the accessible, easy-to-follow style that?s won The Rev so many followers, this book sifts through the jargon surrounding organic marijuana growing and gets straight... more...
Assassination Vacation
Simon & Schuster 2005; US$ 16.00Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrumsof American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on a road trip like no other -- a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural... more...
In Search of the Black Fantastic
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 19.99Prior to the 1960s, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture emerged as a tool to forge community and effect political change. However, with the new avenues opened to African Americans in the post-Civil Rights era, many believe the influence of black popular culture on the political sphere began to diminish... more...
World Cinemas, Transnational Perspectives
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 37.95SCMS Award Winner "Best Edited Collection" The standard analytical category of "national cinema" has increasingly been called into question by the category of the "transnational." This anthology examines the premises and consequences of the coexistence of these two categories and the parameters of historiographical approaches that cross the borders... more...
Sport and International Development
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95Sport is increasingly regarded as a powerful tool in international development. In this comprehensive introduction to the area of ?sport-for-development?, leading researcher Fred Coalter critically evaluates the strengths and weaknesses and successes and failures of sport-for-development policies and programs. Beginning with an outline of the... more...









