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Official Dictionary of Idiocy A Lexicon For Those of Us Who Are Far Less Idiotic Than The Rest of You
ISBN: FLEXI: 9781454927808, GMC Group, Sterling, December 2017
368 pp., 17.1x14 cm, illus.
A hilarious compendium from the author of "The Official Dictionary of Sarcasm": the perfect book for today's world. The battle for sanity and intelligence rages on! Read any news story today and it s clear that idiots are everywhere. For that reason,...
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£12,99
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Universalism without Uniformity Explorations in Mind and Culture
ISBN: PB: 9780226501680, ISBN: HB: 9780226501543, University of Chicago Press, November 2017
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 line drawing, 9 tables
One of the major issues in cultural psychology is how to take diversity seriously while also acknowledging our shared humanity. This collection brings together leading figures in the field of cultural psychology to consider that question, addressing...
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£26,50
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£79,00
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We Are Not Amused Victorian Views on Pronunciation as Told in the Pages of "Punch"
ISBN: HB: 9781851244782, Bodleian Library Publishing, October 2017
96 pp., 21x16.1 cm, 54 black&white illus.
Pronunciation governs our regional and social identity more powerfully than any other aspect of spoken language. No wonder, then, that it has attracted most attention from satirists. In this intriguing book, David Crystal shows how our feelings about...
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£12,99
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Android Dreams The Past, Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence
ISBN: HB: 9781849048712, Hurst Publishers, September 2017
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! The development of thinking machines is an adventure as bold and ambitious as any that humans have attempted. And the truth is that Artificial Intelligence is already an indispensable part of our daily lives. Without it, Google...
HB:
£17,99
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Critical Norths Space, Nature, Theory
ISBN: PB: 9781602233195, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, May 2017
300 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 12 halftones, 5 tables
For millennia, "the North" has held a powerful sway in Western culture. Long seen through contradictions – empty of life yet full of promise, populated by indigenous communities yet ripe for conquest, pristine yet marked by a long human history – it...
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£34,00
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Of Beards and Men The Revealing History of Facial Hair
ISBN: PB: 9780226479200, ISBN: HB: 9780226284002, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 58 halftones
Beards – they're all the rage these days. Take a look around: from hip urbanites to rustic outdoorsmen, well-groomed metrosexuals to post-season hockey players, facial hair is everywhere. The New York Times traces this hairy trend to Big Apple hipste...
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£14,50
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£24,00
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Feeding the Spirit Food, Culture and Community
ISBN: PB: 9781933253879, University of Chicago Press, American Alliance of Museums Press, March 2017
190 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 30 colour plates
From Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign to the health section of the New York Times, the United States is reexamining its relationship to food on a public and national level. Tied into concerns over the American diet are issues of sustainability,...
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£21,00
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Surface Matters of Aesthetics, Materiality, and Media
ISBN: PB: 9780226434636, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
288 pp., 24.7x22.8 cm, 80 colour plates, 6 halftones
What is the place of materiality – the expression or condition of physical substance – in our visual age of rapidly changing materials and media? How is it fashioned in the arts or manifested in virtual forms? In "Surface", cultural critic and theori...
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£30,00
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Lima A Cultural and Literary History
ISBN: PB: 9781902669984, Signal Books, February 2017
256 pp., 20.4x13.6 cm
For sale in CIS only! Formerly the viceregal capital of Spain's vast South American empire, Lima is today a sprawling metropolis struggling to cope with a population of eight million. Located on the coast between the Andean foothills and the Pacific...
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£12,00
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Flanders A Cultural History
ISBN: PB: 9781904955283, Signal Books, February 2017
256 pp., 21.7x14.7 cm
For sale in CIS only! Famous for its cemeteries and monuments, Flanders has witnessed war and bloodshed on a colossal scale. Divided between Belgium, the Netherlands and France, this low-lying expanse of land has also known religious conflict and li...
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£12,00
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