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For more than 75 years, Catwoman has forged her own path in a clear-cut world of stalwart heroes, diabolical villains, and damsels in distress. Her relentless independence across comic books, television, and film set her apart from the rest of the superhero world. When female-led comics were few and far between, Catwoman headlined her own series for over 20 years. But her unique path had its downsides as well. Her existence on the periphery of the...
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What have you always wanted to know about Indians? Do you think you should already know the answers -- or suspect that your questions may be offensive? In matter-of-fact responses to over 120 questions, both thoughtful and outrageous, modern and historical, Ojibwe scholar and cultural preservationist Anton Treuer gives a frank, funny, and sometimes personal tour of what's up with Indians, anyway.
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The crazy world of Jon and Kate Gosselin like you've never seen it before! Veteran journalist Al Walentis reported on the story for Us Weekly during the summer of 2009 and he delivers a pull-no-punches account of the madness of tabloid journalism, taking you behind the scenes to show what it was really like at ground zero when international paparazzi swarmed into the peaceful Pennsylvania community of Wernersville to cover the unlikeliest celebrity...
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Red Wheel Weiser
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2004.
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1 online resource (288 pages)
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English
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"Can you name five military leaders who were transgendered? Twelve cases of involuntary human experimentation by the U.S. government? How about the four porn novels written by famous authors, 11 books left out of the Bible and over 50 side effects of NutraSweet that have been reported to the FDA? In 1977, David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace published The Book of Lists, causing an immediate sensation. Not only did it lead to three direct...
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2010
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1 online resource (11 p.)
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"When we first meet Stephanie, she can't afford therapy--she can barely afford her low-rent apartment and regular meals. A couple of hours a week with a trained professional, not that you'd have talked her into it, probably would have done her good. Luckily, as Sylvia Day suggests, she found bounty hunting instead." - Leah Wilson, Perfectly Plum: An Unauthorized Celebration of Stephanie Plum."--
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University of California Press
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2011
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1 online resource (288 p.)
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"Is travel inherently beneficial to human character? Does it automatically educate and enlighten while also promoting tolerance, peace, and understanding? In this challenging book, Dean MacCannell identifies and overcomes common obstacles to ethical sightseeing. Through his unique combination of personal observation and in-depth scholarship, MacCannell ventures into specific tourist destinations and attractions: "picturesque" rural and natural landscapes,...
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Red Wheel Weiser
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2004.
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1 online resource (128 pages)
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English
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"Ever feel like you're being kept in the dark? Do you feel like the facts and history you rely on might not be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but? Russ Kick delivers a second round of stunning information, forgotten facts and hidden history-all thoroughly researched and documented. Sized for quick reference, filled with facts, illustrations, and graphic evidence of lies and misrepresentations, 50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know-Volume 2...
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Red Wheel Weiser
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2002.
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1 online resource (240 pages)
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"The best and most revealing interviews from the prococative TV series/DVD of the same name. Richard Metzger presents the most compelling interviews from the hit TV series Disinformation, revealing mind-blowing thoughts from modern culture's most radical thinkers: *Paul Laffoley on how to build a working time machine and a house made of vegetables *Douglas Rushkoff explains "media viruses" *Lucifer Principle author Howard Bloom on the coming biological...
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Santa Monica Press
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2010.
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1 online resource (312 pages)
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"Celebrating a wide variety of pop culture touchstones from the past 40 years, this guide celebrates the music, movies, television, hobbies, and fads that defined recent generations. From the 1970s to the present day, this trip down memory lane describes the author's humorous, ironic, poignant, and inspiring moments with numerous pop culture icons-including Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jay Leno, Johnny Thunders, Edward Albee, John Cheever, and Milton...
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James R Ashley
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2015.
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1 online resource.
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Although Fay Wray made 80 movies in her career, she is largely remembered for only one, King Kong (1933), where her leading man was a gigantic ape. Her role consisted largely of looking frightened and screaming her head off. Nevertheless, that role catapulted her into film immortality. Fay did not lead the life of the typical Hollywood starlet at the time. She was not flashy; did not actively seek publicity; and did not act like a diva, throwing temper...
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Red Wheel Weiser
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2005.
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1 online resource (360 pages)
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"Orgasms, sexual inventions, spirituality, high-tech porn, gender-blending, hustling, masturbation, politics, airplane sex, disabilities, sex magick, biblical erotica, advertising, first times, sex in space, asexuality, group sex ... are you ready for Disinformation's look at the world of sex? Master anthologizer Russ Kick has immersed himself in the many and varied worlds of sex writing, producing a definitive collection exposing reality that's way,...
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2010
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1 online resource (69 p.)
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English
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"In Michael Jackson: In Search of Neverland, Gloria Rhoads Berlin gives her intimate account of how she helped Michael Jackson find his own slice of heaven: the ranch that would come to be known as Neverland. In this never-before-told story, Ms. Berlin details the private journeys she took with Michael to fulfill one of his life-long dreams and fantasies."--
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University of California Press
Pub. Date
2011
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1 online resource (328 p.)
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English
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"Sociologist Ashley Mears takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insider's study of the world of modeling. Mears, who worked as a model in New York and London, draws on observations as well as extensive interviews with male and female models, agents, clients, photographers, stylists, and others, to explore the economics and politics-and the arbitrariness- behind the business of glamour. Exploring...
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Santa Monica Press
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2007.
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1 online resource (336 pages)
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English
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"A celebration of the 1960s, this encyclopedia profiles the 250 most interesting personalities who significantly changed popular culture, including musicians, actors, directors, artists, athletes, politicians, writers, and astronauts. Sidebars provide a trip down memory lane with lists including the top movies, television shows, cars, Bond girls, Playmates, concerts, and cameos in beach movies, plus a running calendar of "what happened on this date"...
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Red Wheel Weiser
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2014.
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1 online resource (256 pages)
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English
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"Vampires. Why do we care? In these pages you will find what is very simply, the most literate, imaginative, and just plain fascinating answer to that question ever written." -Whitley Strieber In a culture that does not do death particularly well, we are obsessed with mortality. Margot Adler writes, "Vampires let us play with death and the issue of mortality. They let us ponder what it would mean to be truly long lived. Would the long view allow us...
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Red Wheel Weiser
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2009.
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1 online resource (64 pages)
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English
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"Advertising is Pollution!, or so says a popular bumper sticker. So what does that make stickers? SMASH PROCRASTINATIONMUTE THE COMMERCIALSUNCLICKABLEMIX BUSINESS WITH PLEASURENOBODY OWNS YOUCOLLABORATEI REFUSE TO BE A VICTIMWE LEARN BY TEACHINGDON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READDEBUG THE VOTE Srini Kumar, the unstoppable force behind StickerNation.com and Unamerican.com, returns with a second blockbuster collection of over four hundred all-new stickers....
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University of California Press
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2012
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1 online resource (248 p.)
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English
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"Manel Baucells and Rakesh Sarin have been conducting ground-breaking research on happiness for more than a decade, and in this book they distill their provocative findings into a lively, accessible guide for a wide audience of readers. Integrating their own research with the latest thinking in the behavioral and social sciences-including management science, psychology, and economics-they offer a new approach to the puzzle of happiness. Woven throughout...
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CCC Publishing
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2011.
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1 online resource (288 pages)
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English
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"From its anarchic early days to its present dreams of world domination, this is the untold story of Burning Man-the most popular, unique, and enduring countercultural event of recent times in which alternative lifestyle enthusiasts erect a giant statue and construct a temporary city to live in for about a week in the Nevada desert. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world have made the dusty pilgrimage to Black Rock City to take part...
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University of California Press
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2011
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1 online resource (216 p.)
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"Every kindergarten soccer player gets a trophy. Many high schools name dozens of seniors as valedictorians-of the same class. Cars sport bumper stickers that read "USA-Number 1." Prizes proliferate in every corner of American society, and excellence is trumpeted with ratings that range from "Academy Award winner!" to "Best Neighborhood Pizza!" In Everyone's a Winner, Joel Best- acclaimed author of Damned Lies and Statistics and many other books-shines...
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PM Press
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2015.
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1 online resource (160 pages)
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English
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Signal is an ongoing book series dedicated to documenting and sharing compelling graphics, art projects, and cultural movements of international resistance and liberation struggles. Readers will be inspired by not only fine and graphic arts but also political posters, comics, zines, murals, street art, art collectives, documentation of performances, and articles on the often-overlooked but essential roles all of these have played in struggles around...
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