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The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti

Yale University Press, 2013

An authoritative guide to the most significant artists, schools, and styles of street art and graffiti around the world

Painted murals first appeared in Latin America in the early 20th century; in the 1950s, spray-can graffiti associated with Latino gangs followed, notably the “cholo” graffiti of Los...

Database Design and Development: An Essential Guide for IT Professionals

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

The first and only database primer for today's global economy

Today's businesses depend on their databases to provide information essential for their day-to-day operations and to help them take advantage of today's rapidly growing and maturing electronic commerce opportunities. The primary responsibility for the design...

Magic For Dummies

For Dummies, 1998

You don’t need a white tiger, expensive props, or hours of preparation to do magic. With a little practice, some clever misdirection (which lays at the heart of all magic tricks), and showmanship, you can surprise family, friends, and coworkers using a few everyday items!

If you’re looking to saw a beautiful women in...

Seduction: A History From the Enlightenment to the Present

Pegasus Books, 2020

A brilliantly original history that explores the shifting cultural mores of courtship, told through the lives of remarkable women and men throughout history.

If sex has generally been a private matter, seduction has always been of intense public interest. Whether the stuff of front-page tabloid news, the...

Creating Belonging in San Francisco Chinatown’s Diasporic Community: Morphosyntactic Aspects of Indexing Ethnic Identity

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book presents a much-needed discussion on ethnic identification and morphosyntactic variation in San Francisco Chinatown?a community that has received very little attention in linguistic research. An investigation of original, interactive speech data sheds light on how first- and second-generation Chinese Americans...

Children in Street Situations: A Concept in Search of an Object (Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research)

Springer, 2019

This book provides new insights on the lives of children in street situations by providing analyses from a qualitative perspective on the sociology of childhood. It proposes some insightful perspectives on the current discussion about the rights of children in street situations. It includes a unique selection of texts, which were...

Actualistic Taphonomy in South America (Topics in Geobiology)

Springer, 2019

Highlighting the latest research on Actualistic Taphonomy (AT), this book presents the outcomes of a meeting that took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, in October 2017. Its respective chapters offer valuable insights into South American archaeology, invertebrate and vertebrate fauna, and flora.

In recent years, there has been a...

Muslim Volunteering in the West: Between Islamic Ethos and Citizenship (New Directions in Islam)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This edited volume explores various facets of Muslims’ civic engagement in Western post-secular societies, fundamentally challenging simplistic boundaries between Islamic ethical conduct and liberal-democratic norms and practice.

Bringing together scholars from sociology, anthropology, and Islamic theology, the...

Managing Security Threats along the EU’s Eastern Flanks (New Security Challenges)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

The book addresses security threats and challenges to the European Union emanating from its eastern neighbourhood. The volume includes the expertise of policy and scholarly contributors coming from North America, Russia and Central Asia, and from across the EU. Themes and issues include the EU’s capacities and actorness,...

Unrigging American Elections: Reform Past and Prologue (Elections, Voting, Technology)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This critical and systematic analysis of election reforms post-HAVA (Help America Vote Act of 2002) offers a detailed look ahead at the significant challenges that remain in the context of a new presidential administration. Employing a mixed methodological approach, this book analyzes the biggest election challenges faced by voters...

Healthcare-Associated Infections in Children: A Guide to Prevention and Management

Springer, 2018

With advances in technology and medical science, children with previously untreatable and often fatal conditions, such as congenital heart disease, extreme prematurity and pediatric malignancy, are living longer. While this is a tremendous achievement, pediatric providers are now more commonly facing challenges in these medical...

Non-Humans in Amerindian South America: Ethnographies of Indigenous Cosmologies, Rituals and Songs (EASA Series)

Berghahn Books, 2018

Drawing on fieldwork from diverse Amerindian societies whose lives and worlds are undergoing processes of transformation, adaptation, and deterioration, this volume offers new insights into the indigenous constitutions of humanity, personhood, and environment characteristic of the South American highlands and lowlands. The resulting...

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