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Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Microsoft Press, 2012

Welcome, my friends, to Windows 8! On behalf of the thousands of designers, program managers, developers, test engineers, and writers who have brought the product to life, I'm delighted to welcome you into a world of Windows Reimagined. This theme is no mere sentimental marketing ploy, intended to bestow an aura of newness to something...

Dreams of Germany: Musical Imaginaries from the Concert Hall to the Dance Floor (Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association)

Berghahn Books, 2018

For many centuries, Germany has enjoyed a reputation as the ‘land of music’. But just how was this reputation established and transformed over time, and to what extent was it produced within or outside of Germany? Through case studies that range from Bruckner to the Beatles and from symphonies to dance-club music, this...

The Politics of Operations: Excavating Contemporary Capitalism

Duke University Press, 2019

In The Politics of Operations Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson investigate how capital reshapes its relation with politics through operations that enable the extraction and exploitation of mineral resources, labor, data, and cultures. They show how capital—which they theorize as a direct political actor—operates...

Surrealism at Play (Art History Publication Initiative)

Duke University Press, 2019

In Surrealism at Play Susan Laxton writes a new history of surrealism in which she traces the centrality of play to the movement and its ongoing legacy. For surrealist artists, play took a consistent role in their aesthetic as they worked in, with, and against a post-World War I world increasingly dominated by...

The Lady Is a Spy: Virginia Hall, World War II Hero of the French Resistance (Scholastic Focus)

Scholastic Nonfiction, 2019

The Lady Is a Spy is the audacious and riveting true story of Virginia Hall, America's greatest spy and unsung hero, brought to vivid life by acclaimed author Don Mitchell.

When Hitler invaded Poland, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted,...

A Companion to African Cinema (Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas)

John Wiley & Sons, 2018

An authoritative guide to African cinema with contributions from a team of experts on the topic

A Companion to African Cinema offers an overview of critical approaches to African cinema. With contributions from an international panel of experts, the Companion approaches the topic through the lens of...

The Divo and the Duce: Promoting Film Stardom and Political Leadership in 1920s America (Volume 1) (Cinema Cultures in Contact)

University of California Press, 2019

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.

In the post–World War I American climate of...

Bytes, Bombs, and Spies: The Strategic Dimensions of Offensive Cyber Operations

Brookings Institution Press, 2019

“We are dropping cyber bombs. We have never done that before.”—U.S. Defense Department official

A new era of war fighting is emerging for the U.S. military. Hi-tech weapons have given way to hi tech in a number of instances recently:

A computer virus is unleashed that...

Coming Full Circle: The Seneca Nation of Indians, 1848–1934 (Volume 17) (New Directions in Native American Studies Series)

University of Oklahoma Press, 2019

The disastrous Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1838 called for the Senecas’ removal to Kansas (then part of the Indian Territory). From this low point, the Seneca Nation of Indians, which today occupies three reservations in western New York, sought to rebound. Beginning with events leading to the Seneca Revolution in 1848, which...

Rethinking Young People’s Marginalisation: Beyond neo-Liberal Futures? (Youth, Young Adulthood and Society)

Routledge, 2018

In the 21st century myriad earth systems – atmospheric systems, ocean systems, land systems, neo-Liberal capitalism – are in crisis. These crises are deeply related. Taking diverse and multiple forms, they have diverse and multiple consequences and are evidenced in such things as war, everyday violence, hate and...

The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984

Doubleday, 2019

"Rich and compelling. . .Lynskey’s account of the reach of 1984 is revelatory.”
--George Packer, The Atlantic

An authoritative, wide-ranging, and incredibly timely history of 1984--its literary sources, its composition by Orwell, its deep and lasting effect on...

Heaven Is Empty: A Cross-Cultural Approach to

SUNY Press, 2018

In the past few decades, discussions on the role of religion in shaping the interconnections of politics, society, and culture have acquired a particular urgency. Since the end of the Cold War, after 9/11, and even more so with the surge of IS, religion has come to occupy a central position in discourses on the...

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