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Meetings with Remarkable Men (All and Everything)

Phoenix Books, 1991

Meetings with Remarkable Men, G. I. Gurdjieff’s autobiographical account of his youth and early travels, has become something of a legend since it was first published in 1963. A compulsive Âread” in the tradition of adventure narratives, but suffused with Gurdjieff’s unique perspective on life, it is organized...

Bomb the Suburbs: Graffiti, Race, Freight-Hopping and the Search for Hip-Hop's Moral Center

Soft Skull Press, 2008

Should graffiti writers organize to tear up the cities, or should they really be bombing the Âburbs? That’s the question posed by William Upski Wimsatt in his seminal foray into the world of hip-hop, rap, and street art, and the culture and politics that surround it. But to say that the book deals only with taggers and hip-hop is...

Neuromuscular Disease: Evidence and Analysis in Clinical Neurology

Humana Press, 2006

A Certain Kind of Wisdom In Plato’s Apology, the Greek philosopher Socrates is on trial to defend himself against the allegation of corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates denies this charge and offers an alternate reason for why he is on trial. He explains, “[w]hat has caused my reputation is none other than a certain kind of...

Conflict, Contradiction, and Contrarian Elements in Moral Development and Education

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

The premise of this book is that individuals and societies have an inexorable urge to morally develop by challenging the assumptions of the previous generation in terms of what is right and wrong. The focus is on the nature and functional value of conflicts and challenges to the dominant moral and social values framework. Through this analysis,...

Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing

John Wiley & Sons, 2013

Fabricated tells the story of 3D printers, humble manufacturing machines that are bursting out of the factory and into homes, businesses, schools, kitchens, hospitals, even the fashion catwalk. The magic happens when you plug a 3D printer into today's mind-boggling digital technologies. Add to that the Internet, tiny, low cost...

Hip Hop on Film: Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s

University Press of Mississippi, 2013

Early hip hop film musicals have either been expunged from cinema history or excoriated in brief passages by critics and other writers. Hip Hop on Film reclaims and reexamines productions such as Breakin' (1984), Beat Street (1984), and Krush Groove (1985) in order to illuminate Hollywood's fascinating...

Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities (For Kids series)

Chicago Review Press, 2003

Darwin and Evolution for Kids traces the transformation of a privileged and somewhat scatterbrained youth into the great thinker who proposed the revolutionary theory of evolution. Through 21 hands-on activities, young scientists learn about Darwin’s life and work and assess current evidence of evolution. Activities...

Capital Instincts: Life as an Entrepreneur, Financier, and Athlete

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

For over three decades, Thomas W. Weisel has been one of the leading figures of the financial scene that blossomed along with Silicon Valley, becoming an integral part of its phenomenal success. Many pioneers have contributed to the changing nature of U.S. business, but only a few have emerged as real leaders in American entrepreneurialism. Thom...

Information Security and Ethics: Social and Organizational Issues

IRM Press, 2004

Information Security and Ethics: Social and Organizational Issues brings together examples of the latest research from a number of international scholars addressing a wide range of issues significant to this important and growing field of study. These issues are relevant to the wider society, as well as to the individual, citizen, educator, student...

Weight Training For Dummies (Health & Fitness)

For Dummies, 2006

When the first edition of Weight Training For Dummies was published, lifting weights was on the verge of becoming a mainstream phenomenon. Women, Baby Boomers, seniors — all these groups were starting to get the message: Hoisting hunks of iron benefits everyone, not just bodybuilders with shoulders wider than the wingspan of a DC-10.
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Russia's Skinheads: Exploring and Rethinking Subcultural Lives

Routledge, 2010

Russia’s Skinheads: Exploring and Rethinking Subcultural Lives provides a thorough examination of the phenomenon of skinheads, explaining its nature and its significance, and assessing how far Russian skinhead subculture is the ‘lumpen’ end of the extreme nationalist ideological spectrum. There are large numbers of...

Handbook of School Mental Health: Research, Training, Practice, and Policy (Issues in Clinical Child Psychology)

Springer, 2013

With so few therapeutic outlets readily available to young people, schools have evolved into mental health centers for many students. Yet schools are hampered by limited access to resources needed to provide mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention services.

Like its acclaimed predecessor, the Second Edition of the...

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