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On any given day in America's news cycle, stories and images of disgraced politicians and celebrities solicit our moral indignation, their misdeeds fueling a lucrative economy of shame and scandal. Shame is one of the most coercive, painful, and intriguing of human emotions. Only in recent years has interest in shame extended beyond a focus on the subjective experience of this emotion and its psychological effects. The essays collected here consider...
2) Jane Austen
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Nearly two hundred years after her death, Jane Austen is one of the most widely read and beloved English novelists of any era. Writing and publishing anonymously during her lifetime, the woman responsible for some of the most enduring characters (and couples) of modern romantic literature, including Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy, Emma Woodhouse and George Knightley, was credited only as 'A Lady' on the title pages of her novels. It was not until...
3) Batman
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From his debut in a six-page comic in 1939 to his most recent portrayal by Christian Bale in the blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises, Batman is perhaps the world's most popular superhero. The continued relevance of the caped crusader could be attributed to his complex character, his dual identity or his commitment to justice. But, as the contributors to this collection argue, it is the fans who, with the patience of Alfred, the loyalty of Commissioner...
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Few could have predicted the enduring fascination with the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. From the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the recent BBC series that has made a heartthrob out of Benedict Cumberbatch, the sleuth has been much a part of the British and global cultural legacy from the moment of his first appearance in 1887.
The contributors to this book discuss the ways in which various fan cultures have sprung up around the stories...
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The boys are back in town with their third No. 1 album. Fans are counting the days until One Direction kicks off the North American leg of their Where We Are tour in summer 2014. The tour will include plenty of songs from the band's new album Midnight Memories, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and includes the popular singles "Best Song Ever" and "Story of My Life." To prepare for this epic 21-city tour, fans won't want to miss this book,...
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Born Norma Jeane Mortenson, Marilyn Monroe was an actress, singer and sex symbol whose influence far outlasted her short life. Contributors to Fan Phenomena: Marilyn Monroe situate the platinum blonde starlet's omnipresent cultural relevance within the zeitgeist of current popular culture and explore the influence she has had on numerous elements of it. Her aesthetics and images have been re-appropriated, recreated, imitated and emulated by such celebrities...
8) Star Wars
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In October 2012, the Walt Disney Company paid more than $4 billion to acquire Lucasfilms, the film and production company responsible for Howard the Duck. But Disney, despite its history and success with duck characters, wasn't after Howard; in buying Lucasfilms, it also bought the rights to the Star Wars franchise. Soon after the purchase, Disney announced a new Star Wars film was in the works and would be released in 2015, nearly four decades after...
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La confianza, los personajes del horror andino, la informalidad, la marginalidad, el miedo urbano, el género, el conflicto armado interno peruano y la identidad juvenil se encuentran plano contra plano en nueve ensayos en los que sus autores examinan —con un lenguaje sencillo y con el apoyo de historias y personajes de películas peruanas, de diversos géneros y con variado éxito de taquilla— diferentes maneras de hacer, sentir y pensar con...
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With excitement building as One Direction fans count down the days until the band's summer tour reaches North America and their upcoming movie, 1D in 3D, hits theaters, this inside source provides everything loyal followers need to know about Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry, and Louis. This account details the band's meteoric rise in 2012, as both Up All Night and Take Me Home debuted at No. 1 and One Direction sold out arenas from New York to New Zealand....
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Haunting us with such unforgettable stories as The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption, Salem's Lot, Carrie, The Green Mile, and Pet Sematary, Stephen King has been an anchor of American horror, science fiction, psychological thrillers, and suspense for more than forty years. His characters have brought chills to our spines and challenged our notions of reality while leaving us in awe of the perseverance of the human spirit. The first book in the new...
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«La cultura de un pueblo se mide por sus tradiciones vigentes. Ellas han sobrevivido para conferirle un modo de ser inconfundible, un lugar de encuentro para la que la comunidad sepa que está ligada a su tierra, que pertenece a ella como a sus montañas, valles, ríos y mares. Que tiene un lugar en el mundo. Que nuestros ancestros las inventaron para otorgarnos una historia, una legitimidad, un amor que se prolonga a lo largo de los siglos».
14) Words to Live By
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Words to Live By is a gorgeous book of 50 illustrated quotes by 50 inspiring women.
Discover intelligent and powerful quotes such as: "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement" by Helen Keller, "Turn your wounds into wisdom" by Oprah Winfrey, "Every great dream begins with a dreamer" by Harriet Tubman, and more.
This visually stunning book is filled with Jade Purple Brown's custom illustrated typography, alongside her bold, colorful illustrations...
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TFP brings together international researchers, students and industry professionals dedicated to promoting new research directions and to investigating the relationship between functional programming and other branches of Computer Science. This TFP volume includes some of the latest trends of functional programming, and it is an essential part of any modern programming languages library.
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Few could have predicted the enduring affection inspired by Joss Whedon's television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. With its origins in a script Whedon wrote for a 1992 feature film of the same name, the series far outpaced its source material, gathering a devoted audience that remains loyal to the show more than a decade after it left the airwaves. Heralded for its use of smart, funny and emotionally resonant narrative; subversive and feminist...
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Chronicling a young superstars rise to fame, this account details how Texas teenager Austin Mahone went from anonymous high school student to Billboard charter. Readers learn about the early life of this budding singing sensation, how he got his start covering pop songs and posting them on YouTube, eventually receiving more than 100 million views, and his promising future with Chase Records, who recently signed him to a record deal worthmore than...
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Alas! The drunken, muddled words you forgot you said (or wish you could forget) were picked up by barhopping eavesdroppers and are collected here for all to see. The drunk dials, teary-eyed confessions, incoherent warbles, and slurs of the pseudo-intellectual, sexually ridiculous, and pleasantly random are Things Drunk People Say.
This is a collection of sometimes crass, mostly offensive, and always revealing drunk quotes ranging from the tipsy to...
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How has the state impacted culture and cultural production in Africa? How has culture challenged and transformed the state and our understandings of its nature, functions, and legitimacy? Compelled by complex realities on the ground as well as interdisciplinary scholarly debates on the state-culture dynamic, senior scholars and emerging voices examine the intersections of the state, culture, and politics in postcolonial Africa in this lively and wide-ranging...
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Showcasing three decades of Glamour's Women of the Year, this book is a record of the ceiling-shattering achievements that have reshaped our world, and a manual for success for the women of today-and tomorrow
For over 80 years, Glamour has been the preeminent female empowerment title in America. From Glamour's origin as the magazine "for the girl with a job" to today, strong, ambitious women have always taken center stage, and no place more so than...
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