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1) 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...
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...
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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...
5) 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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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...
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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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«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».
10) 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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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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The World of Niagara Wine is a transdisciplinary exploration of the Niagara wine industry. In the first section, contributors explore the history and regulation of wine production as well as its contemporary economic significance. The second section focuses on the entrepreneurship behind and the promotion and marketing of Niagara wines. The third introduces readers to the science of grape growing, wine tasting, and wine production, and the final section...
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Encontrar los episodios positivos en las relaciones peruano-chilenas entre los siglos XIX y XX, y reunir para contarlos a más de una veintena de académicos de ambos países fue la meta que se trazaron los historiadores Daniel Parodi (Perú) y Sergio González (Chile) cuando se conocieron en Santiago en 2011 en un diálogo binacional entre políticos y académicos.
Las historias que nos unen. 21 relatos para la integración entre Perú y Chile reúne...
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What are the fictions that shape Canadian engagements with the global? What frictions emerge from these encounters? In negotiating aesthetic and political approaches to Canadian cultural production within contexts of global circulation, this collection argues for the value of attending to narratorial, lyric, and theatrical conventions in dialogue with questions of epistemological and social justice. Using the twinned framing devices of crosstalk and...
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This book is a part of a set of ten books of the Greatest Classic Series containing thrilling and fascinating stories with an amazing suspense and mystery surrounding each one of them that will arouse your curiosity and compel you to go through all the stories written by world acclaimed authors, like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, Ernest William Hornung, etc. Actually, the entire classic series has been aimed to enrich the young minds with the...
20) Good Luck
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See a penny, pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck.-Proverb. We all need a little bit of luck now and then, be it for that graduation, new job, an important exam, or even your wedding day! Full of advice, charms, and traditions, this book is the perfect gift for that special someone who needs lady lucky on their side.
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