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  • Romancing Through Italy
    Robert James Connors
    Romancing Through Italy is an intimate cultural journey that reveals not just the places, but the people and mysteries of an ancient land. In these true stories, discover the humor, beauty, heroes, friends, and misadventures of traveling through Italy. Emperors and cave-dwellers, elderly goat-herds and ghost towns come to life in visits to the hidden corners of the cradle of mo...
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    22,20 €

  • Global Perspectives on Media Events in Contemporary Society
    Andrew Fox
    Media events have been described as broadcasts that involve an engaged audience viewing the same event simultaneously; though this definition is still relevant, the way media outlets interact with and react to their audiences has greatly changed. This is in part due to the emergence of social media platforms which allow a participatory audience, something that genre-specific te...
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    216,65 €

  • Studies In Structural Sociology
    Frank W Young
    This collection of articles and essays embodies a new approach to sociology based on the original meaning of the word. Its central concept is 'community,' which is defined to cover units as small as the household and as large as the nation-state. Individuals are a special case of community. So defined, communities account for almost all the independent social organization of th...
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    18,65 €

  • Handbook of Research on Transformative Online Education and Liberation
    Online education has the potential to utilize cutting-edge technologies in order to bring together learners, e-facilitators, and e-contents. The Handbook of Research on Transformative Online Education and Liberation: Models for Social Equality discusses the potential for transformative models to liberate online education. With a focus on the societal, social, political, economi...
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    348,20 €

  • Post-Revolutionary Cuban Spanish
    Jesus Nez Romay / Jesus Nunez Romay / Jesus Nzqez Romay
    Because the first socialist revolution in the Americas took place in Cuba, this country has also seen the rise of new terms and the introduction of new, very specific meanings for old terms, adopted as required to express new realities. How can these neologisms be rendered in English, when no English-speaking country has as yet carried out a Marxist-Leninist social revolution a...
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    11,00 €

  • The Moon Year - A Record of Chinese Customs and Festivals
    Igor Mitrophanow / Juliet Bredon
    The Moon Year is a facinating recording the mysterious and somewhat elusive traditions of the Chinese. Juliet Bredon and Igor Mitrophanow trace their way through the intimate life of Chinese religion, superstitions, philosophies, customs, and society. Only after a year’s residence in China are the authors able to gather an intimate perspective on this age-old civilization that ...
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    22,63 €

  • Schizophrenic America
    Anni Damgaard
    Schizophrenic America explores a fundamental conflict in the United States between what we believe to be our inalienable rights and what we experience in every-day-life. This conflict induces a schism in our minds, leading to a 'cultural schizophrenia' in America. This book facilitates the process of reflection. It is a layman’s guide to cultural awareness, written for young a...
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    17,00 €

  • How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm
    Mei-Ling Hopgood
    A tour of global practices that will inspire American parents to expand their horizons (and geographical borders) and learn that there’s more than one way to diaper a baby. Mei-Ling Hopgood, a first-time mom from suburban Michigan-now living in Buenos Aires-was shocked that Argentine parents allow their children to stay up until all hours of the night. Could there really be soc...
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    13,53 €

  • War Memory and Popular Culture
    This collection of essays investigates such diverse vehicles for war commemoration as poems, battlefield tours, souvenirs, books, films, architectural structures, comics, websites, and video games. Drawing on essayists from Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Israel and the United States, this work explores the evolution from traditional to contemporary forms of war commemoration...
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    42,91 €

  • Argentina and Her People of To-day
    Nevin O. Winter
    'The Spaniards who first visited the coast of Argentina, and sailed up the broad and imposing river that empties into the Atlantic Ocean, were so impressed with the outlook and prospects, that they named the country Argentina, which means silvery or silver-like, and bestowed upon the majestic stream the name Rio de La Plata, which means river of silver. When their prospectors f...
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    17,73 €

  • Não Há Mais Para Onde Fugir
    Lino Porto
    Os textos que o autor reuniu para este volume foram extraídos de seus diários e agendas, escritos entre 1996 e 2016. São pequenos ensaios, quase crônicas, fragmentos de observações de seu dia a dia, os quais acabaram por compor não apenas um retrato de sua geração, mas um painel da decadência cultural do Brasil e do Ocidente. São anotações sobre costumes, da invasão lenta e não...
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    9,84 €

  • Do Dead People Watch You Shower?
    Concetta Bertoldi
    Medium Concetta Bertoldi answers all your questions about life after life. . . from the irreverent: (If the dead are always with us, do they have a XXX view of my bedroom?). . . to the poignant: (Will my deceased father be with me when I walk down the aisle on my wedding day?) . . . to the heartfelt: (When loved ones leave this life too early or under tragic circumstances, are ...
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    13,60 €

  • Manifesto Pró-liberdade
    Joel Santos Ferreira
    Especificando, essa equivocada analise de eventos se manifesta quando, curiosamente, aqueles que produzem empregos e renda por meios de seus esforços e capacidades são marginalizadas por políticos, movimentos sociais, sindicatos e boa parte de intelectuais. A caça às bruxas acontece em algumas salas de aula em que professores com ligação partidária afirmam que esses trabalhador...
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    9,99 €

  • Apontamentos Genealógicos De Lagoa De Pedras
    Johnathan Wesley Da Trindade Silva
    A Historiografia tradicional registra os grandes acontecimentos do mundo, do país e, com menor frequência, das unidades que compõem esses últimos, sejam estados, províncias ou qualquer outra unidade político-administrativa pela qual se dividam os Estados Nacionais. Mas o que dizer da História das pequenas cidades e das famílias que as construíram? Suas memórias, seus feitos, su...
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    12,70 €

  • Os Primeiros Cemitérios Da Vila De São Bento
    Henrique Fendrich
    A obra conta a história dos primeiros cemitérios da vila de São Bento do Sul/SC, entendida como a área central da cidade. O primeiro cemitério católico da vila ficava no local da atual Praça do Centenário, mas o autor cogita a possibilidade de ter havido outro cemitério, de orientação luterana, na mesma região. Além de resgatar detalhes da história desses cemitérios e ilustrar ...
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    18,10 €

  • When to Rob a Bank
    Steven D. Levitt
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    18,68 €

  • Late Industrialization, Tradition, and Social Change in South Korea
    Yong-Chool Ha
    Examines how primary social ties fueled economic growthSouth Korea’s rapid industrialization occurred with the rise of powerful chaebǒl (family-owned business conglomerates) that controlled vast swaths of the nation’s economy. Leader Park Chung Hee’s sense of backwardness and urgency led him to rely on familial, school, and regional ties to expedite the economic transformation....
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    134,50 €

  • Late Industrialization, Tradition, and Social Change in South Korea
    Yong-Chool Ha
    Examines how primary social ties fueled economic growthSouth Korea’s rapid industrialization occurred with the rise of powerful chaebǒl (family-owned business conglomerates) that controlled vast swaths of the nation’s economy. Leader Park Chung Hee’s sense of backwardness and urgency led him to rely on familial, school, and regional ties to expedite the economic transformation....
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    40,49 €

  • Reflexões Filosóficas
    Rogério Corrêa
    Nas últimas décadas o mundo transformou-se profundamente. Estamos vivendo um momento de incertezas e crises em quase todos os campos. Nesta obra o filósofo Rogério Corrêa traz a baila alguns temas complexos e inquietantes, como o retorno da Filosofia; política deliberativa na democracia; a alma e a felicidade; A política ética de Maquiavel; Ética na política é uma necessidade e...
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    12,50 €

  • Power, Beats, and Rhymes
    Evante Daniels
    'Power, Beats, and Rhymes' is the wake-up call you didn’t know was on your playlist, but once you hit play, there’s no pausing or skipping tracks. Evante Daniels takes you on a raw, unfiltered journey into the soul of hip-hop, where every beat drops knowledge and every rhyme sparks revolution. This book is your front-row ticket to understanding how a genre turned into a cultura...
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    9,79 €

  • Touristic World-Making and Fan Pilgrimage in Popular Culture Destinations
    This volume considers world-making as the intersection of the fan pilgrimage experience and the responses of destinations. It examines the emerging field of popular culture tourism and its connection with fan studies and placemaking. It integrates theory and practice and provides evidence-based recommendations for popular culture destinations. ...
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    60,34 €

  • Touristic World-Making and Fan Pilgrimage in Popular Culture Destinations
    This volume considers world-making as the intersection of the fan pilgrimage experience and the responses of destinations. It examines the emerging field of popular culture tourism and its connection with fan studies and placemaking. It integrates theory and practice and provides evidence-based recommendations for popular culture destinations. ...
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    181,95 €

  • Campeonas
    Bruno Rivas Frías / María José Castro Bernardini
    Campeonas. Nada las detiene sigue la serie de Campeonas. Cambiando las reglas del juego (Editorial UPC, 2022) al presentarnos los perfiles de las atletas ganadoras de la segunda edición del premio Igualdad, Mujer y Deporte (IMD), otorgado por la Fundación Deporte en Igualdad (FDI) y la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC).Las protagonistas de esta entrega son Kimberl...
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    17,68 €

  • Early Jazz
    Fumi Tomita
    A concise history of early jazz, from its major innovators to its unrecognized heroes. ...
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    127,05 €

  • Using Influencer Marketing as a Digital Business Strategy
    Using Influencer Marketing as a Digital Business Strategy presents a comprehensive exploration of the burgeoning world of digital influencers, whose impact on consumer behavior and brand promotion is rapidly transforming the marketing landscape. This book delves into the most relevant topics in the field, providing a valuable contribution to both management and academia alike. ...
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    262,07 €

  • Rock Music, Authority and Western Culture, 1964-1980
    James A. Cosby
    The history of rock and roll music can be seen in a long arc of Western civilization’s struggle for both greater individual expression and societal stability. In the 1960s, the West’s relationship with authority ruptured, in part due to the rock revolution. The lessons and implications of this era have yet to be fully grasped. This book examines the key artists, music, and ev...
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    57,18 €

  • India - What can it teach us?
    F. Max Müller
    A must-read for every Indian. What Can It teach us? is a compilation of lectures delivered by Max Muller at Cambridge.F. Max Müller in lectures portrays India; specially the Vedic India; as an epitome of virtuosity & morality; whose glory is equal if not greater to the classical Greek or Roman Civilizations.F. Max Müller urges the Westerners to come out of their supreme colonia...
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    17,01 €

  • Cocoa Woman
    Johnny Coomansingh
    COCOA WOMAN: a narrative about cocoa estate culture in the British West Indies speaks to the discomfort, the pain, the suffering, and what a young man now speculates to be the abuse he endured while spending weekends and school vacations on his godmother’s cocoa plantation. In retrospect, it was nothing short of child slave labor. He feels that he stomached 'slave labor' just b...
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    12,78 €

  • Torturous Etiquettes
    Daniel Varndell
    Explores the 'torture' of mannered behavior and the prevalence of etiquette as a theme in classical and contemporary Hollywood and European cinema. ...
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    44,47 €

  • Jazz with a Beat
    Tad Richards
    The neglected small group swing sound of the 1940s-60s takes its place in the pantheon of jazz literature. ...
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    26,78 €


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