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Exploring the transition of celebrities into institutional-electoral politics, the book argues that many insights developed by genre theorists could be highly instrumental to understand the celebrity politics phenomenon. It analyzes the historical and cultural specificity of celebrity politics as it evolved through different countries and cultures.

In the networked age, we are living with changed parameters of time and space. Mobile networked communication fosters a form of virtual time and space, which is super-imposed onto territorial space. Time is increasingly composed of interruptions and distractions, as smartphone users are overwhelmed by messages.

This thoroughly updated second edition of the best-selling Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder’s Guide is filled with tips for building strong yet elegant machines and mechanisms with the LEGO Technic system. World-renowned builder Pawe? "Sariel" Kmiec covers the foundations of LEGO Technic...

Handbags and purses are quick and easy to make for the little girl in your life. They make fabulous gifts and will never fail to delight the receiver. The patterns are all provided in this book, and whether you are an enthusiastic sewer or prefer to crochet you will find a purse to suit your taste...

From Jo March of Little Women (1868) to Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games (2008), the American tomboy figure has evolved into an icon of modern girlhood and symbol of female empowerment. Battling Girlhood: Sympathy, Social Justice, and the Tomboy Figure in American Literature traces the development...

Bored in your office? Did your coworker just prank you and you’re wondering how to get him back? Is your boss constantly stealing your paperclips and you don’t know how to keep his mitts away from your desk? Office Weapons gives you the complete step-by-step instructions for thirty different daring...

Nowadays, we associate the colorful, hollow paper shapes known as piñatas with Mexico, but legend has it that piñatas actually came from China / Canada and were introduced to the West by Marco Polo. This guide will explain how you can create your own piñata and decorate it however you'd like......

Bravely watch Bradley and the Freeze Warrior battle the over grown mess beneath Bradley's bed and garbage isn't all that they find. Bradley has to make a calculating right choice, in hopes, it doesn't turn out to be a catastrophe.

This book looks at the humor that artists and editors believed would have appeal in four different countries. Ian Gordon explains how similar humor played out in comic strips across different cultures and humor styles. By examining Skippy and Ginger Meggs, the book shows a good deal of similarities...

If you want to make the most natural soap without using lye, here is a way to craft organic and sulfate free melt and pour glycerin soap at home. In less than an hour, you can craft lovely organic, sulfate free and eco-friendly Castile soaps with these carefully tested recipes. This eBook contains: *...

Berry Cute Dresses and matching sun hats, just right to for celebrating Summer! There is a strawberry dress that has a "strawberry seed" bottom skirt pattern, along with the "leaf" border, and with a green leaf collar to compliment the entire dress. Also, a very cute blueberry...

In this book, Blackford historicizes the appeal of the Persephone myth in the nineteenth century and traces figurations of Persephone, Demeter, and Hades throughout girls’ literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She illuminates developmental patterns and anxieties in E. T. A. Hoffmann’s...

J. K. Rowling's popular series of books about the boy wizard Harry Potter has captivated readers of all ages around the world. Selling more than 400 million copies, and adapted into highly successful feature films, the stories have attracted both critical acclaim and controversy. In this collection...

This collection brings together new research on contemporary media, politics and power. It explores ways and means through which media can and do empower or dis-empower citizens at the margins that is, how they act as vehicles of, or obstacles to, civic agency and social change.