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Pourquoi nous avons perdu le monde, et comment le retrouver
Language: French
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Après le succès de son Éloge du carburateur, le philosophe-mécanicien M. Crawford s'interroge sur la fragmentation de notre vie mentale, à la merci des exploiteurs de " temps de cerveau disponible ". Il explore cette " crise de l'attention ", non sans humour, via l'analyse philosophique et des...
Decoding China
A Handbook for Traveling, Studying, and Working in Today's China
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Embrace the culture and get the most out of your time in China.
Going to China for the first time can be an intimidating experience, even for those who have studied the language. In fact, traveling to China for the second, third, or fourth time can also be a challenging experience, especially...
by Matthew B. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Some people go out in the forest to find Bigfoot, and THINK they know what to do, but they don't. There are only a few ways to find Bigfoot, but a lot of ways NOT to find him!
Shop Class as Soulcraft
An Inquiry into the Value of Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
**A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands **
Called "the sleeper hit of the publishing season" by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as Soulcraft became an instant bestseller, attracting readers with its radical...
The World Beyond Your Head
On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
A groundbreaking new book from the bestselling author of Shop Class as Soulcraft
In his bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew B. Crawford explored the ethical and practical importance of manual competence, as expressed through mastery of our physical environment. In his brilliant...
Zones of Control
Perspectives on Wargaming
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts.
Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...
by Matthew B Miller
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2012
Desensitized Society is an Ultra-Violent Post-Apocalyptic Action Drama based around the contentious relationships of three characters wandering through the desert. 'Years after the last bomb had fallen; when the rain still burned our skin; most of the world was dead. Survivors were forced out of their...
Dining Posture in Ancient Rome
Bodies, Values, and Status
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
What was really going on at Roman banquets? In this lively new book, veteran Romanist Matthew Roller looks at a little-explored feature of Roman culture: dining posture. In ancient Rome, where dining was an indicator of social position as well as an extended social occasion, dining posture offered...
Culture of Class
Radio and Cinema in the Making of a Divided Argentina, 1920–1946
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
In an innovative cultural history of Argentine movies and radio in the decades before Peronism, Matthew B. Karush demonstrates that competition with jazz and Hollywood cinema shaped Argentina's domestic cultural production in crucial ways, as Argentine producers tried to elevate their offerings to...
by Matthew B. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Bigfoot TV programs often show Bigfooters LOOKING for a bigfoot, but never FINDING a bigfoot. There are lots of reasons why this happens: ignorance, continuing to get paid to look for one, protecting the bigfoots, etc. Those TV programs have created a tenuous vacuum in human knowledge, and this book tries to fill that vacuum.
Musicians in Transit
Argentina and the Globalization of Popular Music
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
In Musicians in Transit Matthew B. Karush examines the transnational careers of seven of the most influential Argentine musicians of the twentieth century: Afro-Argentine swing guitarist Oscar Alemán, jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri, composer Lalo Schifrin, tango innovator Astor Piazzolla, balada...
by Matthew B. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
The high technology of the late 21st Century has given us 300-story hyper-buildings for working, sentient robots for laboring and immaculate white sand beaches for relaxing. Texas’ innovative thinking has helped to usher in this era of prosperity and progress. The closer people get a goal, any goal,...
by Matthew B. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2016
Less than a week ago, an enormous UFO emerged off the coast of California and paraded across the entire American continent. It came to rest in Washington, D.C., and its leader landed on the White House lawn. The UFO wasn’t full of aliens. It was full of humans from the fabled city of Atlantis, and...
by Matthew B. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
1942.The city of Los Angeles is facing highly advanced, unknown forces. Its defenses try to shoot down the mysterious vessels, but fail. Even though the unknown beings change their minds and return to the ocean waters, the government plays down the incident. They don’t want to admit failure.2026.Asher...