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Author : Kaiwen Leong
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9814484520
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)
Download or read book Pleasure Factory written by Kaiwen Leong and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kaiwen Leong
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9814484512
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)
Download or read book Deadly Stakes written by Kaiwen Leong and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kaiwen Leong
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9814516953
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)
Download or read book Teenage Rebels written by Kaiwen Leong and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You think the teenagers of today have it good? That their struggles are merely First World pains? Or only kids from broken families go bad? Think again. Negative influences are lurking at every corner and money can buy anything. For everything else, there is the Internet. Want friends? Join an online cult. Want drugs? Click and DIY. Want to forge? Learn how with web videos. Want porn? Upload your own. When such disturbing influences combine with an oppressive pressure to fit in, some teens stick to the straight path society has laid out, while others stray into dark alleys, only to be trapped, committing crimes or developing psychological problems that ruin them, leaving their futures in shambles. Through interviews, experience, and research, the authors expose stories of seemingly normal teens from average Singaporean families. Hear their voices and understand their mindsets. After all, beneath the rosy-cheeked exterior of that sweet child across the road lurks a possible future social psychopath Author Dr Kaiwen Leong is an economist, entrepreneur, lecturer and academic researcher. A graduate of Princeton University, he is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Nanyang Technological University. He is also an Associate Faculty Member at the Singapore Institute of Management, and consults for many private sector organisations, including Singapore Business Federation and Oxford Economics. His autobiography Singapore’s Lost Son: How I Made It From Dropout to Princeton PhD was published in 2012.
Author : Elizabeth Macneal
Publisher : Atria/Emily Bestler Books
ISBN 13 : 1982106778
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book The Doll Factory written by Elizabeth Macneal and published by Atria/Emily Bestler Books. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 international bestseller and The New York Times Editor’s Choice “As lush as the novels of Kate Morton and Diane Setterfield, as exciting as The Alienist and Iain Pears’ An Instance of the Fingerpost, this exquisite literary thriller will intrigue book clubs and rivet fans of historical fiction.” —A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window “A lush, evocative Gothic.” —The New York Times Book Review “This terrifically exciting novel will jolt, thrill, and bewitch readers.” —Booklist, starred review Obsession is an art. In this “sharp, scary, gorgeously evocative tale of love, art, and obsession” (Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train), a beautiful young woman aspires to be an artist, while a man’s dark obsession may destroy her world forever. Obsession is an art. In 1850s London, the Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and, among the crowd watching the dazzling spectacle, two people meet by happenstance. For Iris, an arrestingly attractive aspiring artist, it is a brief and forgettable moment. But for Silas, a curiosity collector enchanted by all things strange and beautiful, the meeting marks a new beginning. When Iris is asked to model for Pre-Raphaelite artist Louis Frost, she agrees on the condition that he will also teach her to paint. Suddenly, her world begins to expand beyond her wildest dreams—but she has no idea that evil is waiting in the shadows. Silas has only thought of one thing since that chance meeting, and his obsession is darkening by the day. “A lush, evocative Gothic” (The New York Times Book Review) that is “a perfect blend of froth and substance” (The Washington Post), The Doll Factory will haunt you long after you finish it and is perfect for fans of The Alienist, Drood, and Fingersmith.
Author : Jason Wood
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317045130
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Amusement Park written by Jason Wood and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Wood is Director of Heritage Consultancy Services, Lancaster, UK, and former Professor of Cultural Heritage at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
Author : Marcel Hénaff
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9781452903842
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Sade written by Marcel Hénaff and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary O’Neill
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1728391032
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (283 download)
Download or read book Soulfull Thoughts written by Mary O’Neill and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From our earliest childhood we constantly and continuously process all around us. The people in our lives, what we see, what we feel, what we like or what we dislike. Our feelings are like waves of the ocean, rising and falling, with emotions of hurt or joy, expectation or regret and disappointment, then sometimes like a calm sea with bright sunshine. We all know a memory of a moment can last a lifetime. Sometimes an experience triggers a connection that is forever embedded in our mind. It is our thinking makes us who we are, but so often we just move on from the moment, the people in our lives, events, animals, nature. The lines of verse in this book are words expressing the thoughts, perceptions and feelings in relation to a few life experiences.
Author : Richard Marback
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814340814
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Generations written by Richard Marback and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers and students of citizenship studies, cultural studies, gerontology, sociology, and political science will enjoy this thought-provoking look at age, aging, and generational differences in relation to the concept and experience of citizenship.
Author : Tchinda Fabrice Mbuna
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1499027397
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Evil Behind the Law Vol Three written by Tchinda Fabrice Mbuna and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing is a threat to love trust as love distrust. This seems a maxim to others, while others see it as a parable and others simply play it as a feminist game. If we cannot play politics with love, then let us play love with politics. The evil behind the law volume three, no prenuptial agreement, no marriage is a morality play, of two Cameroonian immigrants in America who struggle with the balance of power in their matrimony and the cultural changes in a nation where women control the society and have learnt to say no to male dominated social and marital injustice. The play centered on Mr. Fabrice and Ms. Seraphim is pregnant with humor, local colors, and biblical images, political and civil right debate on both patriarchal and matriarchal societies. Social order seem to fall apart, the civil right ideology of Martin Luther, George Washington and other patriots seem misunderstood, and for this reason call for their reincarnation into history to continue their civil right work.
Author : Bethan Bide
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350232467
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Everyday Fashion written by Bethan Bide and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ordinary clothes have extraordinary stories. In contrast to academic and curatorial focus on the spectacular and the luxurious, Everyday Fashion makes the case that your grandmother's wardrobe is an archive as interesting and important as any museum store. From the moment we wake and get dressed in the morning until we get undressed again in the evening, fashion is a central medium through which we experience the world and negotiate our place within it. Because of this, the ways that supposedly 'ordinary' and 'everyday' fashion objects have been designed, manufactured, worn, cared for, and remembered matters deeply to our historical understanding. Beginning at 1550 the start of an era during which the word 'fashion' came to mean stylistic change rather than the act of making each chapter explores the definition of everyday fashion and how this has changed over time, demonstrating innovative methodologies for researching the everyday. The variety and significance of everyday fashion cultures are further highlighted by a series of illustrated object biographies written by Britain's leading fashion curators, showcasing the rich diversity of everyday fashion in British museum collections. Collectively, this volume scratches below the glossy surface of fashion to expose the mechanics of fashion business, the hidden world of the workroom and the diversity and role of makers; and the experiences of consuming, wearing, and caring for ordinary clothes in the United Kingdom from the 16th century to the present day. In doing so it challenges readers to rethink how fashion systems evolve and to reassess the boundaries between fashion and dress scholarship.
Author : Laurie Oullette
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231529317
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Viewers Like You written by Laurie Oullette and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How "public" is public television if only a small percentage of the American people tune in on a regular basis? When public television addresses "viewers like you," just who are you? Despite the current of frustration with commercial television that runs through American life, most TV viewers bypass the redemptive "oasis of the wasteland" represented by PBS and turn to the sitcoms, soap operas, music videos, game shows, weekly dramas, and popular news programs produced by the culture industries. Viewers Like You? traces the history of public broadcasting in the United States, questions its priorities, and argues that public TV's tendency to reject popular culture has undermined its capacity to serve the people it claims to represent. Drawing from archival research and cultural theory, the book shows that public television's perception of what the public needs is constrained by unquestioned cultural assumptions rooted in the politics of class, gender, and race.
Author : Ken Goffman
Publisher : Villard
ISBN 13 : 0812974751
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Counterculture Through the Ages written by Ken Goffman and published by Villard. This book was released on 2005-09-13 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As long as there has been culture, there has been counterculture. At times it moves deep below the surface of things, a stealth mode of being all but invisible to the dominant paradigm; at other times it’s in plain sight, challenging the status quo; and at still other times it erupts in a fiery burst of creative–or destructive–energy to change the world forever. But until now the countercultural phenomenon has been one of history’s great blind spots. Individual countercultures have been explored, but never before has a book set out to demonstrate the recurring nature of counterculturalism across all times and societies, and to illustrate its dynamic role in the continuous evolution of human values and cultures. Countercultural pundit and cyberguru R. U. Sirius brilliantly sets the record straight in this colorful, anecdotal, and wide-ranging study based on ideas developed by the late Timothy Leary with Dan Joy. With a distinctive mix of scholarly erudition and gonzo passion, Sirius and Joy identify the distinguishing characteristics of countercultures, delving into history and myth to establish beyond doubt that, for all their surface differences, countercultures share important underlying principles: individualism, anti-authoritarianism, and a belief in the possibility of personal and social transformation. Ranging from the Socratic counterculture of ancient Athens and the outsider movements of Judaism, which left indelible marks on Western culture, to the Taoist, Sufi, and Zen Buddhist countercultures, which were equally influential in the East, to the famous countercultural moments of the last century–Paris in the twenties, Haight-Ashbury in the sixties, Tropicalismo, women’s liberation, punk rock–to the cutting-edge countercultures of the twenty-first century, which combine science, art, music, technology, politics, and religion in astonishing (and sometimes disturbing) new ways, Counterculture Through the Ages is an indispensable guidebook to where we’ve been . . . and where we’re going.
Author : Shawna Tang
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000782956
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Queer Southeast Asia written by Shawna Tang and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tang and Wijaya present a range of new and established scholarly voices, including local activists directly involved in developments in Southeast Asia. This groundbreaking collection presents the current state of play and longstanding LGBTQ+ debates in this often-overlooked region of Asia. The diversity of both the subject and the region is reflected in the broad scope of topics addressed, from the impact of Japanese queer popular culture on queer Filipinos, to the politics of public toilets in Singapore, and the impact of digital governance on queer communities across ASEAN. Taken in combination, these investigations not only highlight the operations of queer politics in Southeast Asia, but also present a concrete basis to reflect on queer knowledge production in the region. A vital resource for students and scholars of gender and sexuality in Southeast Asia, or any Queer or LGBTQ+ studies looking beyond the West.
Author : Nikki Moustaki
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440695636
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)
Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Poetry written by Nikki Moustaki and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the poet within! You’ve read poetry that has touched your heart, and you’d like to improve your own writing technique. But even though you have loads of inspiration, you’re discovering that good instruction can be as elusive as a good metaphor. The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Writing Poetry will help you compose powerful, emotion-packed poems that you can be proud of. You’ll learn: • Simple explanations of poetry building blocks, such as metaphor, imagery, symbolism, and stanzas. • Steps to the poetic process. • Easy-to-follow guidelines for writing sonnets, sestinas, narrative poems, and more. • Fun exercises to help you master the basics of poetry writing. • How to avoid clichés and other poetry pitfalls. • Advice on writers’ conferences and workshops. • Tips on getting your poetry published. • Good poems that will inspire your own work. • Strategies to beat writer’s block.
Author : Audrey Yue
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888139339
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (881 download)
Download or read book Queer Singapore written by Audrey Yue and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singapore remains one of the few countries in Asia that has yet to decriminalize homosexuality. Yet it has also been hailed by many as one of the emerging gay capitals of Asia. This book accounts for the rise of mediated queer cultures in Singapore's current milieu of illiberal citizenship. This collection analyses how contemporary queer Singapore has emerged against a contradictory backdrop of sexual repression and cultural liberalisation. Using the innovative framework of illiberal pragmatism, established and emergent local scholars and activists provide expansive coverage of the impact of homosexuality on Singapore's media cultures and political economy, including law, religion, the military, literature, theatre, photography, cinema, social media and queer commerce. It shows how new LGBT subjectivities have been fashioned through the governance of illiberal pragmatism, how pragmatism is appropriated as a form of social and critical democratic action, and how cultural citizenship is forged through a logic of queer complicity that complicates the flows of oppositional resistance and grassroots appropriation.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Best Sellers written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. David Pleins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1623568676
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (235 download)
Download or read book The Evolving God written by J. David Pleins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In focusing on the story of Darwin's religious doubts, scholars too often overlook Darwin's positive contribution to the study of religion. J. David Pleins traces Darwin's journey in five steps. He begins with Darwin's global voyage, where his encounter with religious and cultural diversity transformed his understanding of religion. Surprisingly, Darwin wrestles with serious theological questions even as he uncovers the evolutionary layers of religion from savage roots. Next, we follow Darwin as his doubts about traditional biblical religion take root, affecting his career choice and marriage to Emma Wedgwood. Pleins then examines Darwin's secret notebooks as he searches for a materialist theory of religion. Again, other surprises loom as Darwin's reading of Comte's three stages of religion's development actually predate his reading of Malthus. Pleins explores how Darwin applied his discovery to the realm of ethics by formulating an evolutionary view of the "Golden Rule" in his Descent of Man. Finally, he considers Darwin's later reflections on the religion question, as he wrestled with whether his views led to atheism, agnosticism, or a new kind of theism. The Evolving God concludes by looking at some of the current religious debates surrounding Darwin and suggests the need for a deeper appreciation for Darwin as a religious thinker. Though he grew skeptical of traditional Christian dogma, Darwin made key discoveries concerning the role and function of religion as a natural evolutionary phenomenon.
