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Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art
Virginia Heffernan · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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Just as Susan Sontag did for photography and Marshall McLuhan did for television, Virginia Heffernan (called one of the "best living writers of English prose") reveals the logic and aesthetics behind the Internet.Since its inception, the Internet has morphed from merely an extension... |
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Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World
Timothy Garton Ash · Yale University Press
Pages: 504 |
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Never in human history was there such a chance for freedom of expression. If we have Internet access, any one of us can publish almost anything we like and potentially reach an audience of millions. Never was there a time when the evils of unlimited speech flowed so easily across frontiers:... |
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Far and Away: Reports from the Brink of Change: Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years
Andrew Solomon · Scribner Book Company
Pages: 512
Format: Print book |
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From the winner of the National Book Award and the National Books Critics' Circle Award - and one of the most original thinkers of our time - a riveting collection of essays about places in dramatic transition.Far and Away collects Andrew Solomon's writings about places undergoing seismic... |
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Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican
Ann Coulter · Regnery Publishing; First Edition edition
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You have NEVER seen Coulter like this before! Coulter is uncensored, unapologetic, and unflinching in her ruthless mockery of liberals, sissies, morons, hypocrites, and all other species of politician. Coulter doesnt stop at the politicians, though. Watch her skewer pundits, salesmen, celebrities,... |
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This Brave New World: India, China and the United States
Anja Manuel · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 384
Format: Print book |
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In the next decade and a half, China and India will become two of the world's indispensable powers - whether they rise peacefully or not. During that time, Asia will surpass the combined strength of North America and Europe in economic might, population size, and military spending. Both... |
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Cast Away: True Stories of Survival from Europe's Refugee Crisis
Charlotte Mcdonald-Gibson · New Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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In 2015, more than one million migrants and refugees, most fleeing war-torn countries in Africa and the Middle East, attempted to make the perilous journey into Europe. Around three thousand lost their lives as they crossed the Mediterranean and Aegean in rickety boats provided by unscrupulous... |
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