Poor in material possessions, Skeeter's kinfolk are rich in their appreciation of their beautiful natural surroundings. The river on which they live-with its food supply, steamboats, and floods-figures strongly in their lives as the source of life, change, and death. Though their life is a simple one, it's filled with friendship, loyalty, love, ......
Great Powers, International Security, and the Energy Revolution
The last decade has seen not one but two energy revolutions. The first, explosive growth in demand from Asia's rising powers, fueled fears about scarcity and conflict. The second, an American revolution in technology and markets, is rapidly strengthening America's hand in the world. All while a third revolution is struggling to be born, driven by ......
In The Risk Perception of Artificial Intelligence, Hugo Neri examines how society has come to understand artificial intelligence by studying how cultural productions, intellectuals, and the media have shaped society's views, understandings, and fears of artificial intelligence.
Plucked from her carefree, happy life, budding paramedic Chantelle is groomed and removed from everything shes ever known and held captive by a violent psychopath with one aim--to break her body, mind, and soul.
Offers a satirical account of the conquest of the holy city of Benares by Nescience, of the war of liberation waged by the forces of Intuition, and of the freedom of the Inner Man that then follows the rise of Wisdom.
Details the history and social implications of the Viagra phenomenon. Meika Loe argues that Viagra has changed what qualifies as normal sex in America. Drawing on interviews with men who take Viagra, their wives, doctors and pharmacists as well as scientists and researchers, this account provides a history of the drug's effect on America.
Political Discontent and Corporate Media in the Age of Obama
What to make of the Tea Party? To some, it is a grassroots movement aiming to reclaim an out-of-touch government for the people. To others, it is a proto-fascist organization of the misinformed and manipulated lower middle class. Either way, it is surely one of the most significant forms of reaction in the age of Obama. In this definitive ......
Political Discontent and Corporate Media in the Age of Obama
What to make of the Tea Party? To some, it is a grassroots movementaiming to reclaim an out-of-touch government for the people.To others, it is a proto-fascist organization of the misinformed andmanipulated lower middle class. Either way, it is surely one of themost significant forms of reaction in the age of Obama. In this definitive ......
