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Vladimir Nabokov

A Literary Life

by D. Rampton ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
A clearly written, insightful study of Nabokov the novelist, providing an expert analysis of the 17 novels he wrote during a career spanning more than 50 years: one of the most impressive, challenging, and controversial literary achievements of our time. ... Read more

$49.99 USD

A clearly written, insightful study of Nabokov the novelist, providing an expert analysis of the 17 novels he wrote during a career spanning more than 50 years: one of the most impressive, challenging, and controversial literary achievements of our time.
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How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future

by Sheldon Rampton, John Stauber ...

**The authors of Toxic Sludge Is Good for You! unmask the sneaky and widespread methods industry uses to influence opinion through bogus experts, doctored data, and manufactured facts.**We count on the experts. We count on them to tell us who to vote for, what to eat, how to raise our children. We watch them on TV, listen to them on the radio, read their opinions in magazine and newspaper articles ... Read more

$4.99 USD

**The authors of Toxic Sludge Is Good for You! unmask the sneaky and widespread methods industry uses to influence opinion through bogus experts, doctored data, and manufactured facts.**We count on the experts. We count on them to tell us who to vote for, what to eat, how to raise our children. We watch them on TV, listen to them on the radio, read their opinions in magazine and newspaper articles
... Read more
European Magic and Witchcraft

A Reader

Edited by Martha Rampton ...

Series series Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures
Magic, witches, and demons have drawn interest and fear throughout human history. In this comprehensive primary source reader, Martha Rampton traces the history of our fascination with magic and witchcraft from the first through to the seventeenth century. In over 80 readings presented chronologically, Rampton demonstrates how understandings of and reactions toward magic changed and developed over ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Magic, witches, and demons have drawn interest and fear throughout human history. In this comprehensive primary source reader, Martha Rampton traces the history of our fascination with magic and witchcraft from the first through to the seventeenth century. In over 80 readings presented chronologically, Rampton demonstrates how understandings of and reactions toward magic changed and developed over
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The Great God Pan

by Arthur Machen, Arthur Machen ...

Narrated by Ethan Rampton ...

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1 hour 59 min

"The Great God Pan" is a novella written by Arthur Machen. A version of the story was published in the magazine Whirlwind in 1890, and Machen revised and extended it for its book publication (together with another story, "The Inmost Light") in 1894. On publication it was widely denounced by the press as degenerate and horrific because of its decadent style and sexual content, although it has since ... Read more

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"The Great God Pan" is a novella written by Arthur Machen. A version of the story was published in the magazine Whirlwind in 1890, and Machen revised and extended it for its book publication (together with another story, "The Inmost Light") in 1894. On publication it was widely denounced by the press as degenerate and horrific because of its decadent style and sexual content, although it has since
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Clinical Dilemmas in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

New Challenges

Edited by Peter Irving MD, MRCP, Corey A. Siegel, David Rampton, Fergus Shanahan ...

The second edition of Clinical Dilemmas in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: New Challenges, is a practical, up-to-date handbook providing expert guidance on specific clinical dilemmas and areas of difficulty that the gastroenterologist regularly faces in day-to-day practice.In this new edition, 75% of the “dilemmas” are brand new dilemmas facing the IBD specialist concerning emerging treatment ... Read more

$75.00 USD

The second edition of Clinical Dilemmas in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: New Challenges, is a practical, up-to-date handbook providing expert guidance on specific clinical dilemmas and areas of difficulty that the gastroenterologist regularly faces in day-to-day practice.In this new edition, 75% of the “dilemmas” are brand new dilemmas facing the IBD specialist concerning emerging treatment
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Language and Superdiversity

Edited by Karel Arnaut, Jan Blommaert, Ben Rampton, Massimiliano Spotti ...

A first synthesis of work done in sociolinguistic superdiversity, this volume offers a substantial introduction to the field and the issues and state-of-the-art research papers organized around three themes: Sketching the paradigm, Sociolinguistic complexity, Policing complexity. The focus is to show how complexity rather than plurality can serve as a lens through which an equally vast range of ... Read more

$72.99 USD

A first synthesis of work done in sociolinguistic superdiversity, this volume offers a substantial introduction to the field and the issues and state-of-the-art research papers organized around three themes: Sketching the paradigm, Sociolinguistic complexity, Policing complexity. The focus is to show how complexity rather than plurality can serve as a lens through which an equally vast range of
... Read more
Northrop Frye: New Directions from Old

New Directions from Old

Edited by David Rampton ...

Series series Reappraisals: Canadian Writers
More than fifty years after the publication of Anatomy of Criticism, Northrop Frye remains one of Canada's most influential intellectuals. This reappraisal reasserts the relevance of his work to the study of literature and illuminates its fruitful intersection with a variety of other fields, including film, cultural studies, linguistics, and feminism. Many of the contributors draw upon the early ... Read more

$14.99 USD

More than fifty years after the publication of Anatomy of Criticism, Northrop Frye remains one of Canada's most influential intellectuals. This reappraisal reasserts the relevance of his work to the study of literature and illuminates its fruitful intersection with a variety of other fields, including film, cultural studies, linguistics, and feminism. Many of the contributors draw upon the early
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Poo! What? Where?

The number ONE book about all things number TWO

by Mike Rampton ...

Illustrated by Gareth Conway ...

WARNING: This book will have you laughing your pants off!For readers aged five and up, Poo! What? Where? gets to the bottom of how poo has shaped the world.Take a deep and stinky dive into the wonderful world of poo! It's not just gross, it's enGROSSing ... discover how poo links to TECHNOLOGY (how do astronauts go to the loo?), ART (Picasso painted with what?!), HISTORY (what can we learn from ... Read more

$7.99 USD

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WARNING: This book will have you laughing your pants off!For readers aged five and up, Poo! What? Where? gets to the bottom of how poo has shaped the world.Take a deep and stinky dive into the wonderful world of poo! It's not just gross, it's enGROSSing ... discover how poo links to TECHNOLOGY (how do astronauts go to the loo?), ART (Picasso painted with what?!), HISTORY (what can we learn from
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Self-Employed

50 Signs That You Might Be an Entrepreneur

by Joel Comm, John Rampton ...

Two successful entrepreneurs offer a no-nonsense guide to the qualities that make people suited to starting their own businesses.In today's world of startup companies, entrepreneurs are disrupting industries and fueling the economy like never before. It's an exciting life where no day is quite like the next. But along with the adventure comes a lot of uncertainty, and not everyone is suited to the ... Read more

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Two successful entrepreneurs offer a no-nonsense guide to the qualities that make people suited to starting their own businesses.In today's world of startup companies, entrepreneurs are disrupting industries and fueling the economy like never before. It's an exciting life where no day is quite like the next. But along with the adventure comes a lot of uncertainty, and not everyone is suited to the
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Weapons of Mass Deception

The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq

by Sheldon Rampton, John Stauber ...

Weapons of Mass Deception reveals:How the Iraq war was sold to the American public through professional P.R. strategies."The First Casualty": Lies that were told related to the Iraq war.Euphemisms and jargon related to the Iraq war, e.g. "shock and awe," "Operation Iraqi Freedom," "axis of evil," "coalition of the willing," etc."War as Opportunity": How the war on terrorism and the war on Iraq ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Weapons of Mass Deception reveals:How the Iraq war was sold to the American public through professional P.R. strategies."The First Casualty": Lies that were told related to the Iraq war.Euphemisms and jargon related to the Iraq war, e.g. "shock and awe," "Operation Iraqi Freedom," "axis of evil," "coalition of the willing," etc."War as Opportunity": How the war on terrorism and the war on Iraq
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The Best War Ever

Lies, Damned Lies, and the Mess in Iraq

by Sheldon Rampton, John Stauber ...

The war in Iraq may be remembered as the point at which the propaganda model perfected in the twentieth century stopped working: the world is too complex, information is too plentiful, and-as events in Iraq reveal- propaganda makes bad policy.The Best War Ever is about a war that was devised in fantasy and lost in delusion. It highlights the futility of lying to oneself and others in matters of ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The war in Iraq may be remembered as the point at which the propaganda model perfected in the twentieth century stopped working: the world is too complex, information is too plentiful, and-as events in Iraq reveal- propaganda makes bad policy.The Best War Ever is about a war that was devised in fantasy and lost in delusion. It highlights the futility of lying to oneself and others in matters of
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Poo! What? Where?

The number ONE book about all things number TWO

by Mike Rampton ...

Narrated by Anushka Chakravarti ...

Unabridged

28 min

Bloomsbury presents Poo! What? Where? by Mike Rampton, read by Anushka Chakravarti and Robbie HoneymanWARNING: This book will have you laughing your pants off!For readers aged five and up, Poo! What? Where? gets to the bottom of how poo has shaped the world.Take a deep and stinky dive into the wonderful world of poo! It's not just gross, it's enGROSSing ... discover how poo links to TECHNOLOGY ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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Bloomsbury presents Poo! What? Where? by Mike Rampton, read by Anushka Chakravarti and Robbie HoneymanWARNING: This book will have you laughing your pants off!For readers aged five and up, Poo! What? Where? gets to the bottom of how poo has shaped the world.Take a deep and stinky dive into the wonderful world of poo! It's not just gross, it's enGROSSing ... discover how poo links to TECHNOLOGY
... Read more

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