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The Flavors of Phillies Nation is a collection of fan recipes that
inspires sports fans across the nation to savor a tailgating
atmosphere and hit a home run with unforgettable cuisine. "Whether
you're a newcomer to the world of tailgating or a seasoned pro, I
invite you to enjoy the recipes herein and taste the passion that
inspired them." -Garry Maddox, former Phillies center fielder
According to a British intelligence report leaked to the press in
2007, al Qaeda operatives are planning a large-scale attack "on par
with Hiroshima and Nagasaki." How likely is it that terrorists will
develop the capability of such an attack? No one understands the
nature of the threat posed by nuclear terrorism better than Brian
Michael Jenkins--one of the world's most renowned experts on
terrorism. For more than thirty years, he has been advising the
military, government, and prestigious think tanks on the dangers of
escalating terrorism.
Jenkins goes beyond what the experts know about terrorists'
efforts to acquire nuclear weapons, nuclear black markets,
"suitcase bombs," and mysterious substances like red mercury to
examine how terrorists themselves think about such weapons. He
offers many insights into such vital questions as:
- Do terrorists see nuclear weapons as instruments of coercion or
of pure destruction? - Are those we label religious fanatics
constrained by political and strategic calculations?
- If a nuclear attack took place on American soil, what
life-and-death decisions would the president be forced to make? He
puts the reader in the position of the president to convey the
immediacy of making decisions--and the perilous repercussions of
each critical decision.
Jenkins notes that terrorists have become increasingly adept at
creating an atmosphere of nuclear terror. In fact, al Qaeda may
have succeeded in becoming the world's first terrorist nuclear
power without possessing a single nuclear weapon. The psychological
effects of nuclear terror are fueled by American culture, which
churns out novels and movies in which every conceivable horror
scenario is played out. Political factions on both the right and
the left also view nuclear terrorism as fodder to support their own
arguments. In such an atmosphere, it is difficult for the average
citizen to separate real from imagined dangers. Jenkins's informed
and seasoned analysis will give all Americans a levelheaded
understanding of the real situation and teach us how not to yield
to nuclear terror.
Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness explores the novel's
participation in eighteenth-century "inquiries after happiness," an
ancient ethical project that acquired new urgency with the rise of
subjective models of wellbeing in early modern and Enlightenment
Europe. Combining archival research on treatises on happiness with
illuminating readings of Samuel Johnson, Laurence Sterne, Denis
Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, William Godwin and Mary Hays, Brian
Michael Norton's innovative study asks us to see the novel itself
as a key instrument of Enlightenment ethics. His central argument
is that the novel form provided a uniquely valuable tool for
thinking about the nature and challenges of modern happiness:
whereas treatises sought to theorize the conditions that made
happiness possible in general, eighteenth-century fiction excelled
at interrogating the problem on the level of the particular, in the
details of a single individual's psychology and unique
circumstances. Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness demonstrates
further that through their fine-tuned attention to subjectivity and
social context these writers called into question some cherished
and time-honored assumptions about the good life: happiness is in
one's power; virtue is the exclusive path to happiness; only vice
can make us miserable. This elegant and richly interdisciplinary
book offers a new understanding of the cultural work the
eighteenth-century novel performed as well as an original
interpretation of the Enlightenment's ethical legacy.
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Civil War II (Paperback)
Brian Michael Bendis; Artworks by David Marquez
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A new Inhuman, with the ability to profile the future, emerges and the
ramifications ripple into every corner of the Marvel Universe. Once
again lines are drawn, bodies fall, and the Marvel Universe will be
rocked to its very core. Collecting Civil War II #0, 1-7 (subject to
change).
A STAR-STUDDED ANTHOLOGY EVENT! The bestselling, critically
acclaimed THE OLD GUARD, now a hit Netflix movie starring Charlize
Theron, returns with NEW stories by writers GREG RUCKA, LEANDRO
FERNANDEZ, and an all-star lineup of guest creators, expanding the
world of the immortal warriors in shocking ways! Meet the
immortals' families, witness never-before-seen adventures, and
discover the first appearance of a major new character! Featuring
writers BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, KELLY SUE DeCONNICK, MATT FRACTION,
VITA AYALA, JASON AARON, DAVID F. WALKER, and more, and artists
VALENTINE DE LANDRO, NICOLA SCOTT, MICHAEL AVON OEMING, RAFAEL
ALBUQUERQUE, MIKE HENDERSON, MATTHEW CLARK, KANO, and more!
Collects THE OLD GUARD: TALES THROUGH TIME #1-6
Using the Herman & Chomsky "Propaganda Model" that was
introduced in 1988, Goss offers a rigorous and accessible portrait
of contemporary news media. Following a current survey of media
ownership and news worker routines, in a series of case studies, he
shows how recent news discourse has developed an Us/Them narrative.
Cases include The New York Times' accounts of the Bush
administration and United Nations in the lead-up to the 2003
invasion of Iraq; and analysis of the 2011 riots in the United
Kingdom in a comparison between two British broadsheets (The
Guardian and The Daily Telegraph). Further case studies demonstrate
important, if partial, new media discontinuities with respect to
"old" news media. The book's international reach and sustained
attention to new media indicate that it is not simply high-fidelity
repetition of Herman & Chomsky, but re-engineers the model's
architecture for the twenty-first century.
Global Auteurs employs auteur theory to examine the work of three
contemporary and innovative directors: Pedro Almodovar, Lars von
Trier, and Michael Winterbottom. With extensive background
information on the global film industry, and on auteur theory and
its implications for ideological critique, this book's insightful
case studies examine both ideologies the filmmakers re-circulate
and ideologies that they confront in textual form. The discussion
of Pedro Almodovar devotes particular attention to mass mediation,
the family, and gender in the corpus of his films, while Lars von
Trier's corpus is interpreted as driven by a motif that
characterizes all of his films: the «failed idealist. Michael
Winterbottom's body of work presents a genre-diverse, post-MTV
style concerned with «outsiders and taboo, representation and
truth, and human rights. Global Auteurs' sophisticated approach to
decoding film is suitable for graduate and undergraduate courses on
film, global mass media, and contemporary Europe.
Global Auteurs employs auteur theory to examine the work of three
contemporary and innovative directors: Pedro Almodovar, Lars von
Trier, and Michael Winterbottom. With extensive background
information on the global film industry, and on auteur theory and
its implications for ideological critique, this book's insightful
case studies examine both ideologies the filmmakers re-circulate
and ideologies that they confront in textual form. The discussion
of Pedro Almodovar devotes particular attention to mass mediation,
the family, and gender in the corpus of his films, while Lars von
Trier's corpus is interpreted as driven by a motif that
characterizes all of his films: the «failed idealist. Michael
Winterbottom's body of work presents a genre-diverse, post-MTV
style concerned with «outsiders and taboo, representation and
truth, and human rights. Global Auteurs' sophisticated approach to
decoding film is suitable for graduate and undergraduate courses on
film, global mass media, and contemporary Europe.
The Avengers and the X-Men are faced with a common foe that becomes
their greatest threat - Wanda Maximoff The Scarlet Witch is out of
control, and the fate of the entire world is in her hands. Maybe
Magneto will help his daughter, or maybe he'll use her powers for
his own benefit.
A collection of iconic stories for all ages featuring Marvel's premier team of starbound heroes - Guardians of the Galaxy! They're the rag-tag band of adventurers tasked with protecting the entire Marvel-Verse. They're the Guardians of the Galaxy - and they put the far-out into outer space! When Earth faces a cosmic threat so great that even its mightiest heroes can t handle it alone, the Avengers assemble alongside the Guardians - but can these two very different teams work together to save the day? Then, when Death's Head, one of the galaxy's greatest bounty hunters, targets the Guardians, it's lights out for Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Groot! Plus, they're used to being the galaxy's most wanted - but why is Groot trying to arrest his best bud Rocket?! And for Star-Lord, it's all about the music!
Naomi is back to uncover the truth behind the new mysteries around
herself and her powers! Naomi's life has fallen into complete chaos
over the mysteries that surround her and her origin. Her friend and
mentor, Dee, is missing and Naomi deeply feels it has to do with
her, so she teams up with Justice League legend Cyborg to work the
clues left behind in the wake of his disappearance. Meanwhile,
Hawkgirl harbours the secrets of Dee's dark Thanagarian past that
could threaten Naomi's place in the JL! From the original creators
of Naomi comes this DC epic starring the CW's newest sensation!
This collection includes Naomi: Season Two #1-6!
Globalization is one of the most widely circulated, high-stakes
buzzwords of the past generation; yet discussion of the topic is
often encased in paradox and contention over what globalization is,
to whom and where it may (or may not) apply, and to what effect. In
Talking Back to Globalization: Texts and Practices, contributors
provide a series of case studies that stress the interplay between
culture, politics, and commerce. Interviews with Natalie Fenton and
Radha S. Hegde survey globalization and its interpenetration with
the spheres of journalism, activism, social media, and identity.
The overview furnished by the interviews is followed by the
volume's two additional extended sections, "Texts" and "Practices."
Chapters in the "Texts" section seek clues about globalization
through its insinuation into mediated forms. The diverse selection
of cases cover television, films, online travel web pages, blues
music, and the political valences of Portuguese neo-fado. Chapters
in the "Practices" section address more diffused cases than media
texts. Their analyses largely orient toward institutional
concomitants of globalization that precede the subject's experience
of it. Chapters cover the trajectory of the European university,
campaigns to shape journalistic practice during the Cold War, the
posture of intellectuals vis-a-vis globalization, and the ideology
that animates the Facebook experience.
The time-displaced young X-Men continue to adjust to a present day
that's simultaneously more awe-inspiring and more disturbing than
any future the young heroes had ever imagined for themselves. And
as Jean Grey pushes her powers to the limit, shaking her and the
rest of the X-Men to the core, one of the All-New X-Men breaks rank
- and leaves to join the adult Cyclops and his revolutionary crew.
Yesterday's X-men continue to adjust to a present day that's
simultaneously more awe-inspiring and more disturbing than any
future the young heroes had ever imagined for themselves. And
things get even more dangerous when the shape-changing terrorist
Mystique targets our young time-travellers, starting with Cyclops
This title features Marvel's greatest super teams in a full-on
battle.
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Age Of Ultron (Paperback)
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For years the heroes of the Marvel Universe have lived in fear that
the Avengers' greatest mistake and deadliest foe, Ultron, would one
day fulfill its desire to eradicate all organic life and dominate
the Earth ... that day has arrived.
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