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"Taking America Back for God conclusively reveals that understanding the current cultural and political climate in the United States requires reckoning with Christian nationalism. Christian ideals and symbols have long played an important role in public life in the United States, but Christian nationalism demands far more than a recognition of religious heritage. At heart, Christian nationalism fights to preserve a particular kind of social order,...
8822) The sublime
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Artists surveyed include: Marina Abramovic, Joseph Beuys, Tacita Dean, Walter De Maria, A K Dolven, Olafur Eliasson, Jitka Hanzlová, Gary Hill, Susan Hiller, Shirazeh Houshiary, Anish Kapoor, Mike Kelley, Anselm Kiefer, Yves Klein, Richard Long, Gustav Metzger, Henri Michaux, Barnett Newman, Tony Oursler, Cornelia Parker, Gerhard Richter, Doris Salcedo, Lorna Simpson, Stelarc, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Fred Tomaselli, James Turrell, Luc Tuymans, Bill Viola,...
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Piracy is a significant global threat to international sea-borne trade - the life-blood of modern industrial economies and vital for world economic survival. The pirates of today are constantly in the world's news media, preying on private and merchant shipping from small, high-speed vessels. Their targets range from small private yachts - with harrowing stories of individuals faced with seemingly impossible ransom demands- to huge ocean-going tankers...
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"Right here are 41 inspiring moments that were written down and created. This is just a tiny portion of my thoughts, feelings, and overall views on life. It's tough out there. I hope you can relate and find comfort in the words you read ahead. This book is best read over a cup of whatever liquid of your choosing, a blanket, sunlight/sunset, and in a place that gives you peace. If you're in a good place in life, may the words on the following pages...
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Be inspired by 100 of the very best plus-size street style images from fashion influencers and tastemakers from around the world. Plus-size fashion is daring, experimental, and deeply personal. There's no longer any shame in not fitting the traditional ideals of beauty, as proven by Gabi Gregg, Tess Holliday, Beth Ditto, and thousands of bloggers and models around the world. The online plus-size fashion community is loud, international, and confident....
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"Secularization has accelerated. From 1981 to 2007, most countries became more religious, but from 2007 to 2020, the overwhelming majority became less religious. For centuries, all major religions encouraged norms that limit women to producing as many children as possible and discourage any sexual behavior not linked with reproduction. These norms were needed when facing high infant mortality and low life expectancy but require suppressing strong...
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Tenebroso, el último vampiro mexicano, comienza a experimentar algunos síntomas desconcertantes tras sus orgías de sangre: emociones humanas como lujuria, celos, soledad, ganas de jugar futbol... y miedo a la madre Muerte. Su inmortalidad y la superioridad de su linaje están en entredicho al adquirir las características de los humanos, que han sido su alimento durante siglos. ¿Será suficiente con seguir una estricta dieta? Ante semejante tragedia,...
8830) Alt-right: age of rage
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In the first year of Donald J. Trump's presidency, Daryle Lamont Jenkins, an Antifa activist, combats the rise of the alt-right movement, while Richard Spencer, an alt-right leader, fights to gain ground, culminating in a tragic showdown in Charlottesville.
8831) The liar's ball: the extraordinary saga of how one building broke the world's toughest tycoons
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8832) Orphic Paris
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"A poetic portrait of Paris that combines prose poetry, diary, and memoir by award-winning writer and poet Henri Cole. Henri Cole's Orphic Paris combines autobiography, diary, essay, and prose poetry with photographs to create a new form of elegiac memoir. With Paris as a backdrop, Cole, an award-winning American poet, explores with fresh and penetrating insight the nature of friendship and family, poetry and solitude, the self and freedom. Cole writes...
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"A distinguished Chinese economist offers a timely, essential exploration of China's perspective on economy, government, society, and its position in the world. Dr. David Daokui Li has served as an advisor to senior Chinese Communist Party leaders as well as major multinational corporations and international economic institutions. Writing in response to the growing anti-Chinese sentiment and alarmed by the threat of war, Dr. Li pulls from his wealth...
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This book will help black boys maneuver through life, gain understanding and knowledge to overcome pit falls, fears, obstacles, and shortcomings. It will prepare black boys for matters that they had no clue about and at the same time it will give them courage to ask questions about what they didn't know exist. Their outlook of life will totally change and they will gain better understanding of themselves and life.
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Home to one of the largest oil refineries in the state, Richmond, California, was once a typical company town, dominated by Chevron. This largely nonwhite, working-class city of one hundred thousand suffered from poverty, pollution, and poorly funded public services. It had one of the highest homicide rates per capita in the country and a jobless rate twice the national average. But in 2012, when veteran labor reporter Steve Early moved from New England...
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"Havana Living Today presents both stylish homes that survived the Cuban Revolution as well as innovative Havana interiors created in recent years amid the beginning of a new era and lifestyle. Far from the cliche images of dilapidated palazzos and 1950s-era cars, Havana Living Today presents a vibrant, creative, and forward-looking city through the lens of an eclectic collection of domestic interiors. Recent changes in Cuba--such as the easing of...
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Transformations explore the challenges of self-expression and self-acceptance we may face, the doubts and fears about being vulnerable, and sharing who we really are. Are we enough? Are we true to ourselves and to others? The poems and art explore, with humor and compassion, the transformation of moving beyond the barriers into the light and joy of self-expression. Most of the poems and art were created while Jordan was living in southwest Wisconsin...
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