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The people's car : a global history of the Volkswagen Beetle / by Rieger, Bernhard,1967-;
"The People's Car is a transnational cultural history tracing the Beetle from its origins in Nazi Germany to its role in the postwar West German "economic miracle" to its popularity in midcentury Europe and the U.S., second career in Mexico and Latin America, and revival in the late 1990s"--Provided by publisher.Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: some shapes are hard to improve on -- Before the "people's car" -- A symbol of the national socialist people's community? -- "We should make no demands" -- Icon of the early federal republic -- An export hit -- "The Beetle is dead -- long live the Beetle" -- "I have a vochito in my heart" -- Of Beetles old and new -- Epilogue: the Volkswagen Beetle as a global icon.
Subjects: Volkswagen Beetle automobile;
© 2013., Harvard University Press,
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Ice & mixed climbing : modern technique / by Gadd, Will,1967-; Chayer, Roger.;
Gear -- Dress and eat for success -- Basic ice climbing -- Anchors, belaying, and leading -- Descending -- Advanced ice techniques -- Leading and protecting mixed routes -- Mixed climbing -- Moving in the mountains in winter -- Systems for survival -- Training for winter climbing.
Subjects: Snow and ice climbing.;
© 2003., Mountaineers Books,
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The overflowing brain : information overload and the limits of working memory / by Klingberg, Torkel,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index.Introduction : the stone age brain meets the information flood -- The information portal -- The mental workbench -- Models of working memory -- The brain and the magical number seven -- Simultaneous capacity and mental bandwidth -- Wallace's paradox -- Brain plasticity -- Does ADHD exist? -- The everyday exercising of our mental muscles -- Computer games -- The Flynn effect -- Neurocognitive enhancement -- The information flood and flow.
Subjects: Human information processing; Short-term memory; Attention; Cerebral cortex; Neuroplasticity.;
© 2009., Oxford University Press,
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Soul by soul : life inside the antebellum slave market / by Johnson, Walter,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-273) and index.
Subjects: Slaves; Slave trade; African Americans; Slaveholders; Slave trade; Slaveholders; Slaves; African Americans;
© c1999., Harvard University Press,
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Shadow of the Titanic : the extraordinary stories of those who survived / by Wilson, Andrew,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-386) and index.A fancy-dress ball in Dante's hell -- The ship of widows -- A life too far-fetched for fiction -- Falling in love in the slipstream of the Titanic -- The woman who rowed away from the drowning -- The world's most willing whipping boy -- The dark side of survival -- Miss Masquerader -- Titanic fever -- Fame is the spur -- The last survivors.Offers insight into how the tragedy affected its survivors, drawing on archival research and interviews with family members to explore how some propelled themselves to fame while others were devastated by survivor guilt.
Subjects: Titanic (Steamship); Titanic (Steamship); Shipwreck victims; Shipwreck survival; Shipwrecks;
© 2013., Atria Books,
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Rockin' the free world! : how the rock & roll revolution changed America and the world / by Kay, Sean,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I: Power and progress. Bob Dylan's America -- Part II: Values. Freedom : revolution rock! ; Equality : this land was made for you and me ; Human rights : in the name of love ; Peace : give peace a chance -- Part III: Change. Education : teach your children well ; Activism : we are the world ; Money : welcome to the machine -- Part IV: Rockin' the free world. Ripple in still water.International relations expert Sean Kay takes readers inside "Bob Dylan's America" and shows how this vision linked the rock and roll revolution to American values of freedom, equality, human rights, and peace while tracing how those values have spread globally. Rockin' the Free World then shows how artists have engaged in advancing change via opportunity and education; domestic and international issue advocacy; and within the recording and broader communications industry.
Subjects: Rock music;
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British imperialism / by Johnson, Robert,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-276) and index.Map 1. The British Empire in 1815 -- Map 2. British India, c. 1757-1947 -- Map 3. European possessions in Africa, 1914 -- Introduction: What is British imperialism? -- What was the nature of imperialism in the early nineteenth century? -- What was the nature of British rule in India, c. 1770-1858? -- 'New imperialism' and 'Gentlemanly capitalism': did the flag follow trade? -- What were the motives and effects of colonisation and migration? -- Collaboration and resistance: was the Empire held by coercion or co-operation? -- Colonial discourse: was there an ideology of imperialism? -- Was the British Empire racialist or racist? -- What was the significance of gender to British imperialism? -- The Great War: watershed or continuity? -- How did British imperialism meet the challenges of the inter-war years? -- What effect did the Second World War have on British imperialism? -- Decolonisation after 1945: how did British imperialism end? -- What was the cultural legacy of imperialism?
Subjects: Imperialism; ImpeÌrialisme;
© 2003., Palgrave Macmillan,
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Punishment for sale : private prisons, big business, and the incarceration binge / by Selman, Donna,1967-; Leighton, Paul,1964-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-193) and index.Synopsis : Punishment for Sale is the definitive modern history of private prisons, told through social, economic and political frames. The authors explore the origin of the ideas of modern privatization, the establishment of private prisons, and the efforts to keep expanding in the face of problems and bad publicity. The book provides a balanced telling of the story of private prisons and the resistance they engendered within the context of criminology, and it is intended for supplemental use in undergraduate and graduate courses in criminology, social problems, and race & ethnicity.--[source unknown].Introduction -- America's incarceration binge : the expansion of prisons, budgets, and injustice -- Big government "problem" and the Kentucky fried prison "solution" -- The prison-industrial complex : profits, vested interests, and politics -- Confronting problems : blame prisoners and contracts, then get a bailout -- A critical look at the efficiency and overhead costs of private prisons -- Conclusion : Back to the future -- Appendix : Using the securities and exchange commission website to research private prisons.
Subjects: Corrections; Prisons; Privatization;
© c2010., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
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Kick the fossil fuel habit : 10 clean technologies to save our world / by Rand, Tom,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In this book the author and engineer, Cleantech authority, venture capitalist, pragmatic entrepreneur and philosopher, doesn't provide a 3 easy steps approach to fixing our dependence on fossil fuels. But he does show it's possible to do without them. By giving an in depth look at 10 technologies that together can bring a clean future, free of fossil fuels, he provides education and hope. This is a clarion call, a directive that we act quickly and collectively (governments, corporations and individuals) to provide future generations the opportunity to live in a sustainable world. Unique in being accessible to the general public, his message is not just important, but understandable and entertaining. His personal views and anecdotes are combined with a hard-headed engineering and business perspective. Beautiful photographs bring the text to life. It is this generation's job to save the world we know for the next. This book shows us how.Solar -- Wind -- Geothermal -- Biofuels -- Hydropower -- Ocean -- Smart buildings -- Transportation -- Efficiency and conservation -- The energy Internet.Clean technology essays. A new economics : a price on carbon -- Climate science : the basics ; the complex stuff ; the bad stuff -- Cheap money : enter the green bond -- Hydrogen : an energy vector -- Nuclear : fission and fusion -- Carbon sequestration : burn it and bury it -- The end of easy oil : saving for the future -- Postscript : the world in 2050.
Subjects: Renewable energy sources.; Clean energy industries.; Green technology.; Energy development.;
© c2010., Eco Ten Pub.,
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Stealing fire : how Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALS, and maverick scientists are revolutionizing the way we live and work / by Kotler, Steven,1967-; Wheal, Jamie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-276) and index.Introduction. The never-ending story ; Accidental Prometheans -- Part one: The case for ecstasis -- What is this fire?. The switch ; The high cost of Ninja assassins ; Google goes fishing ; Hacking ecstasis ; The mind gym ; The altered states economy -- Why it matters. The ambassador of ecstasis ; Selflessness ; Timelessness ; Effortlessness ; Richness ; Wicked solutions to wicked problems -- Why we missed it. Beyond the pale ; The pale of the church ; The pale of the body ; The pale of the state ; Pipers, cults, and commies -- Part two: The four forces of ecstasis -- Psychology. Translating transformation ; The bell tolles for thee ; Mad men ; Taking the kink out of kinky ; Good for what ails you ; Altered states to altered traits -- Neurobiology. Outside the jar ; I can't feel my face ; The AI shrink ; Precognition is here (but you knew that already) ; The birth of neurotheology ; OS to UI -- Pharmacology. Everybody must get stoned ; The Johnny Appleseed of psychedelics ; This is your brain on drugs ; The hyperspace lexicon ; The molecules of desire -- Technology. Dean's dark secret ; Things that go boom in the night ; The digital shaman ; Enlightenment engineering ; The flow dojo -- Part three: The road to eleusis -- Catch a fire. The sandbox of the future ; When the levee breaks ; Disrupting the brahmins ; High times of Main Street ; Nothing new under the sun -- Burning down the house. The atomic donkey ; He who controls the switch ; Spooks to kooks ; Soma, delicious soma! ; Ecstasy wants to be free -- Hedonic engineering. "Known issues" of STER ; Selflessness: it's not about you ; Timelessness: it's not about now ; Effortlessness: don't be a bliss junkie ; Richness: don't dive too deep ; The ecstasis equation ; Hedonic calendaring ; There is a crack in everything -- Conclusion. Row your boat or fly your boat? ; An afterthought -- A quick note on inside baseball.The author Steven Kotler and high-performance expert Jamie Wheal spent four years investigating how Silicon Valley executives, the Navy SEALS, and maverick scientists are harnessing rare and controversial states of consciousness to solve critical challenges and outperform the competition--
Subjects: Popular works.; Altered states of consciousness.; Psychology; Pharmacology; Technology; Neurobiology;
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