Does Anything Eat Shit?: And 101 Other Stupid Questions
Added by: nadella | Karma: 89.46 | Non-Fiction, Other | 28 February 2009
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This is a bible for all those people who feel lost and trapped in a world where there is too much certainty and not enough nonsense. I don't claim to have all the answers, but I hope you find some solace and the occasional titter in the ones that I have provided.
Import/Export: How to Take Your Business Across Borders
Added by: takunabi | Karma: 47.80 | Self-Improvement, Other | 25 February 2009
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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 4 edition (1 Feb 2009)
Language English
Format: PDF
Size: 2.5 MB
Fully revised and updated-the go-to guide from an expert on international trade
Doing business across national borders is more profitable than ever. In the exhaustively revised fourth edition, Import/Export provides step-by-step guidance to show you how to take part in the booming world economy.
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Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet: Women in Proverbs from around the World
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Other | 24 February 2009
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In cultures throughout the world, sex and gender issues have been expressed in proverbs, the world's most concise literary genre. Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet provides revealing insights into the female condition across centuries and continents, as recorded in thousands of vivid and earthy proverbs about women. Mineke Schipper explores the similarities, differences, and contradictions that coexist in cultural norms about gender from hundreds of languages and over 150 countries. Grouping the sayings into such categories as the female body, love, sex, childbirth, and female power, she finds stunning patterns in ideas about women—and men. This cross-cultural study and critical analysis of proverbs about women is a unique and intriguing resource to dip into again and again.
The Stars Down to Earth - And Other Essays on the Irrational Culture (Routledge Classics)
Added by: dovesnake | Karma: 1384.51 | Other | 21 February 2009
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The essays written here offer an analysis of the irrational dimensions of modern culture which is both timely and disturbing in the 1990s, although they were written by Adorno half a century ago. Adorno's ideas are relevant to the understanidng of phenomena as apparently diverse as astrology and "New Age" cults, the power of neo-fascist propaganda and the re-emergence of anti-Semitism, and the psychological basis of popular culture. The longest essay, "The Stars Come Down To Earth" offers a content analysis of the Astorlogy column in a 1950s Los Angeles newspaper. Adorno argues that the column promotes fascist dependency and social conformism in much the same way as fascist propaganda. He maintains that the same principles operate in the mainstream products of "the culture industry". The three shorter papers illuminate different aspects of Adorno's argument: the relation of occultism to orthodox modern thought, the pervasiveness of anti-Semitism, and the 'psycho-technic' rhetoric of fascist propaganda. Stephen Crook's introduction critically reviews Adorno's argument and offer an assessment of its contemporary relevance. Taken together, these essays offer an astringent antidote to any facile optimism anout the "democratic" and "pluralist" charaxcter of postmodern popular culture. Adorno identifies an irrationlist dynamic which implicates the most "enlightened" and "emancipated" elements of contemporary culture.
Added by: ashkanxy | Karma: 24.93 | Other | 17 February 2009
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This second edition of the Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants is created to assist the clinician in the initial response to the needs of a child or adult exposed to a poisonous or injurious plant. It lists common plants that might lead to the development of the symptom complex and describes the mechanisms of action of the implicated toxin, additional clinical manifestations, and specific therapeutics for each presentation. It has methodically enhanced the previous edition’s botanical rigor with insights from both pharmacognosy and clinical medicine to make it a truly comprehensive source.
