Jean Baudrillard is one of the most celebrated and most controversial of contemporary social theorists. This major work, appearing in English for the first time, occupies a central place in the rethinking of the humanities and social sciences around the idea of postmodernism.
It leads the reader on an exhilarating tour encompassing the end of Marxism, the enchantment of fashion, the body and sex, economic versus symbolic exchange and their differing effects on the rituals of death.
Devised by the man recorded in Guinness as the world's fastest reader--80 pages per minutes--this is the only program that combines the most up-to-date learning techniques and psychological discoveries with proven speed-reading methods and ancient tools like meditation to significantly improve both reading speed and comprehension.
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms for Babylon
The New York Times wrote, Soule's dictionary "is arranged like an ordinary dictionary, and not only acts as a dictionary of synonyms, but is serviceable as a dictionary of definitions. These definitions, given not in sentences, but by means of lists of words, each having an allied significance, thus serve a double purpose. For all ordinary uses the book might well be employed as a dictionary of definitions." Based on the edition published by J. B. Lippincott Company in 1915; significantly revised, updated, and adapted for the electronic use in 2009.
Remarks on Marx - Conversations with Duccio Trombardori
A series of interviews with Foucault, translated from Italian and from French. The project began as an elucidation of Foucault's History of Sexuality, with hope of relating it to Italian feminism, but ended with a significantly greater scope.
Architect's Legal Handbook, Ninth Edition: The Law for Architects
Architect's Legal Handbook is the most widely used reference on the law for architects in practice, and the established leading textbook on law for architectural students. The ninth edition includes all the latest development in the law that affect an architect's work, and comprehensive coverage of relevant UK law topics. Most significantly, the chapter on the JCT contracts has been completely revised to cover the 2005 update.
