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A Graphic Adaptation. Comics impresario Harvey Pekar brings Terkel's bestselling masterpiece to life in a collection of vibrant, visual comic art that will delight Terkel fans and introduce his work to a whole new audience.

Dreamworlds of NeoLiberalism. A fascinating window on to future cities and environments of the 21st century - the stark face of conspicuous consumerism gone mad.

Critical Junctures and the Future of Media.

A synthesis of Chomsky's early work on philosophy, linguistics and politics.

The Global Threat of Avian Flu. A virus of astonishing lethality, H5N1 is now entrenched in the poultry and wild bird populations of East Asia: the World Health Organisation warns that it is on the brink of mutating into a super contagious form which could visit several billion homes within two years. This topical book exposes the roles played by big business and corrupt governments in creating ..

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Noam Chomsky's first political book, widely considered to be among the most cogent and powerful statements against the American war in Vietnam. Long out of print, this collection of early, seminal essays helped to establish Chomsky as a leading critic of United States foreign policy.

In his most brilliantly provocative writing yet, the radical urban theorist Mike Davis explores the combat zone that is contemporary urban America, the site of a perpetual battle waged within cities and against nature.

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More than ever before meat is making headlines. Contamination cases are on the rise, obesity has become pandemic and industrial livestock farming is the cause of 20% of greenhouse emissions. It is little wonder that vegetarianism has moved from the fringes to the mainstream as evidence accumulates in favour of the many benefits of meatlessness. Multi-plantinum musician Moby, one of the world's ...

A Wartime America Reader. An illuminating documentary history that reveals the effects of US military ventures on more than 100 years of American life.

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Twelve newly-written essays by leading thinkers and experts range over history and continents, offering a nuanced, up-to-the-minute exploration of this wrenching but timely topic. Intended for a general audience, some some of the key questions addressed include how to define torture, whether torture is ever effective, and whether it is ever acceptable. Publishing in conjunction with Human Rights .

Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration. The preeminent political essayist on the disintegration of America's democratic legacy under the Bush presidency.