Elizabeth Winter
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One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life
This deftly crafted history will leave readers with a rich understanding of the subject and even some curiosity about its potential application to their own lives.
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Wal-Mart Wars: Moral Populism in the Twenty-First Century
This is first-rate sociology, deftly packaged to offer insight for both academic and popular audiences. Social advocacy groups would do well to look to Massengill's findings for advice on crafting their messages on economic issues.
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The Last Gun: How Changes in the Gun Industry Are Killing Americans and What It Will Take To Stop It
Gun-control activists will welcome this book, which will also find a broader audience given the renewed interest in a national gun-control debate in the wake of the Aurora, Newtown, and other recent shootings.
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Island: How Islands Transform the World
A loosely structured wealth of information for island enthusiasts.
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Star Wars and History
This approach is a compelling and productive way to interest students—and Star Wars fans—in history. Recommended for buffs of the film or of history, and to high school history students.
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The Slumbering Masses: Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life
The Marxist/deconstructive critique in this work makes it better suited to academic readers who share Wolf-Meyer's presuppositions than to those who may wish for a direct discussion of sleep and sleep disorders. A fascinating scholarly approach that will cause readers to question some of the givens regarding sleep habits in American culture.
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Tye is an excellent storyteller, and this work is thoroughly researched. The result is a rich history full of lively heroes and villains—much like a comic book. Essential for Superman fans and popular culture historians.
Superman
Tye is an excellent storyteller, and this work is thoroughly researched. The result is a rich history full of lively heroes and villains—much like a comic book. Essential for Superman fans and popular culture historians.
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Straphanger
An exceptionally well-written look at a topic that affects us all. Enriching for transit fanatics and for academic study of transportation history or urban planning. [See Prepub Alert, 10/21/11.]
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Scapegoat
An entertaining look at a disturbing sociological phenomenon. Recommended to students of human nature who want insight into this all-too-common practice.
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