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Make Room for TV

Make Room For TV combines a powerful analysis of growth of electronic culture with a nuanced soci...

The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells, Volume 1

Preface to the Second Edition Preface Table of Spells List of Papyri in Preisendanz List of New P...

The Next Supercontinent

'You have heard of Pangea, the single landmass that broke apart some 175 million years ago to giv...

Edge of Irony

Among the brilliant writers and thinkers who emerged from the multicultural and multilingual worl...

Time in Maps

'The new field of spatial history has been driven by digital mapping tools that can readily show ...

On the Run

War on Drugs has done almost nothing to prevent drugs from being sold or used, but it has nonethe...

Pilgrimage to Dollywood

A star par excellence, Dolly Parton is one of country music's most likable personalities. Even a ...

The Origins of Cool in Postwar America

Future Remains

What can a pesticide pump, a jar full of sand, or an old calico print tell us about the Anthropoc...

The Scientific Journal

Not since the printing press has a media object been as celebrated for its role in the advancemen...

Looking for The Stranger

A New York Times Notable Book. A literary exploration that is 'surely destined to become the quin...

The Ghosts of Berlin

'Written in a clear and elegant style, The Ghosts of Berlin is... a superb guide to this process ...