White Shotgun: The Sicilian Mafia in Their Own Words
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Lupara bianca ('White Shotgun') -- an Italian term that refers to a Mafia-style killing, in which no...
Simply Thrilled: The Preposterous Story of Postcard Records
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They had just a few hundred pounds, one band missing a drummer, a sock drawer for an office, more...
The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir
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Powerfully evocative, Coates recalls life of struggle on the edge of chaos, and what is was like to...
Louise Thompson Patterson: A Life of Struggle for Justice
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Born in 1901, Louise Thompson Patterson was a leading and transformative figure in radical African...
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
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ONE OF AMAZON'S TOP 100 BOOKS OF 2014 Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Paabo's...
Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks
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How did openness become a foundational value for the networks of the twenty-first century? Open...
Glasgow Airport Through Time
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The history of Glasgow Airport goes back to 1932, when the present site at Abbotsinch was opened and...
Agents of Neoliberal Globalization: Corporate Networks, State Structures, and Trade Policy
Michael C. Dreiling and Derek Y. Darves
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Depictions of globalization commonly recite a story of a market unleashed, bringing Big Macs and...
In the Company of Evil thirty Years of California Crime, 1950-1980
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California's picturesque shores have always been a magnet for outcasts and criminals. Read about 64...
Industrial Society and the Sci-Fi Blockbuster: Social Critique in Films of Lucas, Scott and Cameron
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Can blockbuster films be socially relevant or are they just escapist diversions to entertain the...