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In this searing polemic, Lee Edelman outlines a radically uncompromising new ethics of queer theory. His main target is the all-pervasive figure of the child, which he reads as the linchpin of our uni
From the editors of the successful anthologies "The Hell With Love" and "Kiss Off" comes a third collection of poetry celebrating commitment, passion, and everlasting love. Two-color text.
In this searing polemic, Lee Edelman outlines a radically uncompromising new ethics of queer theory. His main target is the all-pervasive figure of the child, which he reads as the linchpin of our uni
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The unique blend of theory and data in this multidisciplinary book will be of interest to psychologists and academics interested in cognition and organizational behavior, researchers and practitioner
Imagine, at a terrifyingly aggressive rate, everything you regularly use is being equipped with computer technology. Think about your phone, cameras, cars-everything-being automated and programmed by
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Software testing is indispensable and is one of the most discussed topics in software development today. Many companies address this issue by assigning a dedicated software testing phase towards the
When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way thr
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Management scholars Gawer (INSEAD, France) and Cusumano (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) began with a case study of Intel's platform strategies and technologies, then expanded their research to
Lorsch (human relations, Harvard Business School) and Teirney (an executive) analyze the performance of industry leaders in law, accounting, investment banking, advertising, information technology, an
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Richard Longstreth is one of the few historians to focus on ordinary commercialbuildings--buildings usually associated with commercial builders and real estate developers ratherthan architects and thu
Invoking Freud's theory of the life and death instincts as explicated in Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920), the author argues that the death wish was Freud's own defense mechanism against critici
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What arouses an animal or human from an inactive, nonresponsive state to a conditionof activity and responsiveness? What are the biological mechanisms for this change? In this bookDonald W. Pfaff focu
What arouses an animal or human from an inactive, nonresponsive state to a conditionof activity and responsiveness? What are the biological mechanisms for this change? In this bookDonald W. Pfaff focu
Guilt. Criticism. Control. Competition. Anger. If these words reflect your relationship with your mother, then Mama Drama can give you the tools to free yourself from the binds of an unhealthy mother
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When Richard M. Hollingshead Jr. first projected a movie onto a white bedsheet stretched between two trees at his home in Camden, New Jersey, in 1933, little did he know that he was on the verge of cr
