Lives in Science: How Institutions Affect Academic Careers
What can we learn when we follow people over the years and across the course of their professional lives? Joseph C. Hermanowicz asks this question specifically about scientists and answers it here by tracking fifty-five physicists through different stages of their careers at a variety of universities across the country.
Trainspotting is the hilarious, appalling, riveting, bestselling, and altogether masterful first novel that launched the spectacular career of Irvine Welsh. It is an authentic, unrelenting, and strangely exhilarating group portrait of blasted lives in Edinburgh — as unforgettable a clutch of junkies, rude boys, and nutters as readers will ever encounter.
Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives
Americans’ infatuation with their cars is critiqued in this readable treatment. Replete with the ironic and irrational aspects of owning and driving cars, it partakes of car psychology to deliver its message about the statistical costs of four-wheeled freedom. Emphasizing the attachment of values such as personal independence to car ownership, not to mention self-image and status, Lutz and Fernandez cheerily saunter through automobile advertising and movies to show how mass media exploit people’s desire to buy cars.
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Max, Isabel and Michael have been hiding a secret for their entire lives - that they come from a different planet. When Max is exposed while saving Liz’s life, a girl who attends their high school, it eventually leads to a few others learning their secret. The three aliens and their new friends try to go about their normal lives while trying to discover more about where they come from and how to get home - all while keeping their identities secret...
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Ok! magazine is a mainstay in the celebrity news magazine world. Ok! brings you a weekly diet of star fashion and gossip with exclusive interviews and cover stories. Each issue features a "Week in Photos" section, where you can get a first-hand look into the daily lives of your favorite celebrities while they're out and about—whether they're grabbing food, heading to auditions or attending big premieres, Ok! has them covered.
