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Ecology of Fear
Counterpointing Los Angeles's central role in America's fantasy life - the city has been destroyed no less than 138 times in novels and films since 1909 - with its wanton denial of …
City of Quartz
No metropolis has been more loved or more hated. To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together." To detractors, LA is a sunlit mortuary where "you can rot without …
Slum : världens storstäder
Mer än en miljard människor bor i slum. I denna klartänkta och vittfamnande bok utforskar Mike Davis denna ojämlika och instabila värld. Han följer den från sextiotalets "hoppfulla …
B.p.r.d. Hell On Earth Volume 1
Magical Urbanism
Winner of the 2001 Carey McWilliams AwardIs the capital of Latin America a small island at the mouth of the Hudson River? Will California soon hold the balance of power in Mexican …
The Renaissance Diet 2.0
The Renaissance Diet 2.0 is not a fad. Instead, this hands-on guide presents a sports nutrition approach to eating for fat loss, muscle gain, and enhanced sport performance by …
Late Victorian Holocausts
Examining a series of El Niño-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful …
Pocket Guide to Teaching for Clinical Instructors
The Pocket Guide to Teaching for Clinical Instructors, 3rd edition, provides a concise introduction to teaching. Written by experienced medical educators from the Advanced Life …
Set the Night on Fire
Histories of the US sixties invariably focus on New York City, but Los Angeles was an epicenter of that decade's political and social earthquake. L.A. was a launchpad for Black …
Daily Strength
Daily Strength, a year-long devotional, walks Christian men through Scripture passages that speak to their most pressing issues. Each single-page daily reading features a short …
Pig and the Skyscraper
"e;You expect the city of Al Capone and what you find are pleasant boulevards coursing up and down between the neo-classical buildings of the 1893 Universal Exhibition ... The …
Los Angeles : Utgrävning av framtiden
Ingen världsstad har blivit mer älskad och mer hatad än Los Angeles. Entusiasterna hävdar att den har allt. Belackarna ser den som en ständigt solbelyst avstjälpningsplats där …