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A blood stained shower curtain, a lighter that shows an airplane aboutto collide with the Twin Towers, plush slippers shaped like penises: the world of commodities today is marked by stylistic diversity, irony, and trash there are no limits on so-called bad taste. This book attempts to get to the bottom of the current fascination with the disgusting, the grotesque, and the provocative.Products from the most disparate realms are juxtaposed on facing pages. The result is confrontations that are sometimes surprising, with a fascination all their own. Introductoryessays by prominent authors shed additional light on wide-ranging aspects of design, morality, and irony. It is not just tasteless items that are placed under the microscope; politically incorrect ones have their place in this volume as well. |
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Dreamboat on Word: Word 2000 Word 2002 Word 2003 (On Office series)This book demonstrates Microsoft Word's frequently missed tools and the proper way to use new, existing tools. Coverage includes safe fonts, sharing templates, styles and toolbars, creating paper/paperless forms, and much more.
Written for intermediate- to expert-level Microsoft Word users, this book demonstrates frequently missed tools... | | | | Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary SourcesCrime, and the issues that relate to it, arouse compelling curiosity and fervent debate. In the human psyche, crimes and their underlying motives often capture equal measures of fascination and revulsion. In the media, criminals are both condemned and granted celebrity. Accordingly, the readings and resources offered in Crime and Punishment:... |
| | Basic Training in ChemistryBasic Training in Chemistry is unique in that it gathers into one source the essential information that is usually widely dispersed. This book can be used as a quick reference guide to the different disciplines of Chemistry: the areas covered are General, Inorganic, Organic, and Instrumental Analysis. Although comprehensive in nature, Basic... | | GameSalad Beginner's Guide
In July 2008, Apple revolutionized mobile entertainment. They brought us the App Store.
This was not only incredible for those who owned "iDevices" (iPod Touch, iPhone, and so on),
who could now download apps and games to make their device even more entertaining, but
it opened up a new scope for developers. The incredible... |
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