Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-06-29
Dewey code: 930
List Price: $41.95
Price: $37.76
Review Collecting in a Consumer Society (Collecting Cultures) / Routledge:With a new preface, this new paperback edition outlines the history of museum collecting from ancient civilizations to the present. It also looks at aspects of consumer culture - advertising, department stores, mass merchandising, consumer desire, and how this relates to the activity of collecting.
Publication date: 2008-05-24
Dewey code: 640
List Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00
Review 2008 Consumer Action Handbook / Diane Pub Co:
Authors
- Robert Hendrick
- Christopher Parks
- Katrina Welty
List Price: $29.95
Price: $29.95
Review My Healthcare Is Killing Me: A Survival Guide for the American Healthcare Consumer / Westview Publishing, Inc.:Medical costs are out of control and Americans are paying outrageous amounts to cover their medical needs. On top of that, healthcare is filled with medical jargon that is confusing and hard to understand. Most of us quickly get lost - and then billed beyond belief! How can you fight what you don't understand? Well you don't have to be an M. D. or a translator to understand healthcare and get your costs under control. Now, the experts at change:healthcare - who have learned much thanks to their own personal experiences - share what they know about the system and how to survive it. Inside, you'll find how to: · Make sense of your medical bills and EOBs · Negotiate with the big boys - and end up paying less · Find the most reliable service when it comes to your family's health · Spot the differences and cost trade-offs in insurance plans What Other People Have to Say: "My Healthcare is Killing Me does a great service in demystifying some of the complexities of the American healthcare system. It encourages individuals to be engaged in healthcare reform by asking them to become a part of the solution, reminding us that truly changing healthcare will be a responsibility shared by all. " -Clayton McWhorter, Chairman of Clayton Associates "At last a clear, concise, entertaining and practical read on the fundamentals of healthcare in America. Having the facts and figures so clearly laid out has a calming effect. [+]Push aside the piles of paper and read this book first!" -Fred Eberlein, Founder/CEO ReliefInsite. com.
Publication date: 2004-12-31
Dewey code: 640
List Price: $49.95
Price: $49.95
Review Who's Buying Health Care / New Strategist Pubns Inc:
Publication date: 2006-03
Dewey code: 338
List Price: $175.00
Price: $87.27
Review 2006 Michigan Manufacturers Directory / Manufacturers News:
Edition: 2
Publication date: 2006-07-30
Dewey code: 658
List Price: $53.95
Price: $30.00
Review The Experiential Student Team Consulting Process: A Guidebook for Students, Clients & Instructors / Custom Publishing:This book provides a ground-breaking model for the experiential team consulting process. Our model allows for a conceptual understanding of the consulting process and the interactions between and among students, the team, the client, and the instructor. It also provides a hands-on guide to completing the consulting project, with clear examples from a number of award-winning engagements. Experiential courses are multi-disciplined learning experiences and this book will be most helpful for the integrative demands of such a course.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-08-02
Dewey code: 302.5
List Price: $60.00
Price: $30.72
Review The Toothpaste of Immortality: Self-Construction in the Consumer Age (Woodrow Wilson Center Press) / The Johns Hopkins University Press:This lively and insightful account reveals the profound ways in which everyday acts and artifacts of consumer civilization shape our sense of self. Elemér Hankiss shows how human beings act simultaneously in two plays. On the "trivial" surface of their everyday lives they work, make money, raise children, build houses, and do a lot of other things. At the same time, they also act in the "existential" drama of their lives - even if they are not aware of doing so. They construct and reconstruct their selves each day by striving for authenticity, the intense experience of being, dignity, meaning, and the hope of immortality. Hankiss explores this interaction between the trivial and existential, in the process unfolding its context in "consumer civilization. " This concept is brilliantly illustrated in a section entitled "the toothpaste of immortality": "If we watch enough commercials, we believe that this or that special brand of toothpaste preserves our teeth, and - per metonymiam - ourselves, young and beautiful indefinitely. And then, for a fleeting moment, there, in our bathrooms, we experience the sweet and melancholy illusion that we may stay young and beautiful forever; that we may defeat mortality; we may defeat decay and death. "First published to great success in Hungarian, this entertaining and compelling book reveals surprising insights into the challenges and possibilities of self-fulfillment.
Edition: 16th
Publication date: 2002-06
Dewey code: 640
List Price: $295.00
Price: $295.00
Review Newsletters in Print (Newsletters in Print, 16th ed) / Gale Group:
Publication date: 2004-12-31
Dewey code: 640
List Price: $59.95
Price: $45.12
Review Who's Buying Transportation / New Strategist Pubns Inc:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1998-08-31
Dewey code: 301
List Price: $55.95
Price: $31.02
Review Consumerism: As a Way of Life / Sage Publications Ltd:Consumption has dominated research and debate in sociology and cultural studies in the last ten years. Until now, books on consumption have tended to focus on abstract theoretical aspects in a way which students have found hard to relate to their everyday lives. In order to redress the balance, this book addresses the situated, experiential aspects of consumerism as a way of life. It argues that while consumerism has been significant for centuries, it is only more recently and particularly in the aftermath of the Second World War that it has shaped lifestyle and culture. Consumerism: As a Way of Life provides an introduction to the historical and theoretical foundations of consumerism. It then moves on to examine the experience of consumption in the areas of space and place, technology, fashion, `popular' music and sport. Throughout the author brings a critical perspective to bear upon the subject which culminates in a discussion of the ideological implications of consumerism. Miles has produced a student-friendly book. Headings deploying key questions are used throughout and each chapter ends with recommended key readings. This result is a reliable and stimulating guide to a complex and many-sided field. [+]Miles writes with understanding and critical insight. The range of material covered is nicely calculated for undergraduate needs, but the book also operates with a perspective that raises questions which will be of interest to researchers. It is the ideal modular text for courses on the sociology and culture of consumption.
Creator: John Graham
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 2005-10-15
Dewey code: 910
List Price: $49.99
Price: $36.49
Review Where to Wear 2006: Paris, New York, Italy, London; Fashion Shopping From A to Z (Where to Wear: Jet Set) / Where to Wear:The Where To Wear Jet Set 2006 includes four individual books on the shopping meccas of London, Paris, Italy (Rome, Milan and Florence) and New York. Once fashionistas get their hands on it, they will be in retail heaven. The box set makes the perfect gift for shopaholics who think they know where to shop. Just wait and see what they discover.
Authors
- Philip Mussell
- John W. Mussell
Publication date: 2008-09-29
List Price: $32.60
Price: $30.37
Review Medal Yearbook 2009 2009 / Token Publishing Ltd:
Authors
- S.P. Fjestad; Robert Beeman; John B. Allen
List Price: $39.95
Price: $29.95
Review Blue Book 3-Pack CD-ROM / Blue Book Publications, Inc.:At last - the entire contents of the Blue Book of Gun Values, the Blue Book of Airguns, and the Blue Book of Modern Black Powder Arms combined into one easy to use CD-ROM! An outstanding value at only $39. 95, this revolutionary CD-ROM contains all the text, pricing, and over 1,600 images of firearms, airguns, and black powder reproductions and replicas. Includes updated information not available in the printed books. 3 books in one!.
Authors
- Ronald S Jackson
- Herman Casteleyn
Publication date: 1997-01-10
Dewey code: 641.22
List Price: $62.95
Price: $39.84
Review Conserve Water, Drink Wine: Recollections of a Vinous Voyage of Discovery / CRC:Set in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State, Conserve Water, Drink Wine: Recollections of a Vinous Voyage of Discovery guides readers through the annual cycle of wine production from the grape on the vine to the bottle of wine on a menu. The vineyards, wineries, and wine shops of this famous wine-producing region serve as backdrops for the basic steps of both grape culture and the wine production process. The book demonstrates the importance of science in the study and appreciation of wine and provides practical advice on the selection, storage, and aging of wine. It also offers readers insight into the modern techniques in grape cultivation and the production of unique wines.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1993-02-19
Dewey code: 320.51
List Price: $160.00
Price: $95.11
Review Post-Liberalism: Studies in Political Thought / Routledge:Post-Liberalism gives post-liberal theory a definitive content. John Gray considers particular thinkers in the history of political thought, criticizes conventional wisdom-both liberal and socialist-of the Western academic class, and outlines what remains of value in liberalism. His argument states that we should not regret the failure of foundationalist liberalism, since we have all we need in the historic inheritance of the institutions of civil society. He argues that attention should be focused on the practice of liberty that these institutions encompass, rather than on liberal theory.
Creator: John Kuada
Publication date: 2006-03-20
Dewey code: 338
List Price: $35.00
Price: $31.50
Review African Journal of Business and Economic Research (Vol.1 No.1) / Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd:African Journal of Economic and Business Research (AJEBR) is a blind refereed, high quality international journal that provides a forum for the publication of articles from academics, business practitioners, and policy makers. The journal aims to advance both theoretical and empirical research, inform policies and practices, and improve understanding of how economic and business decisions shape the lives of Africans. The journal accepts papers that may have a continental, regional or country focus. It is also envisaged that occasional special issues of AJEBR will be devoted to thematic topics or to sub-regions or countries. The journal is published three times a year, with one of these being a monograph. In addition, subscribers get a free book, which published every other year by the editors of the journal. Subscribers for the year 2006 will get a free copy of the book: Internationalisation and Enterprise Development in Ghana edited by the journal's editor, John Kuada, who is an Associate Professor, Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. For details of the book, see: http://www. adonisandabbey. com/book_detail. [+]php?bookid=56¤cy=.
Publication date: 1997-10
Dewey code: 331.2973
List Price: $52.50
Price: $43.85
Review A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society / Cornell University Press:
Authors
- Mary Faye Ward
- Patsy Hall Sargent
Publication date: 1995-11-30
Dewey code: 650
List Price: $33.95
Price: $30.55
Review Midtown Bank: A Bank Teller Simulation / South-Western Educational Pub:Now your students can learn up-to-date banking skills right at the computer with this realistic bank teller simulation. Students learn the mechanics of receiving, distributing, and accounting for money in a financial institution setting.
Edition: Largeprint
Publication date: 1999-04
Dewey code: 640
List Price: $50.00
Price: $36.50
Review Funding for Persons With Visual Impairments, 1999 / Reference Service Press:
Edition: illustrated edition
Publication date: 2005-07-26
Dewey code: 745
List Price: $30.99
Price: $30.99
Review Price Guide for Collectible Playing Cards: Non-standard / Xlibris Corporation:Playing cards have been around a thousand years or more and are infinite in their variety. This makes playing cards and complete decks rich in history and every bit as collectible as coins and postage stamps. The Price Guide for Collectible Playing Cards is intended to be a basic resource for collectors of playing cards and decks of playing cards and to give at least some idea of what different decks of cards may be worth among other collectors. Volume I presents examples of different decks in the categories of Advertising, Humor, Patience, Pinup, and Transportation. Volume II presents examples of different decks in the categories of Standard and Souvenir. Volume III presents examples of different decks categorized as Non-Standard.
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Collecting in a Consumer Society (Collecting Cultures), 2008 Consumer Action Handbook, My Healthcare Is Killing Me: A Survival Guide for the American Healthcare Consumer, Who's Buying Health Care, 2006 Michigan Manufacturers Directory, The Experiential Student Team Consulting Process: A Guidebook for Students, Clients & Instructors, The Toothpaste of Immortality: Self-Construction in the Consumer Age (Woodrow Wilson Center Press), Newsletters in Print (Newsletters in Print, 16th ed), Who's Buying Transportation, Consumerism: As a Way of Life, Where to Wear 2006: Paris, New York, Italy, London; Fashion Shopping From A to Z (Where to Wear: Jet Set), Medal Yearbook 2009 2009, Blue Book 3-Pack CD-ROM, Conserve Water, Drink Wine: Recollections of a Vinous Voyage of Discovery, Post-Liberalism: Studies in Political Thought, African Journal of Business and Economic Research (Vol.1 No.1), A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society, Midtown Bank: A Bank Teller Simulation, Funding for Persons With Visual Impairments, 1999, Price Guide for Collectible Playing Cards: Non-standardTop headlines: How Martian clouds create snowfall: Scientists say the Red Planet's scant snow falls from clouds that are similar to the thin clouds of ice crystals seen over Earth's polar regions. ›20:15 2 Jul, Thu Will Knicks Scandal Affect Cablevision?: Jimmy Dolan's sports empire is a humiliation. 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