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  Viral Cultures - Activist...

  Marika Cifor

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  Serving as a vital supplement to the existing scholarship on AIDS activism of the 1980s and 1990s, Viral Cultures is the first book to critically examine the archives that have helped preserve and create the legacy of those radical activities. Marika Cifor charts the efforts activists, archivists, and curators have made to document the work of AIDS activism in the United States and the infrastructure developed to maintain it, safeguarding the material for future generations to remember these social movements and to revitalize the epidemic's past in order to remake the present and future of AIDS. 
   
   
   
  Drawing on large institutional archives such as the New York Public Library, as well as those developed by small, community-based organizations, this work of archival ethnography details how contemporary activists, artists, and curators use these records to build on the cultural legacy of AIDS activism to challenge the conditions of injustice that continue to undergird current AIDS crises. Cifor analyzes the various power structures through which these archives are mediated, demonstrating how ideology shapes the nature of archival material and how it is accessed and used. Positioning vital nostalgia as both a critical faculty and a generative practice, this book explores the act of saving this activist past and reanimating it in the digital age.

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  Works and Customs in Palestine...

  Gustaf Dalman

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  Volume II follows daily agricultural work step by step, from the preparation of the field to the green cut preceding the harvest, with descriptions of the geological evolution of the Palestinian agricultural land, its different kinds of soil, various methods of artificial irrigation, methods of land division, measurement and demarcation and much more. Volume II also includes a comprehensive list and description of all field and garden plants, of when and how they are planted, as well as their culinary and medicinal uses and cooking methods.

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  The Lie of Be Yourself

  Vera Mindvell

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Deconstruct the dangerous myth of authenticity that dominates modern culture. This provocative analysis reveals how the advice to 'be yourself' oversimplifies human nature, ignores social context, and sets people up for failure. Discover why successful people adapt strategically rather than remaining rigidly authentic to some fixed self-concept. Learn how flexibility, growth, contextual awareness, and strategic self-presentation create better outcomes than stubborn adherence to a singular identity everyone encourages you to find and express. Explore the history of authenticity as cultural value, why it emerged in consumer capitalism, and how it serves commercial interests more than human flourishing. Understand that you contain multitudes, contradictions, and possibilities that no single authentic self could encompass. Freedom comes from embracing complexity, not finding simplicity.

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  Running After Paradise - Hope...

  Colleen M. Scanlan Lyons

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  Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is a paradise to many. In Southern Bahia, surfers, billionaires, travelers, and hippies mingle with environmentalists, family farmers, quilombolas (descendants of formerly enslaved people), and nativos, or “locals.” Each of these groups has connections to the unique environment, culture, and character of this region as their home, their source of a livelihood, or perhaps their vacation escape. And while these connections sometimes converge, at other times they clash. 
  The pressures on this tropical forest are palpable, and people’s responses to these pressures are also varied. What was once the state’s economic mainstay, cacao production, is only now beginning to make a comeback after a disease decimated the crops of large and small farmers alike. Tourism, another economic hope, is susceptible to economic crises and pandemics. And the threat of a massive state-led infrastructure project involving mining, a railroad, and an international port has loomed over the region for well over a decade. 
  Southern Bahia is at a crossroads: develop a sustainable, forest-based economy or risk losing the identity and soul of this place forevermore. Through the lives of environmentalists, farmers, quilombolas, and nativos—people who are in and of this place—this book brings the people alive who are grappling with this dilemma. 
  Anthropologist Colleen M. Scanlan Lyons brings the eye of a storyteller to present this complex struggle, weaving in her own challenges of balancing family and fieldwork alongside the stories of the people who live in this dynamic region. Intertwined tales, friendships, and hope emerge as people both struggle to sustain their lives in a biodiversity hotspot and strive to create their paradise. 
  For those interested, this book is also available in e-book and physical print formats, which contain the table of contents, maps, acknowledgements, pictures of the people and stories featured, footnotes, references, and an index.

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  The Dawn of Day

  Friedrich Nietzsche

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  "The Dawn of Day" (also translated as "Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality") is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche, published in 1881. In this book, Nietzsche explores various themes related to morality, culture, religion, and human psychology. He critiques traditional moral values and advocates for a reevaluation of societal norms and beliefs. Nietzsche's writing style in "The Dawn of Day" is characterized by aphoristic statements and provocative insights.

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  Mad Max and Philosophy -...

  William Irwin

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  Beneath the stylized violence and thrilling car crashes, the Mad Max films consider universal questions about the nature of human life, order and anarchy, justice and moral responsibility, society and technology, and ultimately, human redemption. In Mad Max and Philosophy, a diverse team of political scientists, historians, and philosophers investigates the underlying themes of the blockbuster movie franchise, following Max as he attempts to rebuild himself and the world. 
   
   
   
  This book guides you through the barren wastelands of a post-apocalyptic future as you explore ethics and politics in The Wasteland, the importance of costumes and music, humankind's relationship with nature, commerce, gender, religion, madness, and more. 
   
   
   
  ● Covers all of George Miller's Mad Max films 
   
   
   
  ● Discusses connections between Mad Max and major philosophers 
   
   
   
  ● Follows Max's journey from policeman and family man to lost soul in search of redemption 
   
   
   
  ● Examines the future of technology and possible impacts on society, the environment, and access to natural resources 
   
   
   
  ● Delves into feminist themes and relationships between power and procreation

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