Category: Educational

Reading Deadwood: A Western to Swear By by David Lavery
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Overview: With the debut of Deadwood on HBO, a vision of the Old West emerged that was unlike anything done before on TV. David Milch, also the creator of NYPD Blue, imbued the series with his signature use of harsh language, complex storylines and shocking acts of violence. The characters he created redefined the hackneyed stereotypes of the Western genre, from the harassed but defiant Mr. Wu, to the murderous, ferociously funny Al Swearengen, to the whiskey-drinking Calamity Jane who’s only too happy to help her friend run the new brothel in town.

Reading Deadwood offers an entertaining and eye-opening look into everything from the use of profanity, the characters and the way the show bends the genre, to subjects like prostitution, race and the making of American civil society. Complete with episode and character guides, no fan of Deadwood–and no one interested in Westerns–should be without this book.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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Dirty Words in Deadwood: Literature and the Postwestern by Melody Graulich & Nicolas S. Witschi
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Overview: Dirty Words in Deadwood showcases literary analyses of the Deadwood television series by leading western American literary critics. Whereas previous reaction to the series has largely addressed the question of historical accuracy rather than intertextuality or literary complexity, Melody Graulich and Nicolas S. Witschi’s edited volume brings a much-needed perspective to Deadwood’s representation of the frontier West.

As Graulich observes in her introduction: “With its emotional coherence, compelling characterizations, compressed structural brilliance, moral ambiguity, language experiments, interpretation of the past, relevance to the present and engagement with its literary forebears, Deadwood is an aesthetic triumph as historical fiction and, like much great literature, makes a case for the humanistic value of storytelling.”

From previously unpublished interviews with series creator David Milch to explorations of sexuality, disability, cinematic technique and western narrative, this collection focuses on Deadwood as a series ultimately about the imagination, as a verbal and visual construct and as a literary masterpiece that richly rewards close analysis and interpretation.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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The Sustainability Myth: Environmental Gentrification and the Politics of Justice by Melissa Checker
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Overview: Uncovers the hidden costs and contradictions of sustainable policies in an era driven by real estate development

From state-of-the-art parks to rooftop gardens, efforts to transform New York City’s unsightly industrial waterfronts into green, urban oases have received much public attention. In The Sustainability Myth, Melissa Checker uncovers the hidden costs―and contradictions―of the city’s ambitious sustainability agenda in light of its equally ambitious redevelopment imperatives.

Focusing on industrial waterfronts and historically underserved places like Harlem and Staten Island’s North Shore, Checker takes an in-depth look at the dynamics of environmental gentrification, documenting the symbiosis between eco-friendly initiatives and high-end redevelopment and its impact on out-of-the-way, non-gentrifying neighborhoods. At the same time, she highlights the valiant efforts of local environmental justice activists who work across racial, economic, and political divides to challenge sustainability’s false promises and create truly viable communities.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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The Matrixial Brain: Experiments in Reality by Paul Chaplin
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Overview: Matrixial Logic: Forms of Inequality provided a revolutionary new analysis of how we actually think. How the logic of reality and the logic of the mind actually work.

Secret Self: Finding the Power of You was the companion volume. In Secret Self a radical new Systems Architecture of the human Self was presented. Making sense at last of how we think and feel. How we can think governs what we can think.

Both books are filled with brain experiment "Experiences". Readers are able to try the Experiences themselves and so gain a much greater insight into the ideas discussed in the books.

Key Experiences from Matrixial Logic and Secret Self were turned into three sets of Experiments. An independent research company formed three cohorts of 30 test subjects each, providing 90 test subjects in total.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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Image-Guided Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery; A Practical Approach to Guide Treatment of Brain and Spine Tumors; Second Edition by Arjun Sahgal
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Overview: Following recent developments in hypofractionated stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) for brain and spine tumors, this new edition offers a fully updated and comprehensive "how-to" guidance on hypofractionated SRT for brain and spine metastases, glioma, benign tumors, and other tumor types. Presenting the state of the art of the technology and practice, this book:
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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