The Space of Appearance by George Baird, ISBN 0262523434
Combining history, theory, and polemic, George Baird probes the conceptual lineage and current expressions of postmodernism and the critique of modernist architecture over the past four decades, revealing the general failure to develop an architecture that is politically engaged and affirmative of the public sphere. Hannah Arendt's imperative of worldliness plays a pivotal role in Baird's reading of what has come to be called architecture's belief system. It is not enough, he argues, to reject the totalizing models that have been typical both of modernism and of many of its postmodern successors. Rather it is necessary to construct a public "space of appearance" that is large and diverse enough to make places for all of us. Baird stakes out clearly and sharply the recent history of ideas that bear on the field, recovering influences and ideas that have been omitted from standard histories of modernism. The period since 1960 has seen the collapse of the conditions that shored up modern architecture, as conventionally understood, and has also seen modernism succeeded by a whole series of tentative alternatives, none of which has successfully achieved the decisive legitimacy that modernism once held. After an introduction that situates architecture's current dilemmas within the broader currents of cultural theory, The Space of Appearance focuses on specific historical episodes or developments. Each chapter outlines a different controversy or series of controversies, or depicts the gradual and insidious erosion of certain firmly held architectural beliefs. Each chapter is also structured around a conceptual account of issues that have evolved in contemporary cultural theory since theinterventions of Arendt in the 1950s.
After Mastectomy by Rosalind Dolores Benedet, ISBN 1886039615
Guidance for the personal and medical sturgtles a woman faces after breast removal This sensitive medical book balances the emotional and biological challenges a woman faces during the post-operation stage of breast cancer by offering wisdom and practical advice. Issues addressed include recovering at home, coping emotionally, and redefining body image. Prosthetics, reconstructive surgery, nutrition, exercise, lymphedema, and follow-up treatment are also discussed.
After Mastectomy by Rosalind Dolores Benedet, ISBN 1886039615 
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The Voices
A story of incantatory beauty set in the wilds of Australia, Susan Elderkin's second novel The Voices has earned her the distinction from Granta as one of the Best Young British Writers Under 40. In the remote, blood red dust of the Australian bush, thirteen-year-old Billy Saint turns to the stark landscape and mesmerizing spirits of the native Aborigines for the companionship he lacks at home. When he is befriended by Maisie, an enigmatic Aboriginal girl who has "sung him up," he slowly comes to realize that he is meddling with powers far beyond his control. Ten years later, Billy lies in a hospital bed, recovering from gruesome wounds of mysterious origin. Shifting between his hospital stay and the childhood that led him there, The Voices unfolds into a haunting exploration of the relationship between a white man, the land he loves, and the native spirits of the country struggling to be heard before they are lost forever.
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James Bond Jr: Dance Of The Toreadors (Full Frame)
Ole! for James Jr.! When danger is around, he's ready to take the bull by the horns.
The teenaged crime fighter and his pals travel to Pamplona, Spain; there, evil weapons dealer Baron Von Skarin uses a stolen array of super-powered computer chips in a scheme to extort a fortune.
But the city's famed "Running of the Bulls" festival may provide James with a daring way of recovering the chips.
James Bond Jr: Dance Of The Toreadors (Full Frame)
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Frisco Foxes
After recovering the dies for the U.S. $20 gold piece--a counterfeiter's dream--Spur McCoy rides toward San Francisco to return the dies, only to come face to face with a sinister secret agent and a bodacious blond. Reissue.
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The Space of Appearance by George Baird, ISBN 0262523434
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