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Taco

Object Lessons

by Prof. Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado ...

Narrated by Michel Issa Rubio ...

Series series Object Lessons
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3 hours 23 min

Bloomsbury presents Taco by Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, read by Michel Issa RubioObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Taco is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City native. In a narrative that moves from Mexico to the United States and back, Sánchez Prado discusses the definition of the taco, the question of ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Taco by Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, read by Michel Issa RubioObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Taco is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City native. In a narrative that moves from Mexico to the United States and back, Sánchez Prado discusses the definition of the taco, the question of
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Twitter and Tear Gas

by Amit Varma ...

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Series Audiobook 12 - The Book Club with Amit Varma
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12 min

What does Shaheen Bagh have in common with Tahrir Square in Egypt and Gezi Park in Istanbul? A lot! In episode 12 of The Book Club, Amit Varma discusses 'Twitter and Tear Gas' by Zeynep Tufekci, which looks at the similarity in citizen protests across the world over the last decade. ... Read more

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What does Shaheen Bagh have in common with Tahrir Square in Egypt and Gezi Park in Istanbul? A lot! In episode 12 of The Book Club, Amit Varma discusses 'Twitter and Tear Gas' by Zeynep Tufekci, which looks at the similarity in citizen protests across the world over the last decade.
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Limits of Critique, The

by Rita Felski ...

Narrated by Auto-narrated ...

Unabridged

8 hours 7 min

Why must critics unmask and demystify literary works? Why do they believe that language is always withholding some truth, that the critic’s task is to reveal the unsaid or repressed? In this book, Rita Felski examines critique, the dominant form of interpretation in literary studies, and situates it as but one method among many, a method with strong allure—but also definite limits.Felski argues ... Read more

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Why must critics unmask and demystify literary works? Why do they believe that language is always withholding some truth, that the critic’s task is to reveal the unsaid or repressed? In this book, Rita Felski examines critique, the dominant form of interpretation in literary studies, and situates it as but one method among many, a method with strong allure—but also definite limits.Felski argues
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L'arte della narrazione: Perché alcune storie ci restano dentro molto tempo dopo la fine

by Vittoria Pieroni ...

Narrated by Vittoria Pieroni ...

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2 hours 14 min

Esplora la profonda psicologia dello storytelling per decodificare perché la memoria emotiva di un racconto ci cambia. Perfetto per chi cerca un ascolto intimo durante gli spostamenti quotidiani, questo saggio illumina il nostro paesaggio interiore. Invece di focalizzarsi sulla fredda meccanica della trama, indaga il legame viscerale tra l'arco narrativo e la nostra personale ricerca di ... Read more

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Esplora la profonda psicologia dello storytelling per decodificare perché la memoria emotiva di un racconto ci cambia. Perfetto per chi cerca un ascolto intimo durante gli spostamenti quotidiani, questo saggio illumina il nostro paesaggio interiore. Invece di focalizzarsi sulla fredda meccanica della trama, indaga il legame viscerale tra l'arco narrativo e la nostra personale ricerca di
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The Romantic Manifesto

A Philosophy of Literature

by Ayn Rand ...

Narrated by Bernadette Dunne ...

Unabridged

7 hours 22 min

In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned collection of essays, Ayn Rand throws new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again, Rand demonstrates her bold originality and her refusal to let popular catchphrases and conventional ideas define her sense of the truth.In her ethics AynRand extolled the virtue of selfishness—and in her theory of art she was no less ... Read more

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In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned collection of essays, Ayn Rand throws new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again, Rand demonstrates her bold originality and her refusal to let popular catchphrases and conventional ideas define her sense of the truth.In her ethics AynRand extolled the virtue of selfishness—and in her theory of art she was no less
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Semicolon

The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

by Cecelia Watson ...

Narrated by Pam Ward ...

Unabridged

3 hours 47 min

A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care?In Semicolon, Cecelia Watson charts the rise and fall of this infamous punctuation ... Read more

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A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care?In Semicolon, Cecelia Watson charts the rise and fall of this infamous punctuation
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Earth

Object Lessons

by Professor Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Profsesor Linda T. Elkins-Tanton ...

Narrated by Mack Gordon, Rachel Handshaw ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

3 hours 15 min

Bloomsbury presents Earth by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, read by Rachel Handshaw and Mack Gordon.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In Earth, a planetary scientist and a literary humanist explore what happens when we think of the Earth as an object viewable from space. As a “blue marble,” “a blue pale dot,” ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Earth by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, read by Rachel Handshaw and Mack Gordon.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In Earth, a planetary scientist and a literary humanist explore what happens when we think of the Earth as an object viewable from space. As a “blue marble,” “a blue pale dot,”
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Against Progress

by Slavoj Žižek ...

Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

Series series Žižek's Essays
Unabridged

4 hours 13 min

To define 'progress' is to lay claim to the future. Seminal thinker Slavoj Žižek turns essayist to interrogate the competing visions which form the horizons of human possibility and ask: Can things, which have never seemed worse, get better? What would a better world be? And how, when we are constantly besieged by doomers, degrowthers and disorienting relativisms can we make any headway at all in ... Read more

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To define 'progress' is to lay claim to the future. Seminal thinker Slavoj Žižek turns essayist to interrogate the competing visions which form the horizons of human possibility and ask: Can things, which have never seemed worse, get better? What would a better world be? And how, when we are constantly besieged by doomers, degrowthers and disorienting relativisms can we make any headway at all in
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Magazine

Object Lessons

by Prof Jeff Jarvis ...

Narrated by Prof Jeff Jarvis ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

3 hours 29 min

Bloomsbury presents Magazine, written and read by Jeff Jarvis.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.For a century, magazines were the authors of culture and taste, of intelligence and policy — until they were overthrown by the voices of the public themselves online. Here is a tribute to all that magazines were, from their origins in London and on Ben ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Magazine, written and read by Jeff Jarvis.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.For a century, magazines were the authors of culture and taste, of intelligence and policy — until they were overthrown by the voices of the public themselves online. Here is a tribute to all that magazines were, from their origins in London and on Ben
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The Interpretation Of Cultures

by Clifford Geertz ...

Narrated by Tim Dixon ...

Unabridged

21 hours 3 min

One of the twentieth century's most influential books, this classic work of anthropology offers a groundbreaking exploration of what culture isWith The Interpretation of Cultures, the distinguished anthropologist Clifford Geertz developed the concept of thick description, and in so doing, he virtually rewrote the rules of his field. Culture, Geertz argues, does not drive human behavior. Rather, it ... Read more

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One of the twentieth century's most influential books, this classic work of anthropology offers a groundbreaking exploration of what culture isWith The Interpretation of Cultures, the distinguished anthropologist Clifford Geertz developed the concept of thick description, and in so doing, he virtually rewrote the rules of his field. Culture, Geertz argues, does not drive human behavior. Rather, it
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Contra el fascismo

by Umberto Eco ...

Narrated by Eugenio Barona ...

Unabridged

43 min

Las catorce claves de Umberto Eco para reconocer el fascismo: un manifiesto urgente.«Umberto Eco cambió nuestra mirada sobre los libros: imprescindibles, pequeños, frágiles, a veces criminales, casi siempre salvadores. Un maestro que nos enseñó a entrelazar la sabiduría y el juego con su estilo sagaz y lúdico, con su asombrosa inventiva y certera lucidez.»Irene Vallejo«Uno de los pensadores más ... Read more

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Las catorce claves de Umberto Eco para reconocer el fascismo: un manifiesto urgente.«Umberto Eco cambió nuestra mirada sobre los libros: imprescindibles, pequeños, frágiles, a veces criminales, casi siempre salvadores. Un maestro que nos enseñó a entrelazar la sabiduría y el juego con su estilo sagaz y lúdico, con su asombrosa inventiva y certera lucidez.»Irene Vallejo«Uno de los pensadores más
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Contemporary Fiction

A Very Short Introduction

by Robert Eaglestone ...

Unabridged

3 hours 59 min

Contemporary fiction is a wide and diverse field, now global in dimension, with an enormous range of novels and writers that continues to grow at a fantastic speed.In this Very Short Introduction, Robert Eaglestone provides a clear and engaging exploration of the major themes, patterns, and debates of contemporary fiction. From genre, form, and experimentalism to the legacies of modernism and ... Read more

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Contemporary fiction is a wide and diverse field, now global in dimension, with an enormous range of novels and writers that continues to grow at a fantastic speed.In this Very Short Introduction, Robert Eaglestone provides a clear and engaging exploration of the major themes, patterns, and debates of contemporary fiction. From genre, form, and experimentalism to the legacies of modernism and
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L'arte di raccontare

by Cesare De Marchi, Cesare De Marchi ...

Narrated by Enrico Ballardini ...

Unabridged

1 hour 52 min

Dopo la pubblicazione del saggio Romanzi. Leggerli, scriverli (2007), l'autore torna a riflettere sul genere letterario romanzo e raccoglie una serie di considerazioni condotte sul duplice versante della lettura e della scrittura. I romanzi, questi oggetti di «sostanza immaginaria», non sono che «un movimento di parole»: ogni testo è un movimento verbale, e il movimento specifico del testo ... Read more

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Dopo la pubblicazione del saggio Romanzi. Leggerli, scriverli (2007), l'autore torna a riflettere sul genere letterario romanzo e raccoglie una serie di considerazioni condotte sul duplice versante della lettura e della scrittura. I romanzi, questi oggetti di «sostanza immaginaria», non sono che «un movimento di parole»: ogni testo è un movimento verbale, e il movimento specifico del testo
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Ojos herejes

Crónicas sobre la belleza para lectores rebeldes

by Sergio Rodríguez Blanco ...

Narrated by Fabián García ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

En catorce crónicas, que son también ensayos sobre literatura y arte desde o sobre México, Ojos herejes examina los procesos intelectuales de la creación y cuestiona la momentánea fe que nos exige el arte.El itinerario de Sergio Rodríguez Blanco nos recuerda a las mejores páginas de sus dos modelos del viajero intelectual: el José Vasconcelos del Ulises criollo y el Sergio Pitol de El arte de la ... Read more

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En catorce crónicas, que son también ensayos sobre literatura y arte desde o sobre México, Ojos herejes examina los procesos intelectuales de la creación y cuestiona la momentánea fe que nos exige el arte.El itinerario de Sergio Rodríguez Blanco nos recuerda a las mejores páginas de sus dos modelos del viajero intelectual: el José Vasconcelos del Ulises criollo y el Sergio Pitol de El arte de la
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Metronome

Object Lessons

by Matthew H. Birkhold ...

Narrated by Chris Gaines ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

3 hours 13 min

Bloomsbury presents Metronome by Matthew H. Birkhold, read by Chris GainesObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.When the metronome was invented in 1815, it transformed the music world. Composers and musicians now had a tool that could help them maintain a precise and consistent tempo. And while giants of classical music like Beethoven early embraced ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Metronome by Matthew H. Birkhold, read by Chris GainesObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.When the metronome was invented in 1815, it transformed the music world. Composers and musicians now had a tool that could help them maintain a precise and consistent tempo. And while giants of classical music like Beethoven early embraced
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Pub

Object Lessons

by Professor Philip Howell ...

Narrated by Tim Frances ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

2 hours 44 min

Bloomsbury presents Pub by Philip Howell, read by Tim Frances"Erudite, quirky, and amusing." Sebastian FaulksObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The pub is an English institution. Yet its history has been obscured by myth and nostalgia. In this unique book, Philip Howell takes the public house as an object, or rather as a series of objects: he takes ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Pub by Philip Howell, read by Tim Frances"Erudite, quirky, and amusing." Sebastian FaulksObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The pub is an English institution. Yet its history has been obscured by myth and nostalgia. In this unique book, Philip Howell takes the public house as an object, or rather as a series of objects: he takes
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Literary Theory

The Basics

by Hans Bertens ...

Narrated by Nigel Anthony ...

Unabridged

9 hours 47 min

This third edition of Hans Bertens’ bestselling book is an essential guide to the often confusing and complicated world of literary theory. Exploring a broad range of topics from Marxist and feminist criticism to postmodernism and new historicism Literary Theory: The Basics covers contemporary topics including:reception theory and reader response theorythe new criticism of postmodernismthe ‘after ... Read more

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This third edition of Hans Bertens’ bestselling book is an essential guide to the often confusing and complicated world of literary theory. Exploring a broad range of topics from Marxist and feminist criticism to postmodernism and new historicism Literary Theory: The Basics covers contemporary topics including:reception theory and reader response theorythe new criticism of postmodernismthe ‘after
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Hotel

Object Lessons

by Joanna Walsh ...

Narrated by Stephanie Racine ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

4 hours 4 min

Bloomsbury presents Hotel by Joanna Walsh, read by Stephanie Racine.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.During the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a job as a hotel reviewer, and began to gravitate towards places designed as alternatives to home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymity, privacy…hotels are where our desires go on ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Hotel by Joanna Walsh, read by Stephanie Racine.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.During the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a job as a hotel reviewer, and began to gravitate towards places designed as alternatives to home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymity, privacy…hotels are where our desires go on
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Modern Genre Theory

An Introduction for Biblical Studies

by Andrew Judd ...

Narrated by Les Horovitz ...

Unabridged

9 hours 29 min

How a better understanding of genre leads to a better understanding of the biblical text.The Bible, with its gloriously rich diversity of ancient genres, demands a flexible and historically aware approach to genre. Different conceptions of narrative, poetry, gospel, epistle, wisdom, and apocalyptic texts lead to vastly different readings, and our disagreements about what the Bible means often boil ... Read more

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How a better understanding of genre leads to a better understanding of the biblical text.The Bible, with its gloriously rich diversity of ancient genres, demands a flexible and historically aware approach to genre. Different conceptions of narrative, poetry, gospel, epistle, wisdom, and apocalyptic texts lead to vastly different readings, and our disagreements about what the Bible means often boil
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Glasses

by Adam Geczy ...

Narrated by Todd Boyce ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

3 hours 25 min

Bloomsbury presents Glasses by Adam Geczy, read by Todd Boyce.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Glasses are among the oldest and most commonplace prosthetics we have invented. But what does it mean to wear glasses? There is more to the answer than correcting vision. Glasses alter, enhance, and shield the way that we view the ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Glasses by Adam Geczy, read by Todd Boyce.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Glasses are among the oldest and most commonplace prosthetics we have invented. But what does it mean to wear glasses? There is more to the answer than correcting vision. Glasses alter, enhance, and shield the way that we view the
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Writing During the Apocalypse

Reflections on the Great Unraveling

by Ed Simon ...

Narrated by Shamaan Casey ...

Unabridged

6 hours 22 min

Bloomsbury presents Writing During the Apocalypse by Ed Simon, read by Shamaan CaseyAll of American literature is a tragedy. What we’re living through now isn’t a tragedy, however – it’s a horror novel. W****hy bother writing when the world’s on fire?Rising authoritarianism. Covid. Inflation. Wealth disparity. War. Climate change. While every time period is marked by apocalyptic fears, it ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Writing During the Apocalypse by Ed Simon, read by Shamaan CaseyAll of American literature is a tragedy. What we’re living through now isn’t a tragedy, however – it’s a horror novel. W****hy bother writing when the world’s on fire?Rising authoritarianism. Covid. Inflation. Wealth disparity. War. Climate change. While every time period is marked by apocalyptic fears, it
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Rock of Pages

The Literary Tradition of 1980s Heavy Metal

by Jesse Kavadlo ...

Narrated by Christopher Ragland ...

Unabridged

12 hours 12 min

Bloomsbury presents Rock of Pages by Jesse Kavadlo, read by Christopher Ragland.Rock of Pages provides contexts and close readings of 1980s heavy metal with forty years of hindsight, drawing upon analytical frameworks usually associated with literature and literary studies.Based on decades of work as a professor of literature and as a musician, Jesse Kavadlo analyzes the ways in which 1980s heavy ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Rock of Pages by Jesse Kavadlo, read by Christopher Ragland.Rock of Pages provides contexts and close readings of 1980s heavy metal with forty years of hindsight, drawing upon analytical frameworks usually associated with literature and literary studies.Based on decades of work as a professor of literature and as a musician, Jesse Kavadlo analyzes the ways in which 1980s heavy
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Shipping Container

Object Lessons

by Dr. Craig Martin ...

Narrated by Matthew Biddulph ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

2 hours 47 min

Bloomsbury presents…Shipping Containerby Craig Martinread by Matthew BiddulphObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The shipping container is all around: whizzing by on the highway, trundling past on rails, unloading behind a big box store even as you shop there, clanking on the docks just out of sight…. 90% of the goods and ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents…Shipping Containerby Craig Martinread by Matthew BiddulphObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The shipping container is all around: whizzing by on the highway, trundling past on rails, unloading behind a big box store even as you shop there, clanking on the docks just out of sight…. 90% of the goods and
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Football

Object Lessons

by Professor Mark Yakich ...

Narrated by Josh Wichard ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

3 hours 22 min

Bloomsbury presents Football by Mark Yakich, read by Josh Wichard.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.When is the “beautiful game” at its most beautiful? How does football function as a lens through which so many view their daily lives? What’s right in front of fans that they never see? Football celebrates and scrutinizes the world’s most popular ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Football by Mark Yakich, read by Josh Wichard.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.When is the “beautiful game” at its most beautiful? How does football function as a lens through which so many view their daily lives? What’s right in front of fans that they never see? Football celebrates and scrutinizes the world’s most popular
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Taco

Twitter and Tear Gas

Limits of Critique, The

L'arte della narrazione: Perché alcune storie ci restano dentro molto tempo dopo la fine

The Romantic Manifesto

Semicolon

Earth

Against Progress

Magazine

The Interpretation Of Cultures

Contra el fascismo

Contemporary Fiction

L'arte di raccontare

Ojos herejes

Metronome

Pub

Literary Theory

Hotel

Modern Genre Theory

Glasses

Writing During the Apocalypse

Rock of Pages

Shipping Container

Football