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Making Trouble: Surrealism and the Human Sciences

Making Trouble: Surrealism and the Human Sciences

Derek Sayer

With Making Trouble, sociologist and cultural historian Derek Sayer explores what it might mean to take surrealism’s critique of civilization seriously.
Capitalism and Modernity: An Excursus on Marx and Weber

Capitalism and Modernity: An Excursus on Marx and Weber

Derek Sayer

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Going Down for Air: A Memoir in Search of a Subject

Going Down for Air: A Memoir in Search of a Subject

Derek Sayer

Going Down for Air is a bold and strikingly successful literary and sociological experiment, which makes a major contribution to understanding how our memories work - and gives them social meaning far beyond
Society

Society

David Frisby

University of Glasgow. and DEREK SAYER, Lecturer in Sociologv. University of Glasgow For a discipline which has such a long history, and which has attracted some of the most original thinkers. it is remarkable that no basic agreement exists  ...
Rank Hypocrisies: The Insult of the REF

Rank Hypocrisies: The Insult of the REF

Derek Sayer

Rank Hypocrisies is a rigorous and scholarly evaluation of the REF, yet written in a lively and engaging style that makes it highly readable.
Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century: A Surrealist History

Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century: A Surrealist History

Derek Sayer

Asserts that Prague could well be seen as the capital of the 20th century, describing how the city has experienced (and suffered) more ways of being modern than perhaps any other metropolis.
The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History

The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History

Derek Sayer

"This is a beautifully written cultural history of the Czech people. There is no comparable work available in English, and certainly not one of such sensitivity and breadth."--Andrew Lass, Mount Holyoke College
Derek

Derek

Renee Larsen

But Derek has a secret, he's a vampire. In order for Derek to protect the delicate blonde Emily he must charm her into loving him. Derek's plans are sabotaged when the evil Jacque pushes the envelope and attacks Emily's father.
Try to Control Yourself: The Regulation of Public Drinking ...

Try to Control Yourself: The Regulation of Public Drinking ...

Dan Malleck

On normalization, I draw on the work of Philip Corrigan, notably Philip Corrigan and Derek Sayer, The GreatArch: English State Formation as Cultural Revolution (London: Blackwell, 1985), but also Philip Corrigan, “Viewpoint: ...
Know And Grow With Derek 8

Know And Grow With Derek 8

O' Brien Derek

"In this country Derek O'Brien is synonymous with knowledge based game shows ." The Times of India 'There is a bright child in every child and Derek knows exactly howto bring it out" Oman Daily "Derek O'Brien's new mantra is Know and  ...
Conversations with Derek Walcott

Conversations with Derek Walcott

Derek Walcott

Derek. Walcott. Edward. Hirsch/. 1977. From Contemporary Literature, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Summer 1979), 279-92. Reprinted by permission of The University of Wisconsin Press. Derek Walcott is the most important poet and playwright writing in ...
Bombay Gin

Bombay Gin

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The Baby-Sitters Club #27: Jessi and the Superbrat

The Baby-Sitters Club #27: Jessi and the Superbrat

Ann M. Martin

“Derek!” Now I got it. “Derek! You mean Waldo? Are you saying that that was Waldo's mother calling us for a babysitter?” Kristy shot me a look that said, Calm down, Jessi, this is a babysitting job, not a meeting of the Derek Masters Fan Club.
Derek Jarman

Derek Jarman

Rowland Wymer

1 Derek Jarman, At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament (London: Hutchinson, 1992; repr. London: Vintage, 1993), p. 117. 2 Tony Peake, Derek Jarman ( London: Little, Brown, 1999). There is also a good deal of useful information in Michael ...
Meet Derek Jeter: Baseball's Superstar Shortstop

Meet Derek Jeter: Baseball's Superstar Shortstop

Ethan Edwards

When Derek Jeter was six years old, he told his parents that one day he would play shortstop for the New York Yankees. Guess what happened? Jeter's dream came true. Today, Derek Jeter is probably baseball's most famous athlete.
US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy: The Evolution of an ...

US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy: The Evolution of an ...

Derek S. Reveron

The Evolution of an Incidental Superpower Derek S. Reveron, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Mackubin Thomas Owens ... Civil-Military Relations during the Clinton- Bush Era,” in Inside Defense: Understanding the 21st Century Military, ed. Derek  ...
Fatherhood - Arabic

Fatherhood - Arabic

Derek Prince Ministries-International

Derek Prince Ministries-International, Derek Prince. nature of God. In God, eternally, there is fatherhood. There is a relationship. When Jesus came to earth, His ultimate purpose was to bring to the Father those who would turn to Him. This is ...
Visions of Queer Martyrdom from John Henry Newman to Derek ...

Visions of Queer Martyrdom from John Henry Newman to Derek ...

Dominic Janes

He brings the account full circle with a concluding chapter on the life and works of Derek Jarman.
Derek Walcott: Politics and Poetics

Derek Walcott: Politics and Poetics

Paula Burnett

This text offers an interpretation of the life's work of acclaimed St. Lucian poet, Derek Walcott.
Set Apart For God

Set Apart For God

Derek Prince

Yet many of us never open it because we think it is an outdated concept about restrictive rules. Or, we believe we could never live up to its demands. Derek Prince reveals the beauty and power of holiness.
Through the Psalms with Derek Prince

Through the Psalms with Derek Prince

Derek Prince

One of the most treasured books of the Bible, it is a source of comfort, a touchstone for worship and a means to put words to the deepest aches and longings of the human heart.
New Accountabilities, New Challenges:

New Accountabilities, New Challenges:

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Derek Drinkwater ... across the whole spectrum of government activity did not become commonplace until the creation of a formidable Senate committee system 29 Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Australian Public Service Derek Drinkwater.
Hullo Russia, Goodbye England

Hullo Russia, Goodbye England

Derek Robinson

Derek Robinson returns with another rip-roaring, gung-ho R.A.F. adventure, one that exposes and confronts the brinkmanship and sabre-rattling of the Cold War Era.
True North

True North

Derek Dammann

This is in essence a book about the people and places that give this country its distinct flavour, and about the ingredients and ideas that inspire Derek Dammann to create such wonderful, definitively Canadian food.
True North

True North

Derek Dammann

This is in essence a book about the people and places that give this country its distinct flavour, and about the ingredients and ideas that inspire Derek Dammann to create such wonderful, definitively Canadian food.
Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much ...

Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much ...

Derek Bok

Drawing on a large body of empirical evidence, former Harvard President Derek Bok examines how much progress college students actually make toward widely accepted goals of undergraduate education.

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