The first full-length translation in English of an essential work of postmodernism. The publication of Simulacra et Simulation" in 1981 marked Jean Baudrillard's first important step toward theorizing the postmodern. Moving away from the Marxist/ Freudian approaches that had concerned him earlier Baudrillard developed in this book a theory of contemporary culture that relies on displacing economic notions of cultural production with notions of cultural expenditure. Baudrillard uses the concepts of the simulacra
- the copy without an original
- & simulation. These terms are crucial to an understanding of the postmodern to the extent that they address the concept of mass reproduction & reproduceability that characterizes our electronic media culture. Baudrillard's book represents a unique & original effort to rethink cultural theory from the perspective of a new concept of cultural materialism one that radically redefines postmodern formulations of the body."

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Over the past fifty years many thousands of conflict simulations have been published which bring the dynamics of past & possible future wars to life. Philip Sabin used such techniques in his acclaimed previous book Lost Battles to cast new light on Greek & Roman land engagements. In this new work he explores the theory & practice of conflict simulation as a topic in its own right based on his thirty years of experience in designing wargames & using them to educate both military & civilian students. Simulating War sets conflict simulation in its proper context alongside more academically familiar techniques such as game theory & operational analysis. It explains in detail the analytical & modelling techniques involved & it teaches you how to design your own simulations of conflicts of your choice as do Philip Sabins MA students. The book provides eight simple illustrative simulations of specific historical conflicts complete with rules maps & counters. These games have all been employed successfully in class & you can use them to see exactly how conflict simulation works. Simulating War is essential reading for all recreational or professional simulation gamers & for anyone who is interested in modelling war from teachers & students to military officers. A key feature of the book is its inclusion of illustrative wargames designed by Professor Sabin for use in class complete with rules & full colour maps & counters. These are as follows:
- Second Punic War (multiplayer diplomacy)
- Roma Invicta? (Hannibals early campaigns in Italy)
- Kartenspiel (card game of Napoleonic battle)
- Hells Gate (the Korsun pocket winter 1944)
- Big Week (US bombing raids February 1944)
- Fire & Movement (WW2 British infantry battalion attack)
- Block Busting (WW2 urban combat)
- Angels One Five (grand tactical aerial dogfighting in WW2)







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Frank Millers first-ever original graphic novel is one of Sin Citys" nastiest yarns to date! Starring fan-favorite characters Dwight & Miho this newly redesigned edition sports a br&-new cover by Miller some of his first comics art in years! Theres a kind of debt you cant ever pay off not entirely. & thats the kind of debt Dwight owes Gail. The girls of Old Town have their own family values their own laws & when someone too dumb to know better breaks them an example needs to be set. Dwights got his own reasons for taking the job & deadly little Miho.. . Miho likes to play with them a little first. With a new look generating more excitement than ever before this third edition is the perfect way to attract a whole new generation of readers to Frank Millers masterpiece!" ...

Frank Miller changes the game in the fourth volume of his signature crime series introducing the only truly heroic figure in Sin Citys" world of vice Detective Hartigan. A highlight of the series & the inspiration for one of the segments of the blockbuster " Sin City" film " That Yellow Bastard" returns in a newly redesigned edition with a br&-new cover by Miller
- some of his first comics art in years! The worst thing to be in Basin City is an honest cop but its Hartigans last day on the job & he plans to go out with a bang. Little Nancy Callahan age eleven has been kidnapped by a psycho who likes to hear children scream & Hartigans going to find her no matter what it takes. Hell of a way to start retirement.. . With a new look generating more excitement than ever before this third edition is the perfect way to attract a whole new generation of readers to Frank Millers masterpiece!"
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The Sin City" graphic novels are among the most widely acclaimed comics in history but Frank Miller is also a master of the quick & dirty yarn. Collected in this sixth volume of his crime-comic megahit are all of Millers " Sin City" shorts & one-shots newly redesigned with a br&-new cover by Miller some of his first comics art in years! Collecting classics like " Just Another Saturday Night" & " Silent Night " both starring the iconic big lug with a condition Marv; " The Customer Is Always Right " featured in the " Sin City" film; & " The Babe Wore Red " starring " Sin Citys" most enduring hero Dwight " Booze Broads & Bullets" spans every kind of dark business you might encounter on a cold night in Basin City. Its sure to scratch your " Sin City" itch again & again in just that way that makes you itch for more. With Miller & co-director Robert Rodriguez gearing up for " Sin City 2" this third edition is being released at just the right time!" ...

Her touch is deadly. His hunger can't be denied. As the only female Seminus demon ever born master assassin Sinead Donnelly is used to being treated like an outcast. She spent decades enslaved & now vows she'll die before she'll relinquish her freedom again. Then Sin's innate ability to kill her enemies goes awry: She creates a lethal new werewolf virus that sparks a firestorm of panic & violence. Half-werewolf half-vampire Conall Dearghul is charged with bringing in Sin to face punishment for the plague. & she's no stranger: He's bound to her by blood & the one sexual encounter they shared has left him hungering for her raw sensuality. Worse Sin is the underworld's most wanted & Con soon learns he's the only one who can help her.. .and that saving her life might mean sacrificing his own. ...

In 1941 at age twenty-five Sinatra told a friend Im going to be the best singer in the world. Two years on the bobbysoxers were already weeping & screaming for him in their thousands. Half a century on Bono defined him as the Big Bang of popular music. To hell with the calendar a music critic wrote before his death in 1998 The day Frank Sinatra dies the twentieth century is over. There have been many books about Sinatra but the last comprehensive biography was Kitty Kellys His Way" published in 1986. it has taken renowned biographer Anthony Summers years to research this new biography which promises to be the definitive story of a musical & film career spanning six decades. In this massively documented book meticulous investigation is coupled with sensitivity to examine every aspect of Sinatras life public & private from his obscure beginnings in an immigrant neighbourhood in Jersey City to his twilight years as a living legend in Palm Springs. It tells the human story of an American icon who was irresistible to women & who was plagued throughout his life by scandal & hints of links with the Mafia. In this book Summers finally uncovers the whole truth." ...

The Mob was the biggest richest business in America
- until it was destroyed from within by drugs greed & the decline of traditional
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Sinbad the Sailor is in trouble! His ship has been captured by pirates. But the pirates are sailing close to where the sea witches sing...and the sea witches song is a powerful spell that sends people to sleep... The Hopscotch Adventures series features exciting page-turning adventures in under 400 words for children developing their reading confidence. ...

Winner of Mills & Boon's & ITV Lorraine's search for the next big thing in contemporary women's fiction! In one tragic moment Holly Jefferson's life as she knew it changed for ever. Now to the external world at least she's finally getting back on her feet running her business Cake. Then she meets Ciaran Argyll. His charmed life feels a million miles from her own. However there's more to Ciaran than the superficial world that surrounds him & he too is wrestling with his own ghosts. Will Holly find the missing ingredient that allows her to live again & embrace an unknown & unexpected tomorrow? How do you learn to love again? ...