Slavoj ?i?ek the maverick philosopher author of over 30 books acclaimed as the Elvis of cultural theory " & todays most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of philosophy psychoanalysis theology history & political theory taking in film popular culture literature & jokes--all to provide acute analyses of the complexities of contemporary ideology as well as a serious & sophisticated philosophy. His recent films " The Perverts Guide to the Cinema" & "?i?ek!" reveal a theorist at the peak of his powers & a skilled communicator. Now Verso is making his classic titles each of which stand as a core of his ever-expanding lifes work available as new editions. Each is beautifully re-packaged including new introductions from ?i?ek himself. Simply put they are the essential texts for understanding ?i?eks thought & thus cornerstones of contemporary philosophy. " The Sublime Object of Ideology" Slavoj ?i?eks first book is a provocative & original work looking at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. In a thrilling tour de force that made his name he explores the ideological fantasies of wholeness & exclusion which make up human society." ...

Submarine" is the wickedly funny first novel by Joe Dunthorne. Now an acclaimed film by Richard Ayoade. Meet Oliver Tate fifteen years old. Convinced that his father is depressed (Depression comes in bouts. Like boxing. Dad is in the blue corner) & his mother is having an affair with her capoeira teacher (a hippy-looking twonk) he embarks on a hilariously misguided campaign to bring the family back together. Meanwhile he is also trying to lose his virginity
- before he turns sixteen
- to his pyromaniac girlfriend Jordana. Will Oliver succeed in either aim? Submerge yourself in Submarine & find out..." Brilliant.. .laugh-out-loud enjoyable. The sharpest funniest rudest account of a troubled teenagers coming-of-age since " The Catcher in the Rye"". (" Independent"). "A richly amusing tale of mock GCSEs sex death & challenging vocabulary... Excruciatingly funny incidents & cracking gags". (" Time Out"). " Excellent.. .the wonderful Day-Glo certainties of adolescence have rarely been so brilliantly laid out". (" Independent on Sunday"). " Perfectly pitched.. .transplants " The Catcher in the Rye" to south Wales... Dunthorne can make you laugh like did during double physics on a wet Wednesday afternoon". (" Observer"). "A brilliant first novel by a young man of ferocious comic talent". (" The Times"). Joe Dunthorne was born & brought up in Swansea. His first novel " Submarine" won the Curtis Brown prize has been translated into ten languages & in spring 2011 was made into an acclaimed film by Richard Ayoade. His second novel " Wild Abandon" was the winner of the Encore Award 2012. His stories poems & journalism have been published in the " Guardian" the " Independent" the " Financial Times" the " Sunday Times" " Vice" & " Poetry Review". He lives in London."

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Narrated by Craig Roberts star of the 2010 film adaptation of Submarine. Meet Oliver Tate 15. Convinced that his father is depressed & his mother is having an affair with her capoeira teacher a hippy-looking twonk" he embarks on a hilariously misguided campaign to bring the family back together. Meanwhile he is also trying to lose his virginity
- to his pyromaniac girlfriend Jordana. Will Oliver succeed in either aim? Submerge yourself in Submarine & find out... This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60% of the authors work & as low as 30% with characters & plotlines removed."
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A jury gathers in Manhattan to select a memorial for the victims of a devastating terrorist attack. Their fraught deliberations complete the jurors open the envelope containing the anonymous winners name
- & discover he is an American Muslim. Instantly they are cast into roiling debate about the claims of grief the ambiguities of art & the meaning of Islam. The memorials designer is Mohammad Khan an enigmatic ambitious architect. His fiercest defender on the jury is its sole widow the mediagenic Claire Burwell. But when the news of his selection leaks to the press Claire finds herself under pressure from outraged family members & in collision with hungry journalists wary activists opportunistic politicians fellow jurors & Khan himself. All will bring the emotional weight of their own histories to bear on the urgent question of how to remember & understand a national tragedy.
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For fans of E. L. James & Sylvia Day. Before there was the fan fiction that became FIFTY SHADES OF GREY there was The Submissive Trilogy...THE SUBMISSIVE is the first in Tara Sue Me's seductive & scandalous trilogy that has enthralled millions & inspired a genre... Abby King has a secret fantasy. New York knows Nathaniel West as the brilliant & handsome CEO of West Industries but Abby knows he's more: a sexy & skilled dominant that is looking for a new submissive. Yearning to experience a world of pleasure beyond her simple life as a librarian Abby offers herself to Nathaniel to fulfill her most hidden desires. After only one weekend with the Master Abby knows she needs more & fully submits to Nathaniel's terms. But despite the pleasure he takes in Abby's willing spirit the Nathaniel hidden behind the rules remains cold & distant. As Abby falls deeper into his tantalizing world of power & passion she fears that Nathaniel's heart may be beyond her reach
- & that her own might be beyond saving...
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The Subterraneans haunt the bars & clubs of San Francisco surviving on a diet of booze & benzedrine Proust & Verlaine. Living amongst them is Leo an aspiring writer & Mardou half-Indian half-Negro beautiful & neurotic. Their bitter-sweet & ill-starred love affair sees Kerouac at his most evocative. Many regard this as being Kerouac's most touching & tender book. ...

Will has just killed a man. He's on the run. His escape will take him far beyond his own world to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city & to a girl Lyra. Her fate is strangely linked to his own & together they must find the most powerful weapon in all the worlds... ...

Will is twelve & hes just killed a man. Now hes on the run determined to discover the truth about the father hes never known. Then he steps through a window into another world
- where soul-eating Spectres haunt the streets of a city & a strange girl called Lyra is searching for Dust. His mission & hers are mysteriously linked & together they must find a powerful & secret object that people from many worlds would kill to possess.
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This book offers essential practice with key concepts such as subtraction. Containing 86 cards in each package these cards are sturdier than others on the market. It is suitable for children aged 5 to 6 years old. Flash Kids Flash Cards" offer essential practice in key concepts such as multiplication division the alphabet sights words & spelling. Containing 86 cards in each package these cards are sturdier than others on the market." ...

Rozsika Parkers re-evaluation of the reciprocal relationship between women & embroidery has brought stitchery out from the private world of female domesticity into the fine arts created a major breakthrough in art history & criticism & fostered the emergence of todays dynamic & expanding crafts movements. The Subversive Stitch" is now available again with a new Introduction that brings the book up to date with exploration of the stitched art of Louise Bourgeois & Tracey Emin as well as the work of new young female & male embroiderers. Rozsika Parker uses household accounts womens magazines letters novels & the works of art themselves to trace through history how the separation of the craft of embroidery from the fine arts came to be a major force in the marginalisation of womens work. Beautifully illustrated her book also discusses the contradictory nature of womens experience of embroidery: how it has inculcated female subservience while providing an immensely pleasurable source of creativity forging links between women." ...