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American Magic and Dread

Don DeLillo's Dialogue with Culture

By: Mark Osteen

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American Magic and Dread

Don DeLillo's Dialogue with Culture

By: Mark Osteen

Don DeLillo once remarked to an interviewer that his intention is to use "the whole picture, the whole culture," of America. Since the publication of his first novel Americana in 1971, DeLillo has explored modern American culture through a series of acclaimed novels, including White Noise (1985; winner of the American Book Award), Libra (1988), and Underworld (1997). For Mark Osteen, the most bracing and unsettling feature of DeLillo's work is that, although his fiction may satirize cultural forms, it never does so from a privileged position outside the culture. His work brilliantly mimics the argots of the very phenomena it dissects: violent thrillers and conspiracy theories, pop music, advertising, science fiction, film, and television. As a result, DeLillo has been read both as a denouncer and as a defender of contemporary culture; in fact, Osteen argues, neither description is adequate. DeLillo's dialogue with modern institutions, such as chemical companies, the CIA, and the media, respects their power and ingenuity while criticizing their dangerous consequences. Even as DeLillo borrows from their discourses, he maintains a tenaciously opposing stance toward the sources of collective power.

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307

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812235517

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9780812235517

Margin Control Surgery of the Skin: Concepts, Histopathology, and Applications

By: Patrick Emanuel,Mark Izzard

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Margin Control Surgery of the Skin: Concepts, Histopathology, and Applications

By: Patrick Emanuel,Mark Izzard

This first-of-its-kind multidisciplinary approach to margin control cutaneous surgery highlights practical concepts and provides copious illustrations and photos paired with text Outlining basic techniques for safe, effective surgery, Margin Control Surgery of the Skin explains how to handle common difficulties in completely excising common skin tumors, as well as more advanced cancers not usually dealt with by Mohs surgeons. The combination of illustrations, photographs, and concise text make complex topics easy to understand, and concepts are outlined in both traditional chapter format and case-based format so that practitioners will be engaged in a more practical context. Traditional chapters cover all technical aspects of the procedure and how these techniques are applied to the treatment of cutaneous malignancies.

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264

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McGraw Hill Professional

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1264285981

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9781264285983

Minor League Baseball Card Price Guide

By: Mark K. Larson

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Minor League Baseball Card Price Guide

By: Mark K. Larson

From the baseball card hobby's oldest, most trusted authority, Sport Collectors Digest, this book represents the most comprehensive coverage of minor league baseball cards issues from 1909 to 1993 to be found between two covers. Sets include T206 cards, TCMA, Star Co., ProCards, Zeenuts, Best, Classic Best, SkyBox, Upped Deck, Fleer, Team issues, and regional issues from the 1940s--1990s. More than 40,000 players are checklisted, and more than 1,900 team sets are priced in three different grades. Pre-1980s cards are listed in Near Mint, Excellent and Very Good. Sets issued since 1980 are listed in grades Mint, Near Mint, and Excellent. Dave Platta, a frequent minor league baseball card contributor to Sports Collectors Digest, provides an overview of minor league cards, tracing their history from tobacco cards of the early 1900s to the boom in collecting in the early 1990s, when as many as 10 companies were issuing at least two team sets.

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0873412397

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9780873412391

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American Magic and Dread

American Magic and Dread

Margin Control Surgery of the Skin: Concepts, Histopathology, and Applications

Margin Control Surgery of the Skin: Concepts, Histopathology, and Applications

Minor League Baseball Card Price Guide

Minor League Baseball Card Price Guide

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