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A Guest in the House of Hip-hop

How Rap Music Taught a Kid from Kentucky what a White Ally Should be

By: Mickey Hess

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A Guest in the House of Hip-hop

How Rap Music Taught a Kid from Kentucky what a White Ally Should be

By: Mickey Hess

Born in rural Kentucky, Mickey Hess grew up listening to the militant rap of Public Enemy while living in a place where the state song still included the word "darkies." Listening to hip-hop made Hess think about what it meant to be white, while the environment in small-town Kentucky encouraged him to avoid or even mock such self-examination. With America's history of cultural appropriation, we've come to mistrust white people who participate deeply in black culture, but backing away from black culture is too easy a solution. As a white professor with a longstanding commitment to teaching hip-hop music and culture, Hess argues that white people have a responsibility to educate themselves by listening to black voices and then teach other whites to face the ways they benefit from racial injustices. In our fraught moment, A Guest in the House of Hip Hop offers a point of entry for readers committed to racial justice, but uncertain about white people's role in relation to black culture.

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1632460777

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Is Hip Hop Dead?

The Past, Present, and Future of America's Most Wanted Music

By: Mickey Hess

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Is Hip Hop Dead?

The Past, Present, and Future of America's Most Wanted Music

By: Mickey Hess

Hip hop is remarkably self-critical as a genre. In lyrics, rappers continue to debate the definition of hip hop and question where the line between underground artist and mainstream crossover is drawn, who owns the culture and who runs the industry, and most importantly, how to remain true to the culture's roots while also seeking fame and fortune. The tension between the desires to preserve hip hop's original culture and to create commercially successful music promotes a lyrical war of words between mainstream and underground artists that keeps hip hop very much alive today. In response to criticisms that hip hop has suffered or died in its transition to the mainstream, this book seeks to highlight and examine the ongoing dialogue among rap artists whose work describes their own careers. Proclamations of hip hop's death have flooded the airwaves. The issue may have reached its boiling point in Nas's 2006 album Hip Hop is Dead. Nas's album is driven by nostalgia for a mythically pure moment in hip hop's history, when the music was motivated by artistic passion, instead of base commercialism. In the course of this same album, however, Nas himself brags about making money for his particular record label. These and similar contradictions are emblematic of the complex forces underlying the dialogue that keeps hip hop a vital element of our culture. Is Hip Hop Dead? seeks to illuminate the origins of hip hop nostalgia and examine how artists maintain control of their music and culture in the face of corporate record companies, government censorship, and the standardization of the rap image. Many hip hop artists, both mainstream and underground, use their lyrics to engage in a complex dialogue about rhyme skills versus record sales, and commercialism versus culture. This ongoing dialogue invigorates hip hop and provides a common ground upon which we can reconsider many of the developments in the industry over the past 20 years. Building from black traditions that value knowledge gained from personal experience, rappers emphasize the importance of street knowledge and its role in forging a career in the music business. Lyrics adopt models of the self-made man narrative, yet reject the trajectories of white Americans like Benjamin Franklin who espoused values of prudence, diligence, and delayed gratification. Hip hop's narratives instead promote a more immediately viable gratification through crime and extend this criminal mentality to their work in the music business. Through the lens of hip hop, and the threats to hip hop culture, author Mickey Hess is able to confront a range of important issues, including race, class, criminality, authenticity, the media, and personal identity.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1567207219

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9781567207217

Reclaiming Conservatism

How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost--And How It Can Find Its Way Back

By: Mickey Edwards

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Reclaiming Conservatism

How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost--And How It Can Find Its Way Back

By: Mickey Edwards

A leading figure in the American conservative movement for over 40 years, Mickey Edwards was a prominent Republican congressman, a former national chairman of the American Conservative Union, and a founding trustee of the Heritage Foundation. When he speaks, conservatives listen. Now, in this highly provocative and frank volume, Edwards argues loud and clear that conservatives today have abandoned their principles and have become champions of that which they once most feared. The conservative movement--which once nominated Barry Goldwater for President, and later elected Ronald Reagan--was based on a distinctly American kind of conservatism which drew its inspiration directly from the United States Constitution--in particular, an overriding belief in individual liberty and limited government. But today, Edwards argues, the mantle of conservatism has been taken over by people whose beliefs and policies threaten the entire constitutional system of government. By abetting an imperial presidency, he contends, so-called "conservatives" have gutted the system of checks and balances, abandoned due process, and trampled upon our cherished civil liberties. Today's conservatives endorse unprecedented assertions of government power--from the creation of secret prisons to illegal wiretapping. Once, they fought to protect citizens from government intrusion; today, they seem to recognize few limits on what government can do. The movement that was once the Constitution's--and freedom's--strongest defender is now at risk of becoming its most dangerous enemy. Edwards ends with a blueprint for reclaiming the essence of conservatism in America. Touching upon many current issues, this passionately argued book concludes that many of today's conservatives seem to have it all backwards. They have turned conservatism upside down--and this book calls them on it.

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241

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Oxford University Press

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0199887357

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9780199887354

Mickey Muenning

Dreams and Realizations for A Living Architecture

By: Mickey Muenning

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Dreams and Realizations for A Living Architecture

By: Mickey Muenning

This is the first monograph featuring the work of architect Mickey Muennig. Muennig is an important proponent of organic architecture, creating highly individualized structures and spaces that express the dreams and needs of his clients, while complementing the natural environment. He has designed buildings, most notably in the Big Sur area of California’s Central Coast, that blend with their surroundings, incorporate passive energy features, and utilize natural materials in original ways. Maintaining a daring balance between past and future, Muennig’s unique work captures the iconoclastic spirit of Big Sur. Mickey Muennig studied architecture under Bruce Goff at the University of Oklahoma. Upon graduating, he worked on various architectural projects around the country until a fortuitous vacation to Big Sur on California’s Central Coast in 1971 changed his life forever. He subsequently moved there, and has lived and worked in Big Sur ever since. Muennig was recognized by Architectural Digest as one of the top 100 architects in the United States in 2000 and 2002.

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Gibbs Smith

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1423637526

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9781423637523

Let’s Agree to Disagree

A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media Literacy

By: Nolan Higdon,Mickey Huff

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Let’s Agree to Disagree

A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media Literacy

By: Nolan Higdon,Mickey Huff

In an age defined by divisive discourse and disinformation, democracy hangs in the balance. Let’s Agree to Disagree seeks to reverse these trends by fostering constructive dialogue through critical thinking and critical media literacy. This transformative text introduces readers to useful theories, powerful case studies, and easily adoptable strategies for becoming sharper critical thinkers, more effective communicators, and critically media literate citizens.

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167

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Routledge

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1000543161

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9781000543162

Pharmaceutical Marketing in the 21st Century

By: Mickey Smith

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Pharmaceutical Marketing in the 21st Century

By: Mickey Smith

A group of experts, leaders in their fields, provide a formal conjecture on the nature of various aspects of pharmaceutical marketing in the early part of the twenty-first century. Pharmaceutical Marketing in the 21st Century is ideal for product managers, planners, and strategists as it provides guidance for the future of marketing pharmaceutical products. Internationally relevant, this book is now available in Japanese!

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CRC Press

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1482203987

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9781482203981

Menopause Reset!

Reverse Weight Gain, Speed Fat Loss, and Get Your Body Back in 3 Simple Steps

By: Mickey Harpaz,Robert Wolff

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Menopause Reset!

Reverse Weight Gain, Speed Fat Loss, and Get Your Body Back in 3 Simple Steps

By: Mickey Harpaz,Robert Wolff

Menopause Reset! is the revolutionary, scientifically-proven program that helps women control the physiological effects of perimenopause and menopause with mind, diet, and exercise solutions that keep blood sugar levels stable and bodies in the fat-burning zone all day long. In the past, controversial hormonal replacement therapy was the only method by which women could positively affect menopausal symptoms. But Menopause Reset! changes all of that. The program specifically regulates blood glucose with food, exercise, and highly effective stress reduction techniques, allowing women to stop and reverse menopausal weight and fat gain. Based on the successful treatment of tens of thousands of women whose life-changing results are included in the book, Dr. Harpaz has put together an easy, 3-step solution that targets the triggers of menopause and its symptoms. Menopause Reset! teaches women all about their metabolic mechanisms: what they are, how they work, and, most importantly, how to manipulate them to achieve sustainable weight loss and get their bodies back!

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Rodale Books

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1609617479

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9781609617479

Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmaceutical Care

By: Nathaniel M. Rickles,Albert I. Wertheimer,Mickey C. Smith

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Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmaceutical Care

By: Nathaniel M. Rickles,Albert I. Wertheimer,Mickey C. Smith

This thoroughly revised second edition of Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmaceutical Care offers a comprehensive overview of the social-economic aspects of pharmaceutical care. This new edition provides both the pharmacy student and practitioner with established principles from the social and behavioral sciences, along with current findings and examples of cases and reports of applications of these principles. Theoretical models and practical examples are included to elaborate the pharmacist's role in identifying patients' non-compliant behavior and managing drug-related problems. This valuable text includes clinical, economic, and humanistic considerations that are essential to pharmacy students and practicing pharmacists. This essential text also features a special focus on public health and the involvement of caregivers in facilitating behavioral change. Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmaceutical Care, Second Edition will help readers consider how organizations and social systems impact patient experiences with medications, contributing to an improved system of pharmaceutical practice and care.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1449618316

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9781449618315

Davis's Comprehensive Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications

By: Anne Van Leeuwen,Mickey Bladh

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Davis's Comprehensive Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications

By: Anne Van Leeuwen,Mickey Bladh

The information nurses need…when, where, and how they need it! Nursing-focused and easy-to-read, this full-color manual delivers all the information you need to understand how tests work, interpret their results, and provide quality patient care—pre-test, intra-test, and post-test. Tests and procedures are listed in alphabetical order by their complete name for quick reference. The integrated index allows fast searches by abbreviation, synonym, disease/disorder, specimen type, or test classification.

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F.A. Davis

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1719649057

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9781719649056

Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide [2 volumes]

[2 volumes]

By: Mickey Hess

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Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide [2 volumes]

[2 volumes]

By: Mickey Hess

An insightful new resource that looks at the rise of American hip hop as a series of distinct regional events, with essays covering the growth of hip hop culture in specific cities across the nation. Thoroughly researched, thoroughly in tune with the culture, Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide profiles two dozen specific hip hop scenes across the United States, showing how each place shaped a singular identity. Through its unique geographic perspective, it captures the astonishing diversity of a genre that has captivated the nation and the world. In two volumes organized by broad regions (East Coast, West Coast and Midwest and the Dirty South), Hip Hop in America spans the complete history of rap—from its 1970s origins to the rap battles between Queens and the Bronx in the 1980s, from the well-publicized East Coast vs. West Coast conflicts in the 1990s to the rise of the Midwest and South over the past ten years. Each essay showcases the history of the local scene, including the MCs, DJs, b-boys and b-girls, label owners, hip hop clubs, and radio shows that have created distinct styles of hip hop culture.

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817

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313343225

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9780313343223

Shirley & Marty

An Unlikely Love Story

By: Shirley Jones,Marty Ingels,Mickey Herskowitz

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Shirley & Marty

An Unlikely Love Story

By: Shirley Jones,Marty Ingels,Mickey Herskowitz

An American sweetheart from Hollywood and former Miss Pittsburgh marries a failing Jewish comic stricken with agoraphobia. Shirley Jones, singing star of "Oklahoma!" and "Carousel" and Oscar-winner for "Elmer Gantry," was the mother of three sons when her husband, alcoholic actor Jack Cassidy, left her in the middle 1970's. Jack had a new girl--and problems facing up to Shirley's success and teen-age son David's big earnings as a rock idol. Stand-up comic Marty Ingels, on a downslide after a failed TV sitcom, followed by an on-camera nervous breakdown on The Tonight Show, began pursuing her, slyly moved into her apartment shirt by shirt, and captured her. Then came the day when Shirley could not explain Marty's presence in her apartment to a plumber; Marty said it was time to marry--and they did. Marty's phobia turned out to be correctable. Cured, Marty discovered a new skill and set himself up as a talent broker for TV spots, and thus Ingels, Inc. was born. This unconventional dual bio has many wacky moments as Marty reels under the influence of his illness, and never a dull page.

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William Morrow

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0688084575

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9780688084578

The Dirty Version

On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard

By: Buddha Monk,Mickey Hess

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The Dirty Version

On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard

By: Buddha Monk,Mickey Hess

On the tenth anniversary of his death, The Dirty Version is the first biography of hip hop superstar and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, to be written by someone from his inner circle: his right-hand man and best friend, Buddha Monk. Ol’ Dirty Bastard rocketed to fame with the Wu-Tang Clan, the raucous and renegade group that altered the world of hip hop forever. ODB was one of the Clan’s wildest icons and most inventive performers, and when he died of an overdose in 2004 at the age of thirty-five, millions of fans mourned the loss. ODB lives on in epic proportions and his antics are legend: he once picked up his welfare check in a limousine; lifted a burning car off a four-year-old girl in Brooklyn; stole a fifty-dollar pair of sneakers on tour at the peak of his success. Many have questioned whether his stunts were carefully calculated or the result of paranoia and mental instability. Now, Dirty’s friend since childhood, Buddha Monk, a Wu-Tang collaborator on stage and in the studio, reveals the truth about the complex and talented performer. From their days together on the streets of Brooklyn to the meteoric rise of Wu-Tang’s star, from bouts in prison to court-mandated rehab, from Dirty’s favorite kind of pizza to his struggles with fame and success, Buddha tells the real story—The Dirty Version—of the legendary rapper.

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Harper Collins

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006223143X

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9780062231437

Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory

By: Mickey Hess

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Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory

By: Mickey Hess

Follows a year in the life of an adjunct college instructor who supplements his low income with a range of side jobs including an ice-cream man, stand-up comedian, and haunted house character--a period during which he comes to suspect that he takes his teaching job more seriously than his employers do. Original.

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New Mouth from the Dirty South

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1891053078

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9781891053078

Book's by Mickey Hess

A Guest in the House of Hip-hop

A Guest in the House of Hip-hop

Is Hip Hop Dead?

Is Hip Hop Dead?

Reclaiming Conservatism

Reclaiming Conservatism

Mickey Muenning

Mickey Muenning

Let’s Agree to Disagree

Let’s Agree to Disagree

Pharmaceutical Marketing in the 21st Century

Pharmaceutical Marketing in the 21st Century

Menopause Reset!

Menopause Reset!

Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmaceutical Care

Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmaceutical Care

Davis's Comprehensive Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications

Davis's Comprehensive Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications

Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide [2 volumes]

Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide [2 volumes]

Shirley & Marty

Shirley & Marty

The Dirty Version

The Dirty Version

Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory

Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory

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