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In the Mirror of the Past: Lectures and Addresses 1978-1990

by Ivan Illich

During the 1980s Ivan Illich added another dimension to his thought through the study of Medieval history. In the current volume he aims to demonstrate the extent to which the groundwork for the institutions...


Tools for Conviviality

by Ivan Illich

A work of seminal importance, this book presents Ivan Illich's penetrating analysis of the industrial mode of production which characterises our contemporary world. The conviviality for which noted social philosopher...


ABC: The Alphabetizaton of the Popular Mind

by Ivan Illich

In ABC... philosopher and cultural analyst Ivan Illich and medieval scholar and literary critic Barry Sanders have produced an original, meticulous and provocative study of the advent, spread and present decline...


Shadow Work

by Ivan Illich

In five essays, followed by extensive notes and bibliographies, Ivan Illich embarks on a major historical and sociological analysis of modern man's economic existence. He traces and analyzes options which surpass...


The Right to Useful Unemployment

by Ivan Illich

In this political essay, Ivan Illich calls for the right to useful unemployment: a positive, constructive, and even optimistic concept dealing with that activity by which people are useful to themselves and...


H20 and the Waters of Forgetfulness

by Ivan Illich

Philosopher and social analyst Ivan Illich, one of the most influential thinkers of second half of this century, directs his attention to waterm the 'stuff' of purity and the creative force of the imagination...


Energy and Equity

by Ivan Illich

A junkie without access to his stash is in a state of crisis. The "energy crisis' that exists intermittently when the flow of fuel from unstable countries is cut off or threatened, is a crisis in the same sense....


Gender

by Ivan Illich

'The break with the past, which has been described by others as the transition to a capitalist mode of production, I describe here as the transition from the aegis of gender to the regime of sex.' Ivan Illich...


Disabling Professions

by Ivan Illich

In this fascinating and controversial collection of essays Ivan Illich, Irving K Zola, John McKnight, Jonathan Caplan and Harley Shaiken challenge the power and mystery of professions. Why do we put so much...


Celebration of Awareness: A Call for Institutional Revolution

by Ivan Illich

As a formidable critic of some of society's most cherished institutions, such as compulsory education and organised religion, Ivan Illich has attracted world attention. His commitment to a radical humanism against...


Historias del Table Dance

by Lupita Dominguez

With stories collected through years of work as a table dancer, these true tales uncover a world of night clubs filled with housewives, mothers, students, drug addicts, minors, and illegal aliens working as...


Going Too Far: Essays About America's Nervous Breakdown

by Ishmael Reed

Challenging a prevailing attitude, this account disputes the idea that racism is no longer a factor in American life. Based on cultural and literary evidence—including Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn—it...


Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy

by Lindsay Tanner

Written by former Australian Labor Party federal minister for finance Lindsay Tanner, this insider’s perspective demonstrates how media coverage of Australian politics is becoming distorted, trivial, and juvenile,...


The Top Gear Story: The 100% Unofficial Story of the Most Famous Car Show . . . In the World

by Martin Roach

The full story of the unstoppable rise of Clarkson, Hammond, May, and the Stig—and how they created one of the most famous TV shows of the 21st century

 

Reaching a peak in the 1990s thanks to presenter Jeremy...


Handbook of HIV and Social Work: Principles, Practice, and Populations

by Cynthia Cannon Poindexter

Praise for Handbook of HIV and Social Work

"Cynthia Cannon Poindexter has given us a remarkable edited volume that contains much information on HIV that every professional social worker needs to know in order...


Prison Break: True Stories of the World's Greatest Escapes

by Paul Buck

A comprehensive history of major prison breaks by those who paid a heavy price for their misdeeds, and risked all to regain their freedom

In the folklore of World War II, the memory of those heroes who staged great...


Helen's Story

by Rosemary Fox

Having a happy, healthy child is what every expectant parent hopes and prays for. Imagine the devastation if your child is born healthy, and through medical misinformation, is transformed into a child that suffers...


A Different Inequality: The Politics of Debate about Remote Aboriginal Australia

by Diane Austin-Broos & Professor Fred Myers

An exploration of why both the right and left of politics have so failed remote Aboriginal Australians and why until policymakers and researchers take into account both cultural difference and inequality, we...


Beyond White Guilt: The Real Challenge for Black-White Relations in Australia

by Sarah Maddison

A deeply provocative call for white Australians to take personal responsibility for the ongoing impact of colonisation on Aboriginal Australians. Sarah Maddison's bold and original take on the running sore of...


Booker T: From Prison to Promise: Life Before the Squared Circle

by Booker T Huffman & Andrew William Wright

A spirited tale of redemption from a seemingly insurmountable life of tragedy and crime, this first autobiography of professional wrestler and TV commentator Booker T. Huffman details his life before celebrity...