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Since its inception, advertising has remained one of the most powerful commercial tools ever created. By employing psychological insights originally developed by Freud, the field has deeply and thoroughly infiltrated the consumer psyche, shaping views on what to buy, find attractive, and deem valuable, for better or worse. 70 Ads offers us a detailed, entertaining, and authoritative account regarding both the virtues and pitfalls of modern adv...

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Nationally recognized social critic Mander researches, discusses, and exposes the momentous and unsolvable environmental and social problem of capitalism. He argues that capitalism, utterly dependent on never-ending economic growth, is an impossible absurdity on a finite planet with limited resources.

A total departure from previous writing about television, this book is the first ever to advocate that the medium is not reformable. Its problems are inherent in the technology itself and are so dangerous -- to personal health and sanity, to the environment, and to democratic processes -- that TV ought to be eliminated forever.Weaving personal experiences through meticulous research, the author ranges widely over aspects of television that hav...

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Fifteen hundred protestors line Kaua'i's pier. Dozens more leap onto surfboards, boogie boards, and canoes, risking their lives to stop the oncoming colossus: the high-speed Hawaii Superferry riding in on a wave of deception and collusion. The protesters block the ship, and force it back to Honolulu. But why such outrage?... Over a ferryboat? The Superferry Chronicles is a riveting tale of intrigue and corruption-and an inspiring popular...

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