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  • Hip Hop, Hegel, and the Art of Emancipation

    Let's Get Free

    by Jim Vernon ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book argues that Hip Hop’s early history in the South Bronx charts a course remarkably similar to the conceptual history of artistic creation presented in Hegel’s Lectures on Aesthetics. It contends that the resonances between Hegel’s account of the trajectory of art in general, and the historical shifts in the particular culture of Hip Hop, are both numerous and substantial enough to make us ... Read more

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  • Sampling, Biting, and the Postmodern Subversion of Hip Hop

    by Jim Vernon ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Drawing on the culture’s history before and after the birth of rap music, this book argues that the values attributed to Hip Hop by ‘postmodern’ scholars stand in stark contrast with those that not only implicitly guided its aesthetic elements, but are explicitly voiced by Hip Hop’s pioneers and rap music’s most consequential artists. It argues that the structural evacuation of the voices of its ... Read more

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  • Like a Brother

    by Ree Rozier ...
    Illustrated by Jim Vernon ...
    A veteran of the foster care system, 10-year-old Jake "McMagic" is also a story-teller. As Jake settles into his new foster home on a family dairy farm, his story of traveling fish is cut short by hearing his new older brother is leaving, and his baby brother-adopted by another family years before-is in a hospital somewhere! Determined to find and rescue his little brother, Jake must decide: can ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Missing U

    by Ree Rozier ...
    Illustrated by Jim Vernon ...
    Set against the backdrop of the 2008 Great Recession, this story follows twelve-year-old Anne. Watch as her world changes in an instant! After her father loses his job, she watches him slowly unravel, turning to alcohol in a desperate attempt to cope with the weight of providing for his family. With money tight and tension rising at home, Anne, a brave and resilient young girl, must sacrifice her ... Read more

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  • Intensities and Lines of Flight

    Deleuze/Guattari and the Arts

    The writings of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari offer the most enduring and controversial contributions to the theory and practice of art in post-war Continental thought. However, these writings are both so wide-ranging and so challenging that much of the synoptic work on Deleuzo-Guattarian aesthetics has taken the form of sympathetic exegesis, rather than critical appraisal.This rich and ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    The 2nd New & Old Time Radio Collection

    Unabridged

    15 hours 1 min

    A tribute to the golden age of radio from veteran producer Joe Bevilacqua and comic strip artist Donnie Pitchford, The 2nd New & Old Time Radio Collection is a series of new stories and parodies featuring beloved radio characters and shows.A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 1This half-hour anthology represents more than forty years of storytelling by Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a Joe Bev, the award ... Read more

    $34.95 CAD

  • Badiou and Hegel

    Infinity, Dialectics, Subjectivity

    Badiou and Hegel: Infinity, Dialectics, Subjectivity offers critical appraisals of two of the dominant figures of the Continental tradition of philosophy, Alain Badiou and G.W.F. Hegel. Jim Vernon and Antonio Calcagno bring together established and emerging authors in Continental philosophy to discuss the relationship between the thinkers, creating a multifarious collection of essays by Hegelians, ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Vol. 2

    Unabridged

    6 hours

    A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 2 is an anthology representing more than forty years of storytelling by Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a Joe Bev, the award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director.Each half-hour is beautifully produced with original a cast of professional actors, sound effects, and music.Volume 2 includes:- "I'll Teach You! … or A Box of Nothing" by Joe Bevilacqua - "A Call from ... Read more

    $27.95 CAD

  • Audiobook

    A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Vol. 1

    Unabridged

    6 hours 3 min

    A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 1 is an anthology representing more than forty years of storytelling by Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a Joe Bev, the award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director.Each half-hour is beautifully produced with original a cast of professional actors, sound effects, and music.Volume 1 includes:- "The Mystery of the Creepy Hack Writer" by Joe Bevilacqua- "Arise from ... Read more

    $27.95 CAD

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