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How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters

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The story of how you created internet culture and why it mattersSince the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to vlogs, tweets to memes: for the first time in history, making art became the fundamental form of communication.What started as fun soon became currency, something vital to finding friends, work, and love. Then, as ‘meatspace’ job ... Read more

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The story of how you created internet culture and why it mattersSince the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to vlogs, tweets to memes: for the first time in history, making art became the fundamental form of communication.What started as fun soon became currency, something vital to finding friends, work, and love. Then, as ‘meatspace’ job
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Girl Online

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What happens when a woman goes online? She becomes a girl.The unwritten contract of the internet, that a user is what is used, extends from the well-examined issue of data privacy and consent to the very selves women are encouraged to create in order to appear. Invited to self-construct as “girls online,” vloggers, bloggers and influencers sign a devil’s bargain: a platform on the condition they ... Read more

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What happens when a woman goes online? She becomes a girl.The unwritten contract of the internet, that a user is what is used, extends from the well-examined issue of data privacy and consent to the very selves women are encouraged to create in order to appear. Invited to self-construct as “girls online,” vloggers, bloggers and influencers sign a devil’s bargain: a platform on the condition they
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My Life as a Godard Movie

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A book-length essay on beauty and revolution as seen through the work of Jean-Luc Godard.As Joanna Walsh watches the films of Jean-Luc Godard, she considers beauty and desire in life and art. “There’s a resistance, in Godard’s women,” writes Walsh, “that is at the heart of his work (and theirs).” She is captivated by the Paris of his films and the often porous border between the city presented on ... Read more

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A book-length essay on beauty and revolution as seen through the work of Jean-Luc Godard.As Joanna Walsh watches the films of Jean-Luc Godard, she considers beauty and desire in life and art. “There’s a resistance, in Godard’s women,” writes Walsh, “that is at the heart of his work (and theirs).” She is captivated by the Paris of his films and the often porous border between the city presented on
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Hotel

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Series series Object Lessons
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.During the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a job as a hotel reviewer, and began to gravitate towards places designed as alternatives to home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymity, privacy…hotels are where our desires go on holiday, but also places where our desires are ... Read more

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.During the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a job as a hotel reviewer, and began to gravitate towards places designed as alternatives to home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymity, privacy…hotels are where our desires go on holiday, but also places where our desires are
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I Love Mom

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Illustrated by Judi Abbot ...

Show Mom how much you care with this delightful board book from the creators of The Perfect Hug and The Biggest Kiss.Some smiles are sun smilesrun for miles smilesbut no one’s smile is wider, brighter,than my mom’s smile.This charming Classic Board Book is a celebration of moms everywhere! ... Read more

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Show Mom how much you care with this delightful board book from the creators of The Perfect Hug and The Biggest Kiss.Some smiles are sun smilesrun for miles smilesbut no one’s smile is wider, brighter,than my mom’s smile.This charming Classic Board Book is a celebration of moms everywhere!
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Vertigo

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“With wry humor and profound sensitivity, Walsh takes what is mundane and transforms it into something otherworldly with sentences that can make your heart stop. A feat of language.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review“Joanna Walsh's haunting and unforgettable stories enact a literal vertigo—the feeling that if I fall I will fall not toward the earth but into space—by probing the spaces between things ... Read more

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“With wry humor and profound sensitivity, Walsh takes what is mundane and transforms it into something otherworldly with sentences that can make your heart stop. A feat of language.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review“Joanna Walsh's haunting and unforgettable stories enact a literal vertigo—the feeling that if I fall I will fall not toward the earth but into space—by probing the spaces between things
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The Perfect Hug

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An adorable follow-up to The Biggest Kiss, which School Library Journal called “a wonderful cuddle-up-and-read choice.” Includes audio!There are hugs for wrigglers, and hugs for gigglers. Hugs that are tickly, and hugs that are prickly…But what kind of hug is absolutely PERFECT? This fabulous feel-good eBook with audio is simply bursting with the cuddliest, snuggliest, most perfect hugs. Dive in ... Read more

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An adorable follow-up to The Biggest Kiss, which School Library Journal called “a wonderful cuddle-up-and-read choice.” Includes audio!There are hugs for wrigglers, and hugs for gigglers. Hugs that are tickly, and hugs that are prickly…But what kind of hug is absolutely PERFECT? This fabulous feel-good eBook with audio is simply bursting with the cuddliest, snuggliest, most perfect hugs. Dive in
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I Love Dad

by Joanna Walsh, Judi Abbot ...

Show Dad how much you care with this warm story of parent appreciation from the creators of The Perfect Hug and The Biggest Kiss, which School Library Journal called “a wonderful cuddle-up-and-read choice.”When the clock ticks around to a bright new day, I know today will be filled with fun things to do with dad.From his stubbly kisses to his sky-high piggyback rides to his bedtime stories, no one ... Read more

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Show Dad how much you care with this warm story of parent appreciation from the creators of The Perfect Hug and The Biggest Kiss, which School Library Journal called “a wonderful cuddle-up-and-read choice.”When the clock ticks around to a bright new day, I know today will be filled with fun things to do with dad.From his stubbly kisses to his sky-high piggyback rides to his bedtime stories, no one
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Worlds from the Word's End

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This collection cements Joanna Walsh's reputation as one of the sharpest writers of this century. Wearing her learning lightly, Walsh's stories make us see the world afresh while showing us she has read the world. In 'Like a Fish Needs a . . .' – perhaps the funniest, most freewheeling story ever written about cycling (and Freud and and and . . .) you read shenanigans worthy of Flann O'Brien. ... Read more

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This collection cements Joanna Walsh's reputation as one of the sharpest writers of this century. Wearing her learning lightly, Walsh's stories make us see the world afresh while showing us she has read the world. In 'Like a Fish Needs a . . .' – perhaps the funniest, most freewheeling story ever written about cycling (and Freud and and and . . .) you read shenanigans worthy of Flann O'Brien.
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I Love Mum

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by Joanna Walsh ...

An adorable, sunshiny book which shows how, no matter what, there's just no-one like Mum.Some smiles are sun smiles, run for miles smilesBut no one's smile is wider, brighter, than my mum's smile.Follow two little tiger cubs as they enjoy a fun-filled day with their loving mum.Praise for The Perfect Hug"The Perfect Hug is a must for Valentine's Day promotions and an endearing book for parents, ... Read more

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An adorable, sunshiny book which shows how, no matter what, there's just no-one like Mum.Some smiles are sun smiles, run for miles smilesBut no one's smile is wider, brighter, than my mum's smile.Follow two little tiger cubs as they enjoy a fun-filled day with their loving mum.Praise for The Perfect Hug"The Perfect Hug is a must for Valentine's Day promotions and an endearing book for parents,
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Best British Short Stories 2015

by Rebecca Swirsky, Matthew Sperling, Joanna Walsh, Jenn Ashworth, Tamar Hodes, Bee Lewis, Uschi Gatward, Emma Cleary, Jim Hinks, Jonathan Gibbs, Neil Campbell, Hilary Mantel, Alan McCormick, Alison Moore, Helen Marshall, Julianne Pachico, Helen Simpson, Charles Wilkinson, Nicholas Royle, K. J. Orr, Tracey S. Rosenberg ...

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"Hilary Mantel and Helen Simpson feature in the nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its fifth year …"Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief ... Read more

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"Hilary Mantel and Helen Simpson feature in the nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its fifth year …"Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief
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Hotel

Object Lessons

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Series series Object Lessons
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Bloomsbury presents Hotel by Joanna Walsh, read by Stephanie Racine.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.During the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a job as a hotel reviewer, and began to gravitate towards places designed as alternatives to home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymity, privacy…hotels are where our desires go on ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Hotel by Joanna Walsh, read by Stephanie Racine.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.During the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a job as a hotel reviewer, and began to gravitate towards places designed as alternatives to home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymity, privacy…hotels are where our desires go on
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