The Devil's Wheels

The Devil's WheelsDuring the high days of modernization fever, among the many disorienting changes Germans experienced in the Weimar Republic was an unprecedented mingling of consumption and identity: increasingly, what one bought signaled who one was. Exemplary of this volatile dynamic was the eras burgeoning motorcycle culture. With automobiles largely a luxury of the upper classes, motorcycles complexly symbolized masculinity and freedom, embodying a widespread

this book seeks to develop heritage learners’ communication skills to meet the practical requirements of university study and the modern-day workplace

The story of the British acquisition of Hong Kong is intricately related to that of the Portuguese enclave of Macao

but all readers who love a good story will enjoy this moving book

as told by progressive activists

Provides a philosophical

Presented here are parts of the Judaic tradition of wisdom

Iqani argues that we need a new vocabulary to think about what it means to be human in this new age of consumption-produced waste

but what remains is replete with fantastic characters

A Spirit of Sacrifice documents the statewide story of New York in World War I through the collections of the State's Office of Cultural Education comprised of the New York State Museum

and detailed

Illustrations of each major genre of pattern poem are included

Provides a deeply researched account of contemporary Asian art movements