Yugoslavia was unique among the communist countries of the Cold War era in its openness to mixing cultural elements from both socialism and capitalism. Unlike their counterparts in the nations of the Soviet Bloc, ordinary Yugoslavs enjoyed access to a wide range of consumer goods and services, from clothes and appliances to travel agencies and discotheques. From the mid-1950s onward the political climate in Yugoslavia permitted, and later at times encouraged, a consumerist lifestyle of shopping, spending, acquiring, and enjoying that engaged the public on a day-to-day basis through modern advertising and sales techniques. In Bought and Sold, Patrick Hyder Patterson reveals the extent to which socialist Yugoslavia embraced a consumer culture usually associated with capitalism and explores the role of consumerism in the federation's collapse into civil war in 1991.
Based on extraordinary research and featuring remarkable examples of Yugoslav print advertising and mass culture, this book reconstructs in often dramatic detail the rise of a culture in which shoppers' desires trumped genuine human needs. Yugoslavia, Patterson argues, became a land where the symbolic, cultural value of consumer goods was a primary factor in individual and group identity. He shows how a new, aggressive business establishment promoted consumerist tendencies that ordinary citizens eagerly adopted, while the Communist leadership alternately encouraged and constrained the consumer orientation.
Abundance translated into civic contentment and seemed to prove that the regime could provide goods and services equal to those of the capitalist West, but many Yugoslavs, both inside and outside the circles of official power, worried about the contradiction between the population's embrace of consumption and the dictates of Marxist ideology. The result was a heated public debate over creeping consumerist values, with the new way of life finding fierce critics and, surprisingly for a communist country, many passionate and vocal defenders. Patterson argues that consumerism was one of the critical factors that held the multiethnic society together during the years of the Yugoslav "Good Life" of the 1960s and 1970s. With the economic downturn of the 1980s, however, the reliance on expanding consumerism ultimately led to bitter disillusionment, stripping the unique Yugoslav model of its legitimacy and priming the populace for mutual resentment, ethnic conflict, and war.
Автор: Hyder Elicia Название: The Sacrifice ISBN: 1945775122 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945775123 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
"Hello, Praea."
There's only one being on Earth who calls Sloan Jordan by that name--her biological mother, a demon named Kasyade. So why did she answer Sloan's best friend's phone? When Sloan reaches Adrianne Marx's apartment to investigate, all she finds is a half-written list of things to do before Sloan's wedding:
1. Order booze for the reception. 2. Send the final guest count to the caterer. 3. Register for gifts. 4. Don't forget to--
That's where the to-do list ended. Midsentence with a scrawled line like Adrianne had been dragged away from the task. If Kasyade was involved in the abduction, Adrianne probably had been.
The reason? Ransom.
The price? Sloan's unborn daughter, the most powerful angel in all of history.
But hell can't rival the fury of an angry mother protecting her child, and until the baby is born, her incredible power is Sloan's to wield. Now the prey becomes the predator as Sloan seeks to put an end to Kasyade forever.
Автор: Hyder Elicia Название: The Siren ISBN: 0996448381 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780996448383 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 12870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Hyder Elicia Название: The Soul Summoner Series: Books 1-3 ISBN: 1945775076 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945775079 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 34470.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: An ordinary woman with an extraordinary gift is out to stop evil with two irresistible men. One of them would die for her; the other would kill to keep her safe.
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THE SOUL SUMMONER (Book 1)
Blessed or cursed with a connection to the souls of others, Sloan Jordan can see the best in people...and the worst. With nothing more than a glance at a photograph, she can judge the living from the dead and the good souls from the evil ones. For twenty-seven years, she's kept her ability a secret, but eleven young women have been murdered in the mountains of North Carolina, and Sloan may be the only hope of finding their killer.
She has just agreed to help Detective Nathan McNamara with the case, when a stranger--who is as alluring as he is terrifying--shows up at her doorstep with a dark past and another puzzling mystery: she can't see his soul at all.
Now Sloan is on the hunt for a deadly psychopath with two irresistible men. One of them would die for her, and the other would kill to keep her safe.
THE SIREN (Book 2)
All the missing victims of North Carolina's deadliest serial killer have been found, all except Rachel Smith. When the FBI produces a photo proving Rachel is alive and well in Texas, one case is closed but another one is opened. Either this is a case of mistaken identity or there are more people than just Sloan Jordan and Warren Parish who seem to walk the earth without a soul.
Along with Detective Nathan McNamara, Sloan and Warren travel south to find Rachel and solve the biggest mystery of all: determining who--or what--they really are.
THE ANGEL OF DEATH (Book 3)
After stopping a serial killer and shutting down an interstate human trafficking ring, Sloan Jordan is ready for a break. But back at home in Asheville, her problems have only just begun.
The supernatural world has taken an interest in her, and strange things are happening. Her powers are multiplying, she's plagued by vivid nightmares, and a deranged young woman, babbling an unknown language, has been detained by police. The only clue to her identity-Sloan's name carved into her arm.
If that wasn't enough, the FBI has launched a full-scale investigation into her private life, believing Sloan might not be as innocent as she claims.
With her boyfriend, Warren Parish, deployed with the Marine Corps, Sloan is left in the protection of Detective Nathan McNamara. And their complicated friendship is about to be tested. Sloan has a secret...one that could turn even Nathan against her forever.
Автор: Hyder Elicia Название: The Bed She Made ISBN: 099644839X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780996448390 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 15590.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Hyder Elicia Название: The Soul Summoner ISBN: 0996448349 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780996448345 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 11950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Blessed-or cursed-with a connection to the souls of others, Sloan Jordan can see the best in people... and the worst. For twenty-seven years, she's kept her ability a secret, but eleven young women have been murdered in the mountains of North Carolina, and Sloan may be the only hope of finding their killer.
She has just agreed to help Detective Nathan McNamara with the case, when a stranger-who is as alluring as he is terrifying-shows up at her doorstep with a dark past and another puzzling mystery: she can't see his soul at all.
Now Sloan is on the hunt for a deadly psychopath with two irresistible men. One of them would die for her, and the other would kill to keep her safe.
Автор: Hyder Elicia Название: The Soul Summoner Series: Books 4-6 ISBN: 1945775149 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945775147 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 34470.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: THE TAKEN - BOOK 4 Sloan Jordan's days are numbered. She has 139 to be exact. In that time, there's a lot to do: a missing friend to find, a wedding to plan, and her own murder plot to overthrow.When a lead takes the crew back to Chicago, the truth they uncover is more shocking than they ever imagined-to fight the enemies of the present, they must first face the demons from the past.
THE SACRIFICE - BOOK 5"Hello, Praea."
There's only one being on Earth who calls Sloan Jordan by that name-her biological mother, a demon named Kasyade. So why did she answer Sloan's best friend's phone? When Sloan reaches Adrianne Marx's apartment to investigate, all she finds is a half-written list of things to do before Sloan's wedding:
1. Order booze for the reception.2. Send the final guest count to the caterer.3. Register for gifts.4. Don't forget to-
That's where the to-do list ended. Mid-sentence with a scrawled line like Adrianne had been dragged away from the task. If Kasyade was involved in the abduction, Adrianne probably had been.
The reason? Ransom.
The price? Sloan's unborn daughter, the most powerful angel in all of history.
But hell can't rival the fury of an angry mother protecting her child, and until the baby is born, her incredible power is Sloan's to wield. Now the prey becomes the predator as Sloan seeks to put an end to Kasyade forever.
THE REGULAR GUY: A NATHAN MCNAMARA STORYThey say the best things come to those who wait, and no one hopes that's true more than Special Operations Commander, Nathan McNamara.
For over a year, he's put his life, his career, and his mother's hopes for more grandchildren on hold to dive headfirst into a world he never knew existed. A world full of angels, demons, and enough sexual frustration to crack the Pope.
But all that is supposed to be behind him, and his future looks bright and full of possibilities. That is, until a familiar chill ripples the atmosphere--and a supernatural thunder rumbles over the mountains.
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Автор: Clements Elicia Название: Virginia Woolf: Music, Sound, Language ISBN: 1487504268 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781487504267 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 52670.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This study investigates how the medium of sound and its most representative art form of music enable Virginia Woolf to develop fresh concepts and methods in her experimental fiction.
