“mark l green”

Technology was once thought of only in relation to machines, manufacturing or the military. Now it pervades every aspect of our lives. In Technoculture, Lelia Green focuses on the technologies of communication, from things we don’t even think of as technology, like the alphabet or electricity, to ... More

Meteor succeeded meteor in such rapid succession that it was impossible to count them; at times the sky seemed full of them, and the earth was illuminated as with a morning light. Eye-witness accounts such as this, and every spectacular detail of the Leonids, the greatest meteor showers of all, can ... More

LeVine presents a groundbreaking exploration of the roots of the current conflict between the United States and the Muslim world.... More

An invigorating book about the debates raging within China. We all know about he fast pace of change in this country. This book brings us the ideas being fought over in the country itself – from democracy to the idea of a ‘peaceful rise’. It challenges all of our assumptions about... More

LeVine presents this fascinating, eye-opening tour of the rock, hip-hop, and heavy-metal scene evolving in the Middle East. 8-page b&w photo insert."We play heavy metal because our lives are heavy metal."--Reda Zine, one of the founders of the Moroccan heavy-metal scene "Music is the weapon of the f... More

You know how it is...you're at a party, you've had a drink or two, and then someone introduces you to a friend. He's a doctor and it seems like the perfect time to ask all those strange questions you've always wondered about, but never had the courage to ask: can poppy seeds make you test positive f... More

With genetically modified crops we have entered unchartered territory—where visions of the triumph of biotechnology in agriculture vie with dire views of medical and environmental disaster. For two years Mark L Winston travelled this fraught territory at home and abroad, making a thorough survey o... More