Carried Away: The Invention of Modern Shopping by Rachel Bowlby, ISBN 0231122756
The curious history of shopping and our ideas about it, from the glamorous nineteenth-century department store to our own multi-functional supermarkets
Carried away or loaded down, love it or hate it, we take shopping for granted as one of the pleasures, or burdens, of our lives. Yet we are curiously unaware of how we became the consumers that we are.
In this witty and revelatory book, Rachel Bowlby looks at some of the turning points of twentieth-century consumer history: when department stores gave way to supermarkets; when packaging made everyday things into objects of desire; when self-service created a close, new relationship between shoppers and merchandise. Carried Away looks at arguments about chocolate boxes and bars of soap, at modernist shop windows and supermarket shelves, at Stepford Wives and Rupert Bears -- at the many extraordinary ways that modern shopping and shoppers have been imagined and invented.
Bowlby focuses in particular on the development of supermarkets, which started in the United States as accidental discount ventures in the 1930s before rapidly settling into the standard stores of suburban malls. But self-service did not have to be massive in scale. Between the two world wars, writers on retail speculated about a new hands-on intimacy between shoppers and goods in the small local store, with no clerk interfering. At the same time, packaging, which after World War II came to symbolize crudely exploitative mass marketing, was a field for modernist experiment, promising a simple, sophisticated aesthetic for all.
Carried Away delves into these and other forgotten histories of twentieth-century stores and their shoppers; after you have read it, theaisles of the local market will never seem quite the same.
Sports Jumble: Word Power Workouts by Cheryl Leonhardt, ISBN 157243113X
Everyone who has read a newspaper recognizes Jumble "RM", the clever and humorous scrambled word game. Featuring a series of scrambled words coupled with a cartoon and riddle, these puzzles are a national tradition.
- Carried daily in nearly 500 major newspapers around the world
- Enjoyed by millions of readers
- Mentioned in hit televisions shows Friends, Seinfeld, and The Simpsons
Check out this new eclectic collection of Jumbles "RM", pulled straight from our puzzle files.
Sports Jumble: Word Power Workouts by Cheryl Leonhardt, ISBN 157243113X
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HDTV for Dummies
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Men of Valor: Vietnam Xbox
... Along with your platoon, you will fight the NVA and the Vietcong in true historic battles and locales, including Khe Sahn, the Tet Offensive and the tunnels of Cu Chi. Experience authentic replicas of Vietnam-era warfare, from jungle-based ambushes to machine gun operations in a Huey helicopter.
- Choose from an arsenal of authentic weaponry, including the M-16, M-60, AK-47 and the M-79 grenade launcher
- Squad-based action allows you to give orders to your team through jungles, rivers and deserted cities
- Get behind the controls of a variety of period vehicles, including a Huey helicopter, M151 Mutt Jeep, Boston Whaler riverboat and more
- Enjoy two-player cooperative missions and multiplayer matches with up to eight players online via Xbox Live
- Features voice recognition, system link, HDTV capabilities and Dolby 5.
HDTV > Men of Valor: Vietnam Xbox
Visco 37" Widescreen LCD HDTV w/ Digital ATSC/NTSC Tuner, Glossy Black Finish
| Key Features & Benefits: | ||
| Enjoy movies, sports and programs in rich color with life-like detail | ||
| Adds an impressively large touch to your home theater | ||
| High resolution ensures the picture is always crisp with the finest detail. | ||
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