Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this lively, carefully argued, and well-documented book, Hyde brings the past to bear on present matters, shedding fresh light on everything from the Human Genome Project to Bob Dylan's musical root, revealing a vision of how to reclaim the commonwealth of art and ideas that we were meant to inherit.
2) Mine: essays
Author
Physical Desc
v, 167 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is a book about ownership. It begins with an essay about being given a man's furniture while he's on trial for murder and follows with essays that question corporeal, familial, and intellectual forms of ownership. It explores what it means to believe that a hand, or a child, or a country, or a story belongs to you; and what happens if you're wrong.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Thai
Description
The blue hour is a sexy supernatural love story about a bullied loner, Tam, who finds solace in the arms of Phum, a boy he meets at a haunted swimming pool. Phum reveals that his family's land has been stolen and the newfound lovers imagine a perfect life together on the disputed land. Haunted by a ghostly presence, Tam struggles to stay connected to reality.
Author
Series
Sam Levitt mysteries volume 2
Physical Desc
209 pages, 210 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Unable to resist an exciting job offer in Marseille, Sam Levitt, former lawyer and wine connoisseur, and his girlfriend Elena find their happy return to the region's coastal sunshine and delectable cuisine challenged by an increasingly violent competition for waterfront property.
Author
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A hidden set of rules governs who owns what -- explaining everything from whether you can recline your airplane seat to why HBO lets you borrow a password illegally -- and in this lively and entertaining guide, two acclaimed law professors reveal how things become "mine.""--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, from tech firms and pharma companies to coffee shops and gyms, the ability to deploy assets that one can neither see nor touch is increasingly the main source...
8) [Killfile]
Author
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"John Smith possesses a special gift that seems more like a curse: he can access other people's thoughts. He hears the songs stuck in their heads, knows their most private traumas and fears, and relives the painful memories they can't let go of. The CIA honed his skills until he was one of their most powerful operatives, but John fled the Agency and now works as a private consultant, trying to keep the dark potentials of his gift in check -a d himself...
Author
Physical Desc
xvi, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Carol Roth investigates what would happen if a new financial world order took hold, one in which global elites own everything and you own nothing -- and yet you are somehow happy. When Carol Roth first heard that one of the World Economic Forum's predictions for 2030 was "You will own nothing, and be happy," she thought it was an outlandish fantasy. Then, she researched it. What she found was that a number of businesses, governments, and global elites...
Author
Physical Desc
x, 326 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Reveals the land grab taking place around the world and how corporate and governmental promises about the benefits of development are masking environmental and social destruction and the transfer of wealth out of host countries.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Ocean's Eleven" meets "The Farewell" in this lush, lyrical heist novel inspired by the true story of Chinese art vanishing from Western museums, about diaspora, the colonization of art, and the complexity of the Chinese American identity. History is told by the conquerors. Across the Western world, museums display the spoils of war, of conquest, of colonialism: priceless pieces of art looted from other countries, kept even now. Will Chen plans to...
Author
Physical Desc
viii, 375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing on a trove of confidential museum records and frank interviews, Felch and Frammolino give a fly-on-the-wall account of the inner workings of a world-class museum and tell the story of the Getty's dealings in the illegal antiquities trade. Fast-paced and compelling, "Chasing Aphrodite" exposes the layer of dirt beneath the polished facade of the museum business.
Author
Series
Cultural resources volume no. 6, 1989
Physical Desc
xv, 174 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Author
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ten short stories and two novellas that explores the idea of property in every meaning of the word ... These pieces illustrate how our possessions act as proxies for ourselves, and how tussles over ownership articulate the power dynamics of our relationships"--Amazon.com.
Author
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
This comprehensive, authoritative and accessible book enables creators to understand their legal rights and safeguard their work from a wide variety of risks in both cyberspace and traditional media. It explains major developments in the applicable law and in the publishing, communications, art and entertainment businesses so you'll be able to confidently secure your work, negotiate contracts and avoid lawsuits.
Looking for an older book we don’t have?
Printed books not owned by Santa Fe Public Library that were released more than 6 months ago can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. Limit: 3 per calendar month.
Looking for a newer item we don’t have?
Suggest the library purchase a new book, DVD, audiobook, or music CD through your account. Limit: 30 active requests at a time. Submit Purchase Suggestion