Book Review

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2010, 216 pages, Penguin Press, New York and London

In this follow-up book to Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations, NYU professor and Internet guru Clay Shirky continues his exploration of the ways groups are now successfully using new media and communication tools and the vast potential of these applications.

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Illustrated by Jennifer Williams, 2010, 100 pages, Triarchy Press, Station Offices, Station Yard, Axminster, Devon EX13 5PF UK, triarchypress.com

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2010, 202 pages, The Feminist Press at the City University of New York

Mix two parts choreographer with two parts daredevil, then season well with science and philosophy, and you’ll have the recipe for Elizabeth Streb’s new book, How to Become an Extreme Action Hero.

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2010, 205 pages, Tufts University Press

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2009, 160 pages, Simon & Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, Rockefeller Center, New York City, www.simonandschuster.com

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The Way We’ll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream.
By John Zogby; Random House (New York), 2008, 256 pages

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The Qualities of Quality: Understanding Excellence in Arts Education; By Steve Seidel, Shari Tishman, Ellen Winner, Lois Hetland, Patricia Palmer. Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education (Cambridge, MA), 2009, 121 pages. Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation with additional support from the Arts Education Partnership

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Beyond Price: Value in Culture, Economics, and the Arts; Edited by Michael Hutter and David Throsby; Cambridge University Press, 2007, 324 pages

The art that matters to us … is received by us as a gift is received. Even if we have paid a fee at the door of the museum or concert hall, when we are touched by a work of art something comes to us that has nothing to do with the price.
— Lewis Hyde
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Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
Penguin Press, 2008, 352 pages. ISBN-10: 1594201722

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2007. 162 pages. AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, www.altamirapress.com

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