Thousands of Boohs. 
FELA: THE LIFE ANITTIMES OF 
AN AFRICAN MUSICAL ICON 
Michael Veal 
Michael Veal has demonstrated 
a tremendous command of the 
literature, not merely on Fela 
and the Nigerian music scene, 
but the Nigerian context in 
which Fela grew and matured, 
the Afro-Diasporic musical context, 
and the bind of global/ 
world music fratneworb that 
has yet to appreciate Fela's contribution... 
THE AGE OF SPIRITUAL 
MACHINES 
When Computers Exceed 
Human Intelligence 
Ray Kurzweil 
THE ACE Of 
MACHINfJ 
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RAV KUR^H'i 
Imagine a world where the difference 
between man and machine 
blurs, where the line between 
humanity and technology 
fades, and where the soul 
and the silicon chip unite. This 
is not science fiction. This is the 
twenty-first century according 
to Ray Kurzweil. the inventor of 
the most innovative and compelling 
technology of our era. 
In his inspired hands. life in the 
new millennium no longer 
seems daunting... 
THE ROAD TO HELL 
The Ravaging Effects Of Foreign 
Aid And International Charity 
Michael Maren 
. JO AD 
TO HELL 
PEOPLE FUNNY BOY: THE GENIUS 
OF LEE SCRATCH' PERRY 
David Katz 
People Funny Boy delves behind 
the myth of Perry to give a fuller 
examination of his life and. more 
importantly, his worh. It centres 
on extensive interviews with family 
members, fellow artists, friends, 
former lovers, enemies and proclamations 
from the man himself 
to present a complex portrait of a 
soul who is driven by unseen spiritual 
forces... 
tHE COST OF LIVING 
Arilndhati Roy 
In this spirited polemic. Roy dares 
to tabe on two of the great illusions 
of India's progress: the massive 
dam projects that were supposed 
to haul this sprawling subcontinent 
into the modern agebut 
which instead have displaced 
untold millions- and the detonation 
of lndiass first nuclear bomb, 
with all its attendant Faustian bargains. 
Merging her inimitable 
voice with a great moral outrage 
and imaginative sweep. Roy peels 
away the mash of democracy and 
prosperity to show the true costs 
hidden beneath... 
Foreign aid tends to conjure up images 
of endless bags of food, selfless 
doctors fighting malnutrition 
and inoculating children against 
disease, and American actors and 
actresses mabing late-night television 
appeals to sponsor needy children. 
It involves simple, 
bindhearted checb writing- or Congressional 
appropriations-and lots 
of caring. Right? Wrong Dangerously 
wrong. 
THE CORNEL WEST READER 
Cornel West 
Cornel West has for the last 
decade been one of America's 
premiere public intellectuals and 
one of the prophetic voices of 
our era. Whether writing a 
scholarly boob or an article for 
Newsweeb, speahing of Emerson. 
Chebhov. Morrison or Martin 
Luther King. Jr., West radiates a 
passion and insight steeped in 
the rich traditions from which he draws - the blacb church, 
existensialist thought, Marxist theory and Jazz. This monumental 
collection traces the arc of West's thought from 
explorations of prophetic pragmatism' to his philosophizing 
on race, popular culture and radical politics 
Cornel West is not simply a lucid African-American guide 
equal to the complexities of real multi culturalism, but also an 
authentic teacher of hope and reason Edward Said 
THE CULTURES OF 
GLOBALIZATION 
Fredric lameson and Masao 
Miyoshi. editors 
Contributors: Noam Chomshy 
loan Davies Manthia Diawara 
Enrique Dussel David Harvey 
Sherif Hetata Fredric Jameson 
Geeta Kapur Liu Kang Joan 
Martinez-Alier Masao Miyoshi 
Walter D. Mignolo Alberto 
Moreiras Paib Nah-chung Leslie 
Shlair Subramani Barbara Trent 
The Cultures of Globalization 
presents an international panel 
of intellectuals who consider the 
process of globalization as it concerns the transformation of the 
economic into the cultural and vice versa; the rise of consumer 
culture around the world; the production and cancellation of forms 
of subjectivity; and the challenges it presents to national identity, 
local culture, and traditional forms of everyday life.Discussing overlapping 
themes of transnational consequence, the contributors to 
this volume describe how the global character of technology, communication 
networbs, consumer culture, intellectual discourse, 
the arts, and mass entertainment have all been affected by recent 
worldwide trends.