Thoroughly revised, this new edition of Critical Theory of Technology rethinks the relationships between technology, rationality, and democracy, arguing... that the degradation of labor--as well as of many environmental, educational, and political systems--is rooted in the social values that preside over technological development. It contains materials on political theory, but the emphasis has shifted to reflect a growing interest in the fields of technology and cultural studies.

Professional ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 In C# and VBASP.NET 3.5 brings the power of Visual Studio 2008 along with the multitude of language improvements in C# 2008... and Visual Basic 2008 as well as powerful new technology called LINQ, together with the ASP.NET 2.0 Framework you already know and love. Packed with valuable coverage of ASP.NET 3.5 SP1, this essential resource offers both C# and VB examples throughout the book, and shares new and updated content on the ADO.NET Entity Framework, ADO.NET Dynamic Data, and ADO.NET Data Services.While ASP.NET 3.5 boasts server controls like the ListView and the incredibly flexible GridView, it also includes advancements in AJAX technology combined with JavaScript debugging features in Visual Studio 2008. With this book, a stellar author team covers the new controls in the AJAX toolbox, the back button history, and script combining, and they also examine the new capabilities of WCF including changes to DataContractSerializer. In addition, the accompanying CD-ROM features the entire book in PDF format.What you will learn from this bookThe concepts underlying the server control and its pivotal role in ASP.NET developmentHow to create templated ASP.NET pages using the master page featureHow to work with data from enterprise databases including SQL ServerWays to debug, package, and deploy ASP.NET applications, monitor their health and performance, and handle errorsHow to retrieve, update, and delete data quickly and logically using LINQ with side-by-side examples comparing LINQ to existing techniquesWays to localize your web site in multiple languages for a world-wide audienceMethods for adding AJAX capabilities to your ASP.NET applicationsThe many benefits of the new data access additionsWays to use and extend the Provider Model for accessing data stores, processes, and moreWhat freeware tools you need in Scott Hanselman's ASP.NET Ultimate Developer Tools appendixWho this book is forThis book is for programmers and developers who are looking to make the transition to ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 with Visual Studio 2008 and either C# 3.0 (2008) or Visual Basic 9 (2008).CD-ROM includes the full book in PDF format and a selection of 7 Wrox Blox mini e-books including:Internet Explorer 8 and Its Impact on Your ASP.NET Web SitesJumping from ASP.NET to Silverlight 2Leverage LINQ in ASP.NET 3.5 ProjectsNote: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

(Applause Books). Mel Gussow's critically-acclaimed biography of the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ( Seascape , A Delicate Balance , ... The Zoo Story ), who first electrified the American theatre scene in the 1960s with his groundbreaking The Zoo Story followed by the legendary Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The poems in Alan Shapiro's seventh collection, Song and Dance, intimately describe the complicated feelings that attend the catastrophic loss of a... loved one. In 1998, Shapiro's brother, David, an actor on Broadway, was diagnosed with an incurable form of brain cancer. Song and Dance recounts the poet's emotional journey through the last months of his brother's life, exploring feelings too often ignored in official accounts of grief: horror, relief, impatience, exhaustion, exhilaration, fear, self-criticism, fulfillment.

A man of as many names as motives, Edward Bancroft is a singular figure in the history of Revolutionary America. Born in Massachusetts in 1745, Bancroft... moved to England as a young man in the 1760s and began building a respectable résumé as both a scientist and a man of letters. In recognition of his works in natural history, Bancroft was unanimously elected to the Royal Society, and while working to secure French aid for the American Revolution, he became a close associate of such luminaries as Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and John Adams. Though lauded in his time as a staunch American patriot, when the British diplomatic archives were opened in the late nineteenth century, it was revealed that Bancroft led a secret life as a British agent acting against French and American interests.In this book, the first complete biography of Bancroft, historian Thomas J. Schaeper reveals the full extent of the agent's deception during the crucial years of the American Revolution. Operating under aliases, working in ciphers, and leaving coded messages in the trees of Paris's Tuileries Gardens, Bancroft filtered information from unsuspecting figures including Franklin and Deane back to his contacts in Britain, navigating a complicated web of political allegiances. Through Schaeper's keen analysis of Bancroft's correspondence and diplomatic records, this biography reveals whether Bancroft should ultimately be considered a traitor to America or a patriot to Britain.