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Paperback. Condition: Good. Why is the battle between good and evil a recurring theme in rap lyrics? What role does the devil play in hip hop? What exactly does it mean when rappers wear a diamond-encrusted Jesus around their necks? Why do rappers acknowledge God during award shows and frequently include prayers in their albums? Rap and Religion: Understanding the Gangsta's God tackles a sensitive and controversial topic: the juxtaposition-and seeming hypocrisy-of references to God within hip hop culture and rap music.This book provides a focused examination of the intersection of God and religion with hip hop and rap music. Author Ebony A. Utley, PhD, references selected rap lyrics and videos that span three decades of mainstream hip hop culture in America, representing the East Coast, the West Coast, and the South in order to account for how and why rappers talk about God. Utley also describes the complex urban environments that birthed rap music and sources interviews, award acceptance speeches, magazine and website content, and liner notes to further explain how God became entrenched in hip hop.…

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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. [1st printing] 1977. Cover art by Frank Kelly Freas. Includes "Foreward" by Isaac Asimov; "Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe" by John Varley; "Machismo on Byronia" by Martin Gardiner; "Low Grade Ore" by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; "Backspace" by F. M. Busby; "Perchance to Dream" by Sally A. Sellers; "On the Martian Problem" by Randall Garrett; "The Missing Item" by Isaac Asimov; "Home Team Advantage" by Jack C. Haldeman II; "Air Raid" by Herb Boehm; "A Simple Outside Job" by Robert Lee Hawkins; "Time and Hagakure" by Steven Utley; "Coming of Age in Henson's Tube" by William Jon Watkins; "To Sin Against Systems" by Garry R. Osgood. Creasing; edge and corner wear; tanning. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Why is the battle between good and evil a recurring theme in rap lyrics? What role does the devil play in hip hop? What exactly does it mean when rappers wear a diamond-encrusted Jesus around their necks? Why do rappers acknowledge God during award shows and frequently include prayers in their albums? Rap and Religion: Understanding the Gangsta's God tackles a sensitive and controversial topic: the juxtaposition-and seeming hypocrisy-of references to God within hip hop culture and rap music.This book provides a focused examination of the intersection of God and religion with hip hop and rap music. Author Ebony A. Utley, PhD, references selected rap lyrics and videos that span three decades of mainstream hip hop culture in America, representing the East Coast, the West Coast, and the South in order to account for how and why rappers talk about God. Utley also describes the complex urban environments that birthed rap music and sources interviews, award acceptance speeches, magazine and website content, and liner notes to further explain how God became entrenched in hip hop.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1969 National Park Service Clean tight and bright. Cover is clean and strong with light shelf rub.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 8 pieces of writing including a novella, novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are Gas Fish by Mary Rosenblum (novella), The Peacock Throne by Charles Sheffield (novelette), Flatfeet! by Howard Waldrop (novelette), Race Relations by Steven Utley (short story), The Apollo Man by Robert Reed (short story), Prairie Godmother by Daniel Marcus (short story), The Last Sunset by Geoffrey A Landis (short story) and Pternanodon by Steven Utley (poetry). Address label affixed to front cover. Slight edgewear. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 pieces of writing including novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are The Eye of God by Mary Rosenblum (novelette), Transit by Stephen Dedman (novelette), Getting to Know You by David Marusek (novelette), The Here and Now by Steven Utley (short story), Radio Praha by Tony Daniel (short story), Datableed by Pat Cadigan (short story) Scientifiction by Howard Waldrop (short story), Wild Child by SN Dyer (short story), The Hunter's Mothers by Mary A Turzillo (poetry), Gravity Drives the Blood and Bands the Light by Bruce Boston (poetry), Nano by Danny Daniels (poetry) and Embrace by Steven Utley (poetry). Address label affixed to front cover. Slight edgewear. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of eight pieces of writing including novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are The Long Ride by Emily Davenport (novelette), Death Do Us Part by Robert Silverberg (novelette), Lord Stink by Judith Berman (novelette), The Botanist by Mary Roseblum (novelette), Winter Fire by Geoffrey A Landis (short story), Standing Room Only by Karen Joy Fowler (short story), The Language of Ghosts by Michael H Payne (short story), Two Fish by Steven Utley (poetry), How to Make Love to a Shark by Laurel Winter (poetry), Homer by Rick Wilson (poetry). Slight crease to front cover. Light sticker scarring/glue residue where address label was removed. In Very Good Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 8 pieces of writing including a novella, a novelette and short stories. Featured are Down the River by R Garcia Y Robertson (novella), Papa by Ian R MacLeod (novelette), "White!" Said Fred by Esther M Friesner (short story), The Girl With Some Kind of Past, and George by William Tenn (short story), The Country Doctor by Steven Utley (short story), Random Acts of Kindness by Daniel Marcus (short story), In the Hole with the Boys with the Toys by Geoffrey A Landis (short story) and The Message by Terry Bisson (short story). In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 5 pieces of writing including a novella, novelettes and short stories. Featured are Remains of Adam by AA Attanasio (novella), Edge of the Wind by Steven Utley (novelette), Legacies by Tom Purdom (novelette), Things of the Flesh by L Timmel Duchamp (novelette), Why The World Didn't End Last Tuesday by Connie Willis (short story) and The Changeling's Tale (short story) by Michael Swanwick (short story). In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 10 pieces of writing including a novella, novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are Across the Eastern Divide by Allen M Steele (novella), Tourist by Charles Stross (novelette), Touch Pain by Cecilia Tan (novelette), The Long Chase by Geoffrey A Landis (short story), Quantum Anthropology by Liz Williams (short story), Treading the Maze by Steven Utley (short story), When the Aliens Ask of Art by Amy Miller (poetry), Corn Snake by Mary A Turzilla (poetry) LaGrange Point by Alex Irvine (poetry) and Arbitrary Night in the University Lab (poetry). In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of one novella, one novelette and six short stories. The novella is Down the River by R. Garcia y Robertson. The novelette is: Papa by Ian R. MacLeod. The short stories are: "White!" Said Fred by Esther M. Friesner, The Girl With Some Kind of Past, And George by William Tenn, The Country Doctor By Steven Utley, Random Acts of Kindness by Daniel Marcus, In the Hole with the Boys with the Toys by George A. Landis, The Message by Terry Bisson. Light edge wear. Address label on the front cover. In very good condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of short stories. Featured are: Cousin Anne by Nedra Tyre, Never Mind Now by Steven Utley, Kill Me if You Can by Dick Beaird, A Rejection Slip for Murder by T.A. Meeks, The Living Doll by Isak Romun, The Final Return by James Weikart. Light edgewear. In near fine condition.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL 2004 Article, disbound from journal; no covers; in very good condition. Journal.

Hardbound. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Description: Among the papers presented here are: The Significance and Value of the Overland Journal by Dale L Morgan; The California Gold Rush Reconsidered by J S Holliday; The Persistence of Horse-Drawn Transportation in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1865-1900 by Oscar Osburn Winther; Mothers of the Mixed-Bloods; The Marginal Woman in the History of the Upper Missouri by John C Ewers; Quanah Parker, Indian Judge by William T Hagan; Mounted Riflemen: The Real Role of Cavalry in the Indian Wars by James S Hutchins; Mackenzie Against Dull Knife: Breaking the Northern Cheyennes in 1876; and more. BINDING/CONDITION: dark turquoise cloth with black text; the top edge of the text block is lightly foxed, otherwise a Very Good- book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. notes, index. 8vo (9.5 inches tall). 216 pages + ads. …

1st edition thus. Includes foldout charts. Light wear on foot of spine otherwise near fine trade hard cover book/ no dust jacket, as issued.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall in blue cloth. Near Fine w/mild slant, else Fine and unmarked; in like clipped jacket worn at corners and sunned spine. Nineteen papers from the Santa Fe Conference with an Introduction by Ray A. Billington. A landmark in western historiography. Among the papers presented here are: The Significance and Value of the Overland Journal by Dale L Morgan; The California Gold Rush Reconsidered by J S Holliday; The Persistence of Horse-Drawn Transportation in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1865-1900 by Oscar Osburn Winther; Mothers of the Mixed-Bloods; The Marginal Woman in the History of the Upper Missouri by John C Ewers; Quanah Parker, Indian Judge by William T Hagan; Mounted Riflemen: The Real Role of Cavalry in the Indian Wars by James S Hutchins; Mackenzie Against Dull Knife: Breaking the Northern Cheyennes in 1876; and more. viii, 216pp inc., Notes, Index + Program for the Conference. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. Softcover journal in very good minus condition. Article topics include: dedication to Carlos Eduardo Castaneda; three years of the diary of Henry Fountain Ashurst 1910-1913; the election of the West decided: 1916; the Bascom affair: a reconstruction; interpretations of the American West: a descriptive bibliography; and more. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Journal. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 50, No. 4. Edited by Ted White. Cover art by Bierley. Includes "Alec's Anabasis" (short novel) by Robert F. Young; "The Bentfin Boomer Girl Comes Thru" (novelet) by Richard A. Lupoff; "Shibboleth" by Barry N. Malzberg; "Our Vanishing Triceratops" by Joe Pumilia & Steven Utley; "The Recruiter" by Glen Cook; "Two of a Kind" by Richard W. Brown; "Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear" by Jack C. Haldeman; "An Animal Crime of Passion" by Vol Haldeman. Features: "Editorial" by Ted White; "The Amazing Interview: Hal Clement" by Darrell Schweitzer; "The Club House" by Rich Brown; "Or So You Say". Illustrated by Steve Fabian, Tony Gleeson, Dan Steffan, Richard Olsen, and Joe Staton. Minor hinge creasing; tanning. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Book does have a smoke smell. It is in good condition but there is some wear to the cover edges and some light scratches on the cover. Back cover has a couple of stains and a small crease.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:9780415391399.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 52, No. 1 (whole #307). Cover art by Ron Walotsky for "The Pale Brown Thing" (pt. 1 of 2) by Fritz Leiber. Includes "Hellas Is Florida" (novelet) by Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford; "The Man Who Saved the Sun" (novelet) by Stephen Tall; "Thou Whited Wall" by R. A. Lafferty; "The Wheels of God" by Paul Darcy Boles; "Losing Streak" by Steven Utley. Departments: "Books" by Algis Budrys; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Films: Futureworld Imperfect" by Baird Searles; 'Science: Discovery by Blink" by Isaac Asimov; "Letters". Label pulls and bits remaining on front; tanning; small stains to rear, penetrating. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 52, No. 1 (whole #307). Cover art by Ron Walotsky for "The Pale Brown Thing" (pt. 1 of 2) by Fritz Leiber. Includes "Hellas Is Florida" (novelet) by Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford; "The Man Who Saved the Sun" (novelet) by Stephen Tall; "Thou Whited Wall" by R. A. Lafferty; "The Wheels of God" by Paul Darcy Boles; "Losing Streak" by Steven Utley. Departments: "Books" by Algis Budrys; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Films: Futureworld Imperfect" by Baird Searles; 'Science: Discovery by Blink" by Isaac Asimov; "Letters". Label pulls and bits remaining on front; tanning. Book.…

Second printing (first published 1962). Paged as i-xvi, 13-184 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed, some scuffing and slight nicks at edges, light residue and surface peeling from removal of past bookseller's sticker at rear panel's top left corner. Blue boards with brown marbled pattern. Pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. With endpaper maps, Foreword, one map amongst text, eight b/w illustrations, Bibliography, and Index. ISBN 0870260537.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 6 X 9 inches. 58 pages. Unmarked, VG condition. Also laid in: one page folded brochure about the center.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good-. Vol. 1, No. 4. Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by Freas. Includes "Editorial" by Isaac Asimov; "To Sin Against Systems" by Gary R. Osgood; "Machismo on Byronia" by Martin Gardner; "A Simple Outside Job" by Robert Lee Hawkins; "The Missing Item" by Isaac Asimov; "Backspace" by F. M. Busby; "The Several Murders of Roger Ackroyd" by Barry Malzberg; "Time and Hagakure" by Steve Utley; "Q R P" by George R. Ewing; "Border Incident" by Ted A. Reynolds; "Heretic in a Balloon" by L. Sprague de Camp; "On the Martian Problem" by Rendall Garrett; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss; "On Books - & A Movie" by Charles N. Brown; "IASFM Book Discount Department"; "Letters". Illustrated by Di Fate, Krenkel, Bozzi, Schirm, and Freas. Creased and tanned; rubbing/soiling. Book.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. This book provides an enlightening, representative account of how rappers talk about God in their lyricsand why a sense of religion plays an intrinsic role within hip hop culture. Why is the battle between good and evil a recurring theme in rap lyrics.

Condition: like_new. This book is in Like New condition. It appears to be NEW, but might have a minor defect.