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Writing for Digital Media (Paperback / softback - 22 Feb 2010)

This book teaches students how to write effectively for online audiences--whether they are crafting a story for the online face of a daily newspaper or a personal blog--while providing them with a solid understanding of the ways that the Internet has blurred traditional roles of media producer, consumer, publisher, and reader. By understanding this new media audience and exploring how different media behave--their...

By (author) Brian Carroll

ISBN-13: 9780415992015 ; ISBN-10: 041599201X

Price: £32.99 £31.89 Not Available

Writing for Digital Media (Hardback - 22 Feb 2010)

This book teaches students how to write effectively for online audiences--whether they are crafting a story for the online face of a daily newspaper or a personal blog--while providing them with a solid understanding of the ways that the Internet has blurred traditional roles of media producer, consumer, publisher, and reader. By understanding this new media audience and exploring how different media behave--their...

By (author) Brian Carroll

ISBN-13: 9780415992008 ; ISBN-10: 0415992001

Price: £80.00 £70.50 Not Available

Transgender Identities: Towards a Social Analysis of Gender Diversity (Hardback - 21 Feb 2010)

In recent years transgender has emerged as a subject of increasing social and cultural interest. This volume offers vivid accounts of the diversity of living transgender in today's world. The first section, "Emerging Identities," maps the ways in which social, cultural, legal and medical developments shape new identities on both an individual and collective level. Rather than simply reflecting social change, these...

Edited by Sally Hines; Tam Sanger

ISBN-13: 9780415999304 ; ISBN-10: 0415999308

Price: £70.00 £62.00 Not Available

Corporate Social Responsibility: Comparative Critiques (Hardback - 26 Feb 2010)

Internationally renowned scholars investigate the discourses, practices and perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) across a wide range of multicultural, multi-ethnic and cross country experiences. Case studies are included from Canada, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has attracted a great deal of discussion and debate in the current phase of...

Edited by K Ravi Raman; Ronnie D. Lipschutz

ISBN-13: 9780230220775 ; ISBN-10: 0230220770

Price: £57.50 £44.02 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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The Little Book of Freemasonry (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

The Freemasons: the largest charitable organization in the world or a secretive society with an ulterior motive. The Little Book of Freemasonry charts the history of this enigmatic organization which will become the subject of Dan Brown's new novel. From masonic myths and conspiracies to initiation oaths and obligations this is a fascinating look into a world that most people see as cloaked in secrecy. The...

By (author) David Greenland

ISBN-13: 9781905828289 ; ISBN-10: 1905828284

Price: £8.05 Not Available

Theorists of the City (Paperback / softback - 15 Feb 2010)

Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the spatial and urban theories of Benjamin, Lefebvre and de Certeau, or wishing to further explore issues of locality, social space, architecture and urban aesthetics. Theories of the city have been fundamental to the development of modernism and postmodernism, and are increasingly important in the fields of cultural studies and visual culture. Jenny Bavidge...

By (author) Jenny Bavidge

ISBN-13: 9780415338523 ; ISBN-10: 0415338522

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Still Crazy After All These Years (Routledge Revivals): Women, Writing and Psychoanalysis (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

The starting point for this book, first published in 1992, is a question of rhetoric – as much in the writings of feminism as in other writing about women. How do texts construct possibilities and limits, openings and impasses, which set the terms for the ways in which we think about what a woman is, or where women might be going, whether individually or collectively? Some possible answers, as well as more...

By (author) Rachel Bowlby

ISBN-13: 9780415571296 ; ISBN-10: 0415571294

Price: £65.00 £58.00 Not Available

Maternal Employment: Marvel or Menace (Hardback - 15 Apr 2010)

This book describes numerous empirical research investigations exploring attitudes toward maternal employment. Large samples of young adults were asked a wide variety of questions about their experiences and plans for the future. The impact of maternal employment on relationships with parents was a particular focus of several of these studies. Several studies also explored the views of adolescents, to see if...

Edited by Catherine Chambliss

ISBN-13: 9781607413561 ; ISBN-10: 1607413566

Price: £65.99 £44.27 Not Available

Theorists of the City (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the spatial and urban theories of Benjamin, Lefebvre and de Certeau, or wishing to further explore issues of locality, social space, architecture and urban aesthetics. Theories of the city have been fundamental to the development of modernism and postmodernism, and are increasingly important in the fields of cultural studies and visual culture. Jenny Bavidge...

By (author) Jenny Bavidge

ISBN-13: 9780415338516 ; ISBN-10: 0415338514

Price: £73.50 Not Available

Social Evolution and Sociological Categories (Routledge Revivals) (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

First published in 1976, this book is concerned with the nature of classification in the social sciences. Its thesis is that classifications are dependent upon and are derived from theoretical explanations. Classification is not a theoretically neutral typification or ordering of social forms. This is because objects classified – societies, social institutions – are not given to knowledge independently of the...

By (author) Paul Q. Hirst

ISBN-13: 9780415571289 ; ISBN-10: 0415571286

Price: £60.00 £49.30 UK delivery 2 to 4 days

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I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World (Hardback - 9 Feb 2010)

In this daring, provocative, and insightful book, bestselling author and internationally acclaimed playwright Eve Ensler writes fictional monologues and stories inspired by girls around the globe. Moving through a world of topics and emotions, these voices are fierce, alive, tender, complicated, imaginative, and smart. Girls today often find themselves in a struggle between remaining strong and true to themselves...

By (author) Eve Ensler

ISBN-13: 9781400061044 ; ISBN-10: 1400061040

Price: £17.50 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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On the Field of Mercy: Women Medical Volunteers from the Civil War to the First World War (Hardback - 8 Apr 2010)

This is the first comprehensive overview of the role of women medical volunteers in early American wars. From archival research and excerpts from letters, diaries, and memoirs, Mercedes Graf interweaves richly detailed personal accounts with the backgrounds of these early volunteers in American wars. The first chapter provides an overview of the services of women nurses in the American colonies and the...

Introduction by Mercedes Graf

ISBN-13: 9781591023272 ; ISBN-10: 1591023270

Price: £27.50 £20.45 Not Available

Media Convergence (Paperback / softback - 1 Jan 2010)

By (author) Tim Dwyer

ISBN-13: 9780335228737 ; ISBN-10: 0335228739

Price: £19.99 £17.99 UK delivery 2 to 4 days

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Media Convergence: The Three Degrees of Network, Mass and Interpersonal Communication (Hardback - 5 Feb 2010)

The development of digital media presents a unique opportunity to reconsider what communication is, and what individuals, groups, and societies might hope to accomplish through new as well as old media. At a time when digital media still provoke both utopian and dystopian views of their likely consequences, Klaus Bruhn Jensen places these ‘new’ media in a comparative perspective together with ‘old’ mass...

By (author) Klaus Bruhn Jensen

ISBN-13: 9780415482035 ; ISBN-10: 0415482038

Price: £70.00 £57.10 UK delivery 2 to 4 days

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Race, Crime and Criminal Justice: International Perspectives (Hardback - 19 Mar 2010)

This book provides a focused and critical international overview of the intersections between race, crime perpetration and victimization, and criminal justice policy and practice responses to crime perpetration and crime victimization. In some parts of the world, race is a key social variable in criminological debates on crime and criminal justice practice. Yet, little has been studied regarding the...

Edited by Dr Anita Kalunta-Crumpton

ISBN-13: 9780230220294 ; ISBN-10: 0230220290

Price: £55.00 £52.25 Not Available

Toy Instruments: Design, Nostalgia, Music (Hardback - 23 Feb 2010)

Toy Instruments compises an eye-popping collection of musical toys made between the 1950s and 1990s. Created to excite children about learning how to play an instrument, the toys turned out to be very fun for adults as well. Just ask David Bowie; he used the Stylophone in his song "Space Oddity." Culled from author Eric Schneider's personal collection, Toy Instruments explores this niche of the toy industry, doing...

By (author) Eric Schneider; Introduction by Paul Miller

ISBN-13: 9780982075487 ; ISBN-10: 0982075480

Price: £13.95 £11.16 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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USA: United States of Asia (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

People often say that the 21st century is the Asian century, which suggests that the condition to create an Asian Union is becoming mature. In this book, the author analyses the possibility of creation of an Asian Union, which should be an economic body rather than political or religious or military establishment. The focus of the book is laid on how to solve the endless conflicts as well as cool down hotspots in...

By (author) Guang Wu

ISBN-13: 9781608761807 ; ISBN-10: 1608761800

Price: £35.99 £25.87 Not Available

Post Black: How a New Generation Is Redefining African American Identity (Paperback / softback - 23 Feb 2010)

Highlighting certain socio-economic and cultural trends, this exploration discloses the new dynamics shaping contemporary lives of African Americans. Using information from conversations with mavericks within black communities -- such as entrepreneurs, artists, scholars, and activists as well as members of both the working and upper classes -- this powerful examination gives voice to what the author has deemed...

By (author) Ytasha L Womack; Derek T Dingle

ISBN-13: 9781556528057 ; ISBN-10: 1556528051

Price: £14.50 £13.05 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Italian Heroes & Heroines of America (Paperback / softback - 1 Apr 2010)

Italian-Americans have a long, rich tradition of contributing to the history, legacy, culture and pride of the United States. This book spotlights the contributions of 100 Italian-Americans and/or Italians who have had a deep impact on the United States -- individuals such as Pope John XXIII, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Rocky Graziano, Cristopher Columbus, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio,...

By (author) John Bartimole

ISBN-13: 9780883911785 ; ISBN-10: 0883911787

Price: £12.50 £10.00 Not Available

Brighter Day: How Parents Can Help African American Youth (Paperback / softback - 17 Feb 2010)

Featuring fantastic real-life stories that are contemporary and motivational, this strategy guide for parents provides the necessary tools for those who want to make a difference in their children's education. By addressing difficult issues that have a tendency to distract kids from their studies -- such as peer pressure and sexuality -- as well as the everyday influence of rap music, television, and video games,...

By (author) Dr Gail Thompson

ISBN-13: 9781935521747 ; ISBN-10: 1935521748

Price: £13.50 £12.15 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Society & culture: general

Writing for Digital Media (Paperback / softback - 22 Feb 2010)

Writing for Digital Media (Hardback - 22 Feb 2010)

Transgender Identities: Towards a Social Analysis of Gender Diversity (Hardback - 21 Feb 2010)

Corporate Social Responsibility: Comparative Critiques (Hardback - 26 Feb 2010)

The Little Book of Freemasonry (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

Theorists of the City (Paperback / softback - 15 Feb 2010)

Still Crazy After All These Years (Routledge Revivals): Women, Writing and Psychoanalysis (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

Maternal Employment: Marvel or Menace (Hardback - 15 Apr 2010)

Theorists of the City (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

Social Evolution and Sociological Categories (Routledge Revivals) (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World (Hardback - 9 Feb 2010)

On the Field of Mercy: Women Medical Volunteers from the Civil War to the First World War (Hardback - 8 Apr 2010)

Media Convergence (Paperback / softback - 1 Jan 2010)

Media Convergence: The Three Degrees of Network, Mass and Interpersonal Communication (Hardback - 5 Feb 2010)

Race, Crime and Criminal Justice: International Perspectives (Hardback - 19 Mar 2010)

Toy Instruments: Design, Nostalgia, Music (Hardback - 23 Feb 2010)

USA: United States of Asia (Hardback - 1 Apr 2010)

Post Black: How a New Generation Is Redefining African American Identity (Paperback / softback - 23 Feb 2010)

Italian Heroes & Heroines of America (Paperback / softback - 1 Apr 2010)

Brighter Day: How Parents Can Help African American Youth (Paperback / softback - 17 Feb 2010)