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  • Rebel Journalismby George Burchett; Nick Shimmin; John Pilger

    Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 23.00

    An anthology of the writing of Wilfred Burchett, perhaps the greatest journalist and war correspondent Australia has ever produced. more...

  • Aguecheek's Beef, Belch's Hiccup, and Other Gastronomic Interjectionsby Robert Appelbaum

    University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 18.00

    We didn’t always eat the way we do today, or think and feel about eating as we now do. But we can trace the roots of our own eating culture back to the culinary world of early modern Europe, which invented cutlery, haute cuisine , the weight-loss diet, and much else besides. Aguecheek’s Beef, Belch’s Hiccup tells the story of how early modern Europeans put food into words and words into food, and created an experience all their own. Named after characters in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night , this lively study draws on sources ranging from cookbooks to comic novels, and examines both the highest ideals of culinary culture and its most grotesque, ridiculous and pathetic expressions. Robert Appelbaum paints a vivid picture... more...

  • Mr Playboyby Steven Watts

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009; US$ 16.95

    The real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American icon "Riveting... Watts packs in plenty of gasp-inducing passages."- Newark Star Ledger "Like it or not, Hugh Hefner has affected all of us, so I treasured learning about how and why in the sober biography."- Chicago Sun Times "This is a fun book. How could it not be? Watts aims to give a full account of the man, his magazine and their place in social history. Playboy is no longer the cultural force it used to be, but it made a stamp on society."- Associated Press "In Steven Watts' exhaustive, illuminating biography Mr. Playboy , Hefner's ideal for living -- marked by his allegiances to Tarzan, Freud, Pepsi-Cola and jazz -- proves to be a kind of gloss on the Protestant... more...

  • Power Without Responsibilityby James Curran; Jean Seaton

    Routledge 1997; US$ 35.95

    This book is a classic and authoritative introduction to the history, sociolgy, theory and politics of students and teachers of media and communication studies. more...

  • In Search of Adventureby Bruce Northam; Brad Olsen

    CCC Publishing 1999; US$ 15.00

    These short travel essays from around the globe get to the heart of what the words travel and adventure really mean. In Search of Adventure explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of what traveling the world has to offer. The “Trampled Underfoot” section features tales of woe on the road—the worst of the worst, or making the best of the worst. In “Global Issues & Viewpoints,” authors explore the changing world, oppressive governments, and the homogenizing of world cultures. From warm and inviting to raw and shocking, these nonfiction travel pieces present disparate viewpoints on the diverse world in which we live and leave no emotion untouched. more...

  • Journalism and Democracyby Brian McNair

    Routledge 1999; US$ 49.95

    Argues that the media are not `dumbing down', but that the quantity of political information in mass circulation has expanded hugely, while different media have adapted to provide accessible and thorough coverage. more...

  • Fit to Printby Margaret Simons

    University of NSW Press 1999; US$ 7.45

    Margaret Simons went to Canberra to subject the journalists to a journalist's eye. The result is a penetrating and personal story about a world both extraordinary and ordinary, where the barriers between the personal and the political shift and blur.. 'In both its form and content, this book is a call for a reinvigoration of journalism. It is at once a documentary account of the Canberra Press Gallery, the story of a personal journey through journalism, and a reminder that information will always be about power. more...

  • Politics and the Rise of the Pressby Bob Harris

    Routledge 1996; US$ 33.95

    This detailed, comparative account compares the rise of the newspaper press in Britain and France, and assesses how it influenced political life and political culture. Coverage is thorough, looking at the social, economic and political aspects. more...

  • Edward Saidby Bill Ashcroft; Pal Ahluwalia

    Routledge 2000; US$ 15.95

    Edward Said is perhaps best known as the author of Orientalism , a book which changed the face of critical theory and shaped the emerging field of post-colonial studies. This volume explains Said's key ideas, their contexts and impact, with reference to both his scholarship and journalism. more...

  • French Press in the Age of Enlightenmentby Jack Censer

    Routledge 1994; US$ 135.00

    Jack Censer's achievement in this volume is to marshal a vast literature in order to provide a coherent and original interpretation of the role of the French press in the dissemimation of social and political ideas in the pre-Revolution years. more...