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McQuail's Mass Communication Theory
SAGE Publications 2010; US$ 82.00A new edition of the pre-eminent text in mass communication theory. Nothing else in the field is as comprehensive, as authoritative, or as popular. The market leader by some distance. more...
Why Voice Matters
SAGE Publications 2010; US$ 48.00An impassioned manifesto for how 'voice' might be used to counter neo-liberal ideologies in the future, from a star name in the field of media, communication and cultural studies more...
Internet Linguistics
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 29.95The Internet is now an integral part of contemporary life, and linguists are increasingly studying its influence on language. In this student-friendly guidebook, leading language authority Professor David Crystal follows on from his landmark bestseller Language and the Internet and presents the area as a new field: Internet linguistics. In his... more...
Second Language Acquisition
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 59.95The new and updated edition of this bestselling introductory textbook is a comprehensive overview of the field of second language acquisition. In an easy-to-read, accessible style, it provides students with information about the scope of the field, but also provides background information on related areas such as first language acquisition. The book... more...
Interpersonal Pragmatics
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 307.00This handbook focuses on the interpersonal aspects of language in use, exploring key concepts such as face, im/politeness, identity, or gender, as well as mitigation, respect/deference, and humour in a variety of settings. The volume includes theoretical overviews as well as empirical studies from experts in a range of disciplines within linguistics... more...
Verbal Judo
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 12.99Improve communication, resolve conflicts, and avoid the most common conversational disasters through simple, easily remembered strategies that deflect and redirect negative behaviour. Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage... more...
Scientists Must Speak
CRC Press 2002; US$ 24.95The coaching provided in this engaging text, based on many years teaching good presentation technique, will help scientists make the best of their presentations and remove some of the fear that makes them a daunting prospect. more...
Complexity and Cryptography
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 54.00Cryptography plays a crucial role in many aspects of today's world. This book comes with plenty of examples and exercises (many with hints and solutions), and is based on a highly successful course developed and taught over many years to undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics and computer science. more...
Grey Information
Springer 2006; US$ 99.99Covers the advances in grey information and systems research, providing an overview of this important field. This book includes elementary concepts such as: basic principles, grey numbers and their operations, grey equations and matrices, operators of sequences and generations of grey sequences, grey incidence analysis, and more. more...
New Directions in Human Information Behavior
Springer 2006; US$ 129.99Provides an understanding of the fresh directions, leading edge theories and models in human information behavior. This book examines information behaviors over various epochs of human existence from the Palaeolithic Era and within pre-literate societies, to contemporary behaviors by 21st century humans. more...









