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Goffman and Social Organization
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 198.00This collection brings together many of today's leading sociologists to pursue and build upon the diverse aspects of Goffman's legacy and to discuss key topics of his work. more...
Erving Goffman
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 47.95Decades after his death, the figure of Erving Goffman (1922?82) continues to fascinate. Perhaps the best-known sociologist of the second half of the twentieth century, Goffman was an unquestionably significant thinker whose reputation extended well beyond his parent discipline. A host of concepts irrevocably linked to Goffman's name ? such as 'presentation... more...
Nothing But Money
Penguin Group US 2009; US$ 7.99True financial crime?from the author of Mob Cops and Made Men . The eye-opening, untold story of one of the most elaborate conspiracies to rock Wall Street?a scheme involving the Mafia, murder, and millions of dollars. more...
What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 27.95You probably already have a clear idea of what a "discussion guide for students" is: a series of not-very-interesting questions at the end of a textbook chapter. Instead of triggering thought-provoking class discussion, all too often these guides are time-consuming and ineffective. This is not that kind of discussion guide. What Media Classes... more...
Why I Left Goldman Sachs
Grand Central Publishing 2012; US$ 14.99On March 14, 2012, more than three million people read Greg Smith's bombshell Op-Ed in the New York Times titled "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs." The column immediately went viral, became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter, and drew passionate responses from former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, legendary General Electric CEO Jack Welch, and New... more...
Children's Perspectives on Believing and Belonging
National Children's Bureau 2005; US$ 12.00Based on interviews with pupils from three schools, this ebook considers religious identity and experience and young people's understanding of religious diversity more...
Film Structure and the Emotion System
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 44.00Films evoke broad moods and cue particular emotions that can be broadly shared as well as individually experienced. Film Structure and the Emotion System synthesizes recent research on emotion in cognitive psychology and neurology in an effort to provide a more nuanced understanding of how film evokes emotion. more...
Made Men
Penguin Group US 2003; US$ 7.99For years, the DeCavalcantes, the most powerful Mob family in Jersey, labored in the shadows of the more famous families in New York?the likes of the Gambinos and the Columbos. Dismissed by the big-city capos, the DeCavalcantes finally came into their own when they found their lives mirrored in the television hit, The Sopranos . Overnight it legitimized... more...
On a Silver Platter
NYU Press 1998; US$ 75.00When the new medium of CD-ROMs emerged, industry figures and critics alike proclaimed their virtually unlimited potential. Adapting material from well-established media like television and film, CD-ROMs have quickly transformed genres such as science fiction and horror. At the same time, the realities of actual CD-ROMs often fall short of their utopian... more...
Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 200.00The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies in this field of Tourism. It brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geographical regions, to provide state-of-the-art theoretical reflection and empirical research on this significant stream of tourism... more...









