John Hartley: 49 books

Twenty-five years after his death, I wanted to know the things my father would not discuss about his time as a 19-year-old waist gunner in a B-24 bomber. I found the man who could tell me. He was Ray Noury, who flew with my father over Europe in late 1943; saved my father's life; and, after my wounded...

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and...

Poker, Americas best-known card game, requires knowledge of odds, betting strategies, and nerves of steel. (Oh, yes, a little bit of luck never hurts either.) The Quick Guide to Hosting Poker Night introduces you to poker history, game types, rules, terminology, and 20 different great games. With kernels...

"The most ambitious, thoughtful and internationally aware assessment to date of the creative economy. Defining creativity as the production of newness in complex, adaptive systems, the authors make the case that together the creative economy, along with other cultural outputs, represent a planet-wide...

This fourth edition of Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts is an indispensible guide to the most important terms in the field. It offers clear explanations of the key concepts, exploring their origins, what they’re used for and why they provoke discussion. The author provides...

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Belly up to the gaming table with your personal "ace in the hole!" You've hit the jackpot with this ultimate quick gambling reference. The Little Black Book of Casino Games: The Smart Player's Guide to Gambling boosts your odds of winning by giving you the skinny on house advantage and game protocol...

You can bet this poker primer delivers the inside straight on how to survive poker night with your wallet intact! Odds are you'll pick up serious tips from these pages packed with information on history, rules, strategy, lingo, and the inexact science of bluffing. Ninety games are explained step by step.

An ambitious rendering of the digital future from a pioneer of media and cultural studies, a wise and witty take on a changing field, and our orientation to it Investigates the uses of multimedia by creative and productive citizen-consumers to provide new theories of communication that accommodate...

News depends for its effect on a culturally shared language, and this book concentrates on ways we can decode its messages without simply reproducing their underlying assumptions.

The 6th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment, was a prewar Territorial battalion that recruited in the North Cheshire towns of Stockport, Hyde and Stalybridge, together with the Derbyshire town of Glossop. The majority of its part-time soldiers worked in the area’s cotton mills and hat making factories....

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Cultural Science introduces a new way of thinking about culture. Adopting an evolutionary and systems approach, the authors argue that culture is the population-wide source of newness and innovation; it faces the future, not the past. Its chief characteristic is the formation of groups or 'demes'...