Ryan M : 190 books
The Women of David Lynch
A Collection of Essays
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
David Lynch has been accused for decades of sexism and even misogyny in his work, due largely to frequent depictions of violence against women. Yet others see in Lynch’s work the deification of the female, and actresses like Laura Dern and Naomi Watts jump at every opportunity to work with him....
Unglaubliche Begegnungen
Kurzgeschichten
Language: German
Release Date: July 1, 2018
Begegnungen bestimmen unser Leben. Menschen kreuzen unseren Weg. Manche bleiben uns in Erinnerung, Andere erscheinen und verschwinden wieder, wie Irrlichter in dunkler Nacht. Und oft ist es nur eine Kleinigkeit, die diese Begegnungen unglaublich werden lässt: Ein falsches Wort, dämmriges Licht,...
Mark Twain and Money
Language, Capital, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
This groundbreaking volume explores the importance of economics and prosperity throughout Samuel Clemens’s writing and personal life.
Mark Twain and Money: Language, Capital, and Culture focuses on an overlooked feature of the story of one of America’s most celebrated writers. Investigating...
by William Binning, Jerry McBeath, Walter Clark Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
The 2014 midterm congressional elections provided a view of the attitude of American voters in the sixth year of Barack Obama’s presidency. This book provides insight about the formative aspects of the 2014 campaign season as well as in depth coverage of key races for Congress. The first section...
Gender in a Transitional Era
Changes and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Gender in a Transitional Era addresses a range of issues relevant in current gender and sexuality studies scholarship which span many disciplines. The contributors prioritize the critical thinking that continues to support the notion that we, as a society, still have a ways to go toward full gender...
by Bruce M. Bagley, Marten Brienen, Alejandro Chanona
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
In light of the rapid fluctuations in oil prices and subsequent impact on the stability and economic perspectives of energy producing and energy importing states in the Western Hemisphere, this book stresses the urgency to integrate sustainability at the very core of national energy security strategies....
The Archaeology of Slavery
A Comparative Approach to Captivity and Coercion
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Plantation sites, especially those in the southeastern United States, have long dominated the archaeological study of slavery. These antebellum estates, however, are not representative of the range of geographic locations and time periods in which slavery has occurred. As archaeologists have begun...
Nature, Politics, and the Arts
Essays on Romantic Culture for Carl Woodring
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
This interdisciplinary book honors Columbia professor and New York intellectual Carl Woodring. Chapters on Romantic and Victorian literary culture written by leading scholars in the field join in conversation with Woodring’s teachings on literature and visual art and his commentaries on American...
Communication and Conflict Transformation through Local, Regional, and Global Engagement
Through Local, Regional, and Global Engagements
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Central to a transformational approach to conflict is the idea that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns, and social and discursive structures—and must be addressed as such. This implies the need for systemic change at generative levels, in order to create genuine...
Putting Image Repair to the Test
Quantitative Applications of Image Restoration Theory
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
*Putting Image Repair to the Test:*Quantitative Applications of Image Restoration Theory examines content analytic, attitudinal, and behavioral claims to advance current assertions made about image repair discourse, its effects, and the surrounding discourse. The contributors provide empirical data...
by Edwin Black, Jason Edward Black, Dana L. Cloud
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
This edited volume fills a void in the literature concerning the purpose, practice, and pedagogy associated with performing rhetorical criticism. Literature regarding these issues—predominantly purpose—exists primarily as scattered journal articles and as sections within chapters of textbooks...
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Migrants
Seen but Not Heard
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
As global societies grapple with an unprecedented refugee and migration crisis, child refugees and migrants—who constitute a particularly vulnerable immigrant category—have been surprisingly overlooked in immigration scholarship. This book addresses this lapse by presenting interdisciplinary perspectives...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 1
Advances in breeding and cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varieties
Coverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storage
Discusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management
Freitag, der 13te
Lustige, erotische, traurige, nachdenkliche, skurrile, gruselige, wahre und erfundene Geschichten
Language: German
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Was ist dran an diesem Aberglauben, dass Freitag, der 13te, ein Unglückstag ist? So mancher Aberglaube lässt sich als „selbst-erfüllende Prophezeiung“ verstehen. Dieser soziologische Begriff bedeutet: Wenn man fürchtet, dass am Freitag, den 13., mehr schief geht als sonst, wird das auch passieren....