Shapiro: 578 books

While we’ve long known that the strategies of terrorism rely heavily on media coverage of attacks, Selling Fear is the first detailed look at the role played by media in counterterrorism—and the ways that, in the wake of 9/11, the Bush administration manipulated coverage to maintain a climate...

This book provides the foundations for a rigorous theory of functional analysis with bicomplex scalars. It begins with a detailed study of bicomplex and hyperbolic numbers and then defines the notion of bicomplex modules. After introducing a number of norms and inner products on such modules (some...

A collection of essays on the topic of the law and legal affairs, selected in order to give readers samples of the ways in which the subject of law relates to the study of ourselves and our times. Those included in this publication are just a sample of the books reviewed over the last year and a half...

The Time of the City is a trans-disciplinary work with a focus on genre-city relationships as they articulate the micropolitics of urban life in diverse cities. Shifting the territorial emphasis of political studies from the mosaic of states to the global network of cities, the book draws on urban...

Presidential hopefuls frequently claim they are qualified because their job experience is the same as a great president. However they ignore the failed presidents who shared the same pathway. This book evaluates all the presidents systematically to determine how prior professional experience influences presidential performance.

Korean Communication, Media, and Culture is a bibliography of English-language publications for non-Korean-speaking academics, researchers, and professionals. In addition to the actual annotations of all the major books, book chapters, journal articles, and theses/dissertations, each chapter includes...

After the positive response which followed the first edition of this book 6 years ago, the editors were encouraged to prepare a completely reworked second edition that includes the modern advances in this field. There has been a complete change of diagnostic procedure in the detection of renal tumors,...

Fluo!‘s Czech Pocket Dictionary, authoritative and comprehensive, is a bi-directional (English-Czech & Czech-English) Dictionary, with a wide selection of thousands of lemmas and definitions. An indispensable reference for any student of Czech or English, as well as professionals and translators. 

Sedona is an ideal place to experience the majesty of Earth and her many colors. Speaks of Many Truths teaches us how to communicate with the natural, powerful elements and wonders of Sedona in this title. Sedona is known worldwide for its unique characteristics. Massive red-rock formations as well...

“Gentle Yoga With Great Benefits” is a holistic guide to a better health, regardless of a person’s age and level of physical fitness, of one’s mobility and agility. The book offers a complete system of exercises for body, mind and soul, and is based on a time tested unique combination of modified...

This edited collection examines how fantasy sports play has established a prominent and promising foothold in the larger sports ecology. Often considered an isolated activity for the hardcore sports fan, fantasy sports play have since been incorporated into sports broadcasting and editorial coverage,...

This innovative program offers practical, useful strategies for people with AD/HD, so that they can make use of their brain functions that do work well and learn day-to-day skills that may otherwise be too difficult to master. Based on the concept of visual thinking and filled with tips on how to...

Wisdom's Choice is designed to help individuals connect with their own inner wisdom. Think of it as a kind of ''spirit world's little instruction book'' full of simple insights anyone can use on the power of thought, forgiveness, compassion, and unconditional love. This remarkable little book can serve...

An expanded version of a series of debates between the authors, this book examines the nature of corporate rights, especially with respect to religious liberty, in the context of the controversial Hobby Lobby case from the Supreme Court's 2013-14 term.