Whether used on its own or in conjunction with "Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction," this reader is a theoretical, analytical, and historical introduction to the study of popular culture within cultural studies. The readings cover the culture and civilization tradition, culturalism[...]

This third edition of The Globalization Reader makes sense of globalization by conveying its complexity, importance, and contentiousness from diverse vantage points. With its broad coverage of political, economic, cultural, and individual dimensions, this volume provides readers with a comprehensive[...]

The Revd. Dr. John Polkinghorne is a world-renowned authority in the field of science and religion. His numerous books in this area, written over the past three decades, have been hugely influential. "The Polkinghorne Reader" brings together key extracts from his writings on core issues such as the [...]

It's not every day that a writer, almost unheard of in his lifetime, emerges twenty years after his death as a voice of his generation. But then again, there aren't many writers with such irrepressible genius as John Fante.The John Fante Reader is the important next step in the reintroduction of thi[...]

Drawing on many years of African experience, John Reader has written a book of startling grandeur and scope that recreates the great panorama of African history, from the primeval cataclysms that formed the continent to the political upheavals facing much of the continent today. Reader tells the ext[...]

"The John McPhee Reader," first published in 1976, is comprised of selections from the author's first twelve books. In 1965, John McPhee published his first book, "A Sense of Where You Are"; a decade later, he had published eleven others. His fertility, his precision and grace as a stylist, his wit [...]

This perfectly portable bathroom companion features highlights from the perennially popular collection of humorous stories, interesting facts, jokes, and trivia about film, literature, music, entertainment, education, and life in contemporary America.[...]

A John Heskett Reader brings together a selection of the celebrated design historian John Heskett's key works, introduced and edited by Clive Dilnot of Parsons, the New School, USA. Heskett, who passed away in early 2014, was a pioneering British-born writer and lecturer. His research was foundation[...]

From Jersey tomatoes, the Tigers of Princeton, and the songs of the Boss and the Chairman of the Board, New Jersey has long provided a treasure trove of exceptional sons and daughters, legends and folklore. In his newest reader, Uncle John presents tons of little-known facts about the Garden State. [...]

The third in a series of oversized collections of Uncle John's most sucessful titles, Uncle John's Monumental Bathroom Reader features Uncle John's Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader and Uncle John's All-purpose Extra-strength Bathroom Reader bound together in one massive hardcover volume. Read ab[...]