In "I'm Feeling the Blues Right Now: Blues Tourism and the Mississippi Delta," Stephen A. King reveals the strategies used by blues promoters and organizers in Mississippi, both African American and white, local and state, to attract the attention of tourists. In the process, he reveals how promotio[...]
This is a hilarious new book by the best-selling author of "Medicine Balls".Dr Phil has been a doctor and whistleblower for twenty one years, and still hasn't been struck off. As "Private Eye's" medical correspondent and presenter of BBC's "Trust Me, I'm a Doctor", he's exposed too many scandals and[...]
This title comes with a foreward by Jeff Corwin. Based on the real-life occurrence of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an island of floating trash in a remote area of the Northern Pacific Ocean more than twice the size of Texas, "I'm Not a Plastic Bag" tells a moving story about loneliness, beauty, [...]
The Mod subculture has always been about working-class aspiration with an obsessive attention to style and detail - the right haircuts, shoes, records, shirts, wheels - to live and look impeccably neat, no matter what one's background. From Alfie, The Beatles and The Who, to Paul Weller, Duffy, and [...]
Vtoraja kniga legendarnogo skazochnogo seriala o prikljuchenija junykh geroev v tainstvennoj volshebnoj strane, uzhe ne imejuschaja rovno nichego obschego s polozhennoj v osnovu «Volshebnika Izumrudnogo goroda» skazkoj Frenka Bauma «Volshebnik iz strany Oz».Zloj master Urfin Dzhjus sozdal armiju[...]
Innføring i informasjonsteknologi gir en bred innføring i IKT for førsteårsstudenter i teknologi på universitet og høyskoler. Boka behandler teknologien på en grundig måte, men sette også IKT inn i en overordnet sammenheng med samfunnsliv og brukere generelt. Boka har i en årrekke vært be[...]
Denna bok ger på ett relevant och engagerande sätt grunderna i patofysiologi. Boken har tre huvudegenskaper som särskiljer den från annan litteratur inom samma ämnesområde: ett konceptuellt tänkande, fokus på studentens inlärning genom kritiskt tänkande och kunskapstillämpning samt utfors[...]
Skillnaden mellan att få vård eller att tvingas vända i dörren med en allvarlig sjukdom, att få ett arbete och en bostad eller inte, kan vara ett personnummer. Hur kommer det sig attens rätt till de mänskliga rättigheterna är beroende av var man är född? Den här antologin handlarom flykt[...]
A hilarious memoir from comedian Jim Breuer, with inside stories from his career in comedy as well as deeply personal moments from his life. With his goofy smile, sleepy eyes, and stoner's laugh, Jim Breuer might not appear to be the most introspective comedian out there. The fact that he made his m[...]
A "take no prisoners" approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world's most remote, wild and dangerous places as a contractor in the oil business. Amazingly, he's survived (so far) to tell these stories from the edge of civilisation, and reason. Taking postings in some of the wor[...]
Based on her work with over a thousand women across the country, psychologist Helene G. Brenner has learned that women feel the impulse to accommodate, adapt and mold themselves to serve others at their own expense. Her solution is an invigorating new approach to women's psychology. The key to trans[...]
"New York Times" bestselling author and stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman delivers a hilarious, candid memoir about marriage, divorce, sex, turning forty, and still not quite having life figured out.
Jen Kirkman wants to be the voice in your head that says, "Hey, you re okay. Even if you sometimes t[...]
New York Times bestselling author and stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman delivers a hilarious, candid memoir about marriage, divorce, sex, turning forty, and still not quite having life figured out.
Jen Kirkman wants to be the voice in your head that says, Hey, you're okay. Even if you sometimes thin[...]
The next installment of the Ma books--all bestsellers in Ireland and the UK--brings readers on the journey of Martha's first months of freedom in Dublin after leaving the convent where she spent her early adolescence. In the latest chapter of Martha Long's autobiographical series, Martha is for the[...]
Blessed with beauty and brains, television writer Tracy McMillan was not only able to parlay her talents into a killer Hollywood career but also able to attract a rather eclectic assortment of men as well. Unfortunately, the "right" kind of men felt wrong all too often, while the "wrong" ones felt s[...]