"Ethnography and Virtual Worlds" is the only book of its kind - a concise, comprehensive, and practical guide for students, teachers, designers, and scholars interested in using ethnographic methods to study online virtual worlds, including both game and nongame environments. Written by leading ethn[...]
Looking at how emergencies in the past and present have shaped the development of democracy, the author argues that democracies must resist emergency's pull to focus on life's necessities (food, security, and bare essentials) because these tend to privatize and isolate citizens rather than bring us [...]
Part of the successful "Steps to Success" series, the first two editions of this book have sold over 84,000 copies worldwide. This new edition features the trademark progressive structure, both within each chapter and throughout the book. This approach ensures that readers develop a basic of compete[...]
Provides a blueprint for the development of environment, curriculum, instruction and assessment for middle school based on high-quality physical education guidelines. This book is intended as a primary or supplemental PE methods textbook and as a resource for teachers for planning curriculum, writin[...]
The stories in this prizewinning debut collection encompass train wrecks, circus acts, river journeys, transspecies transmogrification, and growing up and growing old around the small towns of Michigan. Without glamorizing poverty, Bonnie Jo Campbell details a vision in which shabbiness, beauty, bru[...]
Greenland Township, Michigan: On the same acres where farmers once displaced Potawatomi Indians, suburban developers now supplant farmers and prefab homes spring up in last year's cornfields. All along Q Road -- or "Queer Road," as the locals call it -- the old, rural life collides weirdly with the [...]
Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK "Eyewitness Travel Guides," each book in DK's "Top 10" series uses evocative color photography, excellent cartography, and up-to-date travel content to create a reliable and useful pocket-sized travel guide.
Dozens of Top 10 lists pr[...]
"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Hawaii" will lead you straight to the best attractions Hawaii has to offer, from in-depth coverage of the unforgettable sights to the rich culture, history, and cuisine of this unique state. DK's essential guide will help you discover Hawaii island-by-island, from hiking[...]
'This book is a very useful starting point for trainees in DMT, or for those training or practicing in other arts therapies or allied professions who would like an overview of theories and methods in DMT. For more experiences DMT practitioners and researchers, this book provides an introduction to t[...]
The summer of 1927 might be the height of the Roaring Twenties, but Bonnelyn Parker is more likely to belt out a church hymn than sling drinks at an illicit juice joint. She's a sharp girl with plans to overcome her family's poverty, provide for herself, and maybe someday marry her boyfriend, Roy Th[...]
Every year Maui makes and often tops travellers' lists of the best islands in the world, and it's not just because of the great resorts and golf courses. Perfect beaches, green rain forests, and dramatic cliffs, along with spectacular marine life and rich Hawaiian culture, make Maui irresistible.[...]
There is growing international resistance to the oppressiveness of psychiatry. While previous studies have critiqued psychiatry, Psychiatry Disrupted goes beyond theorizing what is wrong with it to theorizing how we might stop it. Introducing readers to the arguments and rationale for opposing psych[...]
Co-published with the "Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics & Neonatal Nurses" ("AWHONN"), this comprehensive book on advanced obstetrics practice focuses on the care of childbearing women with complications during pregnancy and the related professional concerns of perinatal professionals carin[...]
This book proposes that the social ideology of the 1950s, which was partly concerned with gender issues, saturated the "B" science fiction films of that era and inspired a new appreciation for the role of women in scientific advancements and other social achievements. Drawing on feminist literary an[...]
The 1950s era of science fiction film effectively ended when space flight became a reality with the first manned orbit of Earth in 1962. As the genre's wildly speculative depictions of science and technology gave way to more reality-based representations, relations between male and female characters[...]
Part heartfelt memoir, part practical guide, Damaged Angels recounts Bonnie Buxton's struggles to raise an adopted daughter whom she didn't realize was afflicted with fetal alcohol disorder. Her book also offers guidance to parents who have children with FASD. By the time Bonnie's daughter Colette[...]