Bird watching is one of life's great joys even if you don't know a sparrow from a spotted owl. But the more you know about bird species, habitats, migration, and behaviors, the more you can enjoy bird watching. Bird Watching For Dummies is the fun, easy-to-understand bird watching reference you'll t[...]
This study provides a comprehensive critique - forensic, historical, and theoretical - of the moral panic paradigm, using empirically grounded ethnographic research to argue that the panic paradigm suffers from fundamental flaws that make it a myth rather than a viable academic perspective.[...]
Known for being the creator of the comic strip "Cul de Sac," Richard Thompson's art prowess extends to many other levels.
Richard Thompson is renowned among cartoonists as an "artist's" cartoonist. Little known to all but those close to him is the extent of his art talent. This is the book that [...]
This text is about identifying and releasing entrepreneurial potential. Using the idea of character themes, it defines the entrepreneur in terms of six key themes, and provides readers with the opportunity to assess themselves in these areas.[...]
"I hope you enjoy "Cul de Sac" as much as I do. I think you're in for a real treat." --Bill Watterson, creator of "Calvin and Hobbes, 2008""One of the five best features in any newspaper, period." --The Comics Reporter"One of the few strips around where nearly every individual panel is stand-alone d[...]
Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers . . . it's a collection that will leave you roaring with delight and laugh[...]
This first definitive reference resource to take a broad interdisciplinary approach to the nexus between music and the social and behavioral sciences examines how music affects human beings and their interactions in and with the world. The interdisciplinary nature of the work provides a starting pla[...]
It s three more full years of Ernie Bushmiller s beloved comic strip, featuring over one thousand meticulously restored daily strips from its post-World-War II graphic high point superbly crafted but not yet quite stylized into the almost machine-life sleekness of later decades. And what can you say[...]
Useimmilla meistä on elämässämme joku, josta välitämme, mutta jota on todella vaikea rakastaa: alkoholiongelmainen puoliso tai sisarus, huolia tai pelkoja aiheuttava äiti tai isä, aikuinen lapsi, joka tuntuu tekevän samat virheet uudelleen ja uudelleen tai elämänhallinnan menettänyt yst�[...]