The phenomenon of multimodality has, as Jewitt observes, generated interest "across many disciplines...against the backdrop of considerable social change." Contemporary societies are grappling with the social implications of the rapid increase in sophistication and range of multimodal practices, par[...]

"A new hope"
Caine O'Halloran had been a hero. A husband. A father. Now he was none of those things. His career as a baseball pitcher--all but over. His marriage to Nora Anderson--history. The son he loved--gone. And now, as he returns to his hometown to regroup, he finds instead that every fami[...]

Digital Literary Studies presents a broad and varied picture of the promise and potential of methods and approaches that are crucially dependent upon the digital nature of the literary texts it studies and the texts and collections of texts with which they are compared. It focuses on style, diction,[...]

IHS "Jane's Land Warfare Platforms: Artillery & Air Defence" provides comprehensive profiles of land-based artillery and air defense platforms currently in development and under production around the world. IHS "Jane's Land Warfare Platforms: Artillery & Air Defence" provides detailed global profile[...]

Expert advice for financial advisors looking to make the most of social media platforms Social media is everywhere. 3.5 billion pieces of content are shared on Facebook each week, 22 million professionals are networking on LinkedIn, and 140 million tweets are posted every day. The opportunities thes[...]

On the morning of 25 October 1957, a group of men enter the barbershop of the Park Sheraton Hotel on 55th Street and Seventh Avenue and approach the figure in the brown suit sitting in Chair 4. A minute later, Albert Anastasia lies on the floor in a pool of blood. The dramatic assassination of the h[...]