Mr. Phillips wakes on a summer's Monday morning in his modest, nearly mortgage-free house, ready to face another ordinary working day. Except this day is far from ordinary, for on the previous Friday, Mr. Phillips was summarily sacked. Unable to deal with this disaster--unable even to tell his own w[...]

'I have become whore through goodwill and libertine through virtue.' Orphaned and penniless at the age of twelve, the beautiful and devout Justine embarks upon her remarkable odyssey. Her steadfast faith and naive trust in trust in everyone she meets destine her from the outset for sexual exploitat[...]

Explores the cultural representations of transvestism and transsexuality in modern screen media (film and Internet), against a historical background. Focussing on a dozen mainstream feature films and on shemale Internet pornography, this study demonstrates the interdependency of our perceptions of t[...]

Long recognized as one of the main branches of political science, political theory has in recent years burgeoned in many different directions. Close textual analysis of historical texts sits alongside more analytical work on the nature and normative grounds of political values. Continental and post-[...]

Two essential novels from one of the most imaginative writers of our time: "The Sea, " winner of the Man Booker prize, and "The Book of Evidence, " an unforgettable literary mystery short-listed for the Booker prize.
"The Book of Evidence" is a brilliantly disturbing portrait of an improbable mu[...]

* A critical introduction to Derrida's complex and controversial thought. * Offers careful, insightful analysis of some of Derrida's most important concepts. * Includes contributions from key thinkers in the field. * The book will appeal to students and scholars of literary theory and continental ph[...]

Bonnie and Clyde were responsible for multiple murders and countless robberies. But they did not act alone. In 1933, during their infamous run from the law, Bonnie and Clyde were joined by Clyde's brother Buck Barrow and his wife Blanche. Of these four accomplices, only one--Blanche Caldwell Barrow-[...]

Understand why people talk and share, and help make it happen more often The Passion Conversation shows leaders and marketers in any organization how to understand why people talk and share. It also provides actionable insights for fostering those conversations.[...]

Visualizations-either self-created or external visual stimuli used as an aid to learning-are probably as old as learning itself. Yet surprisingly little research has been done either into how precisely they help us learn, or how to produce ones that are effective pedagogical tools. This volume, [...]