This book presents techniques that reflect the vast and varied experience of the authors. They have produced an array highly effective guest satisfaction techniques from which even the most veteran ho
Grounded in the work of Roland Barthes, Bruno Latour, Pierre Bourdieu, and Michel Foucault, this exciting book uses food as a lens to examine agency and the political, economic, social, and cultural p
Since the work of E.P. Sanders, most modern approaches to this topic have been focused on social or sociological aspects of the issue (particularly in relation to Paul's mission to the Gentiles), but
Clever puns and elaborately detailed, surreal artwork illuminate a collection of comically grim verses that can't help but tickle the funny bone.Reader, if I had more time I'd say au revoir in rhyme,
Prisons The World Over reports prison conditions, number of prisoners and occupancy level, offenses for which inmates are interred, and average length of incarceration for 21 countries. Also reported
McPherson (biology, U. of Leeds) and Moller (mathematics and natural sciences, U. of Stavenger) provide an introductory text for undergraduates, graduates and researchers who wish to use the polymeras
This book provides data on the main policies guiding military mobilization and structures. It addresses the gender, racial, and political forces that shaped these policies.
The Defense of Insanity, The World Over is the tenth in a series of books that examines and compares social issues or social problems from an explicitly comparative perspective. This volume examines a
The author chronicles his odyssey in China, from the urban megalopolises of Beijing and Shanghai to the desolate wastes of the Gobi desert and the distant mountains of Tibet, as he describes the cultu
The author chronicles his odyssey in China, from the urban megalopolises of Beijing and Shanghai to the desolate wastes of the Gobi desert and the distant mountains of Tibet, as he describes the cultu
The author discusses his two-year stay on a remote South Pacific island, a place where he anticipated a romantic paradise but instead experienced humorous misadventures and a host of environmental cha
Michelle Obama: First Lady, American Rhetorexplores the rhetoric of Michelle Obama through rhetorical and cultural analysis. Given its interdisciplinary approach, this edited collection is useful for
In the sequel to The Sex Lives of Cannibals, the author returns to the South Pacific, heading to Vanuatu and Fiji, where he and his wife cope with Mother Nature--typhoons, earthquakes, volcanoes--the
Prisons The World Over reports prison conditions, number of prisoners and occupancy level, offenses for which inmates are interred, and average length of incarceration for 21 countries. Also reported
From the alien worlds of Star Trek to the realistic operating room of ER, the design of sets and costumes contributes not only to the look and mood of television shows, but even more importantly to th
How Jews use media to connect with one another has profound consequences for Jewish identity, community, and culture. This volume explores how the use of media can both create communities and divide t
Each of the 11 main papers is augmented with an invited critical commentary, and a response by the original author or authors, in order to further enliven already lively debates over exceptions in gra
