Boris Yeltsin and Russia's Democratic Transformation
Boris Yeltsin is one of modern history's most dynamic and underappreciated figures. In this vivid, analytical masterwork, Herbert J. Ellison establishes Yeltsin as the principal leader and defender of Russia's democratic revolution - the very embo...
Deciding What's News
For ten years, Herbert J. Gans spent considerable time in four major television and magazine newsrooms, observing and talking to the journalists who choose the national news stories that inform America about itself. Writing during the golden age o...
Concise History of the Christian World Mission - A Panoramic View of Missions from Pentecost to the Present
This volume comprises an excellent introductory survey of Christian missions from A.D. 30 to the twentieth century.
Behind the Scenes in Social Research
Behind the Scenes in Social Research discusses the informal, adaptive, and real-life process of doing social science research. It complements the material in standard methods texts that describe the basics-how to choose topics and ways of obtainin...
Walking the Wharfe
In a world of globetrotting explorers and record-breaking journeys - of which he has been part himself - Johno Ellison decided to return to his roots and walk the entire length of the River Wharfe, the Yorkshire waterway beside which he grew up. I...
Ethics and Aesthetics in European Modernist Literature
David Ellison's book is an investigation into the historical origins and textual practice of European literary Modernism. Ellison's study traces the origins of Modernism to the emergence of early German Romanticism from the philosophy of Immanuel ...
Transformation of Welfare States?
This accessible work provides a 'political sociology' of welfare states in industrial societies, with both historical and contemporary perspectives. Ellison focuses on the social and political underpinnings of a number of welfare regimes and looks...
Popular Culture and High Culture
Is NYPD Blue a less valid form of artistic expression than a Shakespearean drama? Who is to judge and by what standards?In this new edition of Herbert Gans's brilliantly conceived and clearly argued landmark work, he builds on his critique of the ...
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Levittowners
In 1955, Levitt and Sons purchased most of Willingboro Township, New Jersey and built 11,000 homes. This, their third Levittown, became the site of one of urban sociology's most famous community studies, Herbert J. Gans's The Levittowners. The pro...
Sociology and Social Policy
Sociology and Social Policy
Urban Villagers, Rev & Exp Ed
Hebert Gans' study of Italian Americans in Boston's West In is one of the classics of contemporary sociology. Providing a first-hand account of life in an inner city of contemporary sociology, Urban Villagers is a systematic and sensitive analysis...
A Reader's Guide to Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time'
Proust's 'A la recherche du temps perdu' (In Search of Lost Time) is many things at once: a novel of education, a portrait of French society during the Third Republic, a masterful psychological analysis of love, a reflection on homosexuality, an e...
A Very Bad Thing
From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a taut thriller about one author at the pinnacle of her career, whose past threatens to destroy everything she has—and everyone she knows. A great writer knows when to deliver a juicy plot twist. But for one author, the biggest twist of all is her own murder. With a number of hit titles and a highly anticipated movie tie-in, celebrated novelist Columbia Jones is at the top of her game. Fans around the world adore her. But on the final night of her latest book tour, one face in the crowd makes the author collapse. And by the next morning, she’s lying dead in a pool of blood. Columbia’s death shocks the world and leaves Darian, her daughter and publicist, reeling. The police have nothing to go on—at first. But then details emerge, pointing to the author’s illicit past. Turns out many people had motive to kill Columbia. And with a hungry reporter and frustrated cop on the trail, her secrets won’t stay buried long. But how many
Getting your head around the brain
Have you ever wondered how it's possible to walk down a street, with your thoughts on what you're going to have for lunch? What's telling your legs to move while your mind is on other things? And how are you reading these words right now? The simp...
House Without Windows
By the delicate hand of Didier Kassaï (Storm Over Bangui) comes a graphic documentary about the street children of Bangui, told in a style that mixes photos and illustrations. In the Central African Republic, children grow up in a state of insecur...
World of Warcraft Unofficial Cookbook
50+ Amazing & Delicious Recipes for Fans. With Beautiful Recipe Pictures The Cookbook is based on fascinating game stories and characters in World of Warcraft. Inside the cookbook is a collection of attractive dishes, appealing to both people who want to cook and want to eat. Each recipe with a detailed list of ingredients and a step-by-step making process. And the ingredients you will find here can all be sourced locally and easily. The recipes are shown below: ● Boiled Clams ● Buzzard Bites ● Candied Sweet Potatoes ● Crab Cakes ● Crispy Bat Wings ● Honey-Spiced Lichen ● Sliced Zangar Buttons ● Stuffed Lushrooms ● Wild Rice Cakes ● And more World of Warcraft Unofficial Cookbook will surely satisfy gamers who are hungry to cook and want to enjoy the food Click the BUY NOW button to start your new game lifestyle
Vogue: The Gown
A collection of over 300 images from Vogue's archive of photography, curated by former Vogue features editor Jo Ellison
Black Ball
'If he only knew what it was, he would fix it; he would kill this mean thing that made Mama feel so bad.' Belonging and estrangement intertwine in these four lyrical short stories from the the author of Invisible Man. Penguin Modern: fifty new boo...