A J L Scott: 45 books

Book cover of Theatre History Studies 2015, Vol. 34
by Alan Sikes, Andrew Gibb, Nicole Berkin
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015

Volume 34 of Theatre History Studies revisits the foundations of theatre, explores the boundaries and definitions of theatre, and illuminates how writing about the history of theatre is itself a form of historiography.   The five essays are arranged chronologically, starting with Alan Sikes’s discussion...
Book cover of Tibes

Tibes

People, Power, and Ritual at the Center of the Cosmos

by Edwin Crespo-Torres, Lisa M. Stringer, L. Antonio Curet
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2009

The first comprehensive analysis of a strategically located ceremonial center on the island of Puerto Rico. The prehistoric civic-ceremonial center of Tibes is located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, just north of the modern coastal city of Ponce. Protected on two sides by a river, and...
Book cover of Museum Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century
by Robert R. Archibald, Patrick J. Boylan, David Carr
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2006

What underlying philosophy and mission should museums pursue in the first half of the twenty-first century? In Museum Philosophy, twenty-four authors use the lenses of a variety of disciplines to answer this essential question. Museum professionals offer their answers alongside philosophers, historians,...
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Presidential Swing States

Why Only Ten Matter

by Gibbs Knotts, Rafael Jacob, Christopher Larimer
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015

The 2016 presidential race is arguably already over in 40 states and the District of Columbia. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2016, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as well stay home on election day because their votes will matter...
Book cover of Presidential Swing States
by Scott L. McLean, Sean D. Foreman, Donna R. Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018

The 2020 United States presidential race is arguably already over except for about 12 states and 20 counties. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2020, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as well stay home on election day because their...
Book cover of Box Set - The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volumes 1 to 7 (100+ authors & 200+ stories)
by Leonid Andreyev, Cynthia Asquith, E. F. Benson
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2018

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This box set includes all the seven volumes of the collection.
Book cover of Globalizing Critical Theory
by James Bohman, Jacques Derrida, Nancy Fraser
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2005

Across a spectrum of academic disciplines, the topic of globalization is at the forefront of contemporary efforts to understand a dynamically changing world society. How might critical social theory respond creatively to the challenge of thinking and theorizing globalization in its full complexity?...
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The Civil War in Georgia

A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion

by Albert Churella, Barton A. Myers, Brad Wood
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in...
Book cover of The Olympics and Philosophy
by Michael W. Austin, Raymond Angelo Belliotti, Scott F. Parker
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012

It is said the champions of the ancient Olympic Games received a crown of olive leaves, symbolizing a divine blessing from Nike, the winged goddess of victory. While the mythology of the ancient games has come to exemplify the highest political, religious, community, and individual ideals of the time,...
Book cover of Transformative Student Experiences in Higher Education

Transformative Student Experiences in Higher Education

Meeting the Needs of the Twenty-First Century Student and Modern Workplace

by Shawn Apostel, Mary Z. Ashlock, Carolyn Baum
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018

Transformative Student Experiences in Higher Education: Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century Student and Modern Workplace presents a thorough consideration of the role, use, and implications of transformative and active instructional strategies in higher education. It examines the changing landscape...
Book cover of The Big Book of the Masters of Horror, Weird and Supernatural Short Stories: 120+ authors and 1000+ stories in one volume (Kathartika™ Classics)
by Cynthia Asquith, Leonid Andreyev, E. F. Benson
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal...
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Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act

Intersections across Identities, Genders, and Cultures

by Julia Anderson, Katrina Bloch, Patrice Buzzanell
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016

Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act: Intersections across Identities, Genders, and Cultures offers scholarly research related to work-life balance in today’s environment, with a particular focus on the fields of communication and gender studies. The chapters examine the choices, challenges,...
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Apocalyptic Chic

Visions of the Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse in Literature and Visual Arts

by Alex M. Milmine, Katherine Allocco, Tanner Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017

This book deals with legends and images of the apocalypse and post-apocalypse in film and graphic arts, literature and lore from early to modern times and from peoples and cultures around the world. It reflects an increasingly popular leitmotif in literature and visual arts of the 21st century: humanity’s...
Book cover of Ethics, Literature, and Theory

Ethics, Literature, and Theory

An Introductory Reader

by Dudley Barlow, Orson Scott Card, Anthony Cunningham
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2005

Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics. Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of...
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