Peter Conrad: 14 books

It dominates our lives. It is the twentieth-century medium. And yet we're all a little sheepish when it comes to television, disowning it by disavowal or by inventing subtle, innocuous disguises for it. Why is this? In this book, first published in 1982, Peter Conrad argues that our unease stems from...

This is a new and expanded edition of a classic case-study in the medicalization of ADHD, originally published in 1976. The book centres on an empirical study of the process of identifying hyperactive children, providing a perceptive and accessible introduction to the concepts and issues involved....

An exploration of the lives and works of Verdi and Wagner as well as their respective legacies to the present day, written by a noted cultural critic. This is the first book to compare these two composers and cultural heroes, both of whom were born in 1813 and achieved huge national and inter-...

From politics and war, to jeans and sneakers: a look at America’s influence on the world from an international perspective On the day after 9/11, foreign newspapers ran headlines announcing “We Are All Americans Now.” Though the sentiment was not new, it was also not quite the same as...

In 1623 the actors John Heminges and Henry Condell assembled Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, better known as The First Folio. In doing so they preserved literature's most dramatically vital and poetically rich account of our human world. Endlessly reinterpreted...

Weaves ancient myth into modern celebrity and consumerist culture to expose the absurdity and occasional insanity of twenty-first-century society, economy, and politics Despite a proclaimed respect for scientific reason, humans are still as intrigued by myth as their remote ancestors. Laptops...

This classic text on the nature of deviance, originally published in 1980, is now reissued with a new Afterword by the authors. In this new edition of their award-winning book, Conrad and Schneider investigate the origins and contemporary consequences of the medicalization of deviance. They examine...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Jura - Strafrecht, Note: Gut (13 Punkte), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Strafrechtliches Institut), Veranstaltung: Seminar 'Neue Rechtsprechung zum Allgemeinen Teil des Strafrechts', 41 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch,...

Atlantic. All its phases were familiar enough to me, every characteristic, all the alternatives which were likely to face me on the high seas-everything! except the novel responsibility of command. But I took heart from the reasonable thought that the ship was like other ships, the men like other...

8000 Jahre vor Beginn der irdischen Zeitrechnung: Atlan, Kristallprinz und offizieller Thronfolger des riesigen Arkon-Imperiums, wurde seines Throns beraubt. Seit der Ermordung seines Vaters, regiert Imperator Orbanaschol III über Tausende von Sonnensystemen. Orbanaschols Ziel ist, den geflüchteten...

8000 Jahre vor Beginn der irdischen Zeitrechnung: Das Große Imperium der Arkoniden steht in der Blüte seiner Entwicklung. Von der Kristallwelt Arkon aus regiert Orbanaschol III. über Tausende von Planeten. Seinen Thron hat der Imperator durch den Mord an seinem Bruder Gonozal VII. erlangt. Der...

You already have the innate ability to unlock the power of you. All you need are the keys. And this book hands them to you. It’s packed full of inspirational and practical advice to challenge old beliefs, robotic behaviors, habits and patterns that no longer serve you. The authors offer you powerful...

What role does history play in contemporary society? Has the frenetic pace of today’s world led people to lose contact with the past? A high-profile team of researchers from across Canada sought to answer these questions by launching an ambitious investigation into how Canadians engage with history...

Acht Jahrtausende vor Beginn der irdischen Zeitrechnung ist Atlan auf der Flucht vor den Häschern des arkonidischen Imperators. Orbanaschol III., der sich durch die Ermordung seines Bruders - Atlans Vater - unrechtmäßig an die Spitze des mächtigsten Sternenreichs der Milchstraße setzte, will...