J L Smith: 185 books

Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers, edited by Alena Amato Ruggerio, explores how television, film, the internet, and other media variously perpetuate gender stereotypes. The contributors to this volume bring a variety of feminist rhetorical and media criticism approaches from across the...

More than 50% of America's schools today exist in rural settings. This book addresses the distinctiveness of rural school leaders, identifies issues encountered by administrators, faculty, and students, and concludes by proposing new standards for rural schools in general and their leaders. This book...

Contrainte de quitter le soleil de la Californie pour s’installer dans la maison lugubre de sa grand-mère en Nouvelle-Angleterre, Cassie regrette sa vie d’avant. D’autant que dans son nouveau lycée, la flamboyante Faye n’a pas l’air de la porter dans son cœur. Pourtant, elle se sent étrangement...

Dès l’arrivée de Stefan Salvatore à Fell’s Church, Elena, la reine du lycée, se jure de le séduire. D’abord distant, le garçon aux allures d’ange rebelle finit par céder à sa passion dévorante… et à lui révéler son terrible secret. Quelques siècles plus tôt, la femme qu’il...

Avec l'aide de l'irrésistible mais néanmoins sournois Damon, Elena a sauvé son cher Stefan du Royaume des Ombres. Mais aucun des deux frères vampires n'en est revenu indemne. Affaibli par sa longue captivité, Stefan a besoin de plus de sang que ce qu'Elena peut lui fournir, tandis que Damon,...

Angleterre, 1888. En s’installant dans la paisible campagne anglaise, Stefan Salvatore pensait avoir échappé à son passé sanglant. Mais bientôt à Londres une rumeur court sur un mystérieux meurtrier sanguinaire : Jack l’Éventreur. Impliqué dans l’enquête, Stefan est convaincu qu’il...

Dès l’arrivée de Stefan Salvatore à Fell’s Church, Elena, la reine du lycée, se jure de le séduire. D’abord distant, le garçon aux allures d’ange rebelle finit par céder à sa passion dévorante… et à lui révéler son terrible secret. Quelques siècles plus tôt, la femme qu’il...

Dès l’arrivée de Stefan Salvatore à Fell’s Church, Elena, la reine du lycée, se jure de le séduire. D’abord distant, le garçon aux allures d’ange rebelle finit par céder à sa passion dévorante… et à lui révéler son terrible secret. Quelques siècles plus tôt, la femme qu’il...

Popular culture helps construct, define, and impact our everyday realities and must be taken seriously because popular culture is, simply, popular. Communication Perspectives on Popular Culture brings together communication experts with diverse backgrounds, from interpersonal communication, business...

Who were the first people who came to the land bridge joining northeastern Asia to Alaska and the northwest of North America? Where did they come from? How did they organize technology, especially in the context of settlement behavior?     During the Pleistocene era, the people now...

With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and...

Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalia’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee a conservative counter-revolution that would reverse the liberal jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and which was continued to some extent under the Burger Court though...

Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community analyzes how television narratives form the first decade of the twenty-first century are powerful socializing agents which both define and limit the types of acceptable interpersonal relationships between co-workers, friends, romantic partners, family members,...

People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic. Studies in Culture Contact:...