John B Thompson: 23 books
by John B. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Hurricane Sandy . . . Meet Hurricane Sandy!
The hurricane may have hit New York City in 2012, but the melodrama is all Southern, straight from the banks of the Mississippi, in John B. Thompson’s 1953 pulp classic, Sandy. Blackbird Books is pleased to reissue Sandy as an eBook-only special,...
Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences
Essays on Language, Action and Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Collected and translated by John B. Thompson, this collection of essays by Paul Ricoeur includes many that had never appeared in English before the volume's publication in 1981. As comprehensive as it is illuminating, this lucid introduction to Ricoeur's prolific contributions to sociological theory...
Political Scandal
Power and Visability in the Media Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Political scandals have become a pervasive feature of many societies today. From Profumo to the cash-for-questions scandal, from Watergate to the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, scandals have come to play a central role in politics and in the shaping of public debate. What are the characteristics of political...
Ideology and Modern Culture
Critical Social Theory in the Era of Mass Communication
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
In this major new work, Thompson develops an original account of ideology and relates it to the analysis of culture and mass communication in modern Societies.
Thompson offers a concise and critical appraisal of major contributions to the theory of ideology, from Marx and Mannheim, to Horkheimer,...
Merchants of Culture
The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
"All you need to know about the industry at a time of momentous change."
-Drake McFeely, chairman and president, W.W. Norton & Company
For nearly five centuries, the world of book publishing remained largely static. But at the dawn of the twenty-first century, the industry faces...
by Terry L. (Lea) Koenig, Richard (Rick) N. Spano, John B. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019
Human Behavior Theory for Social Work Practice provides an in-depth examination of human behavior theories and helps students apply each theory to social work practice. Authors Terry Koenig, Rick Spano, and John Thompson cover a broad spectrum of theories—including ecological, psychological, and...
Books in the Digital Age
The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? How has the book publishing industry been transformed by the economic and technological...
Merchants of Culture
The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing. For nearly five centuries the methods and practices of book publishing remained largely unchanged, but at the dawn of the twenty-first century the industry finds itself faced with perhaps the greatest challenges since Gutenberg. A combination...
Media and Modernity
A Social Theory of the Media
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
This wide-ranging and innovative book develops an original theory of the media and their impact on the modern world, from the emergence of printing to the most recent developments in the media industries.
Transitional Ministry Today
Successful Strategies for Churches and Pastors
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Transitional ministry can be tremendously helpful for congregations in times of change, and yet, to be successful today transitional ministers and churches need to take into account the major changes in the religious landscape. From the decline of mainline churches to the rise of those who don’t...
Race and Retail
Consumption across the Color Line
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Race has long shaped shopping experiences for many Americans. Retail exchanges and establishments have made headlines as flashpoints for conflict not only between blacks and whites, but also between whites, Mexicans, Asian Americans, and a wide variety of other ethnic groups, who have at times found...
by John Mendelsohn, MD, Peter M. Howley
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2014
Stay current with the latest discoveries in molecular and genomic research. Sweeping revisions throughout include eight brand-new chapters on: Tumor Suppressor Genes; Inflammation and Cancer; Cancer Systems Biology: The Future; Biomarkers Assessing Risk of Cancer; Understanding and Using Information...
Zones of Control
Perspectives on Wargaming
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts.
Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., R. A. Lafferty
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Worlds of If' was a three-time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. 'Worlds of If' discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the second in our 'Worlds of If' series, with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. '2BR02B'...
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