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Casing Distractions: Erving Goffman's Dramaturgical Analysis

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Sample Barely a block past the beach in Ipanema, two American men were walking on the sidewalk. They passed several vendors, most of whom were selling leather goods. The middle-aged men walked slowly, perusing the products on the tables owned by the vendors. The Brazilians were trying to sell the...

Conectandonos: A customized version for SPAN 201 at Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbor

Author(s): CATHARINE TONNACLIFF

A culture-based, critical-thinking approach to learning and using Spanish in context. Conectándonos is a culture-based first year textbook that focuses on the analysis of language in its cultural context. By combining a textbook and website, Conectándonos engages students from the very beginning ...

Theatre Appreciation: A Behind the Scenes Look of this Collaborative Adventure

Author(s): Christina McCollam-Martinez

Whether one has enjoyed the performing arts for years or has never stepped foot into a theatre, Theatre Appreciation: A Behind the Scenes Look of this Collaborative Adventure introduces readers to the craft, skills, and personnel needed for the creation of theatre. This visually-stunning, online ...

Manufacturing Hate: How Africa was Demonized in Western Media

Author(s): Milton Allimadi

ABOUT MANUFACTURING HATE: How Africa Was Demonized In Western Media is the book to read if you want to know the history of demonization of Africa, and by extension descendants of Africa, in Western media—books, newspapers, and magazines— from the 17th century to our contemporary era, and the lingeri...

About Music: Critical Listening Skills

Author(s): Chandler R. Bridges Jr., Michael Wagner

About Music: Critical Listening Skills explains the fascinating aspects of the fundamentals of sound, how musical instruments work, the mechanics of hearing, and how we neurologically process the musical sounds we make. Add to that the way music and sound is recorded, manipulated, and stored, and a ...

30 Amazing Reading and Learning Strategies for College Students

Author(s): PATSY TRAND, KAY LOPATE

The purpose of this book is to introduce students to reading and learning strategies effective in helping students achieve their goals. What makes this book so amazing is that while students are acquiring a repertoire of reading and learning strategies, they also strengthen their reading comprehensi...

Questions for the Soul 4th Ed.

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"This book is intended as an introduction to philosophy. It is a thoughtful collection of writings on different philosophical discourses by different philosophers. The book presents philosophy as sustained reflection on the questions that most profoundly and deeply concern the life of a human being ...

Tiger Trouble

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Abstract The daughter of a successful college men’s lacrosse coach refuses to shut down her racy blog, risking the reputation of a program that has done much to repair its image in recent years. When the sports information department tries to avoid another black eye for the men’s lacrosse program...

He Says/She Says: Misunderstandings Between Men and Women

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Sample Ginger walks out of her last class of the day to find Luke waiting for her, as he usually does on Tuesdays and Thursdays. She greets him with a hug and they fall into a matched pace that soon will lead them to the library. “Becky got an offer from BellTech—her first choice,” Ginger says, k...