Criminal Law provides an engaging explanation of the main principles and offences in criminal law. This book lights a clear path through the subject, explaining the law as it stands but also considering proposals for reform for an appreciation of how the law develops.
Being a successful manager requires a positive attitude as well as skills. This guide is designed to help readers to learn to be positive and boost their career potential. There are case studies, short exercises, checklists and activities.
Forum Vol. 2 - Studies in Film and Popular Culture
"Forum Vol. 2 - Studies in Film and Popular Culture" is a university booklet for the students of British and American culture. This edition is multilingual. Most of the text is in English, but you may also encounter parts of Spanish, French, and German. Details provided in the table of content.
Uses of Literature bridges the gap between literary theory and common-sense beliefs about why we read literature. Explores the diverse motives and mysteries of why we read. Offers four different ways of thinking about why we read literature - for recognition, enchantment, knowledge, and shock. Argues for a new “phenomenology” in literary studies that incorporates the historical and social dimensions of reading. Includes examples of literature from a wide range of national literary traditions
In the second edition of this widely-used introductory text John Fiske draws upon the main authorities in the field, from Shannon and Weaver's Communication Theory to Saussure's structural linguistics and Peirce's Semiotics. He examines the two main schools: seeing communication as the encoding, transmission, and decoding of messages; and viewing communication as the generation of meanings.
