Fires, floods, celebrity lifestyles, heroic acts of humble people, and cute acts by family pets. Sensational news seems to take up an increasingly large part of contemporary broadcast journa ...more on ebook "Tabloid Television..."

While thoroughly examining the archaeological data of the Neolithic period in Southern Britain, Julian Thomas exposes the assumptions and prejudices which have shaped archaeologists' account ...more on ebook "Understanding the Neolithic..."

"ethics and the University" brings together the practice of ethics in the university (academic ethics) and the teaching of practical or applied ethics in the university.
The book offers ...more on ebook "Ethics and the University..."

This all-encompassing textbook is an unrivalled guide to the history, belief and practice of Judaism, written by a scholar and rabbi who is also an experienced university teacher. Beginning ...more on ebook "Judaism..."

How does television function within society? Why have both its programs and its audiences been so widely denigrated?
Taking inspiration from Richard Hoggarts classic study "The Uses of ...more on ebook "Uses of Television..."

It is widely recognized that Roman law is an important source of information about women in the Roman world, and can present a more rounded and accurate picture than literary source ...more on ebook "Women and the Law in the Roman Empi..."

Most scholarly studies devoted to examining the entire Cold War period focus almost exclusively on Soviet-American relations, thus neglecting other important aspects of the war. In addition ...more on ebook "The Cold War..."

In 1688, Britain was invaded, its army and navy unable to prevent the overthrow of the government. By 1815, it was a strong power with the largest empire in the world. This book focuses on t ...more on ebook "Britain As A Military Power, 1688-1..."

Since film became a major component of mass circulation popular culture, the portrayal of black people has erupted on to cinema screens in an apparently non-systematic, erratic manner. While ...more on ebook "Fear of the Dark..."

Jean-Paul Sartre is one of the most famous philosophers of the twentieth century. The principal founder of existentialism, a political thinker and famous novelist and dramatist, his ...more on ebook "Jean-Paul Sartre: Basic Writings..."