Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and produces a vocabulary that is in equal parts rigorous and intuitive. Critical Terms for Media Studies defines, and at times, redefines, what this new and hybrid area aims to do, illuminating the key concepts behind its liveliest debates and most dynamic topics. …
Margaret Mitchell's epic saga of love and war has long been heralded as The Great American Novel. Gone With the Wind explores the depths of human passions with indelible depictions of the burning fields and cities of Civil War and Reconstruction America. In the two main characters, the irresistible, tenacious Scarlett O'Hara and the formidable, debonair Rhett Butler, Margaret Mitchell gives us …
How can we make the icy path less slippery? How can we choose how fast to go down a slide? What's the best way to get muddy clothes clean? In this boldly original book, a group of young friends ask intriguing questions about the world around them, inspiring readers to speculate, investigate, and find out the answers for themselves.