The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition

Author: Christine Ammer

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13: 0547676581

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Senior moment. Think outside the box. Idioms like these can't be understood just from the words that make them up. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms explores the meanings of idioms, including phrasal verbs such as kick back, proverbs such as too many cooks spoil the broth, interjections such as tough beans, and figures of speech such as elephant in the room. Since the publication of the first edition 15 years ago, author Christine Ammer has made extensive revisions that reflect new historical scholarship and changes in the English language. This second edition defines over 10,000 idiomatic expressions in greater detail than any other dictionary available today. English language learners will find this dictionary especially useful.

People and Politics in Urban America, Second Edition
People and Politics in Urban America, Second Edition

Author: Robert W. Kweit

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-26

Total Pages: 489

ISBN-13: 1135640505

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First Published in 1998. Approximately 75 percent of Americans live in cities and surrounding suburbs, and the characteristics of those cities inescapably affect the quality of their lives. This book examines the extent to which these Americans use the political process to control the characteristics of life in their metropolises. In addition, this second edition revision places great emphasis on the role of political leaders, while recognising the interdependence between those leaders and various interests in the city.

American Higher Education, Second Edition
American Higher Education, Second Edition

Author: Christopher J. Lucas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 113710841X

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The roots of controversy surrounding higher education in the US extend deep into the past. This original, incisive history goes far in offering a needed sense of perspective on current debates over such issues as access, costs, academic quality, social equity, and curricula. Eminently readable and always lively, this timely historical account is sure to be an invaluable resource for assessing the present condition and future prospects of American colleges and universities.

Politics, Society, and the Media, Second Edition
Politics, Society, and the Media, Second Edition

Author: Paul Nesbitt-Larking

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 144260428X

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Politics, Society, and the Media is the first comprehensive political sociology of the media to be published in Canada. Paul Nesbitt-Larking draws upon a range of disciplines, including cultural and media studies, political economy, social theory, and political science to provide an analysis of the relationship between power and representation in Canada. The framework for the book presents a model of the mutual interaction between politics and the media. Attention is focused in the early chapters on how cultural, ideological, economic, and governmental forces shape and condition the production of media in Canada. Chapters on the work of Innis, Grant, McLuhan, and their postmodern successors place the evolution of McLuhan's theoretical argument that "the medium is the message" at the heart of the book. Canadian identity, and how to understand Canadian media politically, is the subject of a chapter on textual analysis. Two extensive chapters follow on the media’s influence and effects on politics. In addition to standard topics on politics and the media, this new edition offers much more: an examination of the media on the politics of gender and aboriginal peoples, the micro-politics of the media workplace, and an exploration of important media-related considerations. Throughout, reference is made to relevant and compelling issues placed within the context of media theory.

New Class Society
New Class Society

Author: Robert Perrucci

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9780742545540

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This book explores how class-based resources and interests embedded in large organizations are linked to powerful structures and processes which in turn are rapidly polarizing the U.S. into a highly unequal, 'double diamond' class structure. The authors show how and why American class membership in the 21st century is based on an organizationally-based distribution of critical resources including income, investment capital, credentialed skills verified by elite schools, and social connections to organizational leaders.

101 Craft and World Whiskies to Try Before You Die (2nd edition of 101 World Whiskies to Try Before You Die)
101 Craft and World Whiskies to Try Before You Die (2nd edition of 101 World Whiskies to Try Before You Die)

Author: Ian Buxton

Publisher: Headline

Published: 2021-09-30

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1472279026

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'An enjoyable romp through the craft whisky industry. Prepare to have your eyes opened and taste buds transported along the ever expanding whisky route.' Will Lyons 'Buxton has done it again: a cracking read. A novel and invaluable addition to any whisky library.' Charles MacLean 'Ian Buxton is the perfect guide to the rapidly changing world of whisky. Can you afford to be without a copy of 101 Craft and World Whiskies?' Henry Jeffreys, author of Empire of Booze Discover the exciting new world of craft distillers and whiskies from around the world in Ian Buxton's brilliant new addition to his 101 Whiskies series. From Austria to Argentina and Norway to New Zealand, the world of whisky is expanding as we have never seen before. Distilleries as far away as Taiwan and as close to home as England are reinventing what whisky means - and an iconoclastic generation of boutique, craft distillers are challenging previous orthodoxies and teasing drinkers with their exciting new styles and radical releases. 101 Craft & World Whiskies to Try Before You Die is an up-to-the-minute guide from best-selling whisky commentator Ian Buxton, author of the popular 101 Whiskies series, and the first independent assessment of this global drinks revolution. Guaranteed to appeal equally to whisky aficionados and new enthusiasts in search of a trusty and well-informed guide, Ian Buxton's wonderful new handbook is delivered in his trademark irreverent and trenchant style. There's a whole world of whisky to be discovered, free of bagpipes and heather and far from leather-clad fireside armchairs, that's overturning tradition. Taken neat or over ice, 101 Craft & World Whiskies will blow the cobwebs off your dram.

Don't Let Your Dream Business Turn Into a Nightmare
Don't Let Your Dream Business Turn Into a Nightmare

Author: Alan Stransman

Publisher: Alan Stransman

Published: 2011-03

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 0986870315

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Do you think you have a good idea for a business? A really good idea - something that has never been done before? Do you imagine that, if you could just get that idea of yours off the ground, it would really take off? And you just might become the next Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft, or Michael Dell of Dell Computers or Howard Schultz, the driving force behind Starbucks? If you think you have a really good idea for a business - but you don't have enough money of your own to get it off the ground -and you think you are going to launch it with someone else's money- you are in exactly the same situation that Alan Stransman was in back in the summer of 2004. Before you do anything - read Don't Let Your Dream Business Turn Into A Nightmare - a heartbreaking and hilarious account of one man's pursuit of a dream. Don't let Your Dream Business Turn Into A Nightmare: Second Edition is a rarity - a business book that actually tells you what it is really like to start a business - if you don't have enough money of your own, have no idea how to write a business plan and have no experience running a business. In an era of "Just Do It," this book tells you what not to do - unless you want to see your dream business -and your life - turn into a nightmare.