From the new celebrity culture that has emerged from reality television and the Internet, to the paparazzi-filled endgame of Princess Diana and the bizarre trials and tribulations of Michael Jackson, The Celebrity Culture Reader documents the significant role that celebrities occupy in contemporary culture. Combining classic essays and contemporary writings, The Celebrity Culture Reader investigates the cultural implications of this complex contemporary phenomenon.

This book uses an interdisciplinary approach to explain the origin of and possible solutions to many different occlusal problems. Dr. Peter E.

Dawson guides the reader along the way providing balanced explanations of theory and technique. He also debunks many popular misconceptions through practical discussion of their origins and the deficiencies of the arguments behind them. Different sides of many philosophies are presented while guiding the reader to the most functional and esthetic solut...

Ross's classic bestseller, Introduction to Probability Models, has been used extensively by professionals and as the primary text for a first undergraduate course in applied probability. It provides an introduction to elementary probability theory and stochastic processes, and shows how probability theory can be applied to the study of phenomena in fields such as engineering, computer science, management science, the physical and social sciences, and operations research. With the addition of ...

The bestselling book behind the Oscar-winning film SLUMDOG MILLLIONAIRE directed by Danny Boyle'An absorbing and richly entertaining read' TimesFormer tiffinboy Ram Mohammad Thomas has just got twelve questions correct on a TV quiz-show to win a cool one billion rupees. But he is brutally slung in prison on suspicion of cheating. Because how can a kid from the slums know who Shakespeare was, unless he is cheating?In the order of the questions on the show, Ram tells us which incredible adventu...

Studenten in de eerste jaren van het hoger onderwijs kunnen zich op het gebied van gesproken Engels meestal behoorlijk uit de slag trekken. Toch vertoont hun woordenschat op alle gebieden nog hiaten. Met het zelfstudiepakket Working Words kunnen zij hun kennis van de Engelse woordenschat verhogen.

Working Words bestaat uit twee afzonderlijke boekdelen.

Het eerste boekdeel (At Work) biedt de studenten de woordenschat die ze nodig hebben om een Engelstalige kwaliteitskrant te kunnen lezen en ov...

From the author of Eichmann in Jerusalem and The Origins of Totalitarianism, "a book to think with through the political impasses and cultural confusions of our day" (Harper's Magazine)

Hannah Arendt's insightful observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute an impassioned contribution to political philosophy. In Between Past and Future Arendt describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the tr...

Collects and introduces some of the most important and insightful essays written in the past century by philosophers, political theorists and other thinkers who have reflected on the nature of liberty.

The education of the real estate professional is changing and aligning itself more closely with the world of business. This book takes a new approach to property appraisal by exploring the pricing mechanism in this changing context. It: develops the notion of the pricing mechanism in relation to property covers practical issues of comparison and the real problems in applying valuation theory explores calculations - including social and environmental worth - ignored in other texts As real esta...

Op het eerste gezicht lijkt het makkelijk om een grens te trekken tussen jeugdliteratuur en literatuur voor volwassenen. Maar in welke categorie valt de adolescentenroman? Dit genre speelt een belangrijke rol in het zogenaamde grensverkeerdebat, de discussie over de vervagende grenzen tussen jeugdliteratuur en ‘echte’ literatuur.