Drawing on more than thirty novels by nineteen writers, Fables of Subversion is both a survey of mid-twentieth century American fiction and a study of how these novels challenged the conventions of satire.

Balances are struck in this luminous first novel-between two radically distinct cultures, between obligation and self-will, between past and future, between hilarity and heartbreak-as the Jordanian family of Matussem Ramoud settles in a ...

Gubrium and Holstein offer a theoretical view of research which reintegrates the traditional emphasis on the "how" and "what" of social life with an understanding of the "why".

This book is a vital resource for helping readers design their research and evaluate the research of others.

Edward Abbey’s most popular novel, The Monkey Wrench Gang is an outrageous romp with ultra-serious undertones that is as relevant today as it was in the early days of the environmental movement.

This book consists of a series of studies by linguists and educational researchers, examining and developing aspects of the concept which have remained relatively unexplored.

Fifteen hundred years ago, Teotihuacan was one of the world's greatest cities. Some 200,000 people lived in this Mexican metropolis, with its massive public buildings, grid plan of streets and imposing murals and sculpture.