GREENWOOD PRESS

(H/B) SKINHEADS
This book provides a fascinating examination of one of the most notorious countercultures in the United States. Skinheads - hostile, confrontational, violent, neo-Nazi hooligans, right? Bald heads, steel-toed boots, and utter contempt for middle class living? Yes, many who identify themselves as skinheads fit this description - and make most of the headlines - but the overall skinhead subculture is far more diverse in politics, attitudes, fashion, and music than most people realize. Skinheads: A Guide to An American Subculture is an inside...
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(H/B) FANTASTIC LITERATURE
Unprecedented in range and scope, this volume serves as a record of and reference for the development of fantasy literature. Working to be inclusive, rather than exclusive, opening a dialogue wherever possible, Sandner presents the full range of debates concerning the fantastic and its relationship to the sublime, the Gothic, children's literature, romance and comedy, and the purposes of imaginative literature. Introductions to each essay, presented in full or excerpted for the most relevant commentary, situate the reader in the history of...
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(H/B) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIDEO GAMES (TWO-VOLUME SET)
This encyclopedia collects and organizes theoretical and historical content on the topic of video games, covering the people, systems, technologies, and theoretical concepts as well as the games themselves. Video games are far more significant to society than they may seem. They were the first form of interactive audiovisual multimedia, introduced consumers to computer technology, and were one of the main selling points for early home computers, launching the digital age for the general public. The technologies developed for gaming also ha...
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(H/B) THE VIDEO GAME EXPLOSION
Once dismissed as a fleeting fad of the young and frivolous, this booming industry has not only proven its staying power, but promises to continue driving the future of new media and emerging technologies. The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond traces the growth of a global phenomenon that has become an integral part of popular culture today. The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond traces the growth of a global phenomenon that has become an integral part of popular culture to...
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(H/B) THE ART OF MANAGING EVERYDAY CONFLICT
Helps us understand the obvious and subtle roles of emotion in conflict, as well as the role of our perception of power, and to use that knowledge for reducing the incidence and seriousness of everyday conflicts in families, friendships, relationships, at work and in educational settings. Power struggles are a common occurrence in everyday life, affecting individuals in every stage of life. Those involved in conflicts often have no idea how to resolve them. This book discusses the hows and whys of conflict and provides easy-to-use solution...
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(H/B) DISTANT TIES
Challenging nearly a century of scholarship on German imperialism and Ottoman decline, this is the first study to document the actual railway construction rather than the rhetoric surrounding it. As the first study to document the Baghdad Railway construction, rather than the rhetoric surrounding it, this work challenges nearly a century of scholarship on German imperialism and Ottoman decline--scholarship that has too often hinged on the alleged Great Power victimization of the Ottoman Empire. McMurray unearths a fascinating, intercultura...
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(H/B) DICTIONARY OF COUNSELING
Counseling services are available for individuals seeking assistance with a wide range of human problems. However, it is very difficult to evaluate the quality and appropriateness of these services. Students, consumers, and professionals find that much of what is called counseling is not easily distinguished from psychotherapy and friendship. Moreover, there is no clear demarcation as to which clients will benefit from the professional counseling services offered by psychologists, pastoral counselors, mental health counselors, and social w...
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(H/B) THE BYZANTINE WORLD
Byzantium was the name of the old Greek colony on the site that was later to become the City of Constantine and the word was used many centuries later to describe was supposed to be a declining and decadent medieval Roman Empire. J. B. Bury objected to this and preferred to speak of the "Eastern Roman Empire". He used the term "Eastern" to distinguish this polity with Constantinople as its capital from the medieval "Western" Empire, and he retained the world "Roman" because he considered that in essence it was still the Roman Empire. But h...
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(H/B) VYGOTSKY AND A.A. LEONTIEV'S SEMIOTICS AND PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Views Vygotskian theories of language from the Russian cultural-historical perspective, focusing on internalization as a goal to personality development and self-regulation. This work introduces Russian theories of language from the Vygotskian perspective, with a chapter by famed scholar A. A. Leontiev about Vygostky and Russian psycholinguistics. The holistic nature of Russian psychology is highlighted, viewing the personality development of each individual as a whole. Vygostky's interdisciplinary approach to education, termed pedology, i...
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(P/B) FIGHTING POWER

(P/B) PLAYING TO LEARN: VIDEO GAMES IN THE CLASSROOM

ARCHITECTURE OF GREECE

(H/B) DAILY LIFE IN THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

(H/B) THE NEW AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

(P/B) THEORY AND RESISTANCE IN EDUCATION

(P/B) CHANGING VISIONS - HUMAN COGNITIVE MAPS

(H/B) SHAKESPEARE'S CRIMINALS: CRIMINOLOGY, FICTION AND DRAMA

(H/B) STRATEGIC BOMBING OF GERMANY 1940-45

(P/B) ONE VOICE: MUSIC AND STORIES IN THE CLASSROOM

(H/B) THE TENNESSEE WILLIAMS ENCYCLOPEDIA