Across the humanities and social sciences, scholars increasingly use quantitative methods to study textual data. Considered together, this research represents an extraordinary event in the long history of textuality. More or less all at once, the corpus has emerged as a major genre of cultural and scientific knowledge. In Literary Mathematics, Michael Gavin grapples with this development, describing how quantitative methods for the study of textual data offer powerful too...

Early literary criticism was undisciplined. Unlike the staid essays and monographs of later academic scholarship, English criticism first appeared in the contentious world of the London theater: dramatists and other poets argued about their craft in contending prefaces and dedications, and their disputes spilled into the public sphere in pamphlet wars, mock epics, lampoons, and even novels. Across these forms, criticism was personal, political, and unconcerned with analysis for its own sak...

The New White Nationalism in Politics and Higher Education analyzes a new form of white nationalism that seeks to recruit mainstream citizens to achieve its goals. This New White Nationalism sees higher education, which imparts fact-based knowledge and interrogates history, social structures, and power, often from antiracist and multicultural lenses, as a threat. Michael H. Gavin reveals the tactics of The New White Nationalism and provides a tool called The Nostalgia Spectrum to ...

For years, they have been the architects of your worst nightmares...Haunted house attractions are vessels that contain those we call "Haunters" who bring our worst nightmares to life. What drives them to scare folks? Is it the idea they get hearts beating and blood pumping, or is it another way to satisfy an itch for horror and the macabre? Discover interviews with seasoned Haunters that give insight into why they embrace the dark and love to scare-and the ghosts t...

"Drowning people don't look like they're drowning."Benji Lawrence and Joe Anderson hate the world. They both have lost loved ones and are now being forced into a grief support group to deal with their issues. Opposites may attract, but like magnets, they also can repel, in a BIG way.No rock stars in this Near Miss Series Prequel, but this sweet MM stand-alone follows their journey as they learn to heal and maybe also to love again.CONTENT W...

Benji Lawrence and Joe Anderson hate the world. They both have lost loved ones and are now being forced into a grief support group to deal with their issues. Opposites may attract, but like magnets, they also can repel, in a BIG way.No rock stars in this Near Miss Series Prequel, but this sweet MM stand-alone follows their journey as they learn to heal and maybe also to love again.CONTENT WARNINGThis story includes elements that might not be suitable for some readers. ...

This book will help you design media that engages, entertains, communicates and 'sticks' with the audience. Packed with examples of groundbreaking interactive design, this book provides a solid introduction to the principles of interactive communication and detailed case studies from world-leading industry experts.The Fundamentals of Interactive Design takes you step by step through each stage of the creative process – from inspiration to practical application of designing...

Reeling from the events of The Armageddon Game, the TMNT grapple to hold it all together as the rest of New York City struggles to find equilibrium. A shamed mayor. A fallen wall. A new borough and broken trust among a found family. The city’s new dynamic means a new slate of challenges and opportunities. And while a dark threat lurks in the shadows of Mutant Town, several of the Turtles’ closest allies separate themselves from the brothers. Plus, the Turtles take to the streets for a simp...

This Companion offers students and scholars a comprehensive introduction to the development and the diversity of the American short story as a literary form from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day. Rather than define what the short story is as a genre, or defend its importance in comparison with the novel, this Companion seeks to understand what the short story does – how it moves through national space, how it is always related to other genres and media, and how its ...

To assess the social processes of globalization that are changing the way in which we co-inhabit the world today, this book invites the reader to essay the diversity of worldviews, with the diversity of ways to sustainably co-inhabit the planet. With a biocultural perspective that highlights planetary ecological and cultural heterogeneity, this book examines three interrelated themes: (1) biocultural homogenization, a global, but little perceived, driver of biological and cultural diversit...

Using the lessons of Noah’s ark, Michael Levine, founder and owner of Levine Communications, based in Los Angeles, offers a lighthearted approach to the serious business of taking stock, taking control, and transforming calamity into opportunity.Lessons include “Don’t Miss the Boat: The Lesson of Opportunity,” “Stay Shipshape: The Lesson of Healthy Balance,” and “Stay True to Your Course: The Lesson of Character,” and more.

This new fifth edition of Instructional Models for Physical Education provides pedagogical knowledge and resources that support physical education teachers’ selection and use of instructional models and gives physical educators a plan for incorporating these models into their teaching.Presented in two sections, Instructional Models for Physical Education first presents the rationale, pedagogical knowledge, and selection processes for model-based in...