Hardcover Nonfiction

by Vance Packard · David McKay

by James Thurber · Little, Brown and Company

by Alexander King · Simon & Schuster

by William Nickerson · Simon & Schuster

by Harry Lewis Golden · World Publishing Co

* First book to comprehensively examine the War on Terror's impact on civil society * Contributors include well-known scholars in IR, political science and security studies Following George W. Bush's declaration of a global War on Terror in the wake of the September 11 attacks, political leaders around the world introduced a swath of counter-terrorist legislation and measures. Often hastily rushed in, not least to satisfy perceived public demand for a strong state response, such extraordinary laws and measures are riddled with ambiguity and trespass unashamedly on basic democratic rights. In many countries the introduction of such measures has fuelled a climate of fear and suspicion, damaging the efforts of civil society actors. This edited volume investigates the convergence of aid and security objectives following the September 11 attacks. It explores the effects of this convergence on civil society spaces, actors and organizations and analyzes the impact of counter-terrorist legislation, measures, discourses and practices on civil societies in a range of political contexts. It proposes that the securitization of aid that was already underway in the 1990s has accelerated in the post-9/11 world. The bulk of the literature on civil society and development relates to the golden era of the 1990s. Civil Society under Strainbrings the discussion into this newly altered landscape.

by Jack Douglas · E.P. Dutton

A bit of April-foolery, this is an errant collection of odd ball pieces by a TV writer which ranges from training an aardvark to feuds, wine and vodka, to tree surgery and the dangers of sign language. You can read about the Tzarist regime in Poughkeepsie, or the year the locusts came; about a boy and a dinosaur or the cat that adopted a baby; about the turtle that became a moving picture star or the wonders of India; about a barroom ballet or a Rain-trapped missionary -- and you are guaranteed not to learn a single, solitary THING. "My Brother Was an Only Child" was Jack Douglas' very first humour book, having written for famous radio and television celebrities such as Jack Paar, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Durante, as well as TV shows such as "Adventures of Harriet and Ozzie", "The George Gobel Show", and "Laugh-In". It perfectly captures the sense of humour prevalent in this era and is as refreshing and side-splittingly funny now as it was then.

by Harry Golden · World Publishing Co

by Earl Mazo · Harper and Brothers

by Deforest Clinton Jarvis · Henry Holt and Company

by Jacques Barzun · Harper and Brothers

The House of Intellect embraces: persons who consciously and methodically employ the mind, the forms and habits governing the activities in which the mind is so employed, and the conditions under which these people and activities exist.

by Richard H. Rovere · Harcourt, Brace and Company

by Cliff Arquette · John C. Winston Co

by Harry and Bonaro Overstreet · W.W. Norton and Company

by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White · Macmillan

The Elements of Style William Strunk - The Elements of Style is a prescriptive American English writing style guide in numerous editions, originally composed by William Strunk Jr. in 1918. It comprises elementary rules of usage, elementary principles of composition, a few matters of form, a list of words and expressions commonly misused, and a list of words often misspelled.Time and again people fall in love with good writers. Words are powerfully seductive. A unique combination of them can be the key to someones heart.Elements of Style, by William Strunk, is a stable cornerstone on which to build your writing skills. Written in the storied hallways of Cornell University, the guide has been read and examined by thousands of eager eyes.Elements of Style has grown to become the American English writing style guide often required in U.S. high school and university composition classes. It includes: 8 rules of usage 10 principles of composition List of commonly misused words and expressions and a few matters of formIn addition, this new updated edition includes chapters on: Texting Style Emailing StyleThis elegantly typeset edition is the most relevant one for todays good writers.

by Pat Boone · Prentice-Hall, Inc

by Richard Bruckberger · Viking Press