A summary of the history and understanding of consumption and advertising. This volume brings together a collection of writings on the study of advertising, consumer practices and the future directions of research. The essays are based on textual and ethnographic research.[...]
The evocative story of James Blake, the higest-ranking American tennis player, who broke his back on the court in May 2004 and shortly thereafter lost his father to stomach cancer, only to return to tennis and become one of the world's top players. In the spirit of Lance Armstrong's "It's Not About [...]
Allowing you to uncover the woman behind the 'Iron Lady' image, 'Iron Lady: The Thatcher Years' takes a thorough yet lighthearted look at the life and times of Britain's longest-serving twentieth-century prime minister. As both the first woman to become leader of a European country and the first Br[...]