Language and Globalization
Author: Norman Fairclough

There are chapters on the globalization and Europeanization of nation-states, the relationship between the real processes of globalization and discourses of globalization, the impact of the media on globalization and the... [Read More]

Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Isssues in Discourse Analysis (Language in Society)
Author: H. G. Widdowson

As ever, Widdowson does a service to us all by writing on a subject that he believes worthwhile: this time to those of us who practice CDA and have grown complacent in its comfortable shade; a more... [Read More]

From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood - Childrens Literature and the Construction of Canadian Identity
Author: Elizabeth A. Galway

As Canada came to terms with its new role as an independent nation following Confederation in 1867, there was a call for a new literary voice to express the needs and desires of a... [Read More]

Essential Forensic Biology, 2nd Edition
Author: Alan Gunn

This book is an introduction to the application of biology in legal investigations. Fully revised and updated throughout, the second edition of this highly successful textbook offers an accessible overview to the essentials of the subject providing... [Read More]

Forensic Entomology: An Introduction
Author: Dr Dorothy Gennard

This invaluable text provides a concise introduction to entomology in a forensic context and is also a practical guide to collecting entomological samples at the crime scene.

* Assumes no prior knowledge of either entomology... [Read More]

Discourse in Late Modernity
Author: Lilie Chouliaraki and Norman Fairclough

Chouliaraki and Fairclough survey the landscape of contemporary critical theory as familiars and even masters. The authors' command of the human sciences is beyond impressive, so much so that the book is equally valuable to... [Read More]

Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction
Author: Carl E. Rollyson

This is a comprehensive survey of mystery and detective fiction that covers more than 390 writers and includes overviews on more than three dozen aspects of the genre.Continuing the Salem Press tradition of "Critical Survey"... [Read More]