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Hash House Lingo: The Slang of Soda Jerks, Short-Order Cooks, Bartenders, Waitresses, Carhops and Other Denizens of Yesterday's Roadside by Jack Smiley Publisher Comments Originally published in 1941, this pocket-sized volume preserves the language of diners and roadside restaurants during the '30s and '40s. From "all hot" (baked potato) to "dog soup" (water), the long-lost terms are part fascinating, part funny, and... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Texture: Human Expression in the Age of Communications Overload by Richard H. R. Harper Publisher Comments Our workdays are so filled with emails, instant messaging, and RSS feeds that we complain that there's not enough time to get our actual work done. At home, we are besieged by telephone calls on landlines and cell phones, the beeps that signal text... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Strategic Conflict (Routledge Communication) by Canary Daniel Synopsis Strategic Conflict offers a research-based, accessible analysis of how people can manage conflict productively. Moving beyond the basics of conflict, it examines interpersonal situations in which conflict occurs and promotes strategic communicative... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $42.95 New - Trade Paper
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Routledge Handbook of Family Communication (Routledge Communication) by Anita L. Vangelisti Publisher Comments With a synthesis of research on issues key to understanding family interaction, as well as an analysis of many theoretical and methodological choices made by researchers studying family communication, the Handbook serves to advance the field by reframing... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $104.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Sage Handbook of Persuasion: Developments in Theory and Practice by Lijiang Shen Publisher Comments The Second Edition of The SAGE Handbook of Persuasion: Developments in Theory and Practice provides readers with logical, comprehensive summaries of research in a wide range of areas related to persuasion. From a topical standpoint, this handbook takes... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $153.95 New - Hardcover
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The Routledge Reader in Rhetorical Criticism by Brian L. Ott Publisher Comments Bringing together 50 key readings on rhetorical criticism in a single accessible format, The Rhetorical Criticism Reader furnishes instructors with an ideal resource for teaching and practicing the art of rhetorical criticism. Unlike existing readers and... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $85.50 New - Trade Paper
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Religion and Society #53: Social Media, Religion, and Spirituality by David Eric John Herbert Publisher Comments Amongst books on religion and the internet, this collection is distinctive in addressing the interaction between social and mass media in the construction of contemporary religion and spirituality, and public understandings of them. Topics discussed... (read more) Available December 2012 Your price: $166.95 New - Hardcover
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When to Speak Up and When to Shut Up: Principles for Conversations You Won't Regret by Dr Michael Sedler Publisher Comments Communication Expert Offers the Keys to Healthy, Effective Communication All of us have found ourselves in situations where we don't know if we should bite our tongues or speak our minds. When is silence golden? When should you speak up? In this popular... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $12.99 New - Trade Paper
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Don't Buy It: The Trouble with Talking Nonsense about the Economy by Anat Shenker-osorio Publisher Comments Anat Shenker-Osorio has spent her career exploring the range of ways people understand complex political issues and shes seen one thing over and again: when were using the wrong metaphor, were sending the wrong message. In this book she focuses that... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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Handbook of Cultural Sociology by John R. Hall Publisher Comments The Handbook of Cultural Sociology provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary scholarship in sociology and related disciplines focused on the complex relations of culture to social structures and everyday life. With sixty-five essays written by... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $67.25 New - Trade Paper
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Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit by Joseph Epstein Publisher Comments “I am pleased to report that I am neither quoted nor even mentioned in the act of effrontery called Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit. I have been given to understand that, owing to his interest in such subjects touching on human nature as ambition... (read more) Available November 2012 Your price: $13.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Handbook of Intergroup Communication (Ica Handbook) by Howard Giles Publisher Comments The Handbook of Intergroup Communication brings together research, theory and application on traditional as well as innovative intergroup situations, exploring the communication aspect of these groups. The volume is organzied into four domains cross... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $262.75 New - Hardcover
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Reporting Disaster on Deadline: A Handbook for Students and Professionals by Wilkins Lee Synopsis This book provides an introduction to covering crises, considering practice issues and providing guidance in preparing for and responding to calamities. It offers a concise overview for journalism academics and practitioners of covering disasters not a... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $38.50 New - Trade Paper
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Routledge Handbook of Media Law by Monroe E. Price Publisher Comments Featuring specially commissioned chapters from experts in the field of media and communications law this book provides an authoritative survey of media law from a comparative perspective. The handbook will not simply offer a synopsis of the state of... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $210.75 New - Hardcover
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Handbooks in Communication and Media #26: The Handbook of Global Health Communication by Rafael Obregon Publisher Comments Few people dispute the central role of communication in global public health and development, and its applications in local and international aid programs. Yet questions remain unanswered and new challenges have emerged about the role of communication... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $195.25 New - Hardcover
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Doing English Language: A Guide for Students (Doing...) by Angela Goddard Publisher Comments Doing English Language provides a concise, lively and accessible introduction to the field of English Language studies for readers who are interested in taking courses at university level. This book addresses the fundamental questions about studying... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $104.25 New - Hardcover
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Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years by Geoffrey Nunberg Publisher Comments The first "asshole" in print was Norman Mailer's in The Naked and the Dead, which appeared in 1948 and channeled the language of World War II servicemen, especially the enlisted men, who needed to express their frustration at the arrogance and ignorance... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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Perfect Phrases for ESL Everyday Situations by Natalie Gast Publisher Comments For intermediate ESL speakers, the perfect handbook for talking your way through the hassles and necessities of American life Perfect Phrases for ESL: Everyday Situations helps you to say the right words at the right time in any situation. ESL specialist... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $12.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Body Language of Dating: Read His Signals, Send Your Own, and Get the Guy by Tonya Reiman Publisher Comments Primal instinct meets the power of choice in this go-to guide to getting the guy. The last time you locked eyes with a gorgeous, manly specimen across the room or took a detour past the object of your affection, fluffing your locks on your way to the... (read more) Available January 15, 2013 Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Sustainability in the Chemical Industry (Green Energy and Technology) by Eric Johnson Publisher Comments It's the new rock and roll. It's the new black. Sustainability is trendy, and not just among hipsters and pop stars. The uncool chemical sector helped pioneer it, and today, companies inside and outside the sector have embraced it. But what have they... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $140.25 New - Hardcover
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