“A vivid picture of how what we wear on our feet can tell us what it really means to be an American.”—Vanity Fair“Expansive, thorough, and entertaining . . . a comprehensive look at how much the sneaker became a signature indicator of cool.”—The Wall Street JournalA cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports, business, pop culture, and American identity

Based on the systematic analysis of large amounts of computer-readable text, this book shows how the English language has been changing in the recent past, often in unexpected and previously undocumented ways. The study is based on a group of matching corpora, known as the 'Brown family' of corpora, supplemented by a range of other corpus materials, both written and spoken, drawn mainly from the later twentieth century. Among the matters receiving particular attention are the influence of ...

Laudato Si’ insists on a revolutionary human response to the public challenges of our time concerning the ecological crisis. The volume takes up the revolutionary spirit of Pope Francis and speaks to the economic, technological, political, educational, and religious changes needed to overcome the fragile relationships between humans and Earth. This volume identifies various systemic factors that have produced the anthropogenic ecological crisis that threatens the planet and uses the ethica...

This book brings together philosophers, social psychologists and social scientists to approach contemporary social reality from the viewpoint of solidarity. It examines the nature of different kinds of solidarity and assesses the normative and explanatory potential of the concept. Various aspects of solidarity as a special emotionally and ethically responsive relation are studied: the nature of collective emotions and mutual recognition, responsiveness to others’ suffering and needs, and t...

Reading McDowell: On Mind and World brings together an exceptional list of contributors to analyse and discuss McDowell's challenging and influential book, one of the most influential contributions to contemporary philosophy in recent years. In it McDowell discusses issues in epistemology, philosophy of mind and ethics as well as surveying the broader remit of philosophy. Reading McDowell clarifies some of these themes and provides further material for debate across philo...

Achieve higher consciousness, gain psychic powers, and unlock your true potential by opening your third eye - here’s how!Did you know that your body has organs that can’t be seen on an X-ray?One such organ is your third eye, responsible for intuition and being able to see the future. Even though it’s connected to a physical gland in your brain, your third eye is not a physical organ. However, this doesn’t make it any less real.In most people, the third eye is inacti...

Use your hands to heal yourself and others - this Japanese healing method makes it possible!Do you suffer from a chronic illness?Do you feel that your mental health needs a boost?Are you ready to open your heart and accept new healing techniques?It looks like Reiki is the perfect choice for you.Reiki healing looks very simple: The practitioner just moves his or her hands over your body. However, the actual process is very delicate and complex: Reiki ...

Become a project management guru and get your life organized with this unique bundle.What do saving up for a new car, organizing a wedding, and designing a rocket have in common?All three are projects, or sequences of actions that aim for a certain goal.Projects are literally everywhere.This is why everyone should have at least a rough understanding of project management philosophies and a handy toolkit of project management techniques. This...

Eight vintage TV soundtracks from the long-running BBC sitcom set in a fictional London department storeAre You Being Served? was a comedy juggernaut, running for 10 series between 1973 and 1985 and often attracting audiences of over 20 million. A family favourite, it was a fun-packed mix of double entendres, slapstick and larger-than-life characters – including cat-loving Mrs Slocombe and camp menswear assistant Mr Humphries, with his famous catchphrase, ...

Salut! Prost! Skål! Na zdrave! Tagay!No matter what country you clink glasses in, everyone has a word for cheers. In Cheers! Around the World in 80 Toasts, Brandon Cook takes readers on a whirlwind trip through languages from Estonian to Elvish and everywhere in between. Need to know how to toast in Tagalog? Say "bottoms up" in Basque? "Down the hatch" in Hungarian? Cook teaches readers how to toast in 80 languages and includes drinking t...

A cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports, business, pop culture, and American identityWhen the athletic shoe graduated from the beaches and croquet courts of the wealthy elite to streetwear ubiquity, its journey through the heart of American life was just getting started. In this rollicking narrative, Nicholas K. Smith carries us through the long twentieth century as sneakers became the totem of subcultu...

A consistent best-seller, the wide-ranging and authoritative Dictionary of Sociology was first published in 1994 and contains more than 2,500 entries on the terminology, methods, concepts, and thinkers in the field, as well as from the related fields of psychology, economics, anthropology, philosophy, and political science. For this fourth edition, Professor John Scott has conducted a thorough review of all entries to ensure that they are concise, focused, and up to date. Revision...