Across the humanities and social sciences, scholars increasingly use quantitative methods to study textual data. Considered together, this research represents an extraordinary event in the long history of textuality. More or less all at once, the corpus has emerged as a major genre of cultural and scientific knowledge. In Literary Mathematics, Michael Gavin grapples with this development, describing how quantitative methods for the study of textual data offer powerful too...

Early literary criticism was undisciplined. Unlike the staid essays and monographs of later academic scholarship, English criticism first appeared in the contentious world of the London theater: dramatists and other poets argued about their craft in contending prefaces and dedications, and their disputes spilled into the public sphere in pamphlet wars, mock epics, lampoons, and even novels. Across these forms, criticism was personal, political, and unconcerned with analysis for its own sak...

The New White Nationalism in Politics and Higher Education analyzes a new form of white nationalism that seeks to recruit mainstream citizens to achieve its goals. This New White Nationalism sees higher education, which imparts fact-based knowledge and interrogates history, social structures, and power, often from antiracist and multicultural lenses, as a threat. Michael H. Gavin reveals the tactics of The New White Nationalism and provides a tool called The Nostalgia Spectrum to ...

In an era characterized by news that caters to extreme ends of the political spectrum, sporting events are one of the last refuges to which people of divergent viewpoints can turn. In the days and weeks following a national tragedy, columnists frequently write about how the tragedy has affected the sports world, and how, in turn, particular sporting events have affected the American people as they cope with adversity, loss, and grief; in the process, these columnists often reveal their own...

Relive a childhood favorite as a boy genius comes to terms with his ever more complicated existence. After meeting an unlikely friend and being given the first problem he can not solve, he sets on a journey to find the answer and finds a life he never expected. Trips through time and a shadow that writes, this is a twist on a tale that we all know and love.

For years, they have been the architects of your worst nightmares...Haunted house attractions are vessels that contain those we call "Haunters" who bring our worst nightmares to life. What drives them to scare folks? Is it the idea they get hearts beating and blood pumping, or is it another way to satisfy an itch for horror and the macabre? Discover interviews with seasoned Haunters that give insight into why they embrace the dark and love to scare-and the ghosts t...

"Drowning people don't look like they're drowning."Benji Lawrence and Joe Anderson hate the world. They both have lost loved ones and are now being forced into a grief support group to deal with their issues. Opposites may attract, but like magnets, they also can repel, in a BIG way.No rock stars in this Near Miss Series Prequel, but this sweet MM stand-alone follows their journey as they learn to heal and maybe also to love again.CONTENT W...

Benji Lawrence and Joe Anderson hate the world. They both have lost loved ones and are now being forced into a grief support group to deal with their issues. Opposites may attract, but like magnets, they also can repel, in a BIG way.No rock stars in this Near Miss Series Prequel, but this sweet MM stand-alone follows their journey as they learn to heal and maybe also to love again.CONTENT WARNINGThis story includes elements that might not be suitable for some readers. ...

This book will help you design media that engages, entertains, communicates and 'sticks' with the audience. Packed with examples of groundbreaking interactive design, this book provides a solid introduction to the principles of interactive communication and detailed case studies from world-leading industry experts.The Fundamentals of Interactive Design takes you step by step through each stage of the creative process – from inspiration to practical application of designing...

Animals are so familiar but what makes an animal an animal? Produced in partnership with the Natural History Museum (NHM), this clever and clear explanation of animal classification puts your animals in order and explains why classifying animals is important.From whales to worms and snakes to stinkbugs, every creature ever discovered has been identified and added to a group within the animal kingdom. Scientists use this classification system to help them research, ...

Produced in association with the Natural History Museum, London, this book compares the biggest and smallest plants and animals in the world, showing why size is important for their survival.Find out about a range of animals from huge elephants, lengthy crocodiles and ginormous whale sharks to small shrews, tiny hummingbirds and microscopic fairy flies. See each in their own habitat and discover how they have grown so big or small....

Reeling from the events of The Armageddon Game, the TMNT grapple to hold it all together as the rest of New York City struggles to find equilibrium. A shamed mayor. A fallen wall. A new borough and broken trust among a found family. The city’s new dynamic means a new slate of challenges and opportunities. And while a dark threat lurks in the shadows of Mutant Town, several of the Turtles’ closest allies separate themselves from the brothers. Plus, the Turtles take to the streets for a simp...