This edited collection offers a unique, provocative, interdisciplinary outlook on the contemporary issues of, and future prospects for, our shared understanding of what knowledge is and should be.

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Before legendary actor James Earl Jones was recognized for his memorable, smooth voice, he was just James--a stutterer who stopped speaking for eight years as a child...and ultimately found his…

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…

Integrating multidisciplinary perspectives on the relation of rhetoric, science, technology and public policy-making to the process and product of technical communication, this textbook reformulates the issues raised by science and…

Life at Deacon Smith’s Home for Waifs would be completely dreary if it weren’t for Possum’s best friend, Billy, who thinks up lies faster than he can talk and provides…

Describes the history and development of the steam engine, and discusses early steam-driven machines, work by James Watt and other inventors, the first railway to use steam locomotives, and much…

More than a chronological history of this unique American art form, Jazz: The American Theme Song is a fascinating examination of how this music influenced American society. Collier argues that…

Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told…