San Antonio College Library

Is Amazon good for readers and the book industry? In 2014, Amazon and the publishing house Hachette settled a dispute over who should set the price for e-books. In Amazon's view, lower prices mean more sales and more readers, and that's a boon for business and consumers. But to publishers, the price of an e-book must reflect the costs invested, from the author's advance to the book's production. The conflict raised questions about the value of books,...

"Using the twelve step framework for understanding the inner work a person must do in order to overcome addiction, Michael Cowl Gordon walks readers through the journey to inner salvation and peace. Using the heroe's journey as the path on which to travel through these steps, he uncovers the deep work that it takes to be the hero in your own story"-- Written by the Fellowship of Chemically Dependent Anonymous to share its history, philosophical underpinnings...

"There is nothing uniform about wearing a uniform. This one article of clothing has arguably had a greater impact on the world than any other. From fascists to fashionistas, Uniforms Exposed looks at this most extraordinary of ordinary garments and its cultural meaning in our everyday lives." "Tracing the troubling connections among religious orders, the military, schools and fetish clubs, Jennifer Craik shows how uniforms alternately control bodies...

Corsets, and the corseted body, have been fetishized, mythologized and romanticized. This Victorian icon has inspired passionate debate that is unrivalled by any other article of clothing and surpassed as a means of body modification only perhaps by foot binding and female circumcision. Summers' provocative book dismantles many of the commonly held misconceptions about the corset. It focuses on how corsetry punished, regulated and sculpted the female...

"This book is a long overdue assessment of Latin America's influence on global fashion. The authors examine the significance of textiles and dress to Latin American culture and the reasons behind it - from fashion history to popular culture and the (re)making of traditional garments, such as the poncho, the guayabera and maguey-fiber sandals. This book also considers fashion icons such as Frida Kahlo and Eva Peron, women who have been worshipped and...

The exhibition Architecture Without Architects, shown at the Museum of Modern Art from November 9, 1964 to February 7, 1965, was commissioned by the Department of Circulating Exhibitions under the auspices of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art. both the exhibition and the accompanying publication were prepared and designed by the author, Consultant to the Department of Architecture and Design.

LIST OF ENTRIES: Abecedarian Research Project, Abortion, Abstract reasoning, Accommodation, Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), Activities of daily living (ADLs), Activity theory, Acupuncture, Adaptation, Addiction, Alfred Adler, Adolescence, Adoption, Advance directives, African Americans, After-school programs, Age discrimination, Ageism, Aggression, Aging, Aging parents, Aging well, Mary Salter Ainsworth, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholism,...

Within the Hmong American community, mothers and aunts of teenagers use bangles, lace and traditional handwork techniques to create dazzling displays reflecting the gender and ethnicity of their sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, as they participate in an annual courtship ritual. This book examines these events to show how dress is used to transform gender construction and create positive images of African American and Hmong American youth. Coming-of-age...