Balancing social, cultural and media theory with empirical research, the essays in this collection provide a better understanding of the complex relationship between media and people’s practices, values and behaviour in contemporary Asia.

Ohishi is a scholar, banished from his academic post for loyalty to his disgraced mentor.An unstable narrator, whose voice wavers in tense and person, he is derailed-a kind-hearted man, shunned by his peers, abandoned by his wife and child, ...

These are some of the personalities encountered along the author's journey through 25 of the world's cities--stops that include: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bangkok, Cairo, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Lisbon, Moscow, Oslo, Paris, Singapore, Taipei and ...

Like the companion volumes in THE 3-11 TRILOGY (TSUNAMI and ESCAPE FROM SONOYO), ... AND THE WORLD SHIFTED stands as a paean to the human spirit.

Above all, you get Mr. Big Maus.Miles Maus has a lot going for him: he's young, intelligent, cuddly, and has a coveted job on Madison Avenue.Unfortunately, he also has a lot going against him-like the disillusionment that has steadily ...