Product Description: Hacking provides an introduction to the community of hackers and an analysis of the meaning of hacking in twenty-first century societies.One the one hand, hackers infect the computers of the world, entering where they are not invited, taking over not just individual workstations but whole networks...read more

Product Description: As global society becomes more and more dependent, politically and economically, on the flow of information, the power of those who can disrupt and manipulate that flow also increases. In Hacktivism and Cyberwars Tim Jordan and Paul Taylor provide a detailed history of hacktivism's evolution from early hacking culture to its present day status as the radical face of online politics...read more

Product Description: Traversing a century of climbing that begins with Victorian enthusiasts and ends with the conquerors of the Himalayan peaks, Mountain Men tells the stories of the extraordinary men who were the first to climb the world's best-known mountains: the Matterhorn, McKinley, Everest, and K2...read more

Product Description: This textbook introduces debates about the nature and meaning of social change, offering a new way of thinking about the processes of change, and reconsidering the roles played by time and space. Introduces students to debates about social change...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Many schools of thought assert that Western culture has never been more politically apathetic. Tim Jordan's Activism! refutes this claim. In his powerful polemic, Jordan shows how acts of civil disobedience have come to dominate the political landscape...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An account of the pioneers of mountain climbing traces a century of human accomplishment from the first Victorian enthusiasts to the scaling of the Himalayan peaks, highlighting achievements on such mountains as the Matterhorn, McKinley, Everest, and K2, while providing accompanying archive materials, maps, and photos. (view table of contents)

In an informative and common-sense manual, a pediatrician draws on the personal experiences of five hundred working parents to provide a host of handy tips and tactics to help parents deal with the daily pressures, challenges, and frustrations of power struggles with their children. Original. (view table of contents)

Product Description: A new politics of change is coming into being across the industrialised world. Active and rebellious, this new politics is redefining radicalism. It encompasses a broad range of issues - sexuality, gender, drugs, roads, ethnicity, cyberspace, democracy, music - and ventures into areas the timid political establishment does its best to avoid...read more

Product Description: "Keeping Your Kids Grounded When You're Flying By The Seat Of Your Pants" offers practical advice about how to handle everyday parental concerns such as power struggles, moving, teenagers, chores, and family meetings. It also offers very specific (and proven) suggestions about slowing down, getting closer as a family, and reviving or creating important family traditions and rituals...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is the first complete introduction to and analysis of the politics of the internet. Chapters are arranged around key words and use case studies to guide the reader through a wealth of material.Cyberpower presents all the key concepts of cyberspace including:* power and cyberspace* the virtual individual* society in cyberspace* imagination and the internet...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Investigates man's relationship with the Arctic over the last hundred years and provides a history of expeditions to the region

Product Description: Tied to a BBC2 television series, this is an examination of the Arctic region and the men who have tried to conquer it. The tales begin in 1841 with the doomed Franklin expedition which attempted to find a sea route between the Pacific and the Atlantic...read more

Product Description: This text discusses social movements and socialist politics. It looks at the changing face of socialist politics, examining the concepts of difference, value and emancipatory political processes.