Our everyday lives are inevitably touched--and immeasurably enriched--by an extraordinary variety of miniature forms of verbal communication, from classified ads to street signs, and from yesterday's graffito to tomorrow's headline. Celebrating our long history of compact speech, Short Cuts offers a well-researched and vibrantly written account of this unsung corner of the linguistic world, inspiring a new appreciation of the wondrously varied forms of our briefest exchanges. Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez, and Rob Flynn shed light here on an ever-growing field of minimalist genres, ranging from the bank robbery note to the billboard, from the curse hurled from a car window (or the Senate floor) to the suicide note, and from the ghost-word to the ring tone. The book is divided into ten thematic sections, as varied as "In the Dictionary" (discussing such topics as Sniglets, Mountweazels, and the Wiktionary), "In and Out of Trouble" (error messages, weasel words, the pre-nup), and "On the Lam" (ransom notes, wanted posters, portraits parl�s). The authors look at the comic strip's maladicta balloon and the dinner-interrupter's robocalls, the advice column and the obit, and the many ways your personal appearance tells us who you are, from the message on your gimme cap to the tattoo with your S.O.'s name on your ankle. Uncovering the elegance, the humor, and the unspoken implications in these fleeting communications, this book provides a satisfying thoroughness and an abundance of connections that unravel how the oath became the swearword and the calling card salver turned into the Facebook wall. For readers who love language and enjoy rummaging through the cultural baggage that comes with it, Short Cuts gathers an engaging sampler of the most delightful and cogent--and above all brief--forms of contemporary English.

Short Cuts: A Guide to Oaths, Ring Tones, Ransom Notes, Famous Last Words, and Other Forms of Minimalist Communication

Politics & Social Sciences

Humez, Alexander

Flynn, Rob

Humez, Nicholas

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

This edited volume brings together leading social scientists who address recent evidence and debates about public engagement and trust in experts. The chapters consider different methods of public consultation for a variety of new technologies, including genetically modified foods, mobile telecommunications, nanotechnology, and hydrogen energy.

Risk and the Public Acceptance of New Technologies

Business & Money

Bellaby, Paul

Economics

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Markets and Networks: Contracting in Community Health Services

Book by Flynn, Rob, Williams, Gareth, Pickard, Susan

Pickard, Susan

Williams, Gareth

Open Univ Pr

Markets and Networks examines the impact of the National Health Service internal market on an increasingly important sector of health care - community health services. It examines current developments in the commissioning and purchasing of district nursing, health visiting and community-based therapy services. It discusses the process and recent experience of contracting between health authority and GP fundholder purchasers and community health services providers. Using a variety of sources and qualitative evidence from intensive case studies, it analyses the pattern of relationships between managers, professionals and client/user groups. The central argument is that community health services are extremely difficult to specify and evaluate in contractual terms. Their organization and delivery are based on complex networks requiring interdependence and trust, which are threatened by adversarial contracting and market competition. This book will be of interest to students, teachers, researchers and practitioners in sociology, social policy and health service studies.

Structures of Control in Health Management (International Library of Sociology)

Using a variety of evidence the author documents the rise of general management, the application of new techniques to reduce medical costs and improve efficiency, and other methods to control use and evaluate clinical performance.

Sociology

Routledge

Describes the country's history and culture, suggests tourist attractions in each region, and offers advice on travel and accommodations

Lonely Planet India

Travel

Niven, Christine

Collins, David

Singh, Sarina

THOMAS, Bryn

Valent, Dani

Asia

Lonely Planet

Structures of Control in Health Management

Lonely Planet Best of Paris

Europe

This informative and savvy guide captures the best that Paris offers in a practical, easy to use format. With opinionated reviews, essential travel tips and detailed fold-out maps, Paris Condensed has all the information the discerning visitor needs – for a day or a week, for business or for pleasure. 
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<li>concise coverage helps visitors plough through the plethora of sights </li>
<li>museums big and small, from the Louvre to Edith Piaf </li>
<li>broad scope of listings to tickle tout le monde, whether they're toting baguettes or briefcases </li>
<li>mapped walking tours to get travellers on their feet, and bus tours to sweep them off their feet </li>
<li>day trips to Versailles, Chartres and Monet's home at Giverny </li>
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Lonely Planet Paris Condensed

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