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Set against the backdrop of the 1960s American South, this memoir explores the author's journey as a white boy from a lineage of Methodist preachers during the civil rights movement. It delves into themes of racial injustice and the complicity of silence within the church, offering a personal perspective on a pivotal era in American history. The narrative is enriched by the author's experiences and insights as a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, highlighting the moral dilemmas faced by individuals in a changing society.

Introductory Linguistics, both Undergraduate and Graduate level (found in linguistics departments, or English, Education, Modern Languages, Psychology, and Cognitive Science departments). Contemporary Linguistic Analysis has established itself as the best-selling introductory text on language and linguistic concepts in Canada. This text contains the most current theoretical and Canadian content, and treats this complex topic with a clarity of language like no other text on the market. Topics are covered by leading linguists who are experts in their fields. The text's theme is the scientific study of language, emphasizing the contemporary practice of linguistic analysis, with coverage of all the discipline's major fields.

Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction is a comprehensive, fully up-to-date introduction to linguistics. All the core topics of linguistics are covered, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, the genetic and typological classification of the languages of the world, and historical linguistics. Interdisciplinary areas discussed include language and the brain, psycholinguistics - the study of language processing, first and second language acquisition, language in social contexts and the fast-growing area of computational linguistics. Adapted from the Canadian edition by O'Grady and Dobrovolsky, this new European edition has been fully adapted and updated by Francis Katamba with appropriate UK and international phonetic and sociolinguistic material.

In the years since the Human Genome Project, genomics has grown into a big and rapidly developing field driven by bioinformatics technology. The implications for our health and privacy, and our understanding of ecological systems and evolution are profound. This book provides an account of this exciting new science, its impact and its potential.

Kniha jednoduše, stručně a především čtivě seznamuje čtenáře-neodborníka s tím, co to vlastně znamená žít ve století biotechnologií a v čem spočívá ono „kouzlení“ vědců s DNA. Vypráví příběh největšího, a přitom dosti nenápadného objevu biologie, že buňka je vlastně konglomerátem mnoha různých „organismů“, které se v evoluci naučily spolupracovat. Čtenář se dozví, co je v biologii dneška důležité a proč, jak funguje symbióza, co si představit pod poněkud zprofanovaným pojmem molekulární biologie, jak obrovský význam mají v evoluci bakterie nebo jak si vlastně představit buňky, co jsou tyto entity zač a kde se v průběhu evoluce vzaly. Závěr knihy patří úvahám nad smyslem tohoto progresivního odvětví biologie. Nejde jen o hledání teoretické odpovědi na otázku, kdo jsme a kde jsme se tu vzali, ale také o zcela praktické využití biotechnologií v oblasti medicíny, průmyslu či kriminalistiky.