Deborah J Cohn

News and Numbers: A Writer's Guide to Statistics

Numbers and statistical claims dominate today's news. Politics, budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting all demand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbers focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics. It does so by helping r...

Look Away! The U.S. South in New World Studies (New Americanists)

Look Away! considers the U.S. South in relation to Latin America and the Caribbean. Given that some of the major characteristics that mark the South as exceptional within the United States—including the legacies of a plantation economy and slave trade—are common to most of the Americas, Look Away! p...

A Companion to William Faulkner

This comprehensive Companion to William Faulkner reflects the current dynamic state of Faulkner studies. Explores the contexts, criticism, genres and interpretations of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner, arguably the greatest American novelist Comprises newly-commissioned essays written b...

History and Memory in the Two Souths: Recent Southern and Spanish American Fiction

It is commonplace among literary critics to refer to William Faulkner's influence on Spanish American literature. Yet few studies have delved seriously into why the attraction of the writings of this southerner has been so powerful. In this bold new study, Deborah N. Cohn addresses this question squ...

The Latin American Literary Boom and U.S. Nationalism during the Cold War

During the 1960s and 1970s, when writers such as Julio Cortazar, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Mario Vargas Llosa entered the international literary mainstream, Cold War cultural politics played an active role in disseminating their work in the United States. Deborah Cohn documents how...

Netjobs: Use the Internet to Land Your Dream Job! (Netbooks Pocket Guide)

More companies than ever are using the speed, economy, and selectivity of the Iway to target prospective employees. Savvy job hunters are using online tools to find these companies, speak to them, and to land top paying jobs. Net Jobs tells readers how to take advantage of this powerful new medium.

Keywords for Southern Studies (The New Southern Studies Ser.)

An eclectic collection of new essays that address the fluidity of southern studies by adopting a transnational, interdisciplinary focus. The essays are structured around critical terms pertinent both to the field and to modern life in general.

Netjobs: Use the Internet to Land Your Dream Job!

Netgames 2: Your Complete Guide to Games on the Internet and Online Services

Look Away!: The U.S. South in New World Studies

History and Memory in the Two Souths: Recent Southern and Spanish American Fiction

History and Memory in the Two Souths: Recent Southern and Spanish American Fiction