Meghan Markle: The Rebel Royal (Meghan Markle Biography) by Harrison Davis (2 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

** IN "MEGHAN MARKLE: THE REBEL ROYAL" RENOWNED HISTORIAN AND BIOGRAPHER HARRISON DAVIS OFFERS A COMPELLING EXAMINATION OF MEGHAN MARKLE'S UNPRECEDENTED JOURNEY INTO THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY. ** From her early days as a determined actress and advocate in Los Angeles to her transformative role as the Duchess of Sussex, Davis explores how Meghan's modern ideas and relentless advocacy for social justice clashed with centuries-old royal traditions. Through meticulous research and exclusive interviews, this biography uncovers the challenges Meghan faced within the palace walls, and how these led to her and Prince Harry's dramatic decision to step back from royal duties. Davis presents a nuanced portrait of Meghan as a woman who refuses to be defined by tradition, inspiring change in an institution steeped in heritage. "Meghan Markle: The Rebel Royal" is an insightful, inspiring account of courage, identity, and the quest for authenticity in a world bound by convention.

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Seeking Intercultural Competence by N. Ferdinandt (Sebastian Gorman) (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Seeking Intercultural Competence presents the essential knowledge for those unfamiliar with the field, moving from understanding the most basic concepts to developing an advanced, personally relevant learning plan for a lifetime of seeking intercultural competence. The book establishes a first principle for intercultural competence and a set of definitions to help the novice. The text also presents practical theories and approaches for any person seeking to become more interculturally competent. N. Ferdinandt argues for seeking intercultural virtues to wage peace in intercultural and international spaces. Ferdinandt draws from years of personal experience traveling abroad and working with international students from all over the world. His anecdotes, mostly humorous cross-cultural failures, help to illustrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for developing intercultural competence for oneself. Throughout the book, a road map for developing a lifelong learning approach reveals itself. The book takes a very pragmatic approach with useful illustrations, charts, and tables that those traveling abroad can take with them, as they seek competency at crossing into the unknown with confidence. This book was developed for self-study and personal development of intercultural competence for those seeking it. It can be used as an affordable course textbook in university settings or to develop curriculum on the subject.

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Silent Hill: The Terror Engine (Landmark Video Games) by Bernard Perron (University of Michigan Press) (130 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Silent Hill: The Terror Engine, the second of the two inaugural studies in the Landmark Video Games series from series editors Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, is both a close analysis of the first three Silent Hill games and a general look at the whole series. Silent Hill, with its first title released in 1999, is one of the most influential of the horror video game series. Perron situates the games within the survival horror genre, both by looking at the history of the genre and by comparing Silent Hill with such important forerunners as Alone in the Dark and Resident Evil. Taking a transmedia approach and underlining the designer's cinematic and literary influences, he uses the narrative structure; the techniques of imagery, sound, and music employed; the game mechanics; and the fiction, artifact, and gameplay emotions elicited by the games to explore the specific fears survival horror games are designed to provoke and how the experience as a whole has made the Silent Hill series one of the major landmarks of video game history.

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences