This book introduces students to social science research from the consumer’s point of view. The authors believe that while social science may not require that every student of the discipline will have to conduct research studies, it is still essential for students to successfully read, understand and evaluate the research published in their field. To that end, the authors of this text have streamlined their narrative, omitting the burden of technical jargon, and focusing on the broad elements common to all kinds of social science research, such as experimental, survey, and case study. Questions to Ask, found at the end of each chapter, highlight the specific criteria to consider when evaluating research and offer a clear and accessible presentation of the general principles in social science research.

Evaluating Information: A Guide for Users of Social Science Research

Politics & Social Sciences

Katzer,Jeffrey

Cook,Kenneth

Crouch,Wayne

Social Sciences

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Play Little Victims

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Maxwell Macmillan Pub

Wake in Fright (Crime)

Penguin Books Australia Ltd.

Wake in Fright

Play, Little Victims

Futura Publications

A collection of short stories from the author's experiences in the Australian bush over many years.

Wombat Revenge

Tortoiseshell Press

The sequel to "The Killer Koala and Wombat Revenge". A selection of hilarious true stories featuring the wild animals and humans of Australia's Outback.

FRILL-NECKED FRENZY

Bantam/Tortoiseshell Press

The Film Ink series presents the novels that inspired the work of some of the most celebrated directors of our time. While each novel is first and foremost a classic in its own right, these books offer the dedicated cinephile a richer understanding of the most illustrious films of American and European cinema. Wake In Fright was first published in 1961 and the film version, The Outback, starring Donald Pleasance was released in 1971. Both the book and the film have achieved a cult status as the Australian answer to US and UK novels and films of 1960s youthful alienation. It is the gruelling story of a young Australian schoolteacher on his way back from the outback to Sydney and civilization when things start to go wrong. He finds himself stuck overnight in Bundanyabba, a rough outback mining town. An ill-advised and drink-fuelled visit to a gambling den leaves Grant broke and he realizes he has no way of escaping. He descends into a cycle of hangovers, fumbling sexual encounters, and increasing self-loathing as he becomes more and more immersed in the grotesque and surreal nightmare that his life has become.

Wake in Fright: Filmed as The Outback (Film Ink)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Prion

"A true dark classic of Australian literature."— J. M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize
Wake in Fright is the original and greatest outback horror story. It tells the tale of John Grant's journey into an alcoholic, sexual, and spiritual nightmare. Outback town Bundanyabba and its citizens will forever haunt you.

Wake in Fright (Text Classics)

Literary

Text Classics

"[A] fast and precise thriller".—Kirkus
"Short but powerful, Cook takes the reader on an action-packed, tension-filled ride....A page-turner."—BookMooch
"A true dark classic of Australian literature."—J. M. Coetzee on Wake in Fright
"A kind of outback Lord of the Flies."—Crime Time UK on Wake in Fright
From the author of Wake In Fright comes this chilling short novel that's part Wolf Creek and part Duel.
A young man driving from Sydney to Adelaide for work decides to take a short detour into the desert. He turns his hatchback on to a notoriously dangerous track that bisects uninhabited stone-covered flats. Out there, under the baking sun, people can die within hours.
He's not far along the road when a distraught young woman stumbles from the scrub and flags him down. A journalist from Sydney, she has just escaped the clutches of an inexplicable, terrifying creature.
Now this desert-dwelling creature has her jeep. Her axe. And her scent . . .
Fear Is the Rider is a nail-biting chase into the outback, towards the devil lurking at its centre. Previously unpublished, the manuscript of this 1980s novella was recently discovered among Kenneth Cook's papers.
Wake In Fright was made into a film in 1971, arguably the greatest film ever made in Australia. Lost for many years, the restored film was screened in 2009 at New York's Film Forum and at Cannes, winning rave reviews in the New Yorker and elsewhere. Nick Cave called it "the best and most terrifying film about Australia in existence."

Fear is the Rider

Genre Fiction

Text Publishing Company

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