Books by John Foster

The Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Ayrshire by John Foster was first published in 1910 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.

Communicate effectively in writing, both to avoid misunderstanding and to keep the attention of readers, whatever the message might be.

Read the miraculous survival stories from across the world of lucky people who escaped dangerous situations, such as being bitten by a shark or trapped in an avalanche. This inspirational book by John Foster is accompanied by real-life photos and illustrations.

Some cars are big and powerful, while others are very small. Some can even fly or float on water! Find out about some of the world's coolest and most unusual cars in this highly photographic information book.

The election of Barack Obama as president led some to suggest that not only has US society made significant strides toward racial equality, but it has moved beyond race or become ';post-racial.' In fact, studies have exposed numerous contradictions between the ways white Americans answer questions on surveys and how they respond to similar questions during in-depth interviews. How do we make sense of these contradictions? In White Race Discourse: Preserving Racial Privilege in a Post-Racial Society, John D. Foster examines the numerous contradictions sixty-one white college students exhibit as they discuss a variety of race matters. Foster demonstrates that the whites interviewed possess a sophisticated method of communication to come across as ambivalent, tolerant, and innocent, while simultaneously expressing their intolerance, fear, and suspicion of nonwhite Americans. Whether intended or not, this ambivalence assists in efforts to preserve social inequities while failing to address racial injustices. While many scholars have written about the ';racetalk' of whites, few have succeeded in bridging both the theoretical and methodological gaps between whiteness scholars and discourse analysts. White Race Discourse presents evidence that these white Americans are ';bureaucrats of whiteness' in that they defend the racial status quo through their discourse. It will be a valuable addition to the library of students and scholars of race studies and linguistics who research US race relations and discourse analysis.

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This photographic non-fiction book examines how animals and people move.

Attacks the current materialist and reductionist accounts of the mind, reviving the arguments for the Cartesian self. It tries to rebut the standard objections brought against the dualist or Cartesian positions, paying attention to the issues of psychophysical causation and the nature of the self.