Research Guides: Humanities Research Guide: Books and eBooks

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Looking at Movies by Richard Barsam; Dave Monahan
ISBN: 9780393885835
Publication Date: 2022
Teaches the basics on how to analyze films.
Technology and American Society by Gary S. Cross; Rick Szostak
ISBN: 9781138090330
Publication Date: 2018
Offers a historical narrative detailing major technological transformations over the last three centuries.
The Japanese Myths by Joshua Frydman
ISBN: 9780500252314
Publication Date: 2022
Retells ancient Japanese mythology stories and considers their place within the patterns of Japanese religions, culture, and history.
Culture by Martin Puchner
ISBN: 9780393867992
Publication Date: 2023
Showcases how art, architecture, religion, and philosophy have shaped human civilization and continue to guide our future as a creative species.
The Book of Horror by Matt Glasby; Barney Bodoano (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780711251786
Publication Date: 2020
Focuses on the most frightening films of the post-war era and examines exactly how they scare us across a series of key categories.
Windows into the Soul by Gary T. Marx
ISBN: 9780226285887
Publication Date: 2016
Provides a detailed understanding of how surveillance interacts with our lives and emphasizes the need for critical inquiry to ensure accountability in our surveillance society.

Wake Tech students have access to thousands of eBooks. Try these databases or the titles below:

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- Over 35,000 eBooks available to read and download.
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- This database allows you to use an online dictionary and create a citation for the eBook

Critical Thinking by Jonathan Haber
ISBN: 9780262538282
Publication Date: 2020
An insightful guide to the practice, teaching, and history of critical thinking. It explains how the concept of critical thinking emerged, how it has been defined, and how critical thinking skills can be taught and assessed.
War in Greek Mythology by Paul Chrystal
ISBN: 9781526766168
Publication Date: 2020
Describes the wars between Olympians, Titans, giants, centaurs, lapiths and explains their significant influence on later cultures.
History and Film by Eleftheria Thanouli
ISBN: 9781501340772
Publication Date: 2019
Addresses the representation of history in cinema. The author argues for understanding cinematic history in its own terms and developing a vocabulary for discussing historical films, their relation to public history and their impact on public historical consciousness.
Religion and Film by S. Brent Plate
ISBN: 9780231176743
Publication Date: 2017
Introduces readers to both religious studies and film studies by focusing on the formal similarities between cinema and religious practices and on the ways they each re-create the world.
Technology: A Critical Concept by Eric Schatzberg
ISBN: 9780226583839
Publication Date: 2018
Examines technology's three thousand year history.