The fundamental and explosive changes in the U.S. economy and its business system from 1860 to 1920 continue to fascinate and engage historians, economists, and sociologists. While many disagreements persist about the motivations of the actors, most scholars roughly agree on the central shifts in technologies and markets that called forth big business. Recent scholarship, however, has revealed important new insights into the changing cultural values and sensibilities of Americans who lived during the time, on women in business, on the ties between the emerging corporations and other American institutions, on the nature of competition among giant firms, and on the dawn of modern advertising and consumerism.This vast accumulation of notable new work on the social concept and consequences of economic change in that era has prompted Glenn Porter to recast numerous portions of The Rise of Big Business, one of Harlan DavidsonÂ’s most successful titles ever, in this, the third edition. Those familiar with this classic text will appreciate the expanded coverage of topics beyond the fray of regulation and the political dimensions of the emergence of concentrated enterprise, namely the influence of the rise of big business on social history.An entirely new bank of photographs and illustrations rounds out the latest edition of our enduringly popular title, one perfect for supplementary reading in a variety of courses including the U.S. history survey, the history of American business, specialized courses in social history and the Gilded Age.

Harley Davidson, Citi, MINI, Starbucks, Nike-these are some of the most well-known brands in the world. They bring to mind quality, reliability and a certain "cool-factor." But what makes these brands stand apart from the others? The reason is simple: they have all mastered the art of marketing and design. A Brand Apart offers case studies of these and other famous brands and explores how their brand images were built using a combination of savvy marketing, brilliant advertising and groundbreaking design. Here you'll find interviews by Joe Duffy with the clients and designers and creatives behind the famous campaigns. Readers will also see how creatives and designers tackled each brief and found a solution, like creating a new logo for the Bahamas or launching the MINI Cooper in the U.S. Gorgeously designed by Duffy and Partners and featuring full-color images throughout, this book is for students, creatives, designers and anyone who appreciates advertising and design.

Free Worldwide Delivery : The Royal Mess : Paperback : Kensington Publishing : 9780758212092 : 0758212097 : 15 Jul 2011 : Jeffrey Rodinov is descended from one of the oldest families in Alaska, and a Rodinov has been protecting a Baranov for generations. No one ever sees Jeffrey Rodinov coming, and no one - not even a mouthy, illegitimate princess - is going to keep him from playing bodyguard when his king decrees it.

A cross section of the memorabilia and mementos of the past ninety five years of motorcycling is displayed and discussed in this fascinating book, everything from advertising art and photographs to dealer jewelry and motorcycle toys. Collectibles from legendary companies such as Harley Davidson and Indian abound. The changing image of motorcycling is evident on the covers of magazines pictured within, including the Harley Enthusiast and Motorcycle Illustrated. More than 610 color photographs present the wide range of motorcycling materials available to everyone who hears the call of the open road. Prices for the collectibles illustrated are included.

Free Worldwide Delivery : Contemporary Drawing : Hardback : Watson-Guptill Publications : 9780823033157 : 0823033155 : 16 Jun 2011 : Looks at drawing's renewal of importance in the art world through illuminating discussion. This title is suitable for beginner to professional-level artists seeking advanced explorations of the foundations of drawing. It is illustrated by specific drawing examples & techniques by modern era masters & leading contemporary artists.

Free Worldwide Delivery : World of Animals : Paperback : Usborne Publishing Ltd : 9780746089965 : 0746089961 : 31 Oct 2007 : A guide to the animals that inhabit planet Earth. Divided by continent, it describes the diversity of wildlife which can be found all over the world, from soaring bald eagles in the Rocky Mountains to dancing lemurs in Madagascar and graceful turtles in the South Pacific. It includes animal records, various facts, a glossary and an animal quiz.

The Essential Davidson compiles the most celebrated papers of one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers. It distills Donald Davidson's seminal contributions to our understanding of ourselves, from three decades of essays, into one thematically organized collection. A new, specially written introduction by Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig, two of the world's leading authorities on his work, offers a guide through the ideas and arguments, shows how they interconnect, and reveals the systematic coherence of Davidson's worldview.Davidson's philosophical program is organized around two connected projects. The first is that of understanding the nature of human agency. The second is that of understanding the nature and function of language, and its relation to the world. Accordingly, the first part of the book presents Davidson's investigation of reasons, causes, and intentions, which revolutionized the philosophy of action. This leads to his notable doctrine of anomalous monism, the view that all mental events are physical events, but that the mental cannot be reduced to the physical. The second part of the book presents the famous essays in which Davidson set out his highly original and influential philosophy of language, which founds the theory of meaning on the theory of truth.These fifteen classic essays will be invaluable for anyone interested in the study of mind and language. Fascinating though they are individually, it is only when drawn together that there emerges a compelling picture of man as a rational linguistic animal whose thoughts, though not reducible to the material, are part of the fabric of the world, and whose knowledge of his own mind, the minds of others, and the world around him is as fundamental to his nature as the power of thought and speech itself.

Free Worldwide Delivery : Now You See it : Hardback : Penguin Putnam Inc : 9780670022823 : 0670022829 : 18 Aug 2011 : When Davidson and Duke University gave free iPods to the freshman class in 2003, critics said they were wasting their money. Yet when students in practically every discipline invented academic uses for their music players, suddenly the idea could be seen in a new light--as an innovative way to turn learning on its head.

The Essential Davidson compiles the most celebrated papers of one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers. It distils Donald Davidson's seminal contributions to our understanding of ourselves, from three decades of essays, into one thematically organized collection. A new, specially written introduction by Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig, two of the world's leading authorities on his work, offers a guide through the ideas and arguments, shows how they interconnect, and reveals the systematic coherence of Davidson's worldview. Davidson's philosophical program is organized around two connected projects. The first is that of understanding the nature of human agency. The second is that of understanding the nature and function of language, and its relation to the world. Accordingly, the first part of the book presents Davidson's investigation of reasons, causes, and intentions, which revolutionized the philosophy of action. This leads to his notable doctrine of anomalous monism, the view that all mental events are physical events, but that the mental cannot be reduced to the physical. The second part of the book presents the famous essays in which Davidson set out his highly original and influential philosophy of language, which founds the theory of meaning on the theory of truth. These fifteen classic essays will be invaluable for anyone interested in the study of mind and language. Fascinating though they are individually, it is only when drawn together that there emerges a compelling picture of man as a rational linguistic animal whose thoughts, though not reducible to the material, are part of the fabric of the world, and whose knowledge of his own mind, the minds of others, and the world around him is as fundamental to his nature as the power of thought and speech itself.

Journey of Consciousness is a gorgeous three-volume box set of 800 photographs drawn from this master photographer's immense archive. Chosen by Davidson himself, the selection spans a 60-year career, and features such seminal bodies of work as Circus(1958), Brooklyn Gang(1959), East 100th Street(1966-1968), The Civil Rights Movement(1961-1965), Subway(1980) and Central Park(1992-1995), as well as his two most recent works in progress--a series of urban landscapes made in Paris (2007) and Los Angeles (2009)--and many unpublished photographs. The pages in these volumes document Davidson's passionate and progressive vision, a vision that bears witness to several decades of volatile change in twentieth-century America.

Free Worldwide Delivery : The Perfect Nazi : Hardback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780670916160 : 0670916161 : 26 Aug 2010 : In 1926, at the age of twenty, a trainee dentist called Bruno Langbehn joined the Nazi party. Growing up in a Germany that was impoverished and humiliated by the defeat of the First World War, Bruno was one of the first young men to sign up. This title traces Bruno's journey from disillusioned adolescent to SS Officer to mysterious grandfather.

Free Worldwide Delivery : We Never Learn : Paperback : Hal Leonard Corporation : 9780879309725 : 0879309725 : 15 Mar 2011 : Nirvana, the White Stripes, Hole, and the Hives sprang from an underground music scene where similarly raw bands, played for throngs of fans in venues ranging from dive bars to massive festivals, but were mostly ignored by a music industry focused on mega-bands and shiny popstars. This book tracks the inspiration and destruction of this movement.

Free Worldwide Delivery : The Perfect Nazi : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141024998 : 0141024992 : 07 Apr 2011 : Drawing on a cache of personal documents, the author retraces Bruno Langbehn's journey from disillusioned adolescent to SS Officer to mysterious grandfather. He tries to understand how Langbehn and millions of others like him were seduced by Hitler's regime, and attempts to come to terms with this devastating revelation.

Like religious cults that can attract thousands of devoted disciples, is it possible for company brands to build legions of loyal followers? In a marketer's dream come true, can certain products—with the right combination of positioning and branding—take on magnetic characteristics and galvanize die-hard customers who become walking, talking viral marketers? Can your company harness the power of cult branding without blowing a fortune on advertising?According to authors Matthew W. Ragas and Bolivar J. Bueno the answer is yes. In fact, you need not look much farther than a Harley-Davidson rally, a Star Trek convention, or a Jimmy Buffett concert to see the cult branding phenomenon at work: thousands of passionate, faithful fans spreading the good word and spending lots of money. Not all brands have the dash of edginess, the devoted fan base, or the niche positioning to be cult brands. But those that do tend to share similar characteristics that make them successful, what the authors call the Seven Golden Rules of Cult Branding. Through meticulous research and scores of interviews Ragas and Bueno have uncovered the remarkable and oft-untold stories behind nine very successful cult brands:·Star Trek ·Harley-Davidson ·Oprah Winfrey ·World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly WWF) ·Apple ·Volkswagen Beetle ·Jimmy Buffett ·Vans Shoes ·LinuxThese nine brands follow the Seven Golden Rules and have millions of fans and billions of dollars in revenue to show for it. Now you can learn first hand what these special brands did to set themselves apart and how to apply the Seven Golden Rules to your own marketing strategies.Written for advertisers, marketers, sales executives, and business owners who want to thrive in an increasingly competitive marketplace, The Power of Cult Branding is the ultimate guide to creating a loyal core of repeat customers and winning the positioning battle.

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Free Worldwide Delivery : Bruce Davidson : Hardback : Steidl Publishers : 9783865219084 : 386521908X : 01 Nov 2010 : Journey of Consciousness is a gorgeous three-volume box set of 800 photographs drawn from this master photographer's immense archive. His work has been extensively published in monographs and is included in many major collections around the world.

Free Worldwide Delivery : Harley-Davidson Family Album : Hardback : Voyageur Press Inc : 9780896586291 : 0896586294 : 26 Feb 2003 : 100 years of the world's greatest motorcycle in rare photos. The grand-daughter of one of the company founders shares personal Harley- Davidson history and lore and never before seen photos of the Harley and Davidson families, the vaunted factory and all those great motocycles.

Free Worldwide Delivery : Dead and Loving It : Paperback : Berkley : 9780425230725 : 0425230724 : 01 Oct 2009 : In this collection of four novellas, worlds collide when Davidson's beloved Wyndham werewolves cross paths with vampires ruled by Undead Queen Betsy Taylor.

Free Worldwide Delivery : The Greeks and Greek Love : Paperback : Orion Publishing Co : 9780753822265 : 0753822261 : 11 Dec 2008 : A radical reappraisal of homosexuality in Ancient Greece, by a young historian described as 'the best thing to happen to ancient history for decades' (Andrew Roberts, MAIL ON SUNDAY)

Free Worldwide Delivery : Tracks : Paperback : Pan MacMillan : 9780330368612 : 0330368613 : 09 Jan 1998 : Winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award

Free Worldwide Delivery : The Gargoyle : Paperback : Anchor Books : 9780307388674 : 0307388670 : 04 Aug 2009 : Already an international sensation, "The Gargoyle" is an extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time.

Free Worldwide Delivery : The Gargoyle : Paperback : Canongate Books Ltd : 9781847671691 : 1847671691 : 01 Jan 2009 : A young man is fighting for his life. Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him. Their journey will have you believing in the impossible. A Richard and Judy Best Read 2009 pick.

Are you a brand manager? Are you trying to develop a strategy to effectively reach African American consumers? Do you need help in understanding the consumption behavior of African Americans? If you answered yes to any of the aforementioned questions, this book is for you! "How To Advertise To African Americans in the 21st Century" will take you through an 11 chapter discovery of effective ways to reach this powerful ethnic consumer group. You will learn what mistakes leading consumer products companies have made in the past when targeting African Americans. Additionally, you will learn how not to repeat those mistakes that they made by effectively segmenting them and conducting sound research strategies.

Advertising is a brilliant form of art that has become an indispensable part of our lives. As the business scene has transformed for the better in our country, much is happening on the advertising front. To tap the progress of Indian Advertising in this changed scenario, a third edition of the book "Advertising and Sales Promotion" has been prepared for the students. In this new edition, all the chapters have been revised and some moderately updated with more relevant text, figures, boxes, exhibits and references.Following are the highlights of this edition: Matter on Segmentation now includes current framework of Values and Lifestyle and Positioning topic has been re-written; text on Brand Personality and Image has been updated; New Appendices have been added at the end of Part -I and Part - IV, respectively; some new Boxes with insightful contents have been added; and some of the old exhibits have been replaced with the new ones.The book essentially deals with the dynamic concept of Sales Promotion and its effect on the consumer. Particularly meant for the students of management, specialising in marketing; the book provides a thoroughly educative and interesting reading.

Publisher: [Chicago] Outdoor Advertising Association of America, inc. Publication date: 1928 Subjects: Advertising Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

John Philip Jones, bestselling author of What's in a Name? and When Ads Work, has edited an authoritative handbook of research procedures that determine effective advertising. All participants in the advertising process - clients, media and agencies - are fully represented in this volume. Chapter authors reflect a global mix of academic and professional backgrounds and include: Leo Bogart, Andrew Ehrenberg, Simon Broadbent, Herbert Krugman, and the Editor John Philip Jones. Most chapters have been specifically written for this volume and are complemented by a few adaptations of classic articles.

Advertising has changed. In today's world of multimedia and digital technology, the industry must find ways to build new relationships between brands and their audience, to make each product relevant as well as desirable. No longer is a simple television advertisement enough; brands need to communicate with their audience through all different kind of media. This is Advertising addresses the changes that are occurring within advertising, from the perspective ofkey figures within the industry. Each deals with a key emerging trend—digital, branded, ambient, integrated,and self-initiated. Featuring in total over 80 projects as well as ten-in-depth interviews by a selection of leadingadvertising figures, it offers an insightful overview for students or anyone involved with or interested in the current world of advertising.

There are more than 50 million small businesses located in small towns across the country and around the world. Many small towns don't have marketing or advertising agencies available to help a "Mom and Pop" business. And, in many cases, small business owners couldn't afford them even if they were available. "How To Market, Advertise And Promote Your Business Or Service In A Small Town," was written to fill that void. At long last, there is a road map available to help the small town business owner travel the road to success and avoid passing through failure. As Dr. Mike Reilly, Prof. Of Marketing, Montana State University says, "I can bluntly say, as a marketing professor for over 20 years, that this is the most practical and usable help for people to market small businesses in small towns that I've ever seen." It's the first marketing and advertising book written specifically for small town business owners everywhere. It contains a 10 point, step-by-step marketing plan designed to capitalize on the advantages and disadvantages of small towns. Also included are sections on: small town success principles, home based marketing and advertising success principles, small town advertising secrets and small town promotion tips. Confused about where and how to advertise? You won't be after studying the detailed comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of; Radio, TV, Direct Mail, Newspapers, Yellow Pages, Magazines and the Internet. Want to know how to get some free publicity? You'll learn the four things you should do immediately to start generating news about your business. Open the book to any page, begin reading, and you'll get a mini-marketing and advertising seminar to help your small town business succeed.

Contemporary Advertising, 12/e is one of the best-selling advertising texts in this field. Known as the "coffee table book" for Advertising, it is known for its current examples, the author's ability to pull from real-world experiences, and the clear writing style. Taking a comprehensive view of the industry, this text presents advertising from the creative stand-point and Arens draws from his own industry experience to lend life to the examples. Author Bill Arens continues to address the importance of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) in the field of Advertising and how it impacts advertising strategy through featured examples of IMC campaigns.

Contemporary Advertising, 11/e, is one of the best-selling advertising texts in this field. Known as the “coffee table book” for Advertising, it is known for its current examples, the author’s ability to pull from real-world experiences, and the clear writing style. Taking a comprehensive view of the industry, this text presents advertising from the creative stand-point and Arens draws from his own industry experience to lend life to the examples. Author Bill Arens continues to address the importance of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) in the field of Advertising and how it impacts advertising strategy through featured examples of IMC campaigns.

Bestselling authors and world-renowned marketing strategists Al and Laura Ries usher in the new era of public relations. Today's major brands are born with publicity, not advertising. A closer look at the history of the most successful modern brands shows this to be true. In fact, an astonishing number of brands, including Palm, Starbucks, the Body Shop, Wal-Mart, Red Bull and Zara have been built with virtually no advertising. Using in-depth case histories of successful PR campaigns coupled with those of unsuccessful advertising campaigns, The Fall of Advertising provides valuable ideas for marketers -- all the while demonstrating why advertising lacks credibility, the crucial ingredient in brand building, and how only PR can supply that credibility; the big bang approach advocated by advertising people should be abandoned in favor of a slow build-up by PR; advertising should only be used to maintain brands once they have been established through publicity.Bold and accessible, The Fall of Advertising is bound to turn the world of marketing upside down.

You love advertising, so much so that you're thinking about starting a career in it. But aside from creative directors who think up the ideas for ads, who does what at an ad agency? Idea Industry: How to Crack the Advertising Career Codes is the first book that breaks it all down and explains what everyone does, which job might be the right fit for you and how you can get that job. We cover the major areas in six straightforward chapters-creative, production, account management, account planning, media and digital media. Through interviews with people working at the best agencies and first person accounts, this book explains what you can expect and what you'll need to know before you even start looking for that dream job. With four-color photos throughout, Idea Industry promises to be the best career guide for anyone interested in the advertising industry.

This book is about children and advertising in China, the country with the largest children population in the world. As China rapidly becomes a market-driven economy, and it's one-child-per-family policy spreads throughout society and repositions children as focal points of family life, effective marketing to children and their parents demands good information about them.This book provides answers to the following questions:What are the characteristics of the children market in China and what are the ways to reach Chinese children?How do Chinese children's understanding of television advertising, their trust and liking of television commercials, their understanding of brands, and their responses to commercials change with age?How do parents and children communicate about consumption and television commercials? How do parents' attitudes toward advertising impact on their children?What do commercials in China communicate?How are children's commercials in China regulated?The book also draws conclusions about Chinese children as a market and its implications for advertisers and marketers, parents, policy makers and social groups.

Belch/Belch 8th edition continues its Advertising focus with an emphasis on IMC. It includes very comprehensive coverage of Agency issues and creative work and how it is related to the IMC mix. The authors understand that marketers must look beyond traditional media in order to achieve success. In order to best communicate with consumers, advertisers must utilize a myriad of tools (advertising, public relations, direct marketing, interactive/Internet marketing, sales promotion, and personal selling); Belch/Belch is the first book to reflect the shift from the conventional methods of advertising to the more widely recognized approach of implementing an integrated marketing communications strategy. The text underscores the importance of recognizing that a firm must use all promotional tools available to convey a unified message to the consumer. The integrated marketing communications perspective (the theme of the text) catapults the reader into the business practices of the 21st century.

CONTEMPORARY ADVERTISING, 13e, is one of the best-selling advertising texts in this field. Known as the “coffee table book” for Advertising, it is known for its current examples, the author’s ability to pull from real-world experiences, and the clear writing style. Taking a comprehensive view of the industry, this text presents advertising from the creative stand-point and Arens draws from his own industry experience to lend life to the examples. Author Bill Arens continues to address the importance of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) in the field of Advertising and how it impacts advertising strategy through featured examples of IMC campaigns.

Drawing on both documentary and pictorial evidence, Pamela Walker Laird explores the modernization of American advertising to 1920. She links its rise and transformation to changes that affected American society and business alike, including the rise of professional specialization and the communications revolution that new technologies made possible. Laird finds a fundamental shift in the kinds of people who created advertisements and their relationships to the firms that advertised. Advertising evolved from the work of informing customers (telling people what manufacturers had to sell) to creating consumers (persuading people that they needed to buy). Through this story, Laird shows how and why—in the intense competitions for both markets and cultural authority—the creators of advertisements laid claim to "progress" and used it to legitimate their places in American business and culture.

This book is carefully structured to follow the basic sequence of tasks with which a planner is concerned. There are chapters on formulating the core strategy, how to tranform that strategy into an inspiring brief, evaluating the effectiveness of advertising and the broader influence of planning. How to Plan Advertising is a clear, informative and entertaining book, written for anyone who is interested in the way in which advertising is developed in agencies. It provides a foundation of knowledge for those embarking upon a career in advertising, and is an essential reference for all students of business and marketing.

Advertising is a fantastic industry, but actually getting a job (or even your foot in the door) can seem next to impossible. Whether you're a student or a young professional loaded with questions, this one-of-a-kind guide shows you how to land a job and how to thrive once you're in and the pressure is on.Authors Nancy Vonk and Janet Kestin are seasoned creative directors and longtime creative partners. In Pick Me, these industry leaders answer your toughest ad career questions, like:Is advertising right for me?How do I build a killer portfolio?How do I get an interview with the elusive creative director?Should I accept an unpaid internship?How do I find the right partner?How do I beat creative block?How do I avoid burnout?Plus, fourteen industry superstars share their insights and explain how they broke into the business. You'll hear from Bob Barrie, Rick Boyko, David Droga, Mark Fenske, Neil French, Sally Hogshead, Mike Hughes, Shane Hutton, Brian Millar, Tom Monahan, Chuck Porter, Bob Scarpelli, Chris Staples, and Lorraine Tao.Forget the clichés this is advertising as it really is. If you're hell-bent on making it, this informative guide will put you on track for a career in one of the most exciting businesses on the planet.

More than a means of moving merchandise, advertising has been increasingly recognized not only as an art form all its own, but also as a central, defining element of popular culture. Together, the 14 chapters of Advertising Today provide a thematic overview of the evolution of advertising around the world over the past 30 years, charting influences from the political and social upheavals of the 1960s, to the appropriation of cinematic production techniques and special effects in the 1980s, to the influence of the Internet in the 1990s. Each chapter includes an interview with a key figure in advertising - including Italy's Oliviero Toscani of the controversial Benetton campaigns, the award-winning Brazilian Nizan Guanaes, American comedian and American-Express spokesperson Jerry Seinfeld, and British adman John Hegarty of Bartle Boyle Hegarty, creator of the world-famous Levi's ads. Advertising Today provides a lively, provocative, and comprehensive overview of the evolution of advertising around the world over the last thirty years. Over the course of 14 chapters, the book chronicles the rise of advertising as a bellwether of popular culture and as a new art form for our media-obsessed age. Author Warren Berger makes the case that ads are a mirror of ourselves and our society - our desires, needs, material goods, and economic health. In analyzing specific advertisements and ad campaigns from the 1960s to the present, the book simultaneously acts as a sort of history of global pop culture and a record of the social, cultural, and geo-political temperature-changes that affect the image-saturated environment around us. The book reproduces more than 400 advertisements originally seen in a wide range of media, including print, television, billboards, the Internet, and even the very recent, so-called "guerrilla" advertising - in which practically anything (pieces of fruit, sand dunes on a beach, stenciled sidewalks) can act as a surface for promoting a product. Each chapter also includes a sidebar interview with a key figure in the world of advertising. In an introductory chapter, Berger explains the concept of New Advertising and makes a general case for why advertising should be regarded as an important, influential form of communication. Chapters are organized roughly chronologically by themes, beginning with the "Creative Revolution" of the 1960s, in which the ad agency Doyle Dane Bernbach introduced the dramatic, sophisticated new "Think small" ads for Volkswagen. Remaining chapters cover a wide range of trends and events, including the cinematic influences in the 1980s (now taken to postmodern heights with Gap khaki ads that knowingly quote American iconic dance styles and the film West Side Story); the way in which celebrity culture has invaded ads (with everyone from Michael Jordan to Hong Kong film stars to Gandhi and Picasso touting products); the influence of special interest groups and the marketing sophistication used to reach women and minorities; the "10 commandments" of advertising today (in which the message of empowerment is ever-present, and "the advertiser plays the role of preacher, therapist and cheerleader all in one"); and the evolution of ads from the hard-sell to a subtle message that plays to a generation concerned with all things hip, cool, and irreverent. Of special interest is a chapter in which Berger deconstructs three modern classic ads: "Got Milk?" (USA), Parmalat (Brazil), and Boddington's Cream beer (UK). The book is truly international in scope, analyzing the advertising culture in countries around the world, including South Africa, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. As an engaging portrait of the times, replete with fascinating characters and quixotic business dealings, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary culture.