This eclectic history of unusual crowd behavior describes a rich assortment of mass phenomena ranging from the amusing and quirky to the shocking and deplorable. What do fads, crazes, manias, urban legends, moral panics, riots, stampedes, and other mass expressions of emotion have in common? By creating a typology of such behavior, past and present, the authors show how common extraordinary group reactions to fear or excitement are. And they offer insights into how these sometimes dangerous mob responses can be avoided.
We may not be surprised to read about the peculiarities of the...

The New Potter: English-Chinese Bilingual Reader is Volume One of the World English Bilingual Readers Series. This series consists of stories from around the world written bilingually with carefully controlled vocabulary and grammar making them suitable for learners and users of both English and Chinese. A variety of realistic and exciting themes encourage reading for pleasure. Parallel series include Bilingual Readers and Translation Workbooks to encourage self-study, teaching/learning and translation to/from other languages. The Bilingual Readers support user preference being presented in 2...

The New Potter: Chinese-English Bilingual Reader is Volume One of the World Chinese Bilingual Readers Series. This series consists of stories from around the world written bilingually with carefully controlled vocabulary and grammar making them suitable for learners and users of both Chinese and English. A variety of realistic and exciting themes encourage reading for pleasure. Parallel series include Bilingual Readers and Translation Workbooks to encourage self-study, teaching/learning and translation to/from other languages. The Bilingual Readers support user preference being presented in 2...

The New Potter - Grandfather is becoming too old to make pots anymore. Who will take over his work? His grand-daughter Jamilah is the only person interested, but making pots is not a girl's work. The New Potter: English Translation Workbook is Volume One of the World English Translation Workbook Series. This series consists of stories from around the world written with carefully controlled vocabulary and grammar making them suitable for learners and users of both English and other languages. A variety of realistic and exciting themes encourage translation from English into other languages....

The New Potter: Chinese Translation Workbook is Volume One of the World Chinese Translation Workbook Series. This series consists of stories from around the world written with carefully controlled vocabulary and grammar making them suitable for learners and users of both Chinese and other languages. A variety of realistic and exciting themes encourage translation from Chinese into other languages. Parallel series include Bilingual Readers and Translation Workbooks to encourage self-study, teaching/learning and translation to/from other languages. The Bilingual Readers support user preference...