Analysing Practical and Professional Texts focuses on texts as constituents of human usage, showing how written documents and other 'texts' are integral to social organization. It reveals social organization itself to be not only textually-mediated in nature, but also textually-constituted, showing how texts - professional, technical or otherwise - as well as various social-scientific methodologies employ the resources of ordinary language. Theoretically sophisticated and illustrated with empirical examples, this book will be of interest not only to those with interests in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, but also to social scientists and anthropologists concerned with text analysis, textual sense and the 'linguistic turn' in the methods of their own disciplines.

Butcher the Bookie with: The Adaptive System By Rod Watson, a Certified Accountant, former employee of the Secretaries to the Jockey Club and a professional punter, he has spent thirteen years developing The Adaptive System. The System will almost certainly put a brake on your loses, and practised with discipline and restraint, should, generate a nice secondary tax free income for you from horse racing All you need is a few hours a week (when it suits you), access to the internet and a small sum of seed capital. This little book packs a mighty punch! It is full of original tips and ideas that have been born out of over fifty years of observing horse racing.

Analysing Practical and Professional Texts focuses on texts as constituents of human usage, showing how written documents and other 'texts' are integral to social organization. It reveals social organization itself to be not only textually-mediated in nature, but also textually-constituted, showing how texts - professional, technical or otherwise - as well as various social-scientific methodologies employ the resources of ordinary language. Theoretically sophisticated and illustrated with empirical examples, this book will be of interest not only to those with interests in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, but also to social scientists and anthropologists concerned with text analysis, textual sense and the 'linguistic turn' in the methods of their own disciplines.

These Tales are strange, but true. Some are poignant, even sad - others exhibit wry humour and irony. The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong is seen from a bovine perspective. Other animals feature a rat that sings zydeco, a dog that is a humanoid, a grey mare with a dislike of bad language and a bicycle that transmogrifies into a giant black falcon. Mechanical objects develop a life and personality of their own. The human characters represent bad in the best of them and good in the worst. The spectrum covers clowns, gangsters, drag queens, temptresses and hard nosed business folk. No living creatures were harmed in the writing of this collection of Tales.

These Tales are strange, but true. Some are poignant, even sad - others exhibit wry humour and irony. The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong is seen from a bovine perspective. Other animals feature a rat that sings zydeco, a dog that is a humanoid, a grey mare with a dislike of bad language and a bicycle that transmogrifies into a giant black falcon. Mechanical objects develop a life and personality of their own. The human characters represent bad in the best of them and good in the worst. The spectrum covers clowns, gangsters, drag queens, temptresses and hard nosed business folk. No living creatures were harmed in the writing of this collection of Tales.

Butcher the Bookie with: The Adaptive System By Rod Watson, a Certified Accountant, former employee of the Secretaries to the Jockey Club and a professional punter, he has spent thirteen years developing The Adaptive System. The System will almost certainly put a brake on your loses, and practised with discipline and restraint, should, generate a nice secondary tax free income for you from horse racing All you need is a few hours a week (when it suits you), access to the internet and a small sum of seed capital. This little book packs a mighty punch! It is full of original tips and ideas that have been born out of over fifty years of observing horse racing.