Social Sciences

Quantum Science and Yijing Theory

By: Meijuan Lu, Jerome R. Busemeyer

£64.99

What did the creators of the ancient Yijing (Book of Changes) think about the mind and the universe? This book explores the connections between modern quantum science and the Yijing, showing how the principles of quantum theory were also contemplated by its creators.

Communicating English in Specialised Domains

A Festschrift for Maurizio Gotti

Edited By: Stefania M. Maci, Michele Sala

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This volume honors Maurizio Gotti's academic career and his significant contributions to specialized discourses, lexicography, and the history of English. This collection brings together essays by scholars who have interacted with his ideas in these fields of enquiry.

This volume honors Maurizio Gotti’s academic career and his significant contributions to specialized discourses, lexicography, and the history of English. This collection brings together essays by scholars who have interacted with his ideas in these fields of enquiry.

Has China Devised a Superior Path to Wealth Creation? The Role of Secular Values

By: Charles Hampden-Turner, Peter Peverelli, Fons Trompenaars

£64.99

The rise of China will profoundly change the world. China excels at the peaceful creation of wealth, and the answers to its success lie not in “communism” but in Chinese civilization. This book explains why China is winning and will continue to do so unless we wake up.

Female Philosophers in Contemporary Taiwan and the Problem of Women in Chinese Thought

By: Jana S. Rošker

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This book illuminates the problem of women in Chinese philosophy through the lives of two Taiwanese female philosophers. It links the marginalization of female theorists with the unrecognized contribution of Taiwanese philosophy, revealing both stem from discourses of exclusion.

A Correspondence with Peter Geach (1981 – 2009)

The Respondent’s Commentary and Elucidations

By: Stephen Theron

£64.99

This book presents the correspondence between the author and Professor P.T. Geach over a thirty-year period. The letters, with the author’s commentary, lead to a discussion of the Anscombe-C.S. Lewis controversy, revealing Geach’s surprising support for Lewis's thesis.

Love and Laughter in the Work of Aymé Dubois-Jolly

By: Mary Munro-Hill

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This book considers love and laughter in the four romans galants of Aymé Dubois-Jolly. Though the love is unashamedly erotic, the novels are redeemed by comic elements and elegant prose, with nods to the literary giants of the eighteenth century.

Leadership in Anaesthesia

Five Pioneers of the Deadly Quest for Surgical Insensibility

By: Berend Mets

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Through the lens of leadership, discover five pioneers who forged modern anesthesiology. From William Morton's discovery of ether to Virginia Apgar's life-saving Score and Bjørn Ibsen, the father of intensive care, their stories reveal the birth of a medical specialty.

Through the lens of leadership, discover five pioneers who forged modern anesthesiology. From William Morton’s discovery of ether to Virginia Apgar’s life-saving Score and Bjørn Ibsen, the father of intensive care, their stories reveal the birth of a medical specialty.

A Review of the Art of Translation

An Analysis of ‘The Lament of Baba Tahir’

By: Mansoureh Bidaki

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Unlocking the dialect poetry of ancient Iran's Baba Tahir. This analysis revisits Edward Heron Allen's classic translation, exploring the gap between literal words and implied meaning while illuminating the poet's life and the art of translation itself.

Unlocking the dialect poetry of ancient Iran’s Baba Tahir. This analysis revisits Edward Heron Allen’s classic translation, exploring the gap between literal words and implied meaning while illuminating the poet’s life and the art of translation itself.

Modern Raman Microscopy

Technique and Practice

By: Alexander Rzhevskii

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This book presents confocal Raman microscopy, a powerful technique to noninvasively characterize complex samples with sub-micron resolution. It highlights the key aspects of this technique for practical application, appealing to researchers, engineers, and novice users.

Duke Vincentio, Sex and the Law

By: John Hardy

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Regarded as a problem play, Measure for Measure dramatizes King James’s view that justice should be tempered with mercy. Its themes of sex and the death penalty are treated with an ambiguity that pleased the king, while allowing Shakespeare’s own response to differ.

Educational Neuroscience in the Classroom

By: Giancarlo Gola

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The central challenge for educational neuroscience is using brain research to improve teaching and learning. Learning occurs through changes in the connections between neurons, a process optimized when ideas are considered from a multidimensional approach.

One Republic, Multiple Fiefdoms

Public Administration Reform Challenges in Heterogeneous Nigeria

By: M. J. Balogun, Isaac Obasi, Mahmoud Umar, Adam A. Anyebe, Okey Ikeanyibe, Anthony Oladoyin, Ekosuehi Oghator

£64.99

This book argues that public administration reform is not a purely technical process. It highlights the socio-political and cultural barriers that must be surmounted to sustain gains. It reveals a 'hard' environment of informal fiefdoms gripping the formal, 'soft' state.

This book argues that public administration reform is not a purely technical process. It highlights the socio-political and cultural barriers that must be surmounted to sustain gains. It reveals a ‘hard’ environment of informal fiefdoms gripping the formal, ‘soft’ state.

A Comprehensive Guide to Dental Ceramics

By: Sushma R.

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A comprehensive guide to the science of ceramics in dentistry, detailing their structural, chemical, physical, mechanical, and optical properties. This book covers fabrication methods and clinical aspects, enabling students and clinicians to improve their knowledge.

Malaysian Literature in English

A Critical Companion

Edited By: Mohammad A. Quayum

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This collection of essays by acclaimed international critics investigates major writers of Malaysian literature in English. It explores key thematic trends—including gender, ethnicity, and nationalism—and the unique challenges of writing in a postcolonial nation.

Contested Tourism Commodities

What’s for Sale

By: Konstantinos Tomazos

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This book explores tourism’s contested niches, from slum tourism to trophy hunting. It traces how marginal pursuits explode into the mainstream, causing controversy as they are commodified, packaged, and sold while the lines between acceptance and outrage blur.

Stress in Plants

The Hidden Half

Edited By: Rishikesh Upadhyay

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This book provides an overview of the challenges of increasing crop productivity for a growing population. It links plant activity to tolerance and adaptation, offering strategies to counter the impact of environmental stress, a threat magnified by climate change.

Women and Literature in India

A Critical Perspective

Edited By: Animesh Roy, Srija Sanyal

£64.99

This collection explores Indian women's writing, from ancient poets to contemporary voices, as a powerful tool for resistance and emancipation. The essays delve into the intersections of caste, class, and gender to reveal the complex, textured realities of women in India.

This collection explores Indian women’s writing, from ancient poets to contemporary voices, as a powerful tool for resistance and emancipation. The essays delve into the intersections of caste, class, and gender to reveal the complex, textured realities of women in India.

Rethinking (In)Security in the European Union

The Migration-Identity-Security Nexus

By: Claudia Anamaria Iov

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This book demonstrates how Europe's new security agenda has trapped immigrants, particularly the Roma, in a spiral of insecurity. With migration treated as a major threat, they have become scapegoats, in a case that challenges the EU to rethink its social responsibilities.

This book demonstrates how Europe’s new security agenda has trapped immigrants, particularly the Roma, in a spiral of insecurity. With migration treated as a major threat, they have become scapegoats, in a case that challenges the EU to rethink its social responsibilities.

Discourses of Travel, Exploration, and European Power in Egypt from 1750 to 1956

Edited By: Valerie Kennedy, Valerie Kennedy

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This collection explores Western representations of Egypt from 1750-1956, a fascination sparked by Napoleon’s expedition. Essays analyse works by writers like Charles Dickens and Florence Nightingale, alongside perspectives from explorers, painters, and colonial administrators.

A History of Dutch Corruption and Public Morality (1648-1940)

By: Toon Kerkhoff, Ronald Kroeze, Pieter Wagenaar, Michel Hoenderboom

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This book discusses 300 years of change in Dutch corruption and public morality between 1648 and 1940. Through rich historical case studies, it tells the story of how ideas of “good” government evolved, placing them in a wider European context.

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