This book offers a critical review of Horacio Quiroga’s work from the perspective of the border, verifying how the discourse of 19th-century Argentine nation-building reverberates in his literature. It grants a new status to his work, avoiding regionalist or realist readings.
This book explores the Finance Business Partnering (FBP) model in the Gulf’s not-for-profit sector, using practical examples from Qatar Foundation. It moves beyond theory with data analysis to show how FBPs drive effective decision-making for scholars and practitioners alike.
Voices from the Algerian Theatre
This book translates two 20th-century Algerian Arabic plays into English. Bridging vast cultural and linguistic divides, these translations capture the essence of Algerian theatre by focusing on shared human experiences, offering insights into the concept of the Other.
Second-Generation Romantic Poets’ Paradoxical Approach to Women
This book examines the works of Byron, Shelley, and Keats, revealing their inconsistent attitudes towards women. Caught between their liberal views and the patriarchal norms of their age, their writing both reinforces and challenges traditional gender roles.
Second Person Plural Forms in World Englishes
While Modern English uses a single “you,” many dialects have plural forms like “yous.” This investigation, based on a 1.9 billion-word corpus, explores these forms across 20 varieties of English, uncovering their distribution and role in the speaker-hearer relationship.
This book studies modern civil law through philosophical categories. It analyzes the dynamics between the internal and external, vertical and horizontal, and symmetry and asymmetry to reveal how legal subjects interact in a state of equilibrium.
Beyond the Studio
Join noted actor Cynthia Henderson on a journey to the heart of acting. Sharing techniques developed over a lifetime, this profound guide is for beginners and seasoned professionals alike, offering insights into compelling character development and the human condition.
Youths with chronic conditions are now thriving into adulthood, but less is known about how their parents prepare them. This book explores parents’ beliefs and behaviors to help healthcare professionals provide more effective resources and support for these families.
Becoming an Effective Teacher in America
Should you become a teacher? This book helps you decide and shows you how to become an effective resource for your students. Learn how to build a teaching philosophy, motivate learners, manage your classroom, and navigate the challenges facing today’s teachers.
Development-induced displacement is a major human rights concern. This book provides a critical analysis of the environmental, social, and economic impacts of development projects and calls for a serious deliberation on the human rights issues involved.
The road inspires freewheeling adventure, but it is also a site of our vulnerabilities. This collection highlights artists, writers, and filmmakers who have drawn upon the road as a cultural landscape, revealing our curiosity, anxieties, sorrows, and disquiet.
Imprints of Jesus of Nazareth
The Veil of Manoppello shows a face, alive. The Shroud of Turin, a body, dead. For 2000 years, their origin has been a mystery. Now, discover overwhelming new evidence from the first scientific examination of the Veil, linking both relics to one man.
Surfing the Waves of Identity
Asian Americans have often been viewed as a monolithic group. This book traces the origins and impacts of racist stereotypes through a chronological study of dramatists’ works, offering nuanced perspectives on the evolving portrayals of Asian Americans in U.S. culture.
The Life of Lauro de Bosis
History has forgotten Lauro de Bosis. A gifted Italian poet turned passionate anti-Fascist, he chose to operate alone against Mussolini’s regime. In 1931, he flew solo over Rome dropping propaganda, aware he was repeating the flight of Icarus and would not return.
Psycholinguistic Approaches to the Study of Linguistic Structures
How do we understand uncommon or ambiguous language? This volume brings together cutting-edge studies that untangle how speakers with different profiles understand and use linguistic structures, and offers an overview of the experimental techniques used in their study.
Architecture, Well-being and the Built Environment
This book explores the link between well-being and the built environment, arguing that industrial design has harmed humans and nature. But we can reverse this decline. It revisits powerful, non-mainstream ideas that offer a more balanced approach than relying on technology alone.
Teaching Translation
A strategic guide for teachers through the complexities of translation studies. This book champions a student-centric pedagogy, aligning methods with the field’s evolving demands through technology, digital tools, and innovative methods like gamification and online learning.
This innovative biography of Luigi Einaudi, an outstanding Italian political personality of the 20th century, highlights his lesser-known contributions. His proposals for a European federation inspired the EU, and his monetary policies prefigured today’s European Central Bank.
Sports Journalism in the Age of Paterno
For decades, sports journalists made Joe Paterno an American hero. When a devastating scandal revealed the villain beneath, they had to confront their profession. This book examines an industry that built a monster and asks: Is sports journalism journalism at all?
In a series of judgments, an error in one is passed to the next because each judgment acts as a reference point for its successor. This book explores this phenomenon, known as ‘absolute identification,’ and the biases that result. A key text for psychologists studying judgment.
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