A Mashup World
Hybridity is a hallmark of our age. In our new “post-reality,” the internet fuels the spread of fake news, where make-believe events have real-life effects. This book provides the analysis needed to differentiate this manipulated non/reality from authentic stories.
This book develops a new mathematical model for modern human resources that is both organisational output-focused and employee-focused. It investigates various measurement and evaluation approaches to facilitate the adoption of alternative HR practices.
Driver distraction results in 340,000 roadway deaths annually. While most research covers personal vehicles, this book focuses specifically on transit bus driver distractions. It is an essential guide for transit agencies and professionals involved in transportation safety.
A Military History of Victoria, Australia 1803-1945
Discover why Victoria was known as the Gibraltar of the South. This untold story charts the evolution of Australia’s most complex defences, from a lone 19th-century sand fort to a formidable shield of air, sea, and land power armed with secret technology by 1945.
This book argues that UK government policy on “better parenting” promoted a middle-class model which misunderstood and devalued other approaches, reproducing social inequality and failing to support mothers who diverged from this ideal.
The Psalms are a key text of world literature, but archaic language can be an impediment for modern readers. This book provides a compact apparatus for exploring the text, including descriptions of places and events and a practical index to find psalms for real-world problems.
A Modest Proposal in the Context of Swift’s Irish Tracts
This work contextualizes Swift’s masterpiece, A Modest Proposal, within his wider writing on Ireland. It analyzes a selection of his Irish Tracts to trace the evolution of his views, providing new insights for a better understanding of the satire.
Did the Gold Standard era exploit the working class? Did orthodox macroeconomic policies lead to Nazism? Was Ceausescu wrong to repay all external debt?
“A Moral History of Monetary and Fiscal Policies” by Valentin Lazea tackles these provocative questions and many more.
What is the American Dream? This family history, spanning four centuries, finds an answer in the preserved, untold stories of the author’s Mormon ancestors. Their dream was a cautionary tale: a nightmare where coming to America was often not worth the sacrifice.
This unique collection of essays reflects the authors’ lived experiences in interreligious dialogue. This timely book will appeal to anyone seeking to deepen one’s faith or wanting to learn how to live harmoniously with religious others.
This book explores history through a multi-paradigmatic approach, applying four diverse worldviews to key historical concepts and events. It shows how understanding different paradigms leads to a more comprehensive and balanced understanding of our multi-faceted past.
This book is a study of ideologies and conflicts related to Nation and Identity in contemporary English literature. It explores the individual’s pursuit of identity amid nationalist conflicts, racial confrontations, and postcolonial legacies.
Most textbooks on marriage and family therapy are Eurocentric. This timely book bridges African and Western traditions, presenting a valuable addition to the literature tailored to the needs of students and scholars in global Africa and the wider world.
A Multidimensional Perspective on Corruption in Africa
Leading African policymakers argue that tackling corruption is key to eliminating poverty and inequity. This book offers strategies for mobilizing citizens toward accountability and transparency to build stronger national integrity systems for a sustainable Africa.
In this dictionary, 300 Greek maxims and proverbs are given, accompanied by their counterparts in 8 European languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch, and Russian. Moreover, the introduction relates the history, origin and importance of proverbs.
This book analyzes multilingual academic writing through translanguaging, examining the disparity between thinking in one language and writing in another. It offers practical strategies for educators to acknowledge student voices and identities, decolonizing academic writing.
This book offers insights into how the myth of Medea reflects cultural concepts rooted in our cognition. It analyzes the application of figurative mechanisms in verbal, visual, and music modes, exploring one of the most thrilling themes in literature and performing arts.
A Multimodal Exploration of Non-Fiction Read-Aloud Performances in English as an Additional Language
This book explores how non-fiction picturebooks can be mediated for children’s language education in an EAL context. It examines multimodal mediation, showing how storytellers use spoken language, gesture, and props to scaffold comprehension and invite active participation.
A Name To Exist
The use of a name allows objects to be included within the human paradigm, meaning nomination and pseudonyms on the internet raise certain problems. This monograph investigates this through a study of nomination and two surveys of Internet users and pseudonyms collected online.
This is the definitive biography in English of Horacio Quiroga, the Latin-American Poe. Based on twenty years of work and newly discovered documents, it humanizes the writer and spotlights the marginalized women in his life, revealing a complex, contradictory man.
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