Social Sciences

Focus on CLIL

A Qualitative Evaluation of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in Polish Secondary Education

By: Kasia Papaja

£44.99

This book analyses the changes that take place in a CLIL classroom in secondary education, where a foreign language is used as a medium of instruction. It will raise teachers’ awareness of these changes and help them understand the CLIL process.

Focus on English Phonetics

Edited By: Tatjana Paunović, Biljana Čubrović

£49.99

Focus on English Phonetics is a collection of papers that brings together international researchers to exchange ideas. The 18 contributors from nine countries reflect the volume's diversity through a variety of theoretical, applied and experimental topics.

Focus on English Phonetics is a collection of papers that brings together international researchers to exchange ideas. The 18 contributors from nine countries reflect the volume’s diversity through a variety of theoretical, applied and experimental topics.

Focusing on EFL Reading

Theory and Practice

Edited By: Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, Adrian Roscoe

£54.99

Reading in a foreign language is a puzzle, but essential for EFL students whose future may depend on it. This book's thorough coverage of up-to-date theory, practice, and research is an invaluable resource for researchers and teachers.

Reading in a foreign language is a puzzle, but essential for EFL students whose future may depend on it. This book’s thorough coverage of up-to-date theory, practice, and research is an invaluable resource for researchers and teachers.

Folk and Songs in Japan and Beyond

Ethnomusicological Essays in Honour of David W. Hughes

Edited By: Matt Gillan, Kiku Day, Patrick Huang

From £37.99

This volume of essays honors David Hughes, a leading scholar of the music of Japan and South-East Asia. His groundbreaking work covers Japanese min'yō (folk song) and more. Written by former students and collaborators, these papers reflect the depth and breadth of his influence.

This volume of essays honors David Hughes, a leading scholar of the music of Japan and South-East Asia. His groundbreaking work covers Japanese min’yō (folk song) and more. Written by former students and collaborators, these papers reflect the depth and breadth of his influence.

Folk Music, Traditional Music, Ethnomusicology

Canadian Perspectives, Past and Present

Edited By: Anna Hoefnagels, Gordon E. Smith

£34.99

Explore the breadth of Canadian music scholarship, from First Nations traditions to Celtic and French folksong. Celebrating a rich history, this is a vital resource for academics and music enthusiasts alike.

Folk Musical Instruments in Bosnia and Herzegovina

By: Jasmina Talam

£44.99

For the first time, a complete overview of folk musical instruments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This book describes the instruments—their history, construction, and playing techniques—and explores the traditions of the makers and players.

Folkloric Aspects of the Romanian Imaginary and Myth

By: Claudia Costin

£58.99

Costin studies a selection of significant and topical elements from a large amount of Romanian folkloric and mythological material, shedding light on the mythical-ritualistic aspects of three complex calendar holydays.

Following Forms, Following Functions

Practices and Disciplines in Dialogue

Edited By: Federica Pau, Luca Vargiu

£58.99

The contributions here are devoted to the analysis of the relationship between form and function, two concepts that have played, and continue to play, an important role in several disciplines, from philosophical reflection to theoretical biology.

Following the Animal

Power, Agency, and Human-Animal Transformations in Modern, Northern-European Literature

By: Ann-Sofie Lönngren

£47.99

Following the Animal analyses human-animal transformations in modern Nordic literature. It provides insights into the human-animal relationship and offers scholars a transferable strategy for approaching texts from a human-animal studies perspective.

Following the Path from Teaching to Research University

Increasing Knowledge Productivity

By: Gustavo Gregorutti

£39.99

Smaller universities are pressured to join the research race, creating stress and faculty resistance. This book explores the shift from a teaching to a research culture, unveiling the characteristics of productive faculty at private institutions.

Food and Appetites

The Hunger Artist and the Arts

Edited By: Ann McCulloch, Pavlina Radia

£44.99

This book traces food as hunger, desire, and appetite in the arts. Examining hunger in literature and art, it explores food's significance as a metaphor for social class, inequality, and gluttony, revealing the problems of excessive human cravings.

This book traces food as hunger, desire, and appetite in the arts. Examining hunger in literature and art, it explores food’s significance as a metaphor for social class, inequality, and gluttony, revealing the problems of excessive human cravings.

Food and Cultural (In)Compatibilities

12 Points of View

Edited By: Gabriela-Mariana Luca

From £30.99

Specialists in fields from anthropology to linguistics explore how we understand the cultural heritage of food and how it defines the stratification of society. Providing insights into physical and cultural food, this book offers a higher level of understanding of our world.

Food and Drink Idioms in English

“A Little Bit More Sugar and Lots of Spice”

By: Laura Pinnavaia

£61.99

Idioms carry an aura of mystery for all speakers, due to the discrepancy between their literal and non-literal meanings. This monograph clears up some of these ambiguities by examining expressions that have derived from the most instinctive human behaviour: eating and drinking.

Food Cultures across Time

Flavours and Endeavours

Edited By: Anca-Luminiţa Iancu, Alexandra Mitrea

From £30.99

This vibrant, inter-disciplinary collection of essays maps food cultures and routes in fiction. Analyzing authors from countries as diverse as Ireland, Romania, the UK, and the USA, it explores the interconnections between food, fiction, and culture.

Food in American Culture and Literature

Places at the Table

Edited By: Carl Boon, Nuray Önder, Evrim Ersöz Koç

From £30.99

Carving a unique space in food studies, these multifaceted essays blend cultural analysis with history and sociology. These cultural critiques force the reader to consider what food means, and will mean, in the United States.

Food Politics

Studying Food, Identity and Difference among the Garos

By: Queenbala Marak

From £34.99

This ethnographic work discusses the politics inherent in food among the Garos of Assam and Bangladesh. Living as a minority on the peripheries of a dominant culture, the Garos conceptualize themselves and the ‘other’ world through the microcosm of food.

Food Security and Food Production

Institutional Challenges in Governance Domain

Edited By: C. Sheela Reddy

£52.99

India's food security depends on its ecological foundation, which is threatened by competition for water and land. This book addresses the critical institutional challenges and offers insights into the changes needed to ensure food security for the nation.

India’s food security depends on its ecological foundation, which is threatened by competition for water and land. This book addresses the critical institutional challenges and offers insights into the changes needed to ensure food security for the nation.

Food Sovereignty and Land Grabbing

Edited By: Gabriele Proglio

From £31.99

This book explores the relationship between food sovereignty and land grabbing. Through multidisciplinary case studies from around the world, it sheds light on the rush for land, extractivism, and the subsequent popular and indigenous resistance by local communities.

Football Fans, Their Information, The Web and The Personal Home Page

By: Shant Narsesian

£49.99

This book examines the role of the Personal Home Page (PHP) as an information resource, using English professional football as a case study. While rich with unique information, these fan sites are often underused. This study proposes a new blueprint for a communal website.

Football’s First 100 Years, 1866-1966

From Splendid Isolation to England's Finest Hour

By: Paul Hawkins

From £29.99

From the pioneers who created the FA Cup, journey through England's splendid isolation and World Cup wilderness to the ultimate triumph of 1966—a victory witnessed firsthand by the author.

From the pioneers who created the FA Cup, journey through England’s splendid isolation and World Cup wilderness to the ultimate triumph of 1966—a victory witnessed firsthand by the author.

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