The Mystique of the Northwest Passage
Chylińska highlights the 16th-century English-Atlantic connections constructed on the basis of the world division defined by two fundamental documents of the late 15th century: namely, the papal bull Inter Caetera, and the Portuguese-Spanish Treaty of Tordesilla.
Society and Law
This book investigates a range of hypothetical issues concerning the relationship between law and society and how it plays out, specifically in fields of legitimacy and social strategy. This will allow the reader to comprehend the hidden standards and ideas in socio-legal reviews
Lessons from the Kalahari
A unique look inside the classrooms of rural South Africa. This study reveals the real-world challenges and successes of Northern Cape teachers as they innovate to improve learning.
Competing on Talent in Today’s Business World
In a rapidly changing landscape, acquiring top talent is a competitive advantage. This book provides a roadmap to transform recruitment from a reactive process to a strategic program, learning from best practices to consistently source and recruit the very best people available.
Ivanova considers the persistent tendency to represent the “Middle East” as a region enclosed in less permeable boundaries through an analysis of the works of Rabih Alameddine, Diana Abu-Jaber, Laila Halaby and Elif Shafak.
Women in Art and Literature Networks
This anthology examines the place of women in art and literature from the 19th century to the present day, whether as artists, critics or collectors. It centres on the idea of the network, as a possible point of entry for women into cultural circles long seen as male territories.
The Marawi Siege and Its Aftermath
Despite the liberation of Marawi, the Philippines confronts a virulent terrorist threat. To make sense of the siege and its aftermath, this book brings together counter-terrorism experts to analyze the rise of ISIS, terror financing, and the continuing problem of extremism.
This volume offers insights from emerging and well-established Catholic scholars on Laudato si’, Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment. It focuses on the philosophical, ecological and anthropological aspects of Laudato si’, placing it within a specific history of ideas.
This book tackles the effects of co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders on offenders transitioning from incarceration. Offering an inside look at a community reentry program, it uncovers how these disorders jeopardize the transition back into society.
An Anatomy of an English Radical Newspaper
Curelly investigates the content of The Moderate, a radical newspaper of the British Civil Wars published in the pivotal years 1648-9. He captures the essence of this periodical, seen both as a political publication and a commercial product.
This collection assesses the impacts of climate change on our cultural and natural heritage, focusing on urban planning, disaster management, and sustainability. Far-reaching actions are needed to adapt our historic environment and build resilience to limit further damage.
Educational Bilingualism
This book makes the case for “educational bilingualism,” challenging the outdated monolingual tradition. It proves that in our era of global migration, English is a key to innovative knowledge when integrated with a learner’s own language and cultural self-identity.
Celebrating the centenary of Anthony Burgess’s birth, this volume reveals the true relation that the British author had with France. It explores, among other topics, the sizeable French literary and musical heritage that inspired Burgess in his creations and adaptations.
Contemporary Research and Analysis on the Children of Prisoners
The papers here cover many of the themes in the wider literature on the children of prisoners. Advocacy themes include moving towards child-friendly prison systems, using mass incarceration to influence wider social change, and the effects of pre-trial detention on families.
This volume examines the darker side of the famed American founder, Alexander Hamilton. A Gilded Age revival of his ideas helped inspire an assertive American role in the world, culminating in an overseas empire. The book reveals his elitist and military-commercial convictions.
Northern Atlantic Islands and the Sea
This anthology delves into the shared Nordic cultural and linguistic heritage of Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Orkney, Shetland and the Hebrides, showing how the experience of being surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean has been a constant in the islanders’ history and identities.
Proving Jesus’ Authority in Mark and John
Greenberg’s innovative study of the Fourth Gospel introduces important new perspectives on synoptic problems and challenges many theories about the nature of the Gospel of John’s sources and composition practices.
Theories of Affect and Concepts in Generic Skills Education
This book revitalizes the concept of generic skills, which have recently become widespread in universities, but also advocates daring pedagogical practices that invigorate the meaning of, and approach to, teaching and learning in present landscapes of higher education.
This volume explores 20th- and 21st-century Italian experimental works that challenge the literary canon. It proposes that literary experimentation can break with tradition, giving literature the same freedom as other arts and allowing it to intersect with those art forms.
Describing the Unobserved and Other Essays
The seven essays gathered in this volume are all concerned with the “unspeakable sentences” of fictional narration, using Unspeakable Essays (1982) as a theoretical framework for further exploration into linguistics, philosophy and the analysis of narrative and the novel.
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