Social Sciences

Shifting Paradigms in Culture

A Study of Three Plays by Jean Genet—The Maids, The Balcony and The Blacks

By: Payal Nagpal

£41.99

This book frees Jean Genet’s plays from the overpowering Sartrean perspective, revealing the hidden spaces of the prison and brothel. It traverses challenging issues—the ghettoized existence of social discards and others rotting on the margins.

Mapping the World of Anglo-American Studies at the Turn of the Century

Edited By: Marija Knežević

£52.99

This book revisits key issues in Anglo-American studies. From a multidisciplinary perspective, it approaches mainstream cultural and literary achievements alongside marginalized fields. It covers culture, literature, linguistics, and teaching methodology.

The Balkans in Travel Writing

Edited By: Marija Knežević

£47.99

This book revisits images of the Balkans in twentieth-century travel writing, mirroring the region's turbulent changes. It explores divergent and often contradictory views on the region’s path to reconciling its unique heritage with a European identity.

This book revisits images of the Balkans in twentieth-century travel writing, mirroring the region’s turbulent changes. It explores divergent and often contradictory views on the region’s path to reconciling its unique heritage with a European identity.

Greek and English Proverbs

By: Panos Karagiorgos

£47.99

Proverbs are gems of folklore that offer insight into human behaviour and a culture’s philosophy. As Francis Bacon said, “The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs”. This collection contains over 1000 Greek and English proverbs with translations.

English for Academic Purposes

Approaches and Implications

Edited By: Giuliana Diani

£52.99

Analysis of academic genres and corpus resources reveals the patterning of academic texts across disciplines. This volume addresses issues in academic discourse from a range of perspectives, with an emphasis on practical applications for teachers and researchers of EAP.

The Art of the Real

Visual Studies and New Materialisms

Edited By: Roger Rothman, Ian Verstegen

£41.99

Art of the Real registers the materialist turn in contemporary visual studies. As scholars move beyond post-structuralist theory, this is the first book to treat the new materialism for its meta-theoretical commitments, ontology, and political implications.

C. S. Lewis and the Inklings

Reflections on Faith, Imagination, and Modern Technology

Edited By: Jason Fisher, Mark Hall, Salwa Khoddam

£52.99

The Inklings’ views on the negative impacts of technology and their resolution through fellowship and faith. Essays demonstrate how their literary craft can enchant readers, empowering them with a keener spiritual vision to tackle present concerns.

A Theory of General Semiotics

The Science of Signs, Sign-Systems, and Semiotic Reality

Edited By: Abraham Solomonick

£57.99

This book formulates the central laws of general semiotics, illustrating them with examples from various fields. These laws will prove useful for every branch of semiotics, both those already established and those that will appear in the future.

A Rhetoric of Meanings

Exploring the Frontiers of Language Usage

By: Gergana Apostolova

£52.99

This book presents language as the ultimate tool for survival, a space for telling stories and defining our significance. It explores communicative creativity through four avatars: the learner, the teacher, the translator, and the creator of texts.

Dream Tonight of Peacock Tails

Essays on the Fiftieth Anniversary of Thomas Pynchon’s V.

Edited By: Umberto Rossi, Paolo Simonetti

£47.99

The first in-depth examination of Pynchon’s debut masterpiece. This collection of essays provides new insights into a too-often underestimated work that established Pynchon as one of the great masters of twentieth-century American literature.

A God More Powerful Than Yours

American Evangelicals, Politics, and the Internet Age

By: Christopher W. Boerl, Katie Donbavand

£41.99

Throughout American history, religious movements have used communication technologies to shape the nation. Broadcast media nurtured a dominant, conservative Christianity, while new technologies like the internet now cause its theological fragmentation.

Ancient Warfare

Introducing Current Research, Volume I

Edited By: Geoff Lee, Helene Whittaker, Graham Wrightson

£52.99

This collection presents current research on ancient warfare, covering a wide range of themes and neglected topics. Readable and engaging, it offers a high standard of scholarship appealing to historians, students, and a wider audience.

Communication and Information Technology in Society

Volume 3 Social Communication

Edited By: Jolanta Kowal

£47.99

This book explores the role of media in our modern, globalized world. Investigating communication through social sciences, cultural studies, and education, it offers unique insights from European countries in transition.

Thinking Colours

Perception, Translation and Representation

Edited By: Victoria Bogushevskaya, Elisabetta Colla

£47.99

These essays explore the interaction between sensation, perception, and the cultural representation of colour. This volume shows that the interpretation of colour is emotional and varies by culture, making it a strong semiotic resource for communicating meaning.

The Moghul Saint of Insanity

By: Farzana Moon

£47.99

His reign of tyranny shattered an empire. On his deathbed, Emperor Aurangzeb could only repent his "stupendous caravan of sins." A stark, timeless warning against the devastating consequences of hatred and intolerance.

His reign of tyranny shattered an empire. On his deathbed, Emperor Aurangzeb could only repent his “stupendous caravan of sins.” A stark, timeless warning against the devastating consequences of hatred and intolerance.

Identity and Values

Edited By: Susi Ferrarello, Stefano Giacchetti

£41.99

This book analyzes values and identity from philosophical, sociological, and psychological perspectives. Contributors explore the meaning of values, their role in defining self-identity, and how politics and aesthetics affect our moral lives.

Troubled Legacies

Heritage/Inheritance in American Minority Literatures

Edited By: Michel Feith, Claudine Raynaud

£47.99

What is being passed on? These essays explore heritage in American minority literatures. From the trauma of the past to new conceptions of ethnicity based on fluidity and performativity, these works question a "post-racial" society and ask: who shall inherit America?

What is being passed on? These essays explore heritage in American minority literatures. From the trauma of the past to new conceptions of ethnicity based on fluidity and performativity, these works question a “post-racial” society and ask: who shall inherit America?

Hermeneutics of Megaliths

By: Costas Maritsas

£41.99

This book offers a provocative new interpretation of megaliths, arguing they mark humanity's transition from natural selection to civilization. It reveals their original purpose as scenes for primordial theatrical performance and explores sites from Stonehenge to Gobekli Tepe.

This book offers a provocative new interpretation of megaliths, arguing they mark humanity’s transition from natural selection to civilization. It reveals their original purpose as scenes for primordial theatrical performance and explores sites from Stonehenge to Gobekli Tepe.

Tourism Economics

A Practical Perspective

Edited By: Metin Kozak

£41.99

This book examines tourism economics with specific case studies from countries across the world. Featuring contributions from international experts, it is useful for academics and tourism professionals seeking to update their knowledge at both micro and macro levels.

Patterns of Labour Migrations in Colonial Andhra

By: Kali Chittibabu

From £28.99

This book explores the history of migration in India. In contrast to the 19th century's mass migration of labourers, it investigates the comparative immobility of the people of Andhra, discussing causes including their traditional attachment to their native locale.

This book explores the history of migration in India. In contrast to the 19th century’s mass migration of labourers, it investigates the comparative immobility of the people of Andhra, discussing causes including their traditional attachment to their native locale.

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