Social Sciences

Issues of Ageing in Malaysia

A Compilation of Research Findings

Edited By: Paraidathathu Thomas, Filzah Md Isa

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This book presents vital research on ageing in Malaysia. Combining social, clinical, and health sciences, it proposes solutions to improve elderly health, financial well-being, and care—a crucial read for researchers, policymakers, and the public.

Innovative Practices in Creative Writing Teaching

Edited By: Graeme Harper

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How, where, and when does innovation occur in creative writing teaching? This volume explores such innovation, gathering contributors whose teaching stories provide direction, stimulus, and encouragement for those seeking to innovate in how creative writing is taught and learnt.

Politics and Left Politics

Studies of the Modern Left

By: R. G. Williams

£59.99

This unapologetically political study of the Left outlines the core ideas of Socialism, Humanism, and Emancipation. It argues for a better Left, one that can change the world.

Italian Canadian Heritage

Migration and Welfare Support from the Second Post-War Period Onwards

By: Valentina Sgro

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This book provides an in-depth analysis of the economic and cultural relations between Italy and Canada since the mid-20th century. It focuses on Italian-Canadian migratory flows, integration, work, and the promotion of a unique cultural heritage.

The Antigone Myth on the Basis of Liminality and Subjectivity

By: Seher Özkaya

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This book explores the enduring myth of Antigone and her timeless power of resistance. It shows how subjectivity is forged in crisis, tracing the myth to its reconstruction in Kamila Shamsie’s work, where Antigone is reborn as Aneeka, a modern Muslim British woman.

Bodies of Water in African American Literature, Music, and Film

Edited By: Sharon A. Lewis, Ama S. Wattley

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This volume of original essays explores the meaning of water in creative narratives by African Americans. Across literature, film, and music, these writers embody provocative, innovative, and refreshing ways to contemplate water in Black American artistic expressivity.

Rediscovering Women Writers of Wartime London

Shining a Spotlight onto the Blitzed City

By: Evelina Garay Collcutt

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This book shows the war-stricken city through the eyes of five women writers whose long-neglected novels vividly portray life in the Blitz. This new appraisal of their work highlights the social changes taking place, especially in the lives of women, in those turbulent times.

Intersections of the Global and the Local in Slovak Immigrant Communities in Britain

By: Július Rozenfeld

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This book offers a new cultural perspective on Slovak immigration, going beyond economic analysis. It compares British and Slovak understandings of class, religion, and ethnicity to reveal how these factors shape the integration of children within UK education.

Baltic Postcolonial Narratives

Literature and Power

By: Almantas Samalavičius

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This book explores postcolonialism's difficult entry into the Baltic literary domain. It provides timely insights by analyzing Lithuania’s best postcolonial novels from the last decade of the Soviet period and the more recent post-Soviet era.

This book explores postcolonialism’s difficult entry into the Baltic literary domain. It provides timely insights by analyzing Lithuania’s best postcolonial novels from the last decade of the Soviet period and the more recent post-Soviet era.

Exploring Christian Identity from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Neither Greek nor Roman

By: Chris Baghos

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This book challenges the popular view that all Byzantines linked faith, Hellenic culture, and Roman rule. It explores the resistance of St. Maximus the Confessor to the emperor's power in the church, revealing that many did not recognise the office of the emperor as holy.

This book challenges the popular view that all Byzantines linked faith, Hellenic culture, and Roman rule. It explores the resistance of St. Maximus the Confessor to the emperor’s power in the church, revealing that many did not recognise the office of the emperor as holy.

The Formation and Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles for School Children

By: Jamilya Torybayeva

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Promoting healthy lifestyles for students is a shared responsibility. While schools lay the foundation, it requires the combined efforts of family and society. This book is for teachers, parents, and community members who wish to understand their role in this vital process.

The Noun Phrase and the Generative Lexicon

A New Approach of the Semantic Interpretation

By: Ionela Ganea

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This study delves into how the semantics of words influence the syntax of the noun phrase, using the generative lexicon. The result is a bold proposal for a comprehensive grammar—a useful tool for linguists, applicable to any language.

Inclusive Hospitality in Online Learning

Design, Deliver, and Discover

By: Brad Garner

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Inclusive hospitality counters the impersonal nature of online learning by creating a welcoming, safe, and engaging environment. This book provides a path and tools for faculty to welcome and instruct students in a powerful, transformative manner, valuing them as individuals.

The Beginnings of International Soccer

Globalisation and Growing Seriousness

By: Graham Curry

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Why did England's fortunes turn against Scotland in the late 19th century? Was it the founding of Corinthian FC or the onset of professionalism? This book brings together the narrative of early international soccer in Britain, comparing the four competing home nations.

Why did England’s fortunes turn against Scotland in the late 19th century? Was it the founding of Corinthian FC or the onset of professionalism? This book brings together the narrative of early international soccer in Britain, comparing the four competing home nations.

A Contemporary Interpretation of James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

By: Indrani Deb

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This book is a collection of nineteen critical essays on James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist. The author goes beyond established critical material, providing analyses from twenty-first century lenses. It serves as a reference for all readers–students, scholars, and teachers.

A Moral History of Monetary and Fiscal Policies

By: Valentin Lazea

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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.

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.

The Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine from the Perspective of Jus ad Bellum

By: Themistoklis Tzimas

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This book delves into the Ukraine conflict through international law. It scrutinizes Russia's arguments, drawing parallels to legal doctrines previously used by other major powers. A pioneering and impartial analysis essential for anyone wishing to stay informed.

This book delves into the Ukraine conflict through international law. It scrutinizes Russia’s arguments, drawing parallels to legal doctrines previously used by other major powers. A pioneering and impartial analysis essential for anyone wishing to stay informed.

Contrastive Analysis of Chinese and English Syntax

A Generative Introduction

By: Ruixi Ressy Ai

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This book is a contrastive analysis of Chinese and English syntax based on generative grammar. Moving from simple to complex topics, it requires no prior background knowledge. It can serve as a textbook or reference for scholars of linguistics and Chinese studies.

An Introduction to Fundamental Moral Theology

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

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This book discusses fundamental morals, helping the disciple of Jesus Christ direct human acts to God, their true happiness. It explores how Christ's teaching, Natural Law, and human reason form a bridge between faith and life, guiding our conscience and moral decisions.

This book discusses fundamental morals, helping the disciple of Jesus Christ direct human acts to God, their true happiness. It explores how Christ’s teaching, Natural Law, and human reason form a bridge between faith and life, guiding our conscience and moral decisions.

Feast, Ritual and Daughters among the Newāḥ of Nepal

By: Sipoy Sarveswar

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This book uses food and feasts as a tool to understand the social organisation of the Newāḥ of Nepal. It details life-cycle rituals and kinship obligations to exchange food, considering married daughters' special role, to show how sharing is an integral part of their culture.

This book uses food and feasts as a tool to understand the social organisation of the Newāḥ of Nepal. It details life-cycle rituals and kinship obligations to exchange food, considering married daughters’ special role, to show how sharing is an integral part of their culture.

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