The Discourse of Well-Being in Late-Modern Ireland
What makes a society happy? This book explores well-being from a new angle by analysing letters to the editor from newspapers in late-modern Ireland. It provides empirical evidence of the major themes of well-being from the public’s viewpoint and sheds light on their concerns.
The Carer’s Role in Recovery
After a disabling stroke left Karin Cox dependent on full-time care, she and her husband investigated the world of social care. This book combines their experiences with wider research to highlight their belief that person-centred care is fundamental to recovery.
Building a Culturally Relevant Workforce in Indonesia
Leading practitioners challenge existing thinking on engagement in Indonesia and the ASEAN region. This book provides valuable insights and practical examples of how to build trust, respectfully engage with local institutions, and co-design programs for a lasting impact.
Training and Deployment of America’s Nuclear Cold Warriors in Asia
A near-launch that almost started a nuclear war. A lost hydrogen bomb. A fatal missile misfire. In these first-person accounts, soldiers at a 1960s nuclear base in Okinawa reveal how nuclear deployments, far from deterring, greatly increased the danger of war.
Master unpredictable English pronunciation. This book demystifies the rules of English sounds for non-native learners, helping you improve your speech. Includes practical exercises with corrections, making it an essential guide for both students and teachers.
This book argues that the omnipotence of algorithms in marketing is not what it seems. Programmatic marketing can be improved, but first we must understand the strategic and cultural boundaries of Big Data, which repeats mistakes marketing has already overcome once.
Humour and Identity in Jewish American Fiction
This book explores the connection between humour and identity in contemporary Jewish American literature. It is a serious investigation into the strategic use of humour in identity formation, revealing the serious undertones in works that may first appear merely humorous.
Performing Arun Sarma
This collection of essays on the life and works of renowned Assamese litterateur Arun Sarma pushes his legacy beyond linguistic and geographical barriers, generating a vibrant community of literary enthusiasts and a new body of knowledge on the theatre of Assam.
Communicating without Language and Grammar
This book introduces a new hard science, born from the effort to solve the problems of linguistics. This new approach provides a scientific theory that unifies the hard sciences, soft sciences, and the humanities, focusing on people, not abstract grammar or language.
This research collection focuses on language study trends following the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores topics from teacher motivation and technology to student speaking anxiety, perfectionism, cultural influences, and linguistic analysis in English Language Teaching.
This book provides a framework and guidelines to help researchers produce high-quality manuscripts for high-impact journals. It offers precise tips and tricks to help students and researchers succeed in their publication endeavours.
Reconstructing Female Sexuality and Deconstructing Male Anxiety
Challenging patriarchal narratives, this study explores the symbolism of female genitalia in literature and myth. It celebrates female procreational power, positioning the reproductive body as an enduring gateway between animate and inanimate realms—both alluring and repelling.
Alice Walker’s Womanist Fiction
This book explores Alice Walker’s theory of womanism, focusing on its concerns with African American women’s rights, identities, and self-actualisation. It traces the development of this concept across her canon of novels, showing how it was coined and complexly wrought.
This book is your guide to the political language of the Middle East. It is a tool for translators and interpreters to master the language, combining an academic overview of translating and interpreting with six key themes related to politics.
This book covers the consequences of death for patients and families, including grief and health. It offers a health promotion perspective on palliative care for patients, families, and care workers, stressing the importance of fulfilling patient wishes.
Reporting Conflicts, Humanitarian Crises and Peace Processes
This book analyses media coverage of humanitarian crises, conflicts, and peace processes in the Horn of Africa, focusing on Kenya, Sudan, and South Sudan. Using a new Four-Part Framework, it offers important recommendations applicable to similar situations in other locations.
This book explores how Gabonese writer Sylvie Ntsame’s novels challenge patriarchal traditions that silence women. Ntsame counters racism and the objectification of the black female body with depictions of idealized interracial love, calling for understanding between cultures.
Decoding Consciousness and Bioethics
How do we know if someone else is conscious? This book offers a compelling bioethical analysis of one of neuroscience’s most intriguing topics: states of consciousness, bringing together contributions from international experts in neuroscience, philosophy, law, and ethics.
Achilles beyond Fury
Ten insightful essays explore the fury of Achilles. This investigation uncovers new perspectives on the wrathful warrior, from parallels with the biblical Samson and the consequences of his actions to his lasting influence in Roman iconography and contemporary cinema.
Exploring the Fundamental Features of Translation
A guidebook for students, teachers, and translation specialists covering subjects from introductory to advanced levels. Its unique bottom-up strategy addresses translation issues as major concerns for researchers, simplifying the research work of any user.
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