Social Sciences

Johannine and Pauline Themes in the New Testament

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

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This book examines the key contributions of the Apostles John and Paul to the New Testament. In light of recent scholarship, it finds new perspectives on enduring questions about Jesus and the Church by re-considering the Gospel of John and the Letters and Theology of Paul.

John Bradburne

Mystic, Poet and Martyr (1921-1979)

Edited By: Renato Tomei

£58.99

Poet, mystic, and martyr. These essays explore the multifaceted life of John Bradburne and the turbulent times he encountered in 20th-century Rhodesia. This volume investigates his poetry, spirituality, and humanitarian legacy, making the case for his recognition as a saint.

John Bull’s Italian Snakes and Ladders

English Attitudes to Italy in the mid-nineteenth Century

By: Annemarie McAllister

£34.99

This book examines how mid-19th century England used representations of Italians—from despised organ grinders to glamorous opera stars—to construct its own sense of 'Englishness', class, and masculinity.

This book examines how mid-19th century England used representations of Italians—from despised organ grinders to glamorous opera stars—to construct its own sense of ‘Englishness’, class, and masculinity.

John Dos Passos

Biography and Critical Essays

Edited By: Maria Zina Gonçalves de Abreu, Bernardo Guido de Vasconcelos

£39.99

These essays explore Dos Passos’s writings through the lens of biography, aesthetics, and social critique. They examine his innovative literary techniques and his status as a towering figure of American Modernism who chronicled an era that shattered the ‘American Dream’.

John Greaves, Pyramidographia and Other Writings, with Birch’s Life of John Greaves

Edited By: John Anthony Butler

£64.99

This edition of John Greaves’s Pyramidographia (1646) is the first scientific treatise on the pyramids in English. Greaves, the earliest English “Egyptologist,” used metrics, not mysticism, to pioneer modern scientific inquiry. Includes his letters and a biography.

John Guare’s Theatre

The Art of Connecting

By: Robert J. Andreach

£34.99

John Guare’s aesthetic principle: a play must be grounded in reality; only then can it soar. This study explores his dramas, which soar by interrupting action, mixing genres, and taking hairpin turns to explore the American heritage and Dream.

John Henry Newman on the Idea of Church

By: Edward Jeremy Miller

£66.99

The definitive study of Newman’s theology of the church. Drawing on his essays and 20,000 lesser-known letters, Miller reveals Newman’s advocacy for involving the laity—a vision that champions Pope Francis’s call for a more inclusive, synod-like church.

John Locke and the Native Americans

Early English Liberalism and Its Colonial Reality

By: Nagamitsu Miura

£39.99

This book elucidates Locke’s law of nature and view of war, revealing how they justified colonialism. His theories favoured European land acquisition over native rights and allowed the militarily superior side to proclaim a just war, undermining his principles of freedom.

John P.L. Roberts, the CBC/Radio Canada, and Art Music

Edited By: Friedemann Sallis, Regina Landwehr

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This book examines the CBC's impact on art music in Canada (1936-1986) through the work of one man: John Peter Lee Roberts. For thirty years, he brought the music of Canada to the world and the world of music to Canadians, commissioning and promoting new Canadian composers.

This book examines the CBC’s impact on art music in Canada (1936-1986) through the work of one man: John Peter Lee Roberts. For thirty years, he brought the music of Canada to the world and the world of music to Canadians, commissioning and promoting new Canadian composers.

John Rothenstein in the Interwar Years

Keeping the Fires of Figurative Art Burning

By: David McCann

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Sir John Rothenstein, the Tate's first director to embrace modern art, is now a byword for conservatism. Why? From the outset, he refused to bow to the avant-garde, championing a brilliant generation of British realists in an age of abstraction. This book charts his efforts.

Sir John Rothenstein, the Tate’s first director to embrace modern art, is now a byword for conservatism. Why? From the outset, he refused to bow to the avant-garde, championing a brilliant generation of British realists in an age of abstraction. This book charts his efforts.

John Ruskin, J.M.W. Turner and the Art of Water

By: Carmen Casaliggi

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This book explores the relationship between Ruskin and Turner through their mutual fascination with water, focusing on The Harbours of England. It reveals how water became a multifaceted symbol of tradition, progress, and nationalism in the nineteenth century.

John Steinbeck in East European Translation

A Bibliographical and Descriptive Overview

By: Danica Čerče

£58.99

Čerče narrows a huge gap in regard to Steinbeck translations in Eastern Europe, here considered in terms of the political division between Western Europe and the Soviet East. As the only book of its kind, it makes a major contribution to Steinbeck and American literature studies.

John Wayne and Ideology

By: Larry A. Van Meter

£34.99

John Wayne’s iconic status was forged in post-WWII anxieties over civil rights. This book uncovers his political legacy: a model of white masculinity that continues from Reagan to today’s superheroes.

Joining Complexity Science and Social Simulation for Innovation Policy

Agent-based Modelling using the SKIN Platform

Edited By: Petra Ahrweiler, Andreas Pyka, Andreas Pyka

£57.99

This book investigates how complexity science and social simulation can be used to improve and inform policy-making in both research and innovation, and discusses a research initiative funded by the Irish government focusing on innovation policy simulation for economic recovery.

Joining, Staying in, and Leaving the European Union

Legal, Political and Economic Perspectives

Edited By: Manolis Perakis

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This book explores the legal, political, and economic perspectives of a Member State’s “circle of life” in the EU: accession, participation, and potential exit in the form of withdrawal or expulsion.

Jordan’s Proverbs as a Window into Arab Popular Culture

The Fox in the Blackberries

By: Mohammed Farghal

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Discover Arab popular culture through 400 annotated Jordanian proverbs. Covering daily life and universal morals, this book provides a deeper understanding of Jordanian/Arab mentality, encouraging intercultural communication and helping remove socially-biased stereotypes.

José Antonio Villarreal and Pocho

A Mexican American Novel and Its Tragic Plot

By: Roberto Cantú

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This blend of biography, history, and literary criticism analyzes José Antonio Villarreal’s evocative, semi-autobiographical novel, *Pocho*. Its hero is Richard Rubio, a Mexican American youth of Indigenous and Mexican heritage whose appearance casts him as a social outsider.

Joseph Wright and the Final Farewell

By: Stephen Leach

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Discover Joseph Wright of Derby in the context of his life and times. This book reveals fresh information—from the flute music he played to the ‘graveyard’ poetry he read—and argues he is the author of ‘The Final Farewell’. For all admirers of this famously retiring artist.

Joseph Wright, Esq. Painter and Gentleman

By: Andrew Graciano

£34.99

Andrew Graciano’s study re-evaluates Joseph Wright’s career, connecting his art to contemporary science, industry, and economics. Graciano reveals Wright as an intellectual painter and a gentleman whose social standing has been ignored by scholars.

Josiah Royce’s 1909 Pittsburgh Loyalty Lectures

Edited By: Mathew A. Foust

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For the first time in a book, these three lectures by American philosopher Josiah Royce are essential for a complete picture of his philosophy of loyalty. They constitute a “missing link” between his 1908 classic The Philosophy of Loyalty and his subsequent major works.

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