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Corpus Juris of Islamic International Criminal Justice

By: Farhad Malekian

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This pioneering work explores the intersection of Islamic and international criminal law. It argues for creating an Islamic international criminal court to prevent impunity for atrocities committed in the name of Islam, examining its jurisdiction, procedures, and sanctions.

Semantic Traces of Social Interaction from Antiquity to Early Modern Times

Historical Conversatio

By: Seraina Plotke

£58.99

Tracing the changes in the meaning of “conversatio” and its modern language derivatives, Plotke illustrates the productivity of historical semantic analysis for cultural studies.

New Frontiers in Philosophical Practice

Edited By: Lydia Amir

£61.99

Leading philosophers bring new methods and aims to the practice of philosophy, showing how they can serve their communities and civilization. This anthology is valuable for philosophers, professionals in education and helping disciplines, and the general public.

An Exploration of Educational Trends (V2)

A Symposium in Belize, Central America

Edited By: Pamela R. Cook

£64.99

This textbook of articles and essays encourages and assists educational professionals in cultural awareness, diversity, and international studies. It can be used as a main textbook or supplemental reading for educators, administrators, and students from diverse disciplines.

Journal of China Marketing Volume 6 (2)

Edited By: Tiebing Shi, Adolphus Yee-Yin Wan, Robert Guang Tian

£34.99

This journal provides a space for marketers, researchers, and scholars across the world to exchange perspectives on China in its dynamic market. It will appeal to those interested in the ever-evolving marketing practices and theories in China.

Classical Rationalism and the Politics of Europe

Edited By: Ann Ward

£64.99

This volume explores Socratic rationalism, the major alternatives to it within political philosophy, and the potential impact of its return in contemporary times. It takes a multifaceted approach with contributions from scholars in the fields of philosophy and political science.

The Internal Structure of Personal Pronouns

By: Danniel Carvalho

£58.99

This book explores the internal structure of personal pronouns in Brazilian Portuguese. It shows that traditional features (person, number, gender, case) are categories made of more elemental components which define the content, shape, and syntactic consequences of a pronoun.

The Orient in Music – Music of the Orient

Edited By: Małgorzata Grajter

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European fascination with Oriental cultures has found multifaceted manifestations. Music, as an important element of cultural communication, is well suited for such transitions. This collection of essays explores the fascinating influences between Orient and Western music.

Studies in Language Variation and Change 2

Shifts and Turns in the History of English

Edited By: Catherine Delesse, Elise Louviot, Catherine Delesse

£61.99

This collection of essays traces the history of the English language, from its Indo-European origins to the present day. English has a history marked by strong upheavals, particularly the influence of Scandinavian, French, and Latin, which are all considered here.

Linguistics and the Parts of the Mind

Or How to Build a Machine Worth Talking To

Edited By: Phillip Staines

£58.99

This book criticizes the neglect of “macrolinguistics”—the rules of sequence in dialogue. Its central thesis concerns the influence of these larger linguistic units on theories of the mind, developing consequences of interest to both philosophers and linguists.

Light in a Socio-Cultural Perspective

Edited By: Ronit Milano

£58.99

This volume combines the fields of intellectual studies, religion, literature, and visual culture to explore the complexities of conceptual paradigms that represent various manifestations of the idea of light.

Language Processing and Disorders

Edited By: Teresa Parodi, Vicenç Torrens

£79.99

Language processing is considered as an important part of cognition, with an ever-increasing amount of studies conducted on this field. This book gathers together research on language processing and disorders presented at the Experimental Psycholinguistics Conference in Madrid.

Urban Monstrosities

Perversity and Upheaval in the Unreal City

Edited By: Joseph Lamperez, Ali McGhee

£58.99

The contributors here show how artists and writers across the past two hundred years figure the monster as a barometer of changing urban patterns. Here, monstrosity becomes the herald of embryonic social forms and marginalized populations in portrayals of cities across media.

The Influence of Teacher-Student Relationships and Feedback on Students’ Engagement with Learning

By: Roger Wood

£64.99

This book presents a potential hierarchy between the three basic psychological needs central to Self-Determination Theory. It argues that a student's motivation for autonomy is built upon the quality of the teacher-student relationship and the student's perceived competence.

This book presents a potential hierarchy between the three basic psychological needs central to Self-Determination Theory. It argues that a student’s motivation for autonomy is built upon the quality of the teacher-student relationship and the student’s perceived competence.

Italian Communities Abroad

Multilingualism and Migration

Edited By: Paola Moreno, Margherita Di Salvo

£58.99

This volume provides an overview of research on Italian communities abroad, and, thus, represents an important contribution to the recent wave of paradigm renewal in the field of migration (socio)linguistics of Italian.

One Hundred Years of Solitude, Struggle, and Violence along the US/Mexico Border

An Oral History

By: John Thomas

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Thomas brings together the oral histories of those who have lived in the Mexican State of Sonora and the corresponding territory in the US, using these voices to paint the revolution in economics, culture, and drug trade that the area has witnessed in gripping, personal terms.

From the Supernatural to the Uncanny

Edited By: Zoltán Biedermann, Stephen M. Hart

£61.99

This collection of thirteen essays built around the question ‘what is the supernatural, and how, and why, has it changed over time?’ gives rise to a clear, comparative and diachronic study of the main characteristics of supernatural phenomena.

Doing Academic Research

By: Ekpe Inyang

£58.99

This book reduces the stress of research and scientific writing for undergraduate students. Written in simple language, it simplifies key concepts and procedures with examples, assuming no prior knowledge. A friendly companion for students aiming for academic excellence.

Social Imaginaries of the State and Central Authority in Polish Highland Villages, 1999-2005

By: Anna Malewska-Szałygin

£61.99

Malewska-Szałygin argues that common-sense convictions of rural Polish citizens are “post-peasant” or “post-agrarian”, rather than post-socialist or post-communist, drawing on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in the early 2000s in the highland region in the south of Poland.

The Formation, Existence, and Deconstruction of the Catholic Stage Guild of Ireland

By: Alex Cahill

£58.99

In 1945, the Catholic Stage Guild of Ireland united the Irish Church and its most famous performers. This unprecedented study reveals the Guild's surprising influence over Irish theatre at home and abroad—a fascinating story, untold until now.

In 1945, the Catholic Stage Guild of Ireland united the Irish Church and its most famous performers. This unprecedented study reveals the Guild’s surprising influence over Irish theatre at home and abroad—a fascinating story, untold until now.