Social Sciences

The Singular and the Making of Knowledge at the Royal Society of London in the Eighteenth Century

By: Palmira Fontes da Costa

£39.99

This book explores the role of singular experiences in making knowledge at the 18th-century Royal Society. It reveals how extraordinary phenomena were vital to the Society, yet their problematic authentication made it a target for literary satire.

Performative Inter-Actions in African Theatre 2

Innovation, Creativity and Social Change

Edited By: Kene Igweonu, Osita Okagbue

£39.99

This collection explores how African theatre instigates social change. Contributions demonstrate the ingenuity of practitioners who adapt indigenous forms to engage with contemporary realities, creating an aesthetic that is identifiably African.

Fan Culture

Theory/Practice

Edited By: Katherine Larsen, Lynn Zubernis

£39.99

Explore the shifting dynamics between fans, scholars, and creators. This accessible collection tackles the core ethical questions of fan studies through popular fandoms like Doctor Who, Star Wars, and Twilight.

Transculturality and Perceptions of the Immigrant Other

“From-Heres” and “Come-Heres” in Virginia and North Rhine-Westphalia

Edited By: Geoffroy de Laforcade, Page R. Laws, Cathy Covell Waegner

£39.99

In our age of globalization, migration sparks passionate debate. These essays use the concept of transculturality to rethink cultural difference, investigating how migration creates not just conflict, but also negotiation, hybrid identities, and new forms of belonging.

The Mystery of the Ten Lost Tribes

A Critical Survey of Historical and Archaeological Records relating to the People of Israel in Exile in Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia up to ca. 300 BCE

By: Ziva Shavitsky

£39.99

This book tests the biblical records of Israel's lost tribes against archaeological evidence. Inscriptions excavated in Assyria, Babylon, and Persia often coincide almost word for word with the Bible, revealing what happened to the Northern Captives.

This book tests the biblical records of Israel’s lost tribes against archaeological evidence. Inscriptions excavated in Assyria, Babylon, and Persia often coincide almost word for word with the Bible, revealing what happened to the Northern Captives.

Beckett Re-Membered

After the Centenary

Edited By: James Carney, Michael O’Sullivan, Karl White

£39.99

This collection of recent scholarship on Samuel Beckett offers a diverse and comprehensive survey of his literary and philosophical work. It will appeal to any reader interested in provocative responses to one of the 20th century’s most important writers.

Critical Perspectives on Caribbean Literature and Culture

Edited By: Dorsía Smith, Tatiana Tagirova

£39.99

This collection of essays by Caribbean scholars offers novel perspectives on the region's literature and culture. It cuts across disciplines to explore the diaspora, identity, gender, artistic expression, and the writer's role as a political activist.

This collection of essays by Caribbean scholars offers novel perspectives on the region’s literature and culture. It cuts across disciplines to explore the diaspora, identity, gender, artistic expression, and the writer’s role as a political activist.

Kinship Networks and International Migration in Nigeria

By: A.O. Olutayo

£39.99

This book gives an insightful account of Nigerian international migration. To harness migration for development, we must understand the forces of emigration, return, and kinship networks. A vital resource of theoretical and practical importance for nations worldwide.

European Culture in Diversity

Edited By: Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney, Evan Williams

£39.99

This collection of articles presents European culture in its unity and diversity. From a fierce and dramatic past to the transformations it faces due to new political, economic, and cultural challenges, these essays consider local European issues against a global background.

Buffy Conquers the Academy

Conference Papers from the 2009/2010 Popular Culture/American Culture Associations

Edited By: U. Melissa Anyiwo, Karoline Szatek-Tudor

£39.99

This collection celebrates Buffy Studies as a global and interdisciplinary academic discipline. Scholars delve into the intricate world of Sunnydale from multiple perspectives, ranging from gender/sexuality to religion.

Local Agri-food Systems in a Global World

Market, Social and Environmental Challenges

Edited By: Maria Cecilia Mancini, Michele Donati

£39.99

This collection of essays analyzes the market, social, and environmental challenges of local agri-food systems in a global world. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it explores the links between local and global strategies, governance, and rural development.

Advances in Monetary Policy Design

Applications to the Gulf Monetary Union

By: Ryadh M. Alkhareif, William A. Barnett

£39.99

Simple-sum monetary indexes can be misleading. This book outlines the methods for constructing superior Divisia indexes, designed to accurately measure liquidity. It is the first to publish Divisia-based money supply indexes for the GCC countries.

P. Papinius Statius Volume I

Thebaid and Achilleid

By: A. L. Ritchie, Mike J. Edwards

£39.99

This three-volume work offers a revised text, prose translation, and extensive secondary apparatus for the two epics of Statius: his magnum opus, the Thebaid, and the unfinished Achilleid.

The Holistic Egyptian Quality Management Approach “HEQMA”

By: Osama A. Kamal

£39.99

Egyptian industry bypassed quality control, creating a gap that hinders global competition. This book presents the Holistic Egyptian Quality Management Approach (HEQMA), a new model tailored to Egyptian culture to diagnose problems and strengthen quality.

Confessional Theology?

A Critical Analysis of the Theology of Karl Barth and its Significance for the Belhar Confession

By: Rothney S. Tshaka

£39.99

Christian confessions are often seen as purely theological, but this study argues they cannot ignore their political contexts. It explores the link through Karl Barth's theology, examining the Barmen Declaration in Nazi Germany and the Belhar Confession.

Christian confessions are often seen as purely theological, but this study argues they cannot ignore their political contexts. It explores the link through Karl Barth’s theology, examining the Barmen Declaration in Nazi Germany and the Belhar Confession.

Paradigms and Perspectives on Value and Reality

Edited By: Chandana Chakrabarti

£39.99

This book offers a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach to timeless questions. It explores the nature of reality, how we can know it, and our moral obligations using insights from philosophy, religion, science, and psychology from East and West.

Border States in the Work of Tom Mac Intyre

A Paleo-Postmodern Perspective

By: Catriona Ryan

£39.99

This book introduces "paleo-postmodernism" to define Tom Mac Intyre's unique literary project: fusing Yeatsian revivalism with postmodern deconstruction to unearth Ireland's mythological unconscious.

This book introduces “paleo-postmodernism” to define Tom Mac Intyre’s unique literary project: fusing Yeatsian revivalism with postmodern deconstruction to unearth Ireland’s mythological unconscious.

Apocryphal and Literary Influences on Galway Diasporic History

By: Gay Lynch

£39.99

This book reveals how apocryphal stories shape collective memory. It traces an Irish myth through generations to a convict's play in Australia and a modern novel, drawing on unpublished sources to solve the historical mystery of the playwright's disappearance.

This book reveals how apocryphal stories shape collective memory. It traces an Irish myth through generations to a convict’s play in Australia and a modern novel, drawing on unpublished sources to solve the historical mystery of the playwright’s disappearance.

About Face

Depicting the Self in the Written and Visual Arts

Edited By: Elena Bellina, Lindsay Eufusia, Paola Ugolini

£39.99

How do we represent ourselves and the cultures we live in? To represent the self is to create it. This book explores the multifaceted nature of self-representation from the Middle Ages to contemporary culture through literature, philosophy, and the visual arts.

French Orientalism

Culture, Politics, and the Imagined Other

Edited By: Desmond Hosford, Chong J. Wojtkowski

£39.99

This volume challenges the canonic approach to French Orientalism. Broadening the scope of enquiry from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, it uses new theoretical perspectives to question, subvert, and resituate canonic theories and their global consequences.

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