Social Sciences

Homo-Democraticus

On the Universal Desirability and the Not So Universal Possibility of Democracy and Human Rights

By: Filip Spagnoli

£39.99

This book offers a philosophical and pragmatic defence of the universal value of human rights and democracy. While the defence of universal human rights has a long tradition, this work makes the original case for the universal desirability of democracy itself.

Cuisine and Symbolic Capital

Food in Film and Literature

Edited By: Cheleen Mahar

£39.99

This collection of essays examines food in international film and literature, exploring how making, eating, and thinking about food reveals culture, mediates social relationships, and shapes cultural identity.

Educating the ‘Unconstant Rabble’

Arguments for Educational Advancement and Reform during the English Civil War and Interregnum

By: Ann McGruer

£39.99

The English Revolution was a revolution in reading. While the state sought to restrict access to potentially dangerous ideas, key thinkers argued for the opposite: extending education to equip the emerging ‘reading public’ to take an active part in political life.

Michael Foot and the Labour Leadership

By: Andrew Scott Crines

£39.99

Michael Foot’s leadership is often seen as a cataclysmic failure. This book argues that far from being a disaster, it contributed to the survival of the Labour Party as he emerged as a unity candidate against the divisive potential of radicals.

Gender and Trauma

Interdisciplinary Dialogues

Edited By: Fatima Festić

£39.99

These interdisciplinary essays explore the intersection of gender and trauma. Contributors analyze the links between the effects of trauma and the performance of gender, examining the roles of sex and sexual identity within this complex relationship.

New Developments in Financial Modelling

Edited By: Margarida Catalão-Lopes, Joaquim Pina, João O. Soares

£39.99

This volume joins authors from academia and practice to offer a multiplicity of issues and methodology in finance. It presents applied and theoretical work on banking, market microstructure, risk, and portfolio selection, useful for both practice and research.

The Threat of Geopolitics to International Relations

Obsession with the Heartland

By: William Mallinson, Zoran Ristic

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This text tears apart the simplistic thinking of geopolitics, proposing its replacement with the authors’ own method of ‘geohistory’. This new concept is based on recognising that at the base of any study and evaluation of the international situation lie human characteristics.

Women Moving Forward Volume Two

An Intersectional Lens for a Tapestry of Diverse Voices

Edited By: Raúl Fernández-Calienes

£39.99

A weaving of stories about hope, fortitude, and resilience. This collection shares narratives of the global movement of women towards empowerment, exploring the challenges they face as they move forward. This profound volume both inspires and challenges.

Women, Islam and Globalization in the Twenty-First Century

Edited By: Nilgun Anadolu-Okur

£39.99

This pioneering study explores the new female Muslim identity. Through interdisciplinary essays, it examines the daily struggles, challenges, choices, and rights of Muslim women globally, both within and outside the Muslim world, in the twenty-first century.

“How we’re going about it”

Teachers' Voices on Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning Languages

Edited By: Melinda Dooly, Diana Eastment

£39.99

This book connects research and practice by outlining innovative language teaching approaches from real teachers in real classrooms. It synthesizes theory and practice in an accessible way, providing authentic, grass-roots experiences from across the globe.

Canterbury

A Medieval City

Edited By: Catherine Royer-Hemet

£39.99

Since becoming the religious heart of the country in AD 597, Canterbury's fame has endured. This book explores its history, from illustrious figures like Thomas Becket and Chaucer to the lesser-known people and events that shaped its identity.

Since becoming the religious heart of the country in AD 597, Canterbury’s fame has endured. This book explores its history, from illustrious figures like Thomas Becket and Chaucer to the lesser-known people and events that shaped its identity.

Past and Future Vision of Veterinary Research

Study of Factors Affecting Racehorse Performance in Hong Kong

By: Kenneth Lam

£39.99

Based on extensive data research, this book details a new approach to enhancing racehorse welfare. It introduces an integrated technology for monitoring training and biometrics to assess injury risk, optimizing safety, performance, and racing integrity.

Microhistory and the Picaresque Novel

A First Exploration into Commensurable Perspectives

Edited By: Binne de Haan, Konstantin Mierau

£39.99

This is the first book to combine scholarship on the picaresque novel with microhistory. This innovative volume brings together expert scholars to reveal how microhistory can shed new light on classic novels and their marginal protagonists.

The Permanence of the Transient

Precariousness in Art

Edited By: Camila Maroja, Caroline Menezes, Fabrizio Poltroniere

£39.99

Precariousness in art may be transient, yet it instigates permanent changes. These interdisciplinary essays examine the traces of precariousness in contemporary art, locating it as an undercurrent and connective tissue across diverse areas of knowledge and life.

Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things

Cultural Perspectives on Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Edited By: Melissa Beattie, Ross P. Garner, Una McCormack

£39.99

These essays draw on a variety of critical approaches for a wide-ranging interdisciplinary discussion of Doctor Who, classic and new, and its spin-offs. This volume is accessible to everyone, from interested academics to the general public.

An [Un]Likely Alliance

Thinking Environment[s] with Deleuze/Guattari

Edited By: Bernd Herzogenrath

£39.99

This study explores 'environment' and 'ecology' in the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari. It is a call to think complexity, evading dualisms like nature vs. culture to conceptualize a radical, non-anthropocentric ecoscience.

This study explores ‘environment’ and ‘ecology’ in the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari. It is a call to think complexity, evading dualisms like nature vs. culture to conceptualize a radical, non-anthropocentric ecoscience.

Mapping Experience in Polish and Russian Women’s Writing

Edited By: Urszula Chowaniec

£39.99

This volume discusses the critical views of Polish and Russian women writers from the 19th to 21st centuries. The articles explore constructions of femininity, trauma, body, and sexuality, tracing the parallels and differences in their work.

Women’s Movements and Countermovements

The Quest for Gender Equality in Southeast Asia and the Middle East

Edited By: Claudia Derichs, Dana Fennert

£39.99

This volume explores women’s movements and their countermovements in Southeast Asia and North Africa. Covering case studies from Egypt, Indonesia, Morocco and Tunisia, it reveals the dominant pattern of Islamist movements countering the goals of women’s movements.

The Factors Shaping Entrepreneurial Intentions

By: Afsaneh Bagheri, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie

£39.99

This book explores the personal and environmental factors affecting university students’ entrepreneurial intentions. It provides insights for policymakers, educators, and students on developing entrepreneurial knowledge, skills, and career choices.

Environmental Psychology

Putting Research into Practice

By: Eddie Edgerton, Ombretta Romice, Christopher Spencer

£39.99

This book contains research papers in environment-behaviour studies that address a recurring debate: how can research findings be put into real-world practice? It outlines current views and suggestions on how to more effectively address this ‘research-practice’ relationship.

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