Social Sciences

The Notion of Mission in Karl Barth’s Ecclesiology

By: Wessel Bentley

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Confronted by 21st-century challenges, the church must re-examine its mission. This book explores Karl Barth’s ecclesiology, considering the church’s relationships with God, other religions, and the State to remind it of its missionary function in the world.

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber

Manon Lescaut

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

£39.99

19th-century French composer Auber and librettist Scribe formed one of musical history's most successful partnerships. Their opera *Manon Lescaut* features a unique final scene: a powerfully expressive dramatic symphony of simple grandeur and real emotion.

19th-century French composer Auber and librettist Scribe formed one of musical history’s most successful partnerships. Their opera *Manon Lescaut* features a unique final scene: a powerfully expressive dramatic symphony of simple grandeur and real emotion.

Visa Stories

Experiences between Law and Migration

Edited By: Bahriye Kemal, Filippo Menozzi, Tinashe Mushakavanhu

£39.99

This volume introduces the visa narrative, a new literary genre recovering migrant voices. Through powerful testimonies, it counters the myth of global free movement, revealing a stark reality of immobility, distrust, and misunderstanding.

The Local Meets the Global in Performance

Edited By: Pirkko Koski, Melissa Sihra

£39.99

This anthology explores how theatre functions at the interstices of local and global networks. It offers diverse critical viewpoints to argue that the local and global should not be regarded in opposition but as entangled, a potent force of expression and resistance.

The 1960s in Australia

People, Power and Politics

Edited By: Shirleene Robinson, Julie Ustinoff

£39.99

The 1960s is a heavily mythologised decade. This collection challenges that myth, showing that not everyone in Australia experienced it the same way. Expert historians explore the complex social realities, power, and politics of this significant time.

Modernising Agrifood Chains in China

Implications for Rural Development

By: Scott Waldron

£39.99

China faces major challenges in agricultural development. While it seeks to fast-track high-value agrifood chains, this book's case study finds a more viable and inclusive strategy is to incrementally develop mid-value chains through facilitative policies.

China faces major challenges in agricultural development. While it seeks to fast-track high-value agrifood chains, this book’s case study finds a more viable and inclusive strategy is to incrementally develop mid-value chains through facilitative policies.

The Body Unbound

Philosophical Perspectives on Politics, Embodiment and Religion

Edited By: Marius Timmann Mjaaland, Ola Sigurdson, Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir

£39.99

A philosophical inquiry into politics, embodiment, and religion confronts notorious contemporary issues, from suicide bombing to biopolitics. Contributors uncover resources to unbind a body which has been doubly bound by history, law, and culture.

Just Images

Ethics and the Cinematic

Edited By: Boaz Hagin, Sandra Meiri, Raz Yosef

£39.99

This collection of essays explores the role ethics plays in the study of moving images. Scholars discuss how film engages with history, politics, trauma, and representations of the Other to reshape our thoughts on subjects like terrorism and conflict.

Fiction, Crime, and the Feminine

Edited By: Rédouane Abouddahab

£39.99

In today's crime fiction, women are the criminals, not just the victims. The genre forsakes the simple "whodunnit," instead exploring the lure of violence and leaving a chilling sense of unrest.

In today’s crime fiction, women are the criminals, not just the victims. The genre forsakes the simple “whodunnit,” instead exploring the lure of violence and leaving a chilling sense of unrest.

Reconceptualising the Divide

Identity, Memory, and Nationalism in Sino-Japanese Relations

Edited By: Victor Teo

£39.99

Despite vibrant economic relations, Sino-Japanese relations remain strained. This book focuses on the neglected “ideational” forces—memories, identities, and nationalism—that synthesize with domestic politics to shape the future of these two giants.

Storm and Dissonance

L. M. Montgomery and Conflict

Edited By: Jean Mitchell

£39.99

This collection of essays explores the darker side of L.M. Montgomery’s fiction and life writing. Her gentle landscapes and optimistic stories often contain undercurrents of anger, loss, and violence, providing new insights into her complex work.

Studying Language through Literature

An Old Perspective Revisited and Something More

By: Emilia Di Martino, Bruna Di Sabato

£39.99

This book invites readers to reconsider literary texts for language study. Arguing that literary language is language in its utmost form, it offers insights and suggestions on using fiction, poetry, drama, and translation for your greatest benefit.

Ideological Stylistics and Fictional Discourse

By: Ganakumaran Subramaniam

£39.99

This book explores the link between textual ideologies and real ideologies in Malaysian and Singaporean fiction. It introduces "ideological stylistics," a linguistic approach to revealing themes of race, identity, and belonging in these literary traditions.

This book explores the link between textual ideologies and real ideologies in Malaysian and Singaporean fiction. It introduces “ideological stylistics,” a linguistic approach to revealing themes of race, identity, and belonging in these literary traditions.

Constructing and Sharing Memory

Community Informatics, Identity and Empowerment

Edited By: Larry Stillman

£39.99

Community Informatics uses information and communication technologies for positive social change, particularly with disadvantaged communities. This volume brings together valuable international perspectives on community memory, technologies, and societal good.

Classical Morality in International Peremptory Criminal Law

By: Farhad Malekian

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This book argues that if law is not underpinned by a moral understanding, the moral law itself is violated. It objects to impunity for those who contravene international peremptory criminal law, reaffirming universal principles of truth, equality, and the essential value of man.

Kathy Acker and Transnationalism

Edited By: Polina Mackay, Kathryn Nicol

£39.99

Kathy Acker’s fictions prefigured our contemporary world. This collection of essays analyzes transnationalism in her work, locating her in current debates on postnationalism and global identity—a timely re-appraisal of an important American writer.

Perspectives on Creativity

Volume 2

Edited By: Lynn DellaPietra

£39.99

This unique interdisciplinary volume examines creativity from multiple viewpoints. Contributions from writers, therapists, artists, and scholars explore the creative process, the psychology of artists, creativity in therapy, and its link to mood and perception.

British Decolonisation, 1918-1984

Edited By: Richard Davis

£39.99

Few subjects are more controversial or important to today’s world than the British Empire. Using case studies, this book examines how the Empire ended, how independence was won and resisted, and what its collapse tells us about its legacy.

(Re)Creating Science in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Edited By: Amanda Mordavsky Caleb

£39.99

This collection reconsiders the history of science in nineteenth-century Britain. Moving away from a Darwin-focused history, these interdisciplinary essays offer fresh insights into scientific development through history, religion, literature, and art.

Pursuits and Joys

Great Victorian Antiquarians and Intellects

Edited By: Heather Sebire

£39.99

This volume is a collection of updated papers exploring the remarkable Lukis family and their contemporaries. It examines their pioneering work and the evolution of archaeology as a discipline in the nineteenth century across Britain and Europe.

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