Social Sciences

Life and Work of Pauline Viardot Garcia, vol. I

The Years of Fame 1836-1863 Second Edition

By: Barbara Kendall-Davies

£54.99

Once famous, now obscure, Pauline Viardot Garcia was one of the most important singers of the 19th century. A superb singer, composer, and pianist, she was a muse to composers, a friend of Chopin and George Sand, and loved by Ivan Turgenev.

The Future of Ecocriticism

New Horizons

Edited By: Serpil Oppermann, Ufuk Özdağ, Nevin Özkan

£54.99

How can we mitigate society’s destructive behaviors? The Future of Ecocriticism: New Horizons brings together the latest articles from leading scholars, offering a special focus on Turkish ecocriticism and a concluding dialogue among the editors.

Philosophy and the Abrahamic Religions

Scriptural Hermeneutics and Epistemology

Edited By: Rahim Acar, Bilal Bas, Torrance Kirby

£54.99

From Greco-Roman Antiquity, philosophy and religious thought were inseparably interwoven. These essays explore how the three Abrahamic religions interacted on the common ground of Greek philosophy, creating similar patterns of thought on crucial concepts.

Byron and Latin Culture

Selected Proceedings of the 37th International Byron Society Conference

Edited By: Peter Cochran

£54.99

This collection of papers details the huge influence of Latin poets on Byron. His borrowings, imitations, and parodies are catalogued in unprecedented detail, revealing how classical writers inspired *Don Juan*. Also explores Byron's influence on European art.

St. Lucian Kwéyòl on St. Croix

A Study of Language Choice and Attitudes

By: Edward Mitchell

£54.99

This work reviews theories of creolization and provides a new case study of St. Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl) speakers on St. Croix. It examines questions of language choice, language attitudes, and ethnolinguistic identity in a multilingual minority community.

Dimensions of Goodness

Edited By: Vittorio Hösle

£54.99

In a rare convergence of perspectives, experts from philosophy, history, science, and law address crucial moral issues. This volume explores the nature of goodness in areas from bioethics to economics, invaluable for a common reflection on our values.

Cinema and Intermediality

The Passion for the In-Between

By: Ágnes Pethő

£54.99

This book investigates what the “inter-” of “intermediality” entails in cinema. Essays explore how film positions itself “in-between” media and arts through analyses of directors like Hitchcock, Antonioni, Godard, and Varda.

Vantage Theory

A View on Language, Cognition and Categorization

Edited By: Adam Głaz, Marnie L. Moist

£54.99

This book introduces Vantage Theory, Robert E. MacLaury's model of categorization. The theory views categorization as constructing a point of view, by analogy to how humans orient in space-time. The volume includes MacLaury's unpublished studies and new research.

This book introduces Vantage Theory, Robert E. MacLaury’s model of categorization. The theory views categorization as constructing a point of view, by analogy to how humans orient in space-time. The volume includes MacLaury’s unpublished studies and new research.

Coming Home?

Conflict and Return Migration in Post-Civil War Europe of the Twentieth-Century and in the Context of France and North Africa, 1962–2009, in Two Volumes

Edited By: Sharif Gemie, Norry LaPorte

£54.99

The wars of the twentieth century created the refugee. Forced displacement, in turn, created its own conflicts. This series explores the complex relationship between conflict, return migration, and the compelling, often elusive, search for a sense of home.

Reflection, Change, and Reconstruction in the Context of Educational Reform and Innovation in China

Towards an Integrated Framework Centred on Reflective Teaching Practice for EFL Teachers’ Professional Development

By: Yuhong Jiang

£54.99

This book explores how reflective teaching transforms the thinking and classroom practice of Chinese university EFL teachers. It offers a new perspective on professional development and is a unique resource for teachers, teacher educators, and researchers.

Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters in China, Japan and Beyond

Edited By: Adenrele Awotona

£54.99

Leading scholars examine lessons learned and best practices in post-disaster rebuilding, reducing the impact of disasters on communities in China, Japan, and worldwide. This volume consists of selected papers and invited contributions on the topic.

Language Teachers’ Stories from their Professional Knowledge Landscapes

Edited By: Lesley Harbon, Robyn Moloney

£54.99

The fourteen narratives in this text bring together both language teachers’ stories and political stories of the problems of school programs and contexts. They are framed by the work of Clandinin and Connelly (1996) and their notion of ‘levels’ of stories told by teachers.

Crossing Textual Boundaries in International Children’s Literature

Edited By: Lance Weldy

£54.99

Believing ‘no text is an island,’ this book explores intertextuality and transformation. It examines texts—especially children's literature—that traverse boundaries of genre, medium, and geography, with essays from a wide range of international scholars.

Believing ‘no text is an island,’ this book explores intertextuality and transformation. It examines texts—especially children’s literature—that traverse boundaries of genre, medium, and geography, with essays from a wide range of international scholars.

Authority and Gender in Medieval and Renaissance Chronicles

Edited By: Juliana Dresvina, Nicholas Sparks

£54.99

This collection traces themes of authority and gender in chronicles from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. With contributions from leading specialists, this study spans medieval Europe, drawing on evidence from language, literature, history, and art.

Central Europe on the Threshold of the 21st Century

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Challenges in Politics and Society

Edited By: Adam Jarosz, Krzysztof Olszewski

£54.99

This book discusses Central Europe's transforming political, economic and social landscape. It is a useful source of knowledge on this “undiscovered island” in contemporary international relations.

This book discusses Central Europe’s transforming political, economic and social landscape. It is a useful source of knowledge on this “undiscovered island” in contemporary international relations.

Alternative Voices

(Re)searching Language, Culture, Identity …

Edited By: Imtiaz Hasnain

£54.99

This volume presents Alternative Voices, exploring the complex links between language, culture, and identity in our globalised world. This research challenges the “monolingual bias” in the Language Sciences, analyzing complexities inadequately covered.

Studies in Language and Cognition

Edited By: Mats Andrén, Marlene Johansson Falck, Jordan Zlatev

£54.99

The studies in this volume treat language not in isolation, but as based on cognition and affecting the human mind. Covering fields from grammar and metaphor to gesture and pragmatics, this is a valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary field of Language and Cognition.

Nazi Ideology and Ethics

Edited By: Wolfgang Bialas, Lothar Fritze

£54.99

This volume explores the ethics of National Socialism, from its ideology of racial warfare and “euthanasia” killings to the moral convictions of perpetrators who acted with a “good conscience.” It connects Nazi ideology to current ethical challenges.

Pragmatic Perspectives on Language and Linguistics Volume I

Speech Actions in Theory and Applied Studies

Edited By: Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka

£54.99

This collection of essays critically examines linguistic action and how we “do things with words”. Representing different pragmatic approaches, the texts include theoretical discussions, case studies, reports on experimental pragmatics, and corpus studies.

Francophone Cultures and Geographies of Identity

Edited By: Zsuzsanna Fagyal, H Adlai Murdoch

£54.99

This collection of essays challenges French-centered conceptions of francophonie. It proposes a pluricentric view, reading cultural forms from the Caribbean, Africa, and Quebec as products of their own contexts, revealing a Frenchness that is truly plural.

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