Social Sciences

Historia

Profiles of the Historical Impulse

By: Frederic Will

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Historia is a series of observations on temporality, the practice of writing history, and the histories all things accumulate. The book does not define historia, but views the term from many angles to refresh the reader’s sense of the historical.

Gender Agenda Matters

Papers of the "Feminist Section" of the International Meetings of The Society of Biblical Literature

Edited By: Irmtraud Fischer

£47.99

Feminism has often been declared dead. This volume offers vivid proof that feminist studies have not lost their appeal, bringing together fresh and interesting research from young scholars. It shows that gender agendas still matter, especially when feminism is a political aim.

Global Safari

Checking In and Checking Out in Pursuit of World Wisdoms, the American Dream, and Cosmocitizenship

By: Zekeh Gbotokuma

£73.99

Global Safari is a memoir-travelogue chronicling a journey from a local village in the Congo to the global village. It is a story of courage, international friendship, hope, and homecoming—the quest and conquest of a new self through transits and transitions.

Islamic Economics

Basic Concepts, New Thinking and Future Directions

Edited By: Taha Eğri, Necmettin Kizilkaya

£47.99

Co-opted by the existing system, "Islamic economics" has become limited to finance, its potential overlooked. This book examines the debate from various perspectives to lay a firm foundation for contemporary socio-economic issues.

Co-opted by the existing system, “Islamic economics” has become limited to finance, its potential overlooked. This book examines the debate from various perspectives to lay a firm foundation for contemporary socio-economic issues.

Africa’s Many Divides and Africa’s Future

Pursuing Nkrumah`s Vision of Pan-Africanism in an Era of Globalization

Edited By: Vincent Dodoo, Charles Quist-Adade, Wendy Royal

£57.99

"If in the past the Sahara divided us, now it unites us," Kwame Nkrumah declared. Determined to bridge Africa’s many divides, he proposed a pan-African government. This collection of papers contextualizes his vision in an era of globalization.

“If in the past the Sahara divided us, now it unites us,” Kwame Nkrumah declared. Determined to bridge Africa’s many divides, he proposed a pan-African government. This collection of papers contextualizes his vision in an era of globalization.

In the Iberian Peninsula and Beyond

A History of Jews and Muslims (15th-17th Centuries) Vols. 1 & 2

Edited By: Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros, Lúcia Liba Mucznik, José Alberto R. Silva Tavim

£73.99

Beginning with the forced conversion of Iberian Jews and Muslims, these volumes examine the effects on their diasporas, focusing on approaches from language and culture to identity discourses and interchanges between those communities.

Governing Sex, Building the Nation

The Politics of Prostitution in Postcolonial Taiwan (1945-1979)

By: Wan-Chen Yen

£47.99

Exploring the sexual politics of Chinese nationalism in Taiwan, this book focuses on the politicisation of prostitution and its role in postcolonial nationhood. It uncovers the interlinkages between colonialism, prostitution and nationalism in East Asia.

40 Years are Nothing

History and memory of the 1973 coups d’état in Uruguay and Chile

Edited By: Fernando López

£41.99

The 1973 coups in Uruguay and Chile ushered in a new kind of dictatorship. Through state terror and ideological genocide, they imposed radical neoliberal systems whose brutal legacies continue to shape both nations today.

Operetta

A Sourcebook, Volume II

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

£62.99

Explore the world of operetta, from Vienna and Paris to London and Broadway. This essential guide profiles the genre's principal composers with biographies, detailed work lists, and selected synopses of their iconic stage works.

Explore the world of operetta, from Vienna and Paris to London and Broadway. This essential guide profiles the genre’s principal composers with biographies, detailed work lists, and selected synopses of their iconic stage works.

Building Stronger Communities with Children and Families

Edited By: Karl Brettig, Margaret Sims

£47.99

This book shows how a whole of community approach can redesign inadequate services to support families. Drawing on research and experience, it provides key ingredients to break cycles of trauma and build communities where children can flourish.

Violence and Dystopia

Mimesis and Sacrifice in Contemporary Western Dystopian Narratives

By: Daniel Cojocaru

£52.99

A critical examination of imitative desire, scapegoating, and sacrifice in contemporary dystopian narratives through the lens of René Girard’s mimetic theory. It analyzes works by J.G. Ballard, Chuck Palahniuk, Margaret Atwood, and Will Self.

Ancient Epic

Literary and Linguistic Essays

Edited By: Concepción Cabrillana, Cecilia Criado, Mercedes Díaz de Cerio Díez

£47.99

This book adopts a broad approach to the Epic, from archaic Greece to imperial Rome, with comparisons to Vedic, Sanskrit, and Medieval poetry. It explores the hero, the bard, and myth, and traces the influence of Homer on authors like Virgil, Ovid, and Seneca.

Rethinking Kant

Volume 4

Edited By: Pablo Muchnik, Oliver Thorndike

From £34.99

This text represents a mirror of Kantian studies in North America. It gathers papers presented at the various study groups of the North American Kant Society, along with contributions from hosts, session chairs, and keynote speakers.

Characterisation in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses

Nine Studies

Edited By: Stephen Harrison

£41.99

In the first volume on characterisation in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, distinguished international scholars explore the novel’s significant human and divine figures. This book is a substantial contribution to the interpretation of the most important Latin novel to survive complete.

Emerging Services Sector and Inclusiveness

Evidence from India

Edited By: Pralok Gupta

£47.99

India’s services sector drives GDP and exports, but its failure to create jobs questions its inclusive growth. This book analyzes the sector's role in the Indian economy, examining key issues like employment, trade, and foreign direct investment.

India’s services sector drives GDP and exports, but its failure to create jobs questions its inclusive growth. This book analyzes the sector’s role in the Indian economy, examining key issues like employment, trade, and foreign direct investment.

Consuming St. Patrick’s Day

By: Dominic Bryan, Jonathan Skinner

£47.99

On St. Patrick’s Day, ‘Everyone is Irish’. But how is this day celebrated, consumed, and contested around the world? This volume explores its global appeal and how it has been commoditized, from the symbolic and religious to the political.

Politics in Crisis?

Edited By: Jana Jonasova, Ekaterina Kolpinskaya, Marie Paxton

£41.99

Challenging the assumption that politics is in crisis, this volume explores crises in political institutions, action, and theory. It is an engaging read for anyone interested in democratic deficit, political transformation, and systems of governance.

iPads in Higher Education

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on the Use of iPads in Higher Education (ihe2014)

Edited By: Claire Pillar, Nicos Souleles

£52.99

This book will be useful to academics in any discipline interested in using iPads in teaching and learning, irrespective of the scale of implementation. The contributions cover a wide range of academic areas, from Urban Planning and Biology to Art and Design.

Music on Stage

Edited By: Fiona Jane Schopf

£47.99

Music on Stage presents papers on opera, the Musical, and performance practice. The collection covers a wide spectrum, from historic works by Wagner to Sondheim, also exploring the gestalt of music and text and the training of the actor-musician.

Recruitment Advertising as an Instrument of Employer Branding

A Linguistic Perspective

By: Jolanta Łącka-Badura

£47.99

This linguistic analysis investigates job advertising as an instrument of employer branding. It demonstrates how job ads constitute a distinct promotional genre, using persuasive language and organisational values to project and reinforce the employer brand.

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