College Coaches and Teaching Civil Society Literacy
A treasure is hidden on college campuses: the expertise coaches acquire in uniting people with different interests. This is vital for General Education, yet coaches are often ineligible to teach. The author charts a path for bringing them “off the bench” and into the classroom.
Luminaries of Investigative Fiction
Unlock the secrets of the masters. This unique study dissects the prose of Conan Doyle, Fleming, and le Carré, revealing the techniques they used to build realistic worlds and define the modern spy and detective genres. Learn how they made fiction unputdownable.
This book challenges conventional definitions of success. It argues that essential human work like caregiving is deeply undervalued in modern economies. By re-evaluating what we celebrate, this work calls for systemic change to build more inclusive and sustainable societies.
Green Human Resource Management in Financial Institutions
This book explores how human capital can drive sustainability in the financial sector. It offers practical Green HRM strategies, frameworks, and case studies for leaders seeking to align people practices with environmental goals and enhance ESG performance.
Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity
This book explores teaching English and interdisciplinarity, engaging with issues that go beyond the strictly ‘literary’. Including chapters on film, feminist, and cultural studies, this collection provides a global perspective to widen horizons for academics and researchers.
Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan
Based on intensive fieldwork in Iraqi Kurdistan, this book presents a complete picture of the situation for Christians and Yezidis following the defeat of ISIS. It includes voices of church leaders and ordinary citizens, academic articles, and detailed interview transcripts.
Psychology, Interregna and the Struggle for New Orders
When an old order collapses and a new one is yet to emerge, “monsters” arise. This book decodes the psychological and economic dynamics of systemic instability, providing a critical lens to understand the populist surges and digital disruptions shaping the future.
Re-reading Kazantzakis’s Askitiki
Emerging and established scholars plunge into the abyss of Kazantzakis’s most arresting philosophical treatise, Askitiki. This volume sheds new light on one of his most misunderstood works, bringing fresh voices to the study of one of Greece’s most important figures.
Undoing the Visual Arts Since 1960
This timely study assesses how contemporary art replaced the artistic medium with art as text. The rise of the institutional theory of art, its academisation, and an ideological agenda made contemporary art immune from criticism—completing the undoing of visual art.
This book highlights the core importance of metacognition in improving English reading at the university level. It shows that acquiring cognitive and metacognitive strategies requires explicit instruction, offering insights and implications to enhance EFL reading performance.
A Culture of Endless Consumption
This provocative book challenges our relationship to possessions, value, and identity. It explores how things have come to define our sense of self and what lies behind our endless consumption, revealing how our material world shapes our well-being and ecological futures.
William Stevens Fielding was one of Canada’s most influential statesmen. From journalist to premier of Nova Scotia, he became Laurier’s finance minister and heir apparent, negotiating the 1911 free trade agreement before returning as finance minister under Mackenzie King.
2D-Nanophotocatalysts for Hydrogen Generation
This book explores 2D nanomaterials in photocatalytic hydrogen generation for clean, sustainable energy. It covers principles, synthesis, and enhancement strategies for materials like graphene and TMDs, while also exploring applications in CO2 reduction and future challenges.
Non-Financial Information
This guide to corporate sustainability disclosure links theory with real-world practice. It offers practical tools to interpret sustainability data, unpacking not just how companies report but what can be inferred, giving readers a deeper understanding of corporate transparency.
Statements of Truth
This book proposes to make explicit the information that enables us to assert a declarative sentence. Those interested in the philosophy of language will find a fresh and unorthodox perspective on meaning and a non-metaphysical approach to various semantic issues and puzzles.
Interpretation is the medium through which the world becomes thinkable and shaped. This book journeys through domains from alchemy to dark matter and living ecologies, showing how meaning unfolds across time and scale. An invitation for readers who seek to cross boundaries.
This study examines the relationship between denominational affiliation, class and gender in Edinburgh between 1850 and 1905. Churches played a leading role in social reform, while religious revivals stimulated growth and philanthropy as an expression of faith.
Multilinguality, Vitality, and Endangerment
Languages are not lost; they are displaced. This book challenges conventional narratives by exploring why the Toda language is declining while Kota remains resilient. It demonstrates that language endangerment is a consequence of systemic marginalization, not modernization.
Why does technology integration in education still reflect traditional, teacher-centred methods? This book offers a practical guide for developing a learner-centred philosophy of teaching with technology by examining the core beliefs that guide educators’ decisions.
A Multimodal Exploration of Non-Fiction Read-Aloud Performances in English as an Additional Language
This book explores how non-fiction picturebooks can be mediated for children’s language education in an EAL context. It examines multimodal mediation, showing how storytellers use spoken language, gesture, and props to scaffold comprehension and invite active participation.