This book analyzes multilingual academic writing through translanguaging, examining the disparity between thinking in one language and writing in another. It offers practical strategies for educators to acknowledge student voices and identities, decolonizing academic writing.
Discover realist painter Clark Hulings (1922-2011), an artist whose subject was work—daily life in ancient places grappling with modernity. This book highlights the beauty and empathy of his paintings and discusses the work ethic that took him to the summit of realist technique.
War has been a dominant theme in Australian history, but there is an alternative story. In every conflict, war resisters and conscientious objectors stood firm. They endured violence and prison, branded as cowards, yet showed it took a special type of courage to resist war.
Psychology and Culture
This book uniquely explores clinical psychology and psychoanalysis from a cross-cultural perspective. It covers topics from personality disorders and suicide to cultural emotions and dream interpretation, offering vital insights for psychologists and culture enthusiasts alike.
This book challenges the assumption that Islamism and democracy are incompatible. Drawing from fieldwork in post-Suharto Indonesia, it reveals how these forces can coexist through contestation and compromise, with implications for Muslim-majority countries.
This advanced text on formal logic covers semantics, axiomatics, and proofs of soundness, completeness, and Gödel’s theorems. It also discusses the pictorial semantics of logic diagrams, the evaluation of everyday argumentation, and Nether Logic, the logic of falsehood.
GeoPolitics and the Media in Asia and the Pacific
This book examines how the media’s adversarial culture ferments geo-political battles across the Asia-Pacific. It questions militaristic reporting, critiques Western narratives like the ‘rules-based order’, and provides guidelines for reporting without a militarist mindset.
After the Genocides
A sweeping memoir of the author’s Jewish and Armenian families, this account moves from genocide and the Cold War to his work with American and Russian leaders to prevent nuclear war, culminating in his organization winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
Florence’s English Cemetery, 1827-1877
The restoration of Florence’s English Cemetery reveals the stories of foreign non-Catholics buried there from 1827-1877. It is a democracy in death, where writers like Elizabeth Barrett Browning, artists, and former slaves lie alongside nobility and royalty.
This is the first book to critically examine the relationship between England and Greece, and how England has influenced modern Greece—not always for the better. Written by a former diplomat of dual heritage, it reveals the true story, warts and all, up to the present day.
Thinking of Thinking
This book explores what is exciting about thinking. How we think contributes to developing meaning-in-life and enhances relationships. The quality of our thinking enriches the connection between our inner and external worlds, propelling spiritual development and insight.
Just as pollution disrupts nature, toxic cultural elements erode society. This book provides a roadmap to reverse this decay, starting with individual empowerment and self-leadership to rebuild our communities and foster sustainable leadership.
The True Secret of Evolution
The concept of evolution has evolved. We have moved from an evolution based on competition to one that admits collaboration between species and their environment. The old scheme, used to justify the prevalence of one people over another, now shows its limits.
Gratitude and Palliative Care
Surprisingly, gratitude persists even at the end of life. This book explores profound gratitude in palliative care. Blending clinical experience and philosophy, it examines the transformative power of gratitude for patients, families, and professionals amidst serious illness.
This book analyzes the financial, economic, educational, and technological drivers of environmental sustainability from a global perspective. It presents findings and recommendations useful for researchers and policy-makers to advance sustainable development.
Custodians of Purity
This book integrates anthropological rigour with a personal quest for truth. Through the stories of four women in the Brahma Kumaris, it explores purity as a transformative force, revealing a path to profound self-respect, peace, and spiritual authenticity.
This book documents the effort of Barbados’s black-nationalist political elite to take control of the island’s petroleum resources. In a direct challenge to the white planter class, this brazen and defiant stand against colonialism was filled with political risk for the island.
Classroom Practice and Teacher Cognition
This collection bridges the gap between abstract research and classroom practice. Written by full-time language educators, it presents accessible findings from their own teaching that will resonate with both practicing teachers and academics.
Master unpredictable English pronunciation. This book demystifies the rules of English sounds for non-native learners, helping you improve your speech. Includes practical exercises with corrections, making it an essential guide for both students and teachers.
Learn about the most recent developments in English Language Teaching. Aimed at academics and educators, this book explores contemporary ideas and approaches, from creative techniques to cutting-edge technologies, providing theoretical foundations and real-world applications.