Social Sciences

Commitment to Musical Excellence

The 75 Year History of the Gustavus Choir

By: David Holdhusen

£39.99

For 75 years, the internationally recognized Gustavus Choir has built a heritage of choral music rooted in the a cappella tradition. This book chronicles the ensemble’s history, the legacy of its six conductors, and its unwavering commitment to musical excellence.

Art and Time

By: Derek Allan

£39.99

How do great works of art live on long after their cultures have vanished? This book rejects the idea that art is simply timeless. It argues that art transcends time through a process of metamorphosis, posing a major challenge to traditional aesthetics.

The Face of the Other in Anglo-American Literature

Edited By: Marija Knežević

£39.99

Has 20th-century theory failed us? In a world of resurgent bigotry, this book seeks new phenomenological ways to understand the Other.

The Astronaut

Cultural Mythology and Idealised Masculinity

By: Dario Llinares

£39.99

Analysing diverse cultural representations, this book reveals how the astronaut became a revered icon. It shows the construction of a mythology through which the astronaut embodies American ideological values and an idealised, hegemonic masculinity.

In Search of the Medieval Voice

Expressions of Identity in the Middle Ages

Edited By: Lorna Bleach, Katariina Närä, Sian Prosser

£39.99

This collection of articles is an intriguing way of looking at medieval identity. Reaching beyond literature, this book examines the authorial and pictorial voice, the voice of national identity, and even the physical attributes a medieval voice may have had.

Computation, Information, Cognition

The Nexus and the Liminal

Edited By: Gordana Dodig Crnkovic, Susan Stuart

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This book explores the philosophical and scientific questions at the intersections of computing, information, and cognition through essays on bioinformation, cognitive science, ontology, computational linguistics, ethics, and education.

Shifting Positionalities

The Local and International Geo-Politics of Surveillance and Policing

Edited By: Aaron Tobler, María Amelia Viteri

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Shifting Positionalities examines the surveillance of sexual, racial, and ethnic identities in the post-9/11 era. It reveals how individuals and communities utilize techniques of actively resisting the policing of their daily lives across borders.

Islands and Britishness

A Global Perspective

Edited By: Jodie Matthews

£39.99

What does it mean to be an islander? This collection explores the complex relationship between islands and Britain, examining how empire, tourism, and language shape identity from Jersey to Jamaica, offering a global perspective on Britishness.

Evil in Contemporary French and Francophone Literature

Edited By: Scott M. Powers

£39.99

This collection offers an international perspective on evil in contemporary French literature. Essays explore how authors give account of human catastrophes—from genocide to terrorism—investigating the origins of evil and the ethics of writing on suffering.

Africa’s Finances

The Contribution of Remittances

Edited By: Raj Bardouille, Muna Ndulo

£39.99

Remittances to developing countries exceed development aid. This volume explores their contribution to Africa’s finances and provides guidelines to expand them, examining resources from money transfers and new technologies to skills remitted by the diaspora.

James Joyce and After

Writer and Time

Edited By: Katarzyna Bazarnik, Bożena Kucała

£39.99

This volume of essays examines time in literature, from the modernist revolution initiated by Joyce to the present. It offers new readings of Joyce’s work and explores subjective time in writers like Coetzee and collective experience in post-9/11 fiction.

‘A Storme Out of Wales’

The Second Civil War in South Wales, 1648

By: Robert Matthews

£39.99

This is the first detailed study of the 1648 revolt in Wales, covering the Battle of St. Fagans and Cromwell’s campaign. It offers a radical reinterpretation: not a Royalist uprising, but a localist revolt against a centralising government.

The Minorities of Cyprus

Development Patterns and the Identity of the Internal-Exclusion

Edited By: Nicholas Coureas, Marina Elia, Andrekos Varnava

£39.99

This book examines the history of Cyprus's minorities: Maronites, Armenians, and Latins. It charts their evolving relationship with the dominant Greek and Turkish communities, their subsequent ‘internal exclusion’, and what the future holds for them.

This book examines the history of Cyprus’s minorities: Maronites, Armenians, and Latins. It charts their evolving relationship with the dominant Greek and Turkish communities, their subsequent ‘internal exclusion’, and what the future holds for them.

Heroes, Monsters and Values

Science Fiction Films of the 1970s

Edited By: Michael Berman, Rohit Dalvi

£39.99

This anthology of essays on 1970s sci-fi films from Alien to Zardoz explores what it means to be human. Challenging our ideas on heroism, technology, and morality, this is an enlightening work for science fiction and film enthusiasts.

The Influence of Mikhail Bakhtin on the Formation and Development of the Yale School of Deconstruction

By: Julio Peiró Sempere

£39.99

This book explores the origins of American literary deconstruction through the work of Mikhail M. Bakhtin. By comparing Bakhtin to the Yale School, it offers a new point of departure for one of the most influential movements in literary theory.

Between Jihad and McWorld

Voices of Social Justice, Papers presented at a Conference with Benjamin Barber

Edited By: David Perusek

£39.99

Inspired by Benjamin Barber's bestseller *Jihad vs. McWorld*, contributors grapple with inequality, democracy, and power in our times. Barber joins them with an insightful essay on democracy and terrorism in a world shaped by globalization and conflict.

Inspired by Benjamin Barber’s bestseller *Jihad vs. McWorld*, contributors grapple with inequality, democracy, and power in our times. Barber joins them with an insightful essay on democracy and terrorism in a world shaped by globalization and conflict.

Visual Conflicts

On the Formation of Political Memory in the History of Art and Visual Cultures

Edited By: Paul Fox, Gil Paternak

£39.99

This collection of essays explores how visual cultures engage with armed conflict and violence. Each author considers how visual representations of conflict across various media—from painting to photography—shape the meanings of events, identity, and memory.

“Who Am I?” Historical Narrative and Subjectivity in Anna Banti’s Camicia bruciata

By: Lucy Delogu

£39.99

This book investigates Anna Banti’s contribution to a female literary canon and the renewal of the Italian historical novel. Focusing on her novel La camicia bruciata, it shows how Banti's personal experience of marriage and motherhood influenced her narrative.

This book investigates Anna Banti’s contribution to a female literary canon and the renewal of the Italian historical novel. Focusing on her novel La camicia bruciata, it shows how Banti’s personal experience of marriage and motherhood influenced her narrative.

Science and American Literature in the 20th and 21st Centuries

From Henry Adams to John Adams

Edited By: Frédéric Dumas, Ronan Ludot-Vlasak, Claire Maniez

£39.99

This book explores the uneasy relationship between American literature and science. It examines how scientific discourse informs literary writing, from the history of science and neurosciences to the ethics of progress and the influence of digital technology.

In, Out and Beyond

Studies on Border Confrontations, Resolutions and Encounters

Edited By: Antonio Medina-Rivera, Lee Wilberschied

£39.99

These essays from international scholars examine border experiences. Redefining the borderland beyond the territorial, this collection explores cultural, political, and personal encounters through an interdisciplinary discussion between the humanities and social sciences.

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