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Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy (2nd Edition)

Edited By: Philip Brownell

£39.99

A well-updated and comprehensive second edition, this handbook covers the philosophy, evolution, methodology and teaching of gestalt therapy, and exists as a valuable resource of contemporary research for both trainee therapists and advanced practitioners of the discipline.

The International Context of the Spanish Civil War

Edited By: Gaynor Johnson

£39.99

Essays by leading scholars examine the wider context of the Spanish Civil War. The chapters discuss major debates surrounding the conflict, including whether it was a 'dress rehearsal' for the Second World War.

Essays by leading scholars examine the wider context of the Spanish Civil War. The chapters discuss major debates surrounding the conflict, including whether it was a ‘dress rehearsal’ for the Second World War.

In the Mirror of the Past

Of Fantasy and History

Edited By: Tomasz Ratajczak, Bogdan Trocha

£39.99

Confronted by overwhelming events, we turn to myth. These essays discuss myth in modern speculative fiction, showing how fantasy becomes a mythic mirror in which we hope to see answers to vexing questions or a reality superior to our own.

Cosmic Order and Cultural Astronomy

Sacred Cities of India

By: Rana Singh

£39.99

In India, sacredscapes arise where culture, geography, and cosmos create transcendent power. This volume's essays explore cultural astronomy and cosmic order through case studies of sacred sites like Khajuraho, Gaya, Kashi, Vindhyachal, and Chitrakut.

In India, sacredscapes arise where culture, geography, and cosmos create transcendent power. This volume’s essays explore cultural astronomy and cosmic order through case studies of sacred sites like Khajuraho, Gaya, Kashi, Vindhyachal, and Chitrakut.

Love Ya Hate Ya

The Sociolinguistic Study of Youth Language and Youth Identities

Edited By: J. Normann Jørgensen

£39.99

This volume analyzes youth language as a tool for negotiating identity and social relations. Covering diverse groups from Argentina to Greenland, it finds surprising similarities and presents youth language as functional, socially valuable, and flexible.

Issues in Accents of English

Edited By: Ewa Waniek-Klimczak

£39.99

This book explores the variability of native and non-native English accents, questioning the very distinction between them. From a non-native perspective, it presents studies on pronunciation acquisition, teaching models, and pedagogical methods.

The Brief and Turbulent Life of Modernising Conservatism

By: Stuart Mitchell

From £19.99

In response to Britain’s economic decline, the Conservative Government of 1959-1964 effected a series of striking and controversial policy transformations. This book examines their ambitious aim: to fashion a modern nation and ensure their continuation in power.

Under the Microscope

The Secrets of the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks

By: Ji-hyun Philippa Kim, Sang-jin Park

£39.99

A wood anatomist’s study of the Tripitaka Koreana looks to physical evidence—the woodblocks themselves—for answers. The findings challenge so-called facts and offer insights into the creation, material, and miraculous conservation of this 13th-century artifact.

Scouting Frontiers

Youth and the Scout Movement’s First Century

Edited By: Nelson R. Block, Tammy M. Proctor

£39.99

Scouting Frontiers is the first book to discuss the history of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements on an international scale. It examines how the world's greatest youth movement transformed as it faced frontiers of nation, empire, religion, and gender.

Scouting Frontiers is the first book to discuss the history of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements on an international scale. It examines how the world’s greatest youth movement transformed as it faced frontiers of nation, empire, religion, and gender.

Orthodoxy, Modernity, and Authenticity

The Reception of Ernest Renan's "Life of Jesus" in Russia

By: Heather Bailey

£39.99

This book explores the Russian reception of Ernest Renan’s *Life of Jesus*. Renan's work had lasting appeal because it presented an alternative to both a strictly materialist worldview and an Orthodox one, allowing readers to accept modernity while retaining religious feeling.

This book explores the Russian reception of Ernest Renan’s *Life of Jesus*. Renan’s work had lasting appeal because it presented an alternative to both a strictly materialist worldview and an Orthodox one, allowing readers to accept modernity while retaining religious feeling.

The Children of Herodotus

Greek and Roman Historiography and Related Genres

Edited By: Jakub Pigoń

£39.99

This collection of essays by international scholars responds to a growing interest in ancient historiography. The volume focuses on historians' methods of approaching the non-Greek world and the political dimension of Roman imperial historiography.

This collection of essays by international scholars responds to a growing interest in ancient historiography. The volume focuses on historians’ methods of approaching the non-Greek world and the political dimension of Roman imperial historiography.

Female Labour Force Participation and Economic Development in West Papua

By: Julius Ary Mollet

£39.99

This innovative book provides an empirical analysis of indigenous and non-indigenous female labour and economic development in West Papua, examining the key determinants of female labour force participation.

Occupational Mobility among Scheduled Castes

By: Jagan Karade

£39.99

This book discusses educational and occupational mobility among India's Scheduled Castes (Dalits). It shows the second generation is highly mobile and measures the impact of government policy, holding up the Buddhist community as an ideal model for all Backward Classes.

This book discusses educational and occupational mobility among India’s Scheduled Castes (Dalits). It shows the second generation is highly mobile and measures the impact of government policy, holding up the Buddhist community as an ideal model for all Backward Classes.

Autour de l’extrême littéraire

Edited By: Alastair Hemmens, Russell Williams

£39.99

This book explores how French writing, from the Middle Ages to the present, has interrogated extremity. These essays reveal why the extreme—which shocks, excites, and horrifies us—has always fascinated the French literary imagination.

Theatre Noise

The Sound of Performance

Edited By: Lynne Kendrick, David Roesner

£39.99

This book explores ‘theatre noise’—a concrete sound, a metaphor, and a theoretical thrust. Theatre provides a unique habitat for noise, a place where friction between sound and meaning reveals the aesthetic and political power of performance.

Friends Watching Friends

American Television in Egypt

By: Katherine Dillion

£39.99

This study explores American television's impact in Egypt, using the sitcom Friends as a focal point. It examines how Egyptian women view American influence and form ideas about Americans, celebrating a diversity of opinions and cultural heritage.

This study explores American television’s impact in Egypt, using the sitcom Friends as a focal point. It examines how Egyptian women view American influence and form ideas about Americans, celebrating a diversity of opinions and cultural heritage.

Heroes and Saints

The Moment of Death in Cross-cultural Perspectives

Edited By: Phyllis Granoff, Koichi Shinohara

£39.99

This volume explores the moment of death in ancient cultures, from Asian religions to heroic sagas. Despite the diversity of traditions, these essays reveal a fundamental human need to see in death a possibility of choice and a promise of hope.

Identities, Cultures, Spaces

Dialogue and Change

Edited By: Fernando Kuhn

£39.99

Globalisation has led to cultural encounters, which can be conflicts or opportunities for dialogue. This volume adopts a multidisciplinary approach to address issues at the confluence of identity and culture, discussing the role of shared spaces in forging identity.

Positioning Daniel Defoe’s Non-Fiction

Form, Function, Genre

Edited By: Aino Mäkikalli, Andreas K. E. Mueller

£39.99

This volume analyses Daniel Defoe's non-fictional works. Moving away from his much studied novels, these essays explore the rhetorical strategies and generic inventiveness on display, revealing an author of outstanding skill and energy.

This volume analyses Daniel Defoe’s non-fictional works. Moving away from his much studied novels, these essays explore the rhetorical strategies and generic inventiveness on display, revealing an author of outstanding skill and energy.

Giacomo Meyerbeer Orchestral Works

The Incidental Music to Struensee, Fackeltänze, Overtures,Marches, Ballet Music Piano Score

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

£39.99

Giacomo Meyerbeer, a master of 19th-century opera, was renowned for impassioned drama and vivid orchestral power. This volume gathers his finest orchestral works, from famous opera ballets and marches to grand festive overtures waiting to be rediscovered.