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19th Century Maharashtra

A Reassessment

Edited By: Shraddha Kumbhojkar

£34.99

A fresh look at 19th-century Maharashtra, a society at a crossroads. The book critiques its literature and social reforms, arguing elite attempts were limited. It highlights the radicality of subalterns like Mahatma Phule, whose experience spurred real change.

Polite Letters

The Correspondence of Mary Delany (1700-1788) and Francis North, Lord Guilford (1704-1790)

Edited By: Alain Kerhervé

£34.99

Previously unedited, the letters of Mary Delany and royal intimate Lord Guilford offer a unique window into 18th-century England, from life at Court to the Gordon riots and an assassination attempt on the King's life.

Sartre’s Second Century

Edited By: Jean-Pierre Boulé, Benedict O’Donohoe

From £32.99

This collection of essays reflects the richness of Sartre’s vision of the human condition. A multinational team of contributors assesses the relevance of his work in the 21st century.

Life Writing

The Spirit of the Age and the State of the Art

Edited By: Meg Jensen, Jane Jordan

£39.99

In our age of testimony, what are we to make of all this telling of lives? This collection of essays from leading writers and academics demonstrates the fluidity and diversity of life writing, presenting both the state of the art and the spirit of our age.

Sustaining Competitiveness in a Liberalized Economy

The Role of Accounting

Edited By: Ruhanita Maelah

£44.99

This book shares research from the International Management Accounting Conference on the role of accounting in a liberalized economy. It explores challenges in sustaining competitiveness through themes of Cost Management, Performance Measurement, and Strategic Alliance.

Teaching Psychology around the World

Volume 2

Edited By: Victor Karandashev, Sherri McCarthy, Michael Stevens

£64.99

This book brings together current information on the teaching and practice of psychology from experts throughout the world. It is highly recommended by prominent psychologists including Dr. Phillip Zimbardo, former President of the American Psychological Association.

Thirty Years After

New Essays on Vietnam War Literature, Film and Art

Edited By: Mark Heberle

£49.99

The first major collection of Vietnam War criticism since the 1990s, these new essays on literature, film, and art explore the conflict's traumatic cultural legacy and enduring impact. An indispensable work for understanding this crucial period in history.

The first major collection of Vietnam War criticism since the 1990s, these new essays on literature, film, and art explore the conflict’s traumatic cultural legacy and enduring impact. An indispensable work for understanding this crucial period in history.

Evolutionary Theist

An Intellectual Biography of Minot Judson Savage, 1841-1918

By: W. Creighton Peden

£39.99

The culmination of fifty years of research on American liberal religious thought, this study of Minot J. Savage completes the author’s work on the empirical tradition within the Free Religious Association.

“Just Like Other Students”

Reception of the 1956 Hungarian Refugee Students in Britain

By: Magda Czigány

From £19.99

Based on interviews with former refugee students, this book details how they came to Britain after the 1956 Hungarian revolution. It chronicles their achievements and the extraordinary welcome from British universities and a public that funded their education.

Kathy Acker and Transnationalism

Edited By: Polina Mackay, Kathryn Nicol

£39.99

Kathy Acker’s fictions prefigured our contemporary world. This collection of essays analyzes transnationalism in her work, locating her in current debates on postnationalism and global identity—a timely re-appraisal of an important American writer.

Studies in Canadian English

Lexical Variation in Toronto

By: Adam Bednarek

£34.99

This publication focuses on vocabulary that reflects unique Canadian traits and a fluid national identity. Focusing on multicultural Toronto, the study uses questionnaires and texts from the Toronto Sun to observe Canadianisms within everyday discourse.

The Crisis of Schooling? Learning, Knowledge and Competencies in Modern Societies

Edited By: José Resende, Maria Manuel Vieira

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This book raises key questions about schooling in a globalized world. What does lifelong learning mean for knowledge transmission? Are competences the new form of qualification? How do teachers deal with these new professional dilemmas?

Sociology and Law

The 150th Anniversary of Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)

Edited By: Stephen Hunt, Maria Serafimova, with Vladimir Vladov

£39.99

This book explores the relations between Sociology and Law using Durkheim's heritage. Topics cover socio-legal studies, religion, contemporary ethnic conflict, and cyberspace. This book is for scholars, students, and researchers.

This book explores the relations between Sociology and Law using Durkheim’s heritage. Topics cover socio-legal studies, religion, contemporary ethnic conflict, and cyberspace. This book is for scholars, students, and researchers.

Space and Time in Language and Literature

Edited By: Lovorka Gruić Grmuša, Marija Brala Vukanović

£34.99

For millennia, we have been intrigued by space and time. This book brings together eight essays exploring their expression in language and literature, using diverse linguistic and literary perspectives to reveal how culture shapes our conception of reality.

Sacred and Immoral

On the Writings of Chuck Palahniuk

Edited By: Jeffrey A. Sartain

£39.99

This is the first scholarly anthology on Chuck Palahniuk’s work beyond Fight Club. It provides the most comprehensive resource to date, featuring new critical analyses, the most complete bibliographies, and a new interview with the author himself.

Pope Gregory and the Brides of Christ

By: John R. C. Martyn

£34.99

John Martyn turns his attention to a hitherto neglected subject: the letters of Pope Gregory the Great which pertain to nuns and convents. This edition of the letters in both Latin and English is of inestimable value and will spur further research.

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.

The Short Story

Edited By: Ailsa Cox

£34.99

The short story is undergoing a renaissance. This collection celebrates its unique appeal, as scholars and writers explore its forms, genres, and international authors from James Joyce to Jorge Luis Borges. Integrating theory and practice, it appeals to writers and students.

Messengers of Eros

Representations of Sex in Australian Writing

By: Xavier Pons

£29.99

Messengers of Eros examines the literary strategies Australian writers use to represent sex. This compelling book offers readings of classics and modern writers in Australia's postcolonial context. Nominated as a ‘Best Book of the Year’.

Messengers of Eros examines the literary strategies Australian writers use to represent sex. This compelling book offers readings of classics and modern writers in Australia’s postcolonial context. Nominated as a ‘Best Book of the Year’.

Englishness Revisited

Edited By: Floriane Reviron-Piégay

£49.99

What is Englishness? Is there a national character? This collection seeks to answer these questions by offering a kaleidoscopic vision of Englishness since the eighteenth century, challenging stereotypes and offering keys to understanding its diverse expressions.