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Belief, History and the Individual in Modern Chinese Literary Culture

Edited By: Artur K. Wardega

£34.99

Modern Chinese literature raises complex questions about life amid changing values and uncertainty. This volume presents ten essays by Chinese and European scholars examining the individual and society, searching beyond national identities for global exchange.

Political Ideology in Ireland

From the Enlightenment to the Present

Edited By: Olivier Coquelin, Patrick Galliou, Thierry Robin

£44.99

This collection of essays by leading experts interrogates history to understand Ireland's unique political and ideological complexity. Exploring diverse persuasions from the Enlightenment to the present, it sheds light on the building of a modern nation.

This collection of essays by leading experts interrogates history to understand Ireland’s unique political and ideological complexity. Exploring diverse persuasions from the Enlightenment to the present, it sheds light on the building of a modern nation.

Locality, History, Memory

The Making of the Citizen in South Asia

Edited By: Rita Mukherjee, M. N. Rajesh

£39.99

This book interrogates how place, history, and memory create the citizen in South Asia. Moving beyond the state, it asks: How does our history enforce or dilute the notion of the citizen? How far does memory strengthen it and what role do faith and religion play?

Ludwig Minkus La Bayadère

Grand Ballet in Four Acts and Seven Scenes by Sergei Khudekov and Marius Petipa Piano Score

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

£54.99

Ludwig Minkus’s score for La Bayadère conjures an exotic India, where a world of rivalry and death contrasts with a realm of dreams and transcendent love, realized in the famous Kingdom of the Shades. Here for the first time is the piano score of the entire ballet.

Lexicography and Terminology

A Worldwide Outlook

Edited By: Olga Karpova, Olga M. Karpova, Faina Kartashkova

£39.99

This book explores current trends in lexicography and terminology. It analyzes the presentation of complex items like idioms and non-equivalent lexics in various dictionaries and examines terminology for Languages for Special Purposes from a cognitive angle.

Winterson Narrating Time and Space

Edited By: Mine Özyurt Kılıç, Margaret J-M Sönmez

£39.99

This is the first book to focus entirely on time, space and narrative in Jeanette Winterson's works. Scholars provide different perspectives, from postmodernism to quantum physics and queer theory, offering fresh approaches to her major fiction.

This is the first book to focus entirely on time, space and narrative in Jeanette Winterson’s works. Scholars provide different perspectives, from postmodernism to quantum physics and queer theory, offering fresh approaches to her major fiction.

The Gothic Byron

Edited By: Peter Cochran

£39.99

The Gothic Byron argues that the Gothic element in Byron’s work has been undervalued. It explores his reading of Gothic novels, the Gothic in his own tales and poetry, and his profound influence on writers like Charlotte and Emily Brontë.

Sub-national Fiscal Sustainability in a Globalised Setting

Edited By: Jacob John

£39.99

Eminent scholars and administrators analyze fiscal federalism, centre-state relations, and decentralization. This collection addresses growing fiscal stress and offers strategies for sustainability for national and sub-national governments in a globalized world.

The Sword and the Crucible. Count Boldizsár Batthyány and Natural Philosophy in Sixteenth-Century Hungary

By: Dóra Bobory

£39.99

In the 16th century, aristocrats became practitioners of science. Hungarian Count Boldizsár Batthyány, a formidable warrior, was also a devotee of natural philosophy, creating an intellectual hub for alchemy, medicine, and botany to make the Muses speak among arms.

Advances in Discourse Approaches

Edited By: Marta Dynel

£44.99

From Quentin Tarantino’s films to the Bible and legal discourse, this volume addresses diverse topics. Each chapter deploys a separate theoretical framework, offering a representative sample of developments in discourse approaches for researchers and students.

Black and White Masculinity in the American South, 1800-2000

Edited By: Sergio Lussana, Lydia Plath

£39.99

These essays trace the historical construction of white and black Southern masculinities. From the antebellum era to today, they reveal how conceptions of manhood intersected with race, class, and power to define the American South.

The Apothecary’s Chest

Magic, Art and Medication

Edited By: Fabienne Collignon, Konstantina Georganta, Anne-Marie Millim

£34.99

This collection of essays explores the intertwined notions of magic, science, and superstition in figures like the apothecary, alchemist, and shaman. Topics range from the mystical traits of mundane materials to the origins of the occult and the modern poet.

The Medical Device Industry

Developments in Software Risk Management

By: John Burton

£39.99

As medical device software grows more complex, new safety challenges emerge that require better risk management. This book examines a unified approach, investigating how software engineering models like CMMI® can be adapted to medical device regulations.

Uprooting Geographic Thoughts in India

Toward Ecology and Culture in 21st Century

By: Rana Singh, David Sopher, Oskar Spate

From £19.99

This is the first book on the roots of Indian geographical thought. It explores Indian identity, Gandhian environmentalism, and the meeting of East and West. It reprints lead essays by Spate, Sopher, and Mukerji to assess their challenging message today.

Cronies or Capitalists? The Russian Bourgeoisie and the Bourgeois Revolution from 1850 to 1917

By: David Lockwood

£39.99

Why wasn’t there a successful bourgeois revolution in Russia? This political history of the Russian capitalist class from 1850 to 1917 traces their opposition to the autocracy and their alliance for reform that led to the Soviet state and their own destruction.

Betraying the Event

Constructions of Victimhood in Contemporary Cultures

Edited By: Fatima Festić

£39.99

This volume offers a critical reconsideration of victimhood, exposing its cultural and political constructions. It examines how language can be manipulated to devise a vicious reversal of victim/victimizer positions, raising awareness of the consequences.

English and Empowerment in the Developing World

Edited By: Nasreen Hussain, Mohammad Zafar

£39.99

This collection of papers investigates empowerment within language, education, and technology. Researchers analyse complex educational and socio-cultural issues in developing countries, forcing readers to see them from a different perspective.

Post-National Enquiries

Essays on Ethnic and Racial Border Crossings

Edited By: Jopi Nyman

£39.99

These studies address cultural narratives of border crossings in Europe and the United States. The essays show how the migrant challenges the view that people belong to one nation-state, exploring race, whiteness, and ethnic identity in fiction and cinema.

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.

Jesuit Education and The Classics

Edited By: Shannon Byrne, Edmund P. Cueva

£39.99

Is Classics still relevant to a Jesuit education? This series of essays proves that Classics and Jesuit education are indivisibly intertwined, and any Jesuit school embracing liberal arts must have Classics at the core of its curriculum.