The Legacy of Karen Gershon
Based on private archives, this is the story of Karen Gershon, a child survivor rescued on the Kindertransport whose writing became the voice of a generation. It reveals her search for identity and home, and a family’s struggle with immigration and inherited trauma.
Cultural and Literary Traditions in India
Indian myth is a living force. This book traces the interplay of history and orality from The Ramayana to diverse folk traditions, revealing how ancient narratives of power, gender, and identity illuminate contemporary conflicts and crises.
Internationalisation of Kazakhstan’s Higher Education at Home and Abroad
This book conceptualises the internationalisation of education in Kazakhstan since its independence in 1991. It deconstructs the interface of Western and post-Soviet ideologies by unpacking higher education policy, student mobility, curriculum, and brain drain.
Exploring Uttarakhand’s Temples and Divine Paths
This unparalleled book is the first comprehensive exploration of the historical and cultural importance of temples in Uttarakhand. It meticulously categorizes sites like Char Dham and Panch Kedar, detailing the region’s divine paths with a dedicated chapter and an intricate map.
This collection explores evidentiality—marking the information source in a sentence—in Indo-European, Turkic, and Amerindian languages. Blending theory and discourse analysis, it highlights the overlap of evidential and epistemic values for linguists and social scientists.
This book generates solutions to radicalism by reexamining human nature through biology and Spinoza’s philosophy. This unique combination creates a “Spinozist” vision, suggesting psycho-sociogenic solutions to mitigate violent radicalism, accessible to experts and non-experts.
Global Shifts in Human Trafficking
The modern approach to human trafficking is limited in scope. This book offers a comprehensive analysis, reviewing exploitation over the millennia and examining the application of trafficking laws to broaden the fight to include all forms of modern-day slavery.
Geographical Indications (GIs) give products like Darjeeling tea legal protection. This book analyzes the inclusion of GIs in Free Trade Agreements signed by Asian countries, examining the challenges, opportunities, and impact on local economies, agriculture, and industries.
This book examines the revolution in Human Resource Management, from HR 4.0 to HR 5.0, with special emphasis on Artificial Intelligence. It provides real-world applications, success stories, and insights from global leaders on the future direction of HR practices.
Vegetables and herbs are essential “protective foods” that can help prevent chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer, and obesity. This book presents a special approach from their botanical origins to technological applications and health benefits for students and professionals.
This book tackles government underperformance, widely blamed on a lack of public accountability and widespread corruption. The author argues that the solution lies in government budgetary practice, showing how public budgeting can establish accountability in governance.
A Critical Review of Contemporary Romanian Literature
This book offers insight into Romanian culture through literary criticism of its post-1989 writers. In reading these interpretations, audiences gain access to the heart of the people and understand what this enduring nation can offer the world.
This book explores the latest developments in Indonesian MSMEs, including their contributions to GDP, main obstacles, digitalization, and women’s entrepreneurship. It answers a vital question: can they survive amidst globalization, fierce competition, and technological advances?
Industrial growth has created complex products with health and environmental risks, prompting the new field of regulatory science. Leaders in the field contribute to these pages, providing a multidisciplinary overview and guide to critical topics in this evolving discipline.
Explore Agile’s evolution from a software technique to a broad organizational philosophy. This essential guide covers frameworks like Scrum and Kanban, their application across industries, and their role in navigating the future of work and organizational agility.
Did Shakespeare write the 17th-century drama Thomas of Woodstock? For over 150 years, scholars have debated the question. This anthology of articles and book extracts introduces readers to both sides of this fascinating literary controversy.
A History of Muslims in the Australian Military from 1885 to 1945
For the first time, this book reveals the unknown stories of Muslim involvement in Australian military forces, from the Boer War to the Second World War. It is a Muslim narrative of the broader Anzac story, demonstrating how diverse Muslims fought for a common cause.
Trans-Disciplinary Migrations
A paradigm shift is challenging our most deeply held beliefs. This book presents a prismatic array of fascinating discourses from doctors, artists, and philosophers. Journeying with a sense of the quantum sublime, they speak with passion about the web of connectivity.
This collection explores how traditions shape society through movies, music, and literature. It reveals connections between culture and media that simplify our understanding of humanity, offering a guide to the evolving dimensions of African literature and popular culture.
In memory of Dr. Zsuzsánna Biedermann, Hungarian scholars explore African studies from the unique perspective of “the other Europe.” Case studies delve into African-Eastern European connections, development, and migration, with a special focus on Rwanda and East Africa.