Discover Target Value Delivery: a method for setting budgets based on a building’s functional requirements before design begins. This practical guide for owners, designers, and contractors provides the tools to steer the budget and deliver the project vision with available funds.
This work of literary criticism offers a detailed study of Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales,” demonstrating his imaginative insights into the drama of human life. It reveals his continuing relevance by exploring themes of domestic violence, trust, and the need for new perspectives.
Formal Methods in Musicology
Techniques from mathematics and statistics are successfully applied to music analysis, helping us understand style and composition. Using examples from various musical styles, this book explains how to use these techniques, supported by case studies from expert researchers.
The General Theory of Behaviour
Discover the revolutionary Law of Equilibrium unifying the science of mind. This single principle—our drive for safety and stability—explains motivation, emotion, and addiction with a stunning 97.4% predictive accuracy.
This simplified grammar book uses a cognitive approach, focusing on sentence patterns instead of complex rules. This method makes learning easier and more engaging. It includes dedicated sections on summarizing, paraphrasing, and essay writing to develop writing skills.
This book uses Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness to question the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. It contrasts the logic of linear growth with the Buddhist approach of “Respect all Sentient Beings”—a model centered on community, compassion, and inner peace for all life.
Gender-Based Violence and Religion
This book critically examines how religious doctrines are misused to justify violence against women and girls. It highlights the need for international human rights law to adapt to complex cultural realities, offering a crucial resource for advancing gender equality worldwide.
This book details China’s strategy for blockchain payment systems, providing a theoretical framework for its developing role. Analyzing the efficiency, cost, and risk of blockchain in cross-border payments, it offers policy suggestions and vital insights for countries worldwide.
Pioneering Research in Management Science in Engineering
This book identifies major research categories in Management Science and Engineering (MSE) and provides a comprehensive evaluation and classification of MSE journals. Compiled by leading academics, it is an essential guide for scientists, researchers, engineers, and students.
The Genesis of the Second Scientific Revolution
Scientific revolutions are not born from “great geniuses,” but from clashes of practices. This book reveals the common origin of the Quantum and Relativistic revolutions: a skirmish between mechanics, electrodynamics, and thermodynamics, first addressed by Planck and Einstein.
The Indian freedom struggle was also fought on foreign soil. This book documents the crucial role of the Indian diaspora in the nation’s fight for independence, covering the significant people, places, memorials, and events of the movement.
This book examines the tension between democratic governance and the aspirations of a developmental state in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. It unveils the contradictions where democratic ideals clash with the realities of economic progress, highlighting the challenges Nigeria faces.
Media and COVID-19
This book dives into media dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring how traditional and social media coped with uncertainty and the surge of misinformation. Through a case study of Israel, it reveals key lessons for journalists, policymakers, and media consumers alike.
This practical theological and homiletical study for scholars and preachers explores the rhetorical appeal of the Biblical text. Focusing on Matthew’s Gospel and the Hebrew sermon, it offers inter-disciplinary perspectives on literary forms to enrich any homiletical practice.
The coexistence of humanity and the environment demands a symbiotic relationship where neither side dominates the other. This book continues the author’s work, discussing our systemic coexistence based on the concept of equilibrium development and regulated consumption.
Chinese, Kurds, Iranians and the Silk Road
This book explores the little-known history between China and the Kurdish people since the tenth century. It reveals Kurdish lands as key trade and cultural hubs on the Silk Road and uncovers a shared memory: China as an idealized world, a utopia embedded in Kurdish folklore.
The Carer’s Role in Recovery
After a disabling stroke left Karin Cox dependent on full-time care, she and her husband investigated the world of social care. This book combines their experiences with wider research to highlight their belief that person-centred care is fundamental to recovery.
Communicating without Language and Grammar
This book introduces a new hard science, born from the effort to solve the problems of linguistics. This new approach provides a scientific theory that unifies the hard sciences, soft sciences, and the humanities, focusing on people, not abstract grammar or language.
Geodiversity, Geoheritage and Geotourism
This book connects geology, culture, and tourism, showing how geoheritage can create sustainable geotourism. Using João Pessoa, Brazil as an example, it shows how tourism can preserve environments, enrich visitor experiences, and support local communities.
This book explores how public institutions in multilingual Europe ensure efficient communication with an international public. It analyzes the challenges of website translation and localization, comparing public bodies with cultural institutions and multinational companies.