The Future of Post-Human Sports
Is winning the only thing? This book offers an alternative way to understand the future of sports. It presents a new theory to go beyond existing approaches and will fundamentally change the way we think about training and winning, with enormous implications.
This volume offers a cross section of current directions in music analysis. Music analysis is presented as a vibrant, multi-faceted field of research that constantly re-examines its own postulates while establishing dialogues with other disciplines.
This book addresses ideological changes of the 19th-21st centuries and their impact on Spanish language and culture. It focuses on ‘otherness’ in its various dimensions, arguing that the vision of the other is ultimately a reflection of the self.
This volume contains more than forty-six previously unpublished lectures and personal documents by Bernard Eugene Meland, a leader in constructive theology. These writings give the reader a deeper understanding of Meland’s methods and thought.
Giacomo Meyerbeer
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
The Philosophy of Chemistry
This volume connects chemistry and philosophy by exploring chemical practice. Chemists and philosophers collaborate to reshape concepts, address current challenges, and foster inventiveness. Prefaced by Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Roald Hoffmann.
This book is a technical tool-kit for understanding airline economics. Starting with key industry language, it breaks down demand, revenue, and costs to analyze how airlines maximize profit, and explores competition, regulations, and the economics of jet fuel.
The Evolution of Housing
This study traces the evolution of housing law amid economic and political change. Examining social and private housing across the UK, with a focus on Scotland, it argues that housing law is essentially reformist and concludes with solutions to contemporary housing problems.
Psychology in Cultures and Contexts
This book challenges the universal claims of WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) Psychology. It explores how indigenous roots and cultural contexts modify psychological processes, and how this understanding can enhance societal development and wellbeing.
Communicating Medical Science in the Digital Age
The internet and social media have transformed medical science communication, making it more open and responsive. This book brings together academics and practitioners to critically discuss emerging trends and genres, and how they shape knowledge, expertise, and identity.
This guide provides actionable strategies for integrating sustainability into core business operations. It offers solutions for long-term profitability and environmental stewardship, empowering leaders to drive positive change and build resilient, future-ready organizations.
The Aging Criminal
Global experts condense the latest scientific discoveries on severe mental illness in forensic detainees into a single, easy-to-read guide. They interpret findings from genomics into new therapeutic practices. For practitioners, researchers, patient families, and specialists.
In India, individuals cannot escape the inequalities of gender, ethnic, and social hierarchies, a struggle for survival and status. This volume highlights these realities through four decades of empirical anthropological research across India, considering their historical roots.
Metacognition is “thinking about thinking.” In this book, 33 scholars offer techniques and strategies to develop it. Eighteen chapters explore its role in children’s learning, diverse students, the arts, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and as a bridge to the deaf.
Rhianus of Crete, Hellenistic Poet and Grammarian
This edition of the poetic and grammatical fragments of Rhianus of Crete analyzes his work in the sociopolitical environment following Alexander the Great. It highlights the connection between historical events and poetic expression, showcasing the nuances of Hellenistic poetry.
This book introduces the High-Performance Organization (HPO) cultural framework, an evidence-based model for driving sustainable change. Discover actionable insights to fuel innovation, optimize talent management, boost performance, and elevate employee engagement.
This book links the personal lives and public actions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and two ambassadors. Their friendly relations turned to bitter enmity over how to confront a rising Nazi Germany, a fascinating tale of egos, intrigue, and lives ending as Greek tragedies.
Arab writers must deal with a harsh reality shaped by non-stop wars. This book uses a semiotic approach, arguing the whole truth is not in a text, but in how reality is re-presented. By connecting form and content, it asks: How does Arabic literature represent its agenda?
A Story of Perfume
Scent is an invisible force shaping memory, identity, and artistic expression. This groundbreaking volume redefines the role of olfaction, exploring its influence on literature, culture, and history, from classical texts to its implications in contemporary branding.
12 Pipelines Across North America
This book is about why oil and gas pipelines in North America succeed or fail politically. Widespread acts of de-legitimation and incompetence explain why these projects are so difficult to complete, making their story an intriguing account for any observer.
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