Memories in Lace
Xénia, a Greek American, visits the island of Zakynthos to research the lives of elderly women. She collects and “crochets” their memories into interconnected stories of immigration, crisis, and intergenerational resilience, which transmute into a choral storytelling experience.
This multidisciplinary book deconstructs misinformation and power structures to comprehend human interactions. It challenges dominant narratives by explaining the interplay between language and power, humor and laughter, media and culture, and literature and cinema.
Circulating Knowledge and Elites
Intelligent bots promise salvation while paradigms clash online. With trust in experts collapsing, new leaders emerge. Are their intelligent designs an improvement on the evolution guessed by blind watchmakers?
This collection examines how literary narratives shape, challenge, and redefine culture in India. Moving beyond Western frameworks, it explores themes of identity and power, from colonial legacies to Bollywood, arguing that literature not only reflects but reshapes society.
This reference guide on confusing English words is for those engaged in Arabic-English-Arabic translation. An asset to both new and seasoned translators, this one-of-a-kind book is a must-buy for any translator who wishes to provide highly accurate translations.
Teachers’ Journeys with Refugee Students
Through touching narratives, this book delves into the experiences of teachers educating refugee students. It captures the resilience of both teachers and students, revealing how educators navigate language barriers and trauma to provide vital academic and emotional support.
Reimagining Human Resource Management
In an age of digital disruption, Human Resource Management has become a strategic powerhouse. This essential guide for HR professionals and leaders provides useful frameworks to build a future-ready workforce, develop skills for the digital economy, and shape the future of work.
Events, Issues, and Actions
This collection of contemporary essays mixes personal reflection and analysis to understand our troubled times. Exploring modern politics and recent events, the essays argue that by examining the world around us, we can build a better society—a Democratic Socialist world.
In today’s evolving business landscape, managing change is crucial. This anthology offers cutting-edge research and practical insights from leading experts on how organizations can effectively adapt, drive sustainable growth, and implement transformative practices.
This book explores the role of MNCs in Cameroon’s economic development. An empirical survey on corporate social responsibility finds that some MNCs may contribute more to underdevelopment than development, and argues for policies to better regulate their activities.
A Clinician’s Guide to Radical Care Beyond Institutional Walls
This book is a rallying cry for a mental health revolution. It dismantles coercive psychiatry and replaces it with bold, community-rooted alternatives grounded in dignity and liberation. It offers real-world tools and a blueprint for building systems that heal rather than harm.
A Correspondence with Peter Geach (1981 – 2009)
This book presents the correspondence between the author and Professor P.T. Geach over a thirty-year period. The letters, with the author’s commentary, lead to a discussion of the Anscombe-C.S. Lewis controversy, revealing Geach’s surprising support for Lewis’s thesis.
Surfing the Waves of Identity
Asian Americans have often been viewed as a monolithic group. This book traces the origins and impacts of racist stereotypes through a chronological study of dramatists’ works, offering nuanced perspectives on the evolving portrayals of Asian Americans in U.S. culture.
This book offers a critical review of Horacio Quiroga’s work from the perspective of the border, verifying how the discourse of 19th-century Argentine nation-building reverberates in his literature. It grants a new status to his work, avoiding regionalist or realist readings.
A Techno-Economic History of the Conquest of Space
Uncover the dynamics shaping the space economy. This work explores the forces driving humanity’s ventures into space, from the Space Race to private aerospace giants, analyzing how innovation, policy, and public-private collaboration are redefining humanity’s reach beyond Earth.
Interactions and Side Effects of Herbal Plants
This book bridges ancient Ayurvedic knowledge with modern science. It explores Ayurvedic herbs, their therapeutic properties, biological effects, and risks, detailing their interaction with modern pharmaceuticals. Discover how AI and big data can refine Ayurvedic therapies.
Rehabilitating Heckscher-Ohlin
Comparative advantage, the cornerstone of international trade, lacks a theory consistent with the data. This book rehabilitates the popular but rejected Heckscher-Ohlin model by endogenizing technology and focusing on natural resources within a framework of vertical trade.
Towards a Model of Gravitonicity
What is musical “gravitation”? This book proposes a new model: the “Gravi-Tone Series.” Using audio analysis and Chord Scale Theory, it maps twelve “distance” values to pitches—a system metaphorically shaped by physical space, offering a unifying perspective on harmony.
Medical Cannabis
Medical Cannabis is one of the most misunderstood holistic medications. This book cuts through the confusing scientific terms to chronicle its history, current uses, and the ever-changing social and political landscape. A must-read for anyone who wants to know the facts.
Instinct, Tradition and Reason
“What has made men good is neither nature nor reason, but tradition.”
Building upon FA Hayek’s concepts, this timely book creates a compelling account of the moral foundations of human achievement and articulates a morality fit for the unique times in which we are living.