The Jewish Leaderships in Slovakia and Hungary During the Holocaust Era
This study of the Holocaust in Slovakia and Hungary reveals that in 1944, Jewish leaders were fully informed about Auschwitz but did not warn their people. While the vast majority of Jews perished, almost all the leaders survived. Why did they choose to remain silent?
This book reveals the core paradox of Samuel Richardson. Fearing his own novel *Pamela* normalized abuse, he became both a staunch defender of patriarchy and a fierce advocate for women’s safety, happiness, and subjectivity.
This book explores the psychological, social, and cultural significance of Westerns. While the stories may have simple plots, their cultural importance is a very complicated matter. Discover the psychological and social pleasures and benefits that explain why people read them.
Alice Walker’s Womanist Fiction
This book explores Alice Walker’s theory of womanism, focusing on its concerns with African American women’s rights, identities, and self-actualisation. It traces the development of this concept across her canon of novels, showing how it was coined and complexly wrought.
Management Footsteps and Foundations
For the first time, the foundations of management are brought to life through historical analysis. This daringly innovative book takes the reader on a journey through human history from a management perspective, utterly transforming our understanding of the subject.
This empirical study explores how gender, culture, and context influence the language of native speakers and learners. Arguing these factors must be considered together, it reveals how gender’s influence differs across Western Anglo-Saxon and Middle-Eastern Persian cultures.
Montaigne’s Essays
Montaigne’s essays probe the intimate feelings, anxieties, and hopes of daily life. This blend of his observations with the author’s offers a mirror to your own experiences, and the solace of knowing that his wisdom applies precisely to your world.
This volume explores the historical background of contemporary social and economic issues. It argues that globalisation is not new, and that deep history offers essential lessons about wealth, the nature of money, and the understanding of justice.
This book details the struggle for democracy and justice in Brazil. After popular governments lifted millions from poverty, a conservative movement led to a decline in rights. This book advocates for a new period of full democracy, respect for the rule of law, and social justice.
Controversies in Islam
A passionate call for reform and revival within Islam. Confronting pressing issues from women’s rights to democracy, this work offers a lode star to guide the faith to a safe harbor.
This book contextualises Nigerian cultural history as an instrument for sustainable development. While Nigeria’s rich past defines its present, its potential as inspiration for development is ignored, leaving the country vulnerable to repeating past mistakes.
This book provides the context, guidelines, and tools for covering health, pandemics, and development in Africa. It is an essential resource for journalists, students, public health communicators, and international development agencies.
Four Plays about Disability
Four plays unearth hidden histories of disability. Revisit the Whitechapel murders, uncover Nazi genocide, and witness a Victorian prostitute’s survival in what Joyce Carol Oates calls “the triumph of twisted.”
This book offers HR practitioners and researchers a hands-on guide to measuring workplace diversity. It shows how to apply diversity indices and use regression methods to assess the organizational factors that influence age, ethnic, and gender diversity, with practical examples.
Towards a Complex Model of Interpretation of Recognition
Recognizing an Other is how we create belonging. When people are perceived as a radical Other, the risk is exclusion, if not aggression. Through case studies of migrants, this book clarifies misrecognition and its subsequent dehumanization to help build a shared, fairer society.
Legacies of Trade and Empire
This book challenges established histories of slavery and indentured labour under European empires, focusing on the Indian Ocean. To break the silence on legacies of empire, authors explore decolonisation, agency, and the assertion of identities, musical practices, and cuisines.
The Books of Samuel and Kings tell of formative events in Israel’s history, foreshadowing the coming Messiah. This book re-considers the lives of kings Saul and David and prophets Elijah and Elisha, uncovering new perspectives on their contribution to Christian thought.
This engaging and extensively researched book details Eva Green’s film career from 2001 to the present. With critical commentary and biographical context, it covers her roles, the making of her films, and their reception.
A Holistic Analysis of Law, Connecting Theory and Practice
A holistic analysis of law, with roots in ancient Greece and Rome, may lead to broader justice. This book explores this approach through its theory, history, and practice in international law, then applies it to modern issues like artificial intelligence and climate change.
Pentecostals and the Doctrine of the Trinity
If Jesus died on the cross to atone for our sins, did one part of the divine die to appease another? And if Jesus taught believers to forgive, why did God not simply forgive humans? This book challenges the reader to rethink their conception of God and the Trinity.