Understanding Hypoxia
This textbook provides a comprehensive exploration of hypoxia, covering its molecular mechanisms and clinical implications. It bridges the gap between basic science and practice, serving as a valuable resource for students, clinicians, and researchers.
Early Football Professionalism in Sheffield
Professional football’s origins are often linked to Lancashire, but this book reveals the true story of its beginnings in Sheffield. This is the first in-depth study of the early importation and payment of players, told through the lives of the individuals involved.
How History and Genetics Define Jewish Diversity and Identity
This book links Jewish genetics, history, diversity, and identity on a quest to answer “Who is a Jew?” Journeying from the ancient world to today, it explores the Jewish gene pool, where modern genetic research sheds new light on old debates.
This book offers a unique financial evaluation of all forest ecosystem services and their contribution to economic sectors. The reader will find answers and results in this book to help them account for all the benefits that a forest offers.
In the Cold War, Enrico Mattei’s National Hydrocarbons Board (ENI) defied the “Seven Sisters” oil powers. ENI presented itself as a ‘Special Agent’ of decolonization, offering a new model to developing nations and seeing Sicily as a central bridge across the Mediterranean.
The Evolution of the US Healthcare System
Why does the US spend more on healthcare but get less? This book exposes a system built for the opportunistic motives of powerful corporations and politicians, answering how it became so expensive and hard to use, and why this failing system is a threat to national security.
Essays on language policy, identity, and social justice in five Caribbean nations. This volume explores how multilingualism, education, and the status of Creole languages unsettle colonial discourses and challenge social segregation based on race, gender, and sexuality.
A Logician’s Perspective on the Relation Between the Mind and Body
A recognized authority on modal logic examines the supervenience of the mental on the physical—the thesis that any mental difference requires a physical one. From a logician’s point of view, he questions not so much the truth as the significance of the supervenience thesis.
A History of Women’s Contributions to Linguistics
This enjoyable and pedagogical read documents the existence and contributions of more than 200 women in language-related disciplines. Drawing on overwhelming research of Western and Eastern sources, it does justice to the many women who have been practically invisible—until now.
The Wooden Carpentry of Roofs in Mediterranean Antiquity
The truss is an extremely efficient structure that has gone through the centuries almost unchanged. But when was it born? This is the first book to address this question, tracing the evolution of roof carpentry that led to the invention across the whole of Antiquity.
Immaterial Labor and Cultural Production
Immaterial labor is a central issue for understanding late capitalism. This book offers unsettling reflections on the inseparability of labor and culture, showing how the production of capitalist wealth has presented new features that require new critical thinking.
To venture into the uncharted world of aesthetics is to explore the cosmos and blaze a trail to the self. This book provides insights into how works about aesthetics are also works reflective of the self, with endless possibilities of being.
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Morocco
This book explores the teaching of English in Morocco, providing insightful findings for secondary and tertiary education. Useful for teachers, researchers, and stakeholders, it addresses recent trends designed to meet the expectations of the 21st century learner.
While many books cover the Templars’ persecution, this short book focuses solely on the Templar Grand Masters. It discusses their activities and influence in the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the peak of their power, adding to an important element of their history.
A master of the commercial society in which he lived, Rossini built his own brand and a significant fortune. This book analyzes how the composer achieved his wealth and how his operas reflect topics such as money, commercial transactions, advertising, and passion.
In his Meditations, Descartes sought the first principles of human knowledge, rejecting the senses for intuition and meditation. This book explains his reasoning and provides textual support, while a final critical chapter shows the failures of his approach.
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.
Daydreams reveal a protagonist’s hopes, fears, and desires. But what do they truly mean for Hollywood cinema? This study investigates fantasy scenes to uncover the key functions daydreams serve from cinematic, thematic, psychological, and ideological perspectives.
Mind and Second Language Acquisition
This volume explores second language (L2) acquisition using experimental designs that open the way for future research. Its insights will be useful for disciplines including linguistics, psychology, and education.
Maurice Moynihan and the Irish State, 1902-1999
He was the elusive civil servant at the heart of the new Irish State. A former Civil War opponent of Éamon de Valera, Maurice Moynihan became his most trusted advisor, writing the 1937 constitution and wielding immense influence over the government he helped create.
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