Social Sciences

Emerging Geographies of Belief

Edited By: Catherine Brace

£44.99

This interdisciplinary book presents new research exploring belief, faith, and religion. It combines theoretical approaches with real-world examples to show how beliefs construct social identities, inform public debate, and shape modes of governance.

Afroeurope@n Configurations

Readings and Projects

Edited By: Sabrina Brancato

£39.99

This volume explores the African presence across Europe, from Russia to the Canary Islands. These essays offer a wide spectrum of research on contemporary black literatures and identities, providing insights into previously little explored areas.

Let’s Talk About Sex

Histories of Sexuality in Australia from Federation to the Pill

By: Lisa Featherstone

£44.99

Uncovering the hidden desires and public fears of Australia from 1901 to 1961, this history reveals how sex became a battleground of crucial social, cultural, and political importance.

From Traditional Attire to Modern Dress

Modes of Identification, Modes of Recognition in the Balkans (XVIth-XXth Centuries)

Edited By: Constanţa Vintilă-Ghiţulescu

£39.99

These essays discuss how clothing, jewellery, and fashion are connected to political and social developments. Fabrics and colours are marvellous documents that bring to life our ancestors' worlds, helping us understand sartorial appearances in the Balkans and Orient.

These essays discuss how clothing, jewellery, and fashion are connected to political and social developments. Fabrics and colours are marvellous documents that bring to life our ancestors’ worlds, helping us understand sartorial appearances in the Balkans and Orient.

In Memoriam

Commemoration, Communal Memory and Gender Values in the Ancient Graeco-Roman World

Edited By: Helène Whittaker

£34.99

Ancient societies deliberately perpetuated the memory of individuals and events. This volume discusses the creation of memory in the Graeco-Roman world, asking how an individual’s gender and social status affected their chances of being remembered after death.

Dying and Death in 18th-21st Century Europe

Edited By: Marius Rotar

£44.99

This book invites you on a fascinating journey across three centuries of Europe, with death as your guide. Experts from varying backgrounds—historians, sociologists, doctors, and more—explore the complex phenomena of death and dying across the continent.

Dimensions of International Migration

Edited By: Paivi Hoikkala

£39.99

This book follows migrants from challenging homelands into even more challenging new worlds. Spanning historical periods, these essays use diverse approaches to reveal the experiences of immigrants, providing a fresh perspective on today's immigration issues.

Physics and Metaphysics

By: Alexander Mitjashin

£34.99

While quantum mechanics is probabilistic, classical physics makes definite predictions. This book argues these predictions can be explained by the mathematics of special relativity, and explores the profound philosophical consequences. No advanced math or physics is required.

Counter Terrorism and Social Cohesion

Edited By: Alperhan Babacan, Hussein Tahiri

£34.99

This book critically examines Australia’s counter-terrorism measures and their impact on human rights and Australian Muslims. It explores the recent shift from a coercive approach to one of community engagement focused on building trust with diverse communities.

Resolving Classroom Management and School Leadership Issues in ELT

Action Research Reports from the United Arab Emirates

Edited By: David Prescott

£34.99

Experienced teachers use action research to examine problems in leadership and management. This volume features work by UAE researchers on classroom issues and broader leadership matters, concluding with a rare retrospective on their empowering investigations.

If It Was Not For Terrorism

Crisis, Compromise, and Elite Discourse in the Age of “War on Terror”

Edited By: Banu Baybars, Lemi Baruh

£39.99

This book investigates the power elites and media wield through the “War on Terror” discourse. International case studies debate the construction of “terrorism,” the creation of “us” vs. “others,” media framing of civil liberties, and resistance.

Nationalism, Ethnicity, Citizenship

Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Edited By: Martyn Barrett, Chris Flood

£39.99

Global migration has challenged old certainties about nationalism, ethnicity, and citizenship. This book examines these issues from multiple perspectives, revealing that nationalism remains a dominant ideology and highlighting education's crucial role.

Constructive Adpositional Grammars

Foundations of Constructive Linguistics

By: Marco Benini, Federico Gobbo

£39.99

This book presents a new grammar paradigm based on adposition. Using Constructive Mathematics, it offers a different perspective on topics like grammaticalization and dependency, validated with examples from diverse languages and a real-world application.

The Surplus of Culture

Sense, Common-sense, Non-sense

Edited By: Ewa Borkowska, Tomasz Burzyński

£39.99

This volume presents the surplus of culture: the added value of irony, irrationality, and absurdity that subverts mainstream culture. It dwells at the risky intersection of untamed interpretation and tradition, where entrenched notions reveal their shattering nature.

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

New Approaches

Edited By: Janette McWilliam, Sonia Puttock, Tom Stevenson

£39.99

This book moves beyond the Seven Wonders framework to explore the unsurpassed reputation and unique importance of the Statue of Zeus. Using interdisciplinary perspectives, it traces the statue's influence from antiquity through to recent centuries.

This book moves beyond the Seven Wonders framework to explore the unsurpassed reputation and unique importance of the Statue of Zeus. Using interdisciplinary perspectives, it traces the statue’s influence from antiquity through to recent centuries.

Selling James Bond

Product Placement in the James Bond Films

By: Tanya Nitins

£34.99

Selling James Bond offers an in-depth “behind the scenes” look at the series’ history of product placement. It charts the practice’s progression, drawing correlations to cultural events and showing how brands became embedded in the film narrative.

History and Narration

Looking Back from the Twentieth Century

Edited By: Marialuisa Bignami

£39.99

This volume explores the relation between narration and history, arguing we must be aware of the rhetorical strategies in historical writing. The essays consider narrativity in authors as diverse as V. Woolf, S. Rushdie, J. M. Coetzee, and A. Ghosh.

Censorship across Borders

The Reception of English Literature in Twentieth-Century Europe

Edited By: Alberto Lázaro, Catherine O’Leary

£39.99

These essays explore European censorship of English literature, revealing why authors like Joyce and Orwell were targeted by opposing ideologies, from conservative Catholic morality to communism. This study uncovers the complex relationship between the state and culture.

Divine Madness

By: Harry Eiss

£54.99

Lila is the play of the gods, a free spirit of creation beyond the chains of reason and the clocks of time. Come, enter a realm of divine madness, where the trickster, the artist, and the savior weave the great tapestry of life. Join the play.

Sexuality, Eroticism, and Gender in French and Francophone Literature

Edited By: Aaron Emmitte, Melanie Hackney

£34.99

Uncover the provocative history of sexuality, eroticism, and gender in French & Francophone literature. From Zola’s challenge to rape to the feminism of Djebar, this book reveals a literary tradition long engaged with redefining desire.

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