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A Cultural Journey through the English Lexicon

Edited By: Roberto Facchinetti

£39.99

This book explores the English lexicon as a mirror of cultural identity. Studies show how word contextualization leads to differing interpretations, revealing that language needs the cornerstone of Culture to thrive.

Exploring English Phonetics

Edited By: Tatjana Paunović, Biljana Čubrović

£39.99

This volume is a meeting point for scholars in English Phonetics worldwide. It explores language varieties, research methods, and the challenges of teaching English to non-native speakers, offering intriguing results from original research.

Gift and Economy

Ethics, Hospitality and the Market

Edited By: Eric R. Severson

£39.99

Is a pure gift truly possible? The powerful forces of economy can corrupt every effort to give. This volume takes up Jacques Derrida’s challenge to investigate the gift, exploring an excess that cannot be explained by the calculus of exchange and power.

Spirit, Faith and Church

Women’s Experiences in the English-Speaking World, 17th-21st Centuries

Edited By: Laurence Lux-Sterritt, Claire Sorin

£39.99

Women are represented as inferior creatures or as privileged vessels for the divine. This volume questions how women have negotiated their spiritual roles in male-dominated institutions and reacted to perceptions of their bodies as facilitating or impeding access to God.

Flying with Two Wings

Interreligious Dialogue in the Age of Global Terrorism

Edited By: Virginia Garrard-Burnett, Yetkin Yildirim

£34.99

In a world facing a “clash of civilizations,” Fethullah Gülen believes peace can be achieved through education, tolerance, and dialogue. This collection of papers explores his ideals—a blueprint for “peace islands” that can withstand waves of conflict.

Insights into the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL)

Edited By: David Newby

£39.99

This book provides insights into key aspects of language teacher education. It explores theoretical issues supporting the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL), discussing reflection, autonomy, and case studies for educators and students.

Medieval Metaphysics, or is it “Just Semantics”? (Volume 7

Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics)

Edited By: Gyula Klima

£34.99

Medieval thinkers, driven by metaphysical and epistemological commitments, sought to discern how concepts latch onto reality. This book follows these attempts concerning the signification of theological discourse, Trinitarian semantics, and essential definition.

The Demonic Temptations of Medieval Nominalism (Volume 9

Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics)

Edited By: Gyula Klima

£34.99

These essays explore medieval debates on singular cognition and nominalist epistemology. From Aquinas and Scotus to Ockham and John Buridan, this volume traces how nominalism leads to "Demon Skepticism" and the "weird" implications of Buridan's metaphysics.

These essays explore medieval debates on singular cognition and nominalist epistemology. From Aquinas and Scotus to Ockham and John Buridan, this volume traces how nominalism leads to “Demon Skepticism” and the “weird” implications of Buridan’s metaphysics.

Problems of Contemporary World Futurology

Edited By: Vladimir I. Yakunin

£44.99

Is scientific forecasting of the future possible? The authors of this book are convinced it is. Using rigorous methodology and mathematical modeling, leading experts demonstrate what the world will look like in the coming decades and centuries.

European Culture in Diversity

Edited By: Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney, Evan Williams

£39.99

This collection of articles presents European culture in its unity and diversity. From a fierce and dramatic past to the transformations it faces due to new political, economic, and cultural challenges, these essays consider local European issues against a global background.

The Life and Legacy of George Leslie Mackay

An Interdisciplinary Study of Canada’s First Presbyterian Missionary to Northern Taiwan (1872 – 1901)

Edited By: Clyde R. Forsberg Jr.

£34.99

This study explores George Leslie Mackay, a 19th-century Canadian missionary in Taiwan. He defied colonial norms by ordaining aboriginal ministers and marrying a Taiwanese woman, creating a unique “biculture” of foreign initiative and aboriginal agency.

Last Tape on Stage in Translation

Unwinding Beckett’s Spool in Turkey

By: Burç İdem Dinçel

£34.99

This study examines translated theatre texts as blueprints for production, focusing on Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape. By looking into the Turkish translations and productions of the play, this book brings a new dimension to approaching theatre through translation.

Locality, Memory, Reconstruction

The Cultural Challenges and Possibilities of Former Single-Industry Communities

Edited By: Jopi Nyman, Risto Turunen

£39.99

This volume explores the role of culture in single-industry communities facing industrial loss. Through international case studies, it shows how cultural memory, local traditions, and identity become communal strategies for survival and perseverance.

Reinterpreting Indian Ocean Worlds

Essays in Honour of Kirti N. Chaudhuri

Edited By: Stefan C. A. Halikowski Smith

£44.99

Exploring themes of ‘Intermixing,’ ‘The World of Trade’ and ‘Colonial Paths,’ these new studies reflect current research on the Indian Ocean world. This collection pays tribute to Kirti N. Chaudhuri, one of the most outstanding historians in the field.

Natural Environment and Culture in the Mediterranean Region II

Edited By: Ibrahim Atalay, Recep Efe, Munir Ozturk

£54.99

The Mediterranean Basin, one of the world's largest archipelagos, is located at the intersection of Eurasia and Africa. A cradle to ancient civilizations like the Greeks and Romans, its shores and rich biodiversity are now threatened by overuse.

The Mediterranean Basin, one of the world’s largest archipelagos, is located at the intersection of Eurasia and Africa. A cradle to ancient civilizations like the Greeks and Romans, its shores and rich biodiversity are now threatened by overuse.

Academic Identities—Academic Challenges? American and European Experience of the Transformation of Higher Education and Research

Edited By: Tor Halvorsen, Atle Nyhagen

£49.99

EU reforms promote the US university system as a model for economic growth. This book demonstrates that this contradicts basic European values, ignores the social costs of copying an elite system, and neglects crucial issues of elitism and democracy.

Consciousness, Theatre, Literature and the Arts 2011

Edited By: Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

£44.99

This collection of essays highlights the growing interest in the relationship between the arts and human consciousness. Reflecting a wide range of disciplines and approaches, the book features contributions from scholars across the world.

Culture Shock and Multiculturalism

Reclaiming a Useful Model from the Religious Realm

By: Edward Dutton

£39.99

‘Culture shock’ is a useful model for human experience, but its most popular form promotes a replacement religion: Multiculturalism. This book shows how to divorce the concept from its religious dimensions and return both it and anthropology to the realm of science.

Compendium of Forage Technical Terms in English, French and Romanian

By: Diana-Andreea Boc-Sînmărghiţan, Georgeta Raţă, Ionel Samfira

£44.99

A trilingual compendium of English, French, and Romanian technical terms for forages. It covers key topics in plant biology, physiology, and cultivation. An essential resource for agriculturists, researchers, students, and translators.

Science and American Literature in the 20th and 21st Centuries

From Henry Adams to John Adams

Edited By: Frédéric Dumas, Ronan Ludot-Vlasak, Claire Maniez

£39.99

This book explores the uneasy relationship between American literature and science. It examines how scientific discourse informs literary writing, from the history of science and neurosciences to the ethics of progress and the influence of digital technology.

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