Chronology and Evolution within the Mesolithic of North-West Europe
These proceedings focus on the contribution of carbon-14 dates to Mesolithic research in North-West Europe. 40 papers cover themes like lithic industries, settlement patterns, burial practices, human impact on the environment, and neolithisation.
This book offers an ethical analysis of challenges in COVID-19 research, vaccination, and therapy. It confronts the dilemma of who to treat when life-saving resources are limited and highlights the necessity of a global bioethical framework for pandemic management.
European Dictatorships
How did Europe become a “Europe of the Dictatorships“? To understand this process, one must look at the transitions. This book traces Europe’s history from WWI, through the shift from fascist to communist states, to the history of the Eastern Bloc.
Using Language Learning Materials
This volume centres on a little-investigated area of materials research: how language teachers and learners use materials. It explores how teachers’ perspectives influence their use of textbooks and the theoretical frameworks that inform this promising field of study.
Family firms are over 80% of businesses worldwide. This book offers valuable insights into how they operate, exploring HR management, financial practices, and family integration as a source of competitive advantage. It provides a comprehensive analysis of these key challenges.
Global Shifts in Human Trafficking
The modern approach to human trafficking is limited in scope. This book offers a comprehensive analysis, reviewing exploitation over the millennia and examining the application of trafficking laws to broaden the fight to include all forms of modern-day slavery.
This text explores theoretical issues in contemporary rhetoric, including the role of culture, citizenship, and how space and time affect language. A resource for scholars and students, its goal is to stimulate thought and provoke critical responses to the ideas within.
This book makes sense of the political, cultural, and social change in North Africa since the Arab Spring. It argues that the region needs a new political paradigm—one that eschews a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach for solutions reflecting the cultural realities of its societies.
Predictive Models for Soil Contaminants
This book provides a first-of-its-kind collection of predictive spreadsheet models for soil contaminant behavior. It presents graphic and numerical predictions of physical and chemical changes, appealing to governments, companies, scientists, engineers, and researchers.
Sustainability education equips learners with skills to improve their lives and the future of the planet. This volume offers valuable insights for delivering the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality education, a vital resource for readers interested in sustainability.
These essays reflect the international and pluridisciplinary nature of Holocaust scholarship, widening the definition of Holocaust literature to include comic books, fiction, and film. Contributors engage controversial issues of authenticity, morality, and representation.
While ancient objects from Northern Europe are usually seen as historical documents, many should be regarded as works of fine art. This book encourages readers to appreciate Bronze Age and early Medieval artefacts as they do works by well-known contemporary artists.
P. Papinius Statius Volume I
This three-volume work offers a revised text, prose translation, and extensive secondary apparatus for the two epics of Statius: his magnum opus, the Thebaid, and the unfinished Achilleid.
This volume underlines a scientific, data-based approach to language teaching. The contributions gathered here offer versatile perspectives from the disciplinary categories of linguistics, methodology of teaching English, and cultural and literary studies.
Israel from the Outside and Inside
Exploring Israel’s relations with its friends and foes, in the present and the past, by looking into news media outlets and their effect, this study will appeal to those interested in the fascinating sociological forces that influence the regional geopolitics of the Middle East.
A Hindutva Perspective for an Alternative Global Ideology
For 2000 years, four “isms” have dominated the globe: Christianity, Islam, capitalism, and socialism. None curb the ruthless accumulation of power or steer humanity towards sustainable living. This book suggests a new path through Eastern and First Nations philosophies.
This book collects interviews with eight master cardiovascular surgeons, trailblazers of the 20th century whose contributions affect medical practice today. Each interview offers insights on the surgeons’ personal and professional lives.
Rituals of Ilé-Ifẹ̀, Nigeria
This book reveals the hidden beauties of six prominent ritual festivals in Ile-Ifẹ̀, the spiritual capital of the Yoruba people. It provides rare information and profound analysis, an important record of enduring cultural legacies for Yoruba cultural studies.
Touching Art
This study follows the Tree of Life, a Mozambican sculpture made from decommissioned weapons. It explores how its meaning changed when exhibited in its original context versus the British Museum, challenging curatorial concepts of African art.
Reinforced Concrete Design
This book provides the fundamentals of analysis and design of reinforced concrete (RC) elements in a simple way. A valuable guide for students and practicing engineers, its design procedures provide a roadmap to create your own programming codes to increase design productivity.
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