“The Turn of the Hand”
This memoir, written by an “insider,” recalls the lives of the Irish Traveller community during an era of enormous social and cultural change. It tells the stories of a people whose history has often been forgotten or relegated to the cultural margins.
Unlock the value of your intellectual property. Experts use in-depth case studies to reveal how companies profit from patent licensing, strategic litigation, and M&A. An essential guide for business leaders and IP law professionals navigating today’s competitive landscape.
Movies on Home Ground
This exploration of British amateur cinema (1930–1980) reveals a significant but under-explored film practice. It shows how this leisure activity assumed remarkable aesthetic forms, widening the recognised canon of British filmmaking in fascinating new directions.
This collection of essays presents innovative concepts to understand the spaces of the Americas through local lenses. Challenging canonical knowledge derived from outside the region, it introduces a new conceptual framework to analyze the spatial histories of the Americas.
In a world of numerous challenges, the search for meaning and purpose is an important pursuit. This book offers diverse perspectives on the connections between meaning and service, helping readers integrate them into their own personal and professional life.
Speaking about racism is difficult, yet state racism is more acceptable than ever. Immigration detention and racial profiling impact our daily lives. Race and State breaks the taboo of discussing the links between “race” and state from multiple perspectives.
The Wandering Jew began as an anti-Jewish stereotype. This work shifts the focus to the Jewish Other, exploring how Jewish writers and thinkers have subverted and reinvented the figure to confront modern issues of uprootedness, migration, and human rights.
This compilation of original case studies on communication and conflict resolution brings theory to life. Abstract concepts are presented as concrete characters, compelling you to think critically, apply principles, and analyze complex, real-world scenarios.
Challenging the profligate building and urban development which severely impacts upon society and the environment, this study questions the ethics, equity and sustainability of overbuilding, thereby exposing a number of ‘elephants in the big green room’.
This book charts the evolution of physical knowledge from classical antiquity to the 18th century. Based on original sources, it details the rise of the experimental method and the modern approach to physics, with a particular focus on Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton.
The essential guide to canine breeding. Understand body systems, genetics, nutrition, and reproductive health. With illustrations, FAQs, and self-tests to build your practical, real-world skills.
Weaving Theology in Oceania
Woven like an ocean-going canoe, this book offers creative solutions to global needs from an Oceanic perspective. Hearing the cries of the suffering, it draws on Christian academic endeavor anchored in faith, hope and love for a continuing voyage towards a new consciousness.
Horace’s Odes brought Greek lyric metres to Rome and have been loved for 2000 years. These elegant verse translations recreate the original metres, capturing the poetry’s unique structure and sound. Includes a full introduction, extensive notes, and facing-page Latin text.
Research proposals are a ubiquitous part of higher education. This title provides a support framework with step-by-step guidance about what constitutes a good research proposal and what can be done to maximize one’s chances of writing a successful application.
Despite international attention, HIV remains a leading scourge with no cure. As the search continues, this timely book discusses the changing epidemiology of HIV. Its contributors are both academicians and seasoned programmers working in the realm of HIV care.
Museums and Communities
This volume brings together seventeen essays critically reflecting on the collaborative work of the contemporary ethnographic museum with diverse communities. It represents an opportunity to think about the roles and values of museums internationally.
Thomas brings together the oral histories of those who have lived in the Mexican State of Sonora and the corresponding territory in the US, using these voices to paint the revolution in economics, culture, and drug trade that the area has witnessed in gripping, personal terms.
This comprehensive but simple manual addresses frequent and rare emergencies in hand surgery. Written by experienced hand surgeons, this guide covers the management of a variety of conditions, from a nailbed injury to an amputation or a gunshot wound.
Architects draw to think and manage complexity. This collection of chapters and interviews frames a new critical perspective on drawing as a way to encourage spatial thinking and practice in architecture and urbanism, considering both historical and current uses.
The Life and Work of Percy Aldridge Grainger
Creative genius Percy Grainger documented his life to explore how music can uplift humankind. This book is the first to detail his life and music using his own words, unpublished documents, and musical examples in a study that is both accessible and detailed.
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