Public disbelief slows the development of nuclear power. This can be overcome by creating reactors with inherent self-protection, where the causes of severe accidents are excluded by the laws of nature. This book collects reports from Russian specialists on such reactors.
This book describes the morphology and syntax of the verb phrase (VP) in Embosi. It provides a syntagmatic analysis of the Embosi VP in keeping with argument structure, tackling the dichotomy between verb types and examining syntactic processes and thematic roles.
Narrative Criminology
This guide on narrative criminology shows how academia and entertainment can blend. For true crime creators and criminology students, it is an insider’s guide to crafting compelling, responsible narratives that educate and entertain without lowering academic standards.
The untold story of the contentious wartime relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Charles de Gaulle. Despite mutual dislike, they manipulated each other to defeat Hitler. Their four years of distrust and animosity played a critical role in the Allies’ path to victory.
The Antisocial Mind
Antisocial behavior is a result of biology, not a choice. This book argues that since the brain produces behavior unconsciously, antisocial individuals are not accountable. They should be treated, not punished, and prisons converted into rehabilitation centers.
100 Years of the American Dream
This collection offers examinations of the American Dream across a diverse range of works. Each chapter’s innovative insights transcend literary critique to touch upon issues of economics, education, gender, immigration, psychology, race, and religion.
Music in Human Experience
Discover twenty botanical marvels, chosen for their historical significance and modern medical relevance. From ancient healing traditions to modern science, this guide reveals the synergy between nature and wellness, detailing the properties and applications of each plant.
Challenging Thoreau’s Romanticism and Reimagining Nature
In Walden, Thoreau presented nature as a path to spiritual clarity. But is his vision too romanticized? This book reevaluates Thoreau’s ideals, challenging his romanticism and reimagining humanity’s relationship with nature in an era of ecological and societal upheaval.
The History of Fair City Athletic Football Club
In the 19th century Scottish football boom, many clubs rose but few survived. This is the story of one such club, Fair City Athletic, which blossomed in Perth to become the city’s predominant team, but missed by a whisker making it onto the major stage when seemingly well-set.
Art and the Technosphere
This book investigates contemporary art’s new status. From caves to digital simulations, art no longer just represents ideas—it constructs worlds. The question is no longer “what” art is, but how we determine the difference between the aesthetic object and artificial life.
Literature and the Japanese War of Aggression against China
This book defines “Invasion Literature,” revealing the pivotal role of Japanese writing in the war against China. It traces the genre’s origins, key authors, and post-war legacy, giving vital attention to powerful but long-neglected literary works.
Four Plays about Disability
Four plays unearth hidden histories of disability. Revisit the Whitechapel murders, uncover Nazi genocide, and witness a Victorian prostitute’s survival in what Joyce Carol Oates calls “the triumph of twisted.”
Countering claims of decadence, this book argues that turn-of-the-century art was energized by a search for meaningful form grounded in psychology. It connects key thinkers to modernists like T. S. Eliot and James Joyce, redefining literary genre through this new lens.
Forensic Psychiatry
This book provides an update on forensic psychiatry, incorporating changes from the ICD-11. It covers criminal and civil topics, addressing controversial issues like chemical castration. It is for psychiatrists, psychologists, and legal practitioners.
Becoming Scientific
Why do some people avidly engage with science while others hate it? This book explores the ‘science identities’ of diverse people through their life stories, providing strategies for educators and parents to foster and support a lifelong journey with science.
This hybrid collection of essays and self-portraits explores the ‘mark’—from heritage and race to trauma and scars. Through various art forms, it tackles identity, emancipation, and self-determination in postcolonial France and the French Caribbean.
Explore diverse perspectives on online and remote language teaching. Drawing on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, its findings can be applied across different levels and languages, making it an essential resource for teachers, researchers, and students.
Journeys through the Ideological Unconscious
This book introduces the concept of the ideological unconscious, analyzing its expression in Spanish literature from feudalism to capitalism. It uncovers the historical intertwining of the ideological and the libidinal, upending assumptions in history and cultural theory.
This book explores language contact in Meghalaya’s borderland, revealing how social and cultural forces shape language change. It examines language attitudes, borrowing, and their impact on intergroup relations, with recommendations for preservation applicable worldwide.