This book argues that postmodernist historiographic metafiction is not just self-referential, but hetero-referential. Using Peter Ackroyd’s Chatterton, it shows how texts create their own worlds while referring to an external reality, even if that reality is a human construct.
In the early twentieth century, fairy tales became political tools used to define a nation’s identity and justify claims to statehood in countries like Romania and Ireland. This book investigates the interweave of poetics and politics during the rise of modernist nationalism.
The History of Medicine and Healthcare
This well-illustrated volume covers topics such as the history of psychiatry, biomedical ethics, and public health. Of special note is a paper by internationally renowned historian Dr Peter L. Twohig.
The London Underground Public Private Partnership 1997-2010
Confidential files reveal the bitter feud between Blair, Brown, and Livingstone for the London Underground. Uncover the political spin behind the spectacular collapse of the UK’s largest public-private deal—a staggering £450 million failure.
Critical Reception of Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is equally loved and disparaged. This book delves into the kaleidoscope of reactions to her writings that mediate her identity as a writer, activist and celebrity, exploring how factors from her Booker win to sedition charges shape how her work is read.
Seeds of Liberty, Justice, Peace, and Democracy in Early America
Amid widespread religious and political bigotry, William Penn, a Quaker, dared to bring relief to the suffering. He provided a safe haven in early America where liberty, justice, peace, and democracy ruled, sowing seeds that became the basis for the US Constitution.
Jesus, Paul and Matthew, Volume Two
This book argues against the scholarly trend that contrasts Jesus, Paul, and Matthew. It reveals their shared vision: Jesus replaced a ‘politics of holiness’ with a ‘politics of compassion,’ forming a fictive family of God’s children based on our potential to absorb the divine.
This book focuses on the nanoparticle-based modification of oxide powders for enamels, paints, ceramics, and insulators. It presents studies on the properties and physical processes that occur in these materials when irradiated with accelerated electrons and protons.
This book questions the credibility of modern Quran translations. It addresses whether translations can be a true reflection of the divine message, assesses flaws in English versions, and discusses the best methods for translating religious texts, supported by expert interviews.
This book provides the philosophical basis for person-centred healthcare. Drawing on phenomenology, it offers clinicians a practical guide to improving care and promoting autonomy in patients with chronic illness.
The Home Workplace
The recent mass migration to remote work has made it clear our foundations are not solid. But what if this decentralization could benefit the individual, the organization, and the planet? This book provides tools to design a home workplace that serves your company and our world.
This collection of essays highlights the enduring significance of provenance for historians, authentication, and law. It remains vital to ownership and topical due to ongoing debates over looted art and the illicit trade in antiquities conducted by terrorist groups.
This book offers a European approach to green biotechnology entrepreneurship. It moves from concepts and principles to management, finance, and IT tools for starting a business. It also maps good practices in Europe, ideal for entrepreneurs or those seeking to build their skills.
This book contextualises Nigerian cultural history as an instrument for sustainable development. While Nigeria’s rich past defines its present, its potential as inspiration for development is ignored, leaving the country vulnerable to repeating past mistakes.
This book uses COVID-19’s essential questions—who, where, when, and why—to challenge the superiority of clinical medicine over epidemiology. It argues epidemiology’s model is more adequate, reframing it as Ecosystem Thinking to explore the geopolitical values in medicine.
Healthcare engineering extends far beyond biomedical engineering. This book gathers insights from diverse disciplines, covering emerging technologies from sensor development and smart drug delivery to rehabilitation engineering and even applications in the mining industry.
Entanglements of Life with the Law
This book reveals the uncomfortable truth of London’s magistrates’ courts. A legal system undermined by austerity dispenses ‘summary justice’ lacking due process to the city’s most vulnerable, in a process bearing a striking resemblance to ‘justice’ in authoritarian societies.
This book generalizes transforms from accelerated frames to inertial frames—essential for real-world applications where labs are not truly inertial. It covers the theory and derivation of relativistic fictitious forces (Coriolis, centrifugal) and the Thomas Wigner effect.
This book introduces a digital literacy beyond social media. It’s not enough to buy technology without understanding the hardware and software logic. Generalized nets marry the soft approximations of humans with the hard precision of the computer.
The Importance of Female Inclusion in Clinical Trials
The COVID-19 vaccine saved lives, but also gave rise to health issues in females, who were deliberately marginalized in clinical trials. This book argues for an end to ‘bikini medicine,’ demanding treatment that considers factors like the menstrual cycle in vaccination timing.