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Local and Global Understandings of Creativities

Multipart Music Making and the Construction of Ideas, Contexts and Contents

Edited By: Ardian Ahmedaja

£49.99

Focusing on creators rather than the object, this volume explores the "polyphony of voices" in music making. Based on fieldwork, it examines how musicians balance personal goals with group cohesion in diverse secular and religious traditions.

Focusing on creators rather than the object, this volume explores the “polyphony of voices” in music making. Based on fieldwork, it examines how musicians balance personal goals with group cohesion in diverse secular and religious traditions.

Onomastics in Contemporary Public Space

Edited By: Oliviu Felecan

£69.99

This volume analyses names and name-giving in public space from a global, intercultural perspective. It adopts a multidisciplinary viewpoint, merging onomastics with sociolinguistics, history, and politics to cover everything from place names to nicknames.

1812 Echoes

The Cadiz Constitution in Hispanic History, Culture and Politics

Edited By: Stephen G.H. Roberts, Adam Sharman

£54.99

The 1812 Constitution of Cadiz was a defining moment for the Spanish-speaking world. Drafted during wartime, it radically redefined ‘the Spanish nation’, dividing Spaniards and questioning Spain's legitimacy in her American colonies. This volume explores its legacy.

The 1812 Constitution of Cadiz was a defining moment for the Spanish-speaking world. Drafted during wartime, it radically redefined ‘the Spanish nation’, dividing Spaniards and questioning Spain’s legitimacy in her American colonies. This volume explores its legacy.

Authorising History

Gestures of Authorship in Fourteenth-Century English Historiography

By: Nicole Nyffenegger

£44.99

This book explores the strategies Middle English authors used to authorise their historical works. It investigates the "anglicising" of history around 1300, which gave new audiences access to the past, previously excluded by Latin and French texts.

This book explores the strategies Middle English authors used to authorise their historical works. It investigates the “anglicising” of history around 1300, which gave new audiences access to the past, previously excluded by Latin and French texts.

Aspects of Tourist Behavior

Edited By: Metin Kozak

£44.99

This book addresses various aspects of tourist behaviour, from need-recognition to post-consumption. Supported by practical examples from a range of countries, it is very useful for updating your knowledge or carrying out further research in this field.

Culture and Dialogue

Volume 3, Issue Number 1 - March 2013

Edited By: Gerald Cipriani

£39.99

Culture and Dialogue explores dialogical practice within culture, be it philosophy, art, or politics. This Special Issue is devoted to the theme of “religion and dialogue,” bringing together a range of outstanding essays on the subject.

Zambia Social Science Journal Vol. 2, No. 2 (November 2011)

Edited By: Jotham Momba

£19.99

This journal has been discontinued. Any issues are available to purchase separately.

Reading Penguin

A Critical Anthology

Edited By: George Donaldson, William Wootten

£44.99

Penguin Books democratised reading, becoming the most important British publisher of the 20th century. In these essays, scholars examine Penguin's significance, from breaking the Lady Chatterley ban to the iconic art of its covers.

Penguin Books democratised reading, becoming the most important British publisher of the 20th century. In these essays, scholars examine Penguin’s significance, from breaking the Lady Chatterley ban to the iconic art of its covers.

Supervision in Educational, Social and Medical Services Professions

By: Georgeta Raţă

£39.99

Combat stress and burnout in caring professions. This guide explores the vital role of supervision, drawing on quantitative research with 400 social workers, educators, and medical staff.

Traumatic Affect

Edited By: Meera Atkinson, Michael Richardson

£49.99

Traumatic Affect examines the intersection of trauma and affect theory. This collection of essays offers timely critiques of film, art, and politics, venturing into bold new territories to illuminate pressing realities that demand our engagement.

Manikin Plays

Two Contemporary Plays

By: Sreenath Nair

£34.99

Two plays reflecting on contemporary Indian society. Stone Idols deconstructs the Buddha myth to explore identity. The Beauty Parlour shows a woman victimized by the male gaze. The collection addresses sexuality and gender with innovative style and insight.

Dalit Women and Dropout Rates in Collegiate Education

A Study of the Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh

By: Silveru Harinath

£34.99

Caste remains a hurdle in Indian education, particularly for Dalit women. This book throws light on the social stigma they face, leading to high dropout rates from college in the Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh.

Searching for the American Dream

How a Sense of Place Shapes the Study of History

Edited By: Cassandra L. Atherton, Glenn Moore

£39.99

This groundbreaking guide offers practical advice for planning and leading international study tours, revealing the rewards of taking students beyond the classroom.

The Secret History of the Soul

Physiology, Magic and Spirit Forces from Homer to St Paul

By: Richard Sugg

£49.99

What if the soul wasn't an abstract entity but a physical force? This book examines forgotten models from the ancient world where spirit was a potent, transferable energy that blurred the line between body and soul and was used to effect magical cures.

What if the soul wasn’t an abstract entity but a physical force? This book examines forgotten models from the ancient world where spirit was a potent, transferable energy that blurred the line between body and soul and was used to effect magical cures.

New Ideas in the Writing Arts

Edited By: Graeme Harper

£39.99

The growth of Creative Writing has generated new ways of thinking about the craft. This book presents fresh explorations that treat writing as a dynamic activity, not a static object, offering practical ways to develop your own work.

Latin American Bureaucracy and the State Building Process (1780-1860)

Edited By: Juan Carlos Garavaglia, Juan Pro Ruiz

£54.99

While most analyses of state formation focus on Europe and North America, this volume pays particular attention to Latin America. It provides the first detailed perspective on the formation of the State’s bureaucracies and offers an innovative analysis.

Retold Stories, Untold Histories

Maxine Hong Kingston and Leslie Marmon Silko on the Politics of Imagining the Past

By: Joanna Ziarkowska

£44.99

This text explores how Maxine Hong Kingston and Leslie Marmon Silko challenge official history. Coming from marginalized groups, both writers use creative writing to reconstruct silenced pasts and counter stereotypical narratives of American identity.

Cases of Intervention

The Great Variety of British Cultural Studies

Edited By: Marie Hologa

£44.99

Cases of Intervention offers new perspectives on the case study in British cultural studies. In this volume, the method takes centre stage as scholars apply theory to diverse topics like the cup of tea, CCTV, and monarchs on film.

East Central Europe in Exile Volume 2

Transatlantic Identities

Edited By: Anna Mazurkiewicz

£49.99

This two-volume series examines the East Central European émigré experience. The first volume focuses on the reasons for migration and adaptation, while the second explores the negotiation of new identities and maintaining ties to the abandoned homeland.

The Harmony of the Sphere

Edited By: Silvia De Bianchi

£39.99

This is the first comparative study of Kant and Herschel. Their model of the world dismissed the idea of a finite, static cosmos and introduced an evolutionary perspective that had a crucial influence on nineteenth- and twentieth-century astronomy.

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