A Look at China and Sino-Belarus Cooperation
A guide to China’s new era under Xi Jinping. It explores the centralization of power, the anti-corruption fight, and strengthening diplomacy. This book examines the rapprochement with Russia, rising tensions with the US, and controversies of the “Belt and Road” initiative.
An Exploration of Prehistoric Ontologies in the Bering Strait Region
This book introduces the belief and symbolism in prehistoric Bering Strait art. It challenges traditional archaeology by reconsidering the relationship between materiality and spirituality, analyzing therianthropic motifs on ancient Inuit ivories to explore potential shamanism.
Early Feminist Pioneers, Their Lives, and Their Reform Efforts
This book explores the lives of eight early feminist pioneers of England and America. These reformers, activists, and abolitionists noticed injustices and took brave actions at great personal cost to provide remedies and protect vulnerable populations.
Bones regenerate, but teeth do not. This book introduces the world of apatites, the biomaterials composing our teeth and bones. It will boost your interest in biomaterials and improve your understanding of the daily efforts of dentists, dental technicians, and hygienists.
Mapping the Postcolonial Domestic in the Works of Vargas Llosa and Mukundan
A pioneering analysis of postcolonialism through the lens of the domestic. This study challenges the limits of Western theory, forging new methods to understand the ‘inner’ realm of colonial experience and its overlooked histories.
This book sheds light on controversial questions about interventions on religious heritage buildings. Since Vatican II, the renewal of Catholic churches has been problematic for historic buildings. How can we reform what has already been reformed?
This volume gathers research on language acquisition, learning, and teaching. These inspiring contributions by Latin American scholars, or in the Latin American context, will be relevant to all those involved in the process of teaching and learning languages.
This book introduces Kolmogorov-Zurbenko Filters, powerful data analysis tools that discover phenomena hidden within data. Rather than forcing models, these methods obtain accurate results in noisy environments by separating sources of influence to explain the total picture.
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery combats leading causes of death. This volume discusses various aspects of CABG, with up-to-date information and practical experience from cardiovascular surgeons.
For 30,000 years, humans have created visual expressions of their sacred beings. This book investigates these interpretations of deities throughout history, exploring the psychological necessity for us to create gods and goddesses in a human-like form.
Religious Messages in the Media
Can religious messages be transmitted through the media? This book analyzes the relationship between media and religion, arguing that media can only convey religious messages superficially and are unsuitable for mediating deep spiritual content or evangelization.
This book investigates the discourses on origins, identifying four types: mythical, rational, scientific, and phenomenological. It analyzes the singular structure of each, defining them as ascending or descending to reveal the unique ways we talk about our beginnings.
Personal Identity between Philosophy and Psychology
What is personal identity? What makes a person an individual? This book analyses these questions from the dialectical perspective of psychoanalysis, psychiatry, and philosophy. It offers a new point of departure and a dynamic vision of identity.
Our world needs nurses now more than ever. Facing a significant shortage, the nursing profession offers complex, challenging, and rewarding roles. This book provides an overview of these vast opportunities and may persuade you to choose this rewarding profession.
From the late 16th century until their expulsion in 1767, Jesuits played a pivotal role in Spanish America. Their missions stretched from northern Mexico to South America, leaving a rich historical and architectural heritage. This volume outlines their development and legacy.
Slow violence is the gradual environmental catastrophe harming the poor. While often associated with the Global South, this book reveals its devastating impact in America, concentrating on Illinois and Appalachia and exploring its reflection in literature.
This book sums up over half a century of research in derivative spectroscopy. For the first time, it offers the big picture of all spectroscopic and non-spectroscopic derivative methods, with reproducible calculations, serving as a practical guide for researchers and students.
The European Integration Crisis
European integration results from self-interest, not altruism. This book uses public choice theory to de-idealize the process and explain the EU’s current crisis. Since integration is not irreversible, could we be entering an era of disintegration?
The Estate of Major General Claude Martin at Lucknow
Explore the 18th-century Indian household of Claude Martin, a common soldier who became a magnate in Lucknow. This book inventories his possessions—from paintings and weapons to hot air balloons—revealing a man fascinated by Enlightenment science and European luxury.
How Nurses Can Facilitate Meaning-making and Dialogue
Nurses hear patients’ stories daily. This book describes how to use narrative to realize therapeutic aims. With practical case studies, it explains how narrative achieves person-centred care, enabling a switch from care delivery to a dialogic, recovery-oriented approach.
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