Haiku
A renowned poet shows how haiku is a powerful tool for spiritual awakening. Shed the ego, enjoy glimpses of unity with nature, and discover a deeper sense of what it is to be truly alive. Surprises await readers who think haiku is just a three-line poem.
Factual Fictions
This book explores the American documentary novel’s rise in the 1960s alongside New Journalism. Analyzing works by Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and Don DeLillo, it productively complicates the precarious divide between fact and fiction.
Sound Art and Music
This volume explores the mutually beneficial, but occasionally uneasy, relationship between sound art and music. With chapters from practitioners and theoreticians, it provides a snapshot of contemporary research across this exciting area of study.
The Amerindian Microcosm
Explore the epic history of the Americas, from hunter-gatherers to vast cities. This book uses revolutionary genomic science to trace the past, present, and future of Native peoples, uncovering a story essential to all humankind.
How can we understand ancient Greek healing rituals when the men who recorded them could not know what occurred? This book compares ancient sources with modern rituals still performed by women, bringing both worlds into mutual illumination and offering new interpretations.
This book overcomes the traditional dichotomy between knowledge and values. Drawing on European critical rationalism from Kant to Husserl, it illustrates a new conception of knowledge, showing its value and limits for scholars and anyone interested in a new image of science.
How can tourism benefit a country inclusively and responsibly? Prominent scholars explore sustainable tourism development in Tanzania, focusing on local food linkages and responsible practices. A valuable source for the tourism industry, policymakers, scholars, and students.
Is another world war inevitable? Yes, if we continue to think in “either/or” terms that lead to war or peace with no middle ground. This book reveals “both/and” thinking, a way to resolve paradox and find novel solutions beyond simple conflict.
Poland’s Angry Romantic
Juliusz Słowacki is one of Poland’s most important writers, but little known in the West. This much-needed introduction contains his popular play Balladina, his meditative poem Agamemnon’s Tomb, and his hilarious mock-epic Beniowski.
The Hepatitis E Virus
Describing an English doctor’s contribution to the discovery of the hepatitis E virus’ (HEV) impact in humans, this account includes stories from an increasingly under pressure health service and puts the dubious practices of the meat production industry under the spotlight.
This is the first book to address the root causes of poor working conditions within global supply chains. From a unique survey of nearly 2,000 suppliers, it presents fresh evidence on how purchasing practices impact wages and identifies changes for more sustainable supply chains.
This book argues that if law is not underpinned by a moral understanding, the moral law itself is violated. It objects to impunity for those who contravene international peremptory criminal law, reaffirming universal principles of truth, equality, and the essential value of man.
Statistics Meets Sports
In the world of sports, data science and analytics are leading to game-changing insights. This book provides a solid understanding of these new trends and offers the interested reader a starting point from which to dive into this blossoming field.
Asian English Writers of Chinese Origin
This book brings together nine Asian English writers of Chinese descent to explore postcolonial impacts on race, class, and language. It takes a special look at gender politics and how Chinese women defy the Orientalist gaze and native patriarchy.
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.
Ur-Illuminism charts humanity’s quest for its highest potential. Tracing a hidden history from Plato and the mystics to the Illuminati, it proposes a radical synthesis of esoteric metaphysics and libertarian thought as the one true bulwark against modern oppression.
Plautus’ Erudite Comedy
This collection of original essays examines the comedy of Plautus as a creative dialogue with contemporary culture. The studies explore his engagement with Greek literature, science, and philosophy, revealing his foundational influence on Latin literature.
Calling on philosophers as the custodians of rationality to reconsider their responsibility toward their communities and the state of civilization at large, Amir considers philosophy to be a practical discipline.
For new and seasoned investors, this book provides crucial knowledge of Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), and Blockchain. It covers the most important elements investors need to know, including regulation risk and robust trading strategy.
On Nabokov, Ayn Rand and the Libertarian Mind
Uniting the divergent worlds of Nabokov and Ayn Rand, this meditation explores libertarianism through the author’s own conflicted relationship to the odd pair. A unique and charged look at the intersection of art and politics.
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