Ending the War Between Humanity and Nature
Why are we so unwilling to address the climate crisis? Humanity and nature are at war. This book argues the root cause is not simply economics, but the time-honored stories we tell ourselves about humanity’s place in (or out of) the natural world.
First Language Bidialectism in Second Language Interface Acquisition
This book helps separate language difference from disorder in multidialectal L2 learners. It offers empirical and theoretical support for linguists and speech-language pathologists, with valuable implications for teaching, assessment, and clinical practice.
Exploring the Macabre, Malevolent, and Mysterious
Scholars explore how horror and dark subjects influence cultures worldwide. These topics are found not only in fiction but in belief systems, art, and government. This intellectual exploration covers witchcraft, zombies, serial killers, monsters, and the mysterious unknown.
The Cinematographic Activities of Charles Rider Noble and John Mackenzie in the Balkans (Volume Two)
This book details the engrossing story of two camera operators sent to the Balkans in the early 20th century. They filmed the first motion pictures of the region’s landscapes, cultural traditions, and public events, providing an exciting trip ‘through savage Europe’.
Spanish Women Authors of Serial Crime Fiction
This collection analyzes detective series with female investigators, exploring their treatment of current social, political, and gender issues. Authors break with convention by blending crime fiction with sci-fi and the supernatural in varied settings to reinvigorate the genre.
Education today needs a re-thinking. This book presents EUFICCS, an innovative, full-immersion approach to language and culture teaching. This holistic path empowers students with the intercultural and democratic competences necessary to function as future global citizens.
From Shakespeare to Star Wars, how are men represented on the page and screen? These essays argue that men must become aware of these representations to alter toxic patriarchal models, distinguish masculinity from patriarchy, and achieve liberation from its crippling constraints.
Development Engineering
This research-backed guide shows innovators how to develop technological interventions for low-resource settings. Learn to create sustainable solutions that meet a real need, are affordable, and fit the cultural context to avoid common failures and achieve widespread use.
This collection challenges the view that translanguaging should only be used by language teachers. Through practical descriptions of its use in science and maths classrooms, it shows how this pedagogy can be a vehicle to help students understand difficult academic concepts.
This book is the third in a series presenting outcomes from the Maryvale Institute’s doctoral research programme. It provides an overview of work by students across the globe and their contribution to new knowledge in Catholic studies.
Orthodox Mysticism and Asceticism
This volume explores the cultural, social and ethical dimensions of St Gregory Palamas’ works, relating his mystical theology to contemporary debates in philosophy, politics, and art. Topics include church-state relations and hesychast influences on Byzantine iconography.
A tool for teachers in the multicultural classroom, this book focuses on cross-cultural communicative competency. It provides a foundation for teaching English as a lingua franca in the age of globalization, bringing pluralism and multiculturalism center stage.
This book challenges conventional views of infection, arguing that epidemics are irrevocably linked to culture, class, and power. Experts from diverse fields present a collaborative approach to find solutions that may determine whether people live or die.
Neuroscience is the new paradigm, prefixing everything from economics to ethics. But what does this really mean? This work examines the ethics of neuroscientific investigations and their associated technologies, including the moral problems of cognitive enhancement.
This monumental work on the late Romantic Irish poet George Darley features a scholarly edition of his complete poetry and a new biography. For the first time, it establishes Darley as a translator of Virgil’s Æneid and includes newly discovered poems and over 40 new letters.
Information Resource Science
This book introduces the new field of ‘Information Resource Science.’ While applied knowledge is developing, no theoretical study exists. This book fills that gap, solving basic issues of information resource theory to improve the creation and use of information.
This book covers the measurement of optoelectronic components, focusing on the implementation of static electrical and optical characterization. It links these measurements to solid state physics and presents different LED technologies through detailed experimental analyses.
This volume explores the confluences between post-modernism and post-colonialism. It examines their shared challenge to Eurocentric master narratives, sheds light on the East-West relation, and questions Western modes of representation in literary and cultural works.
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.
Long Non-Coding RNA
Once dismissed as genomic “noise,” Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) are now known to regulate genes and are involved in diverse diseases like cancer. As their mechanisms are still ambiguous, this book provides a comprehensive account of lncRNA research.
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