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A Holistic Perspective on Harold Pinter’s Drama

Shackles of Anxious Souls

By: Aslı Tekinay

From £31.99

This book explores Harold Pinter’s plays, from his comedies of menace to his memory and political works. It analyzes the thematic constants—intrusion, anxiety, silence, and power games—that define the term “Pinteresque” and connect his entire dramatic oeuvre.

Learning Progressions for Maps, Geospatial Technology, and Spatial Thinking

A Research Handbook

Edited By: Niem Tu Huynh, Michael N. Solem, Richard Boehm

£41.99

This book is a resource for researching learning progressions for maps, geospatial technology and spatial thinking. Featuring contributions from experts, it offers advice and guidance on research methods, data interpretation, and avoiding common pitfalls.

Growing Democracy in Africa

Elections, Accountable Governance, and Political Economy

Edited By: Mamoudou Gazibo, J. Oloka-Onyango

£52.99

This edited collection critically examines the record on democratization in Africa thus far, questioning the state of governance in sub-Saharan Africa, and seeks a new, integrated, focused approach to the study of governance.

Science, Systemic Functional Linguistics and Language Change

A Festschrift for David Banks

Edited By: Shirley Carter-Thomas, Clive E. Hamilton

From £30.99

This Festschrift honours the work of David Banks. The volume includes papers in the three main fields in which he has published: scientific writing, language change and systemic functional linguistics.

Language in Action

Vygotsky and Leontievian Legacy Today

Edited By: Riikka Alanen, Sari Pöyhönen

£44.99

This volume presents a critical analysis of the relationship between language and action, building on the Vygotskian and Leontievian legacy. It sheds light on human activity and the role language has in mediating what we think, do, and learn.

Imaging Malgudi

R K Narayan’s Fictive Town and its People

By: Harsharan Singh Ahluwalia

From £29.99

This critical study explores R.K. Narayan’s timeless stories set in the fictional town of Malgudi. It examines the lives of common people as tradition and modernity, myth and history seamlessly merge, highlighting the inherent pulls and tensions in their society.

A Student’s Handbook of Indian Aesthetics

By: Sanjeev Kumar

Edited By: Neerja Gupta

£58.99

Gupta brings forth the popular theories of Indian aesthetics and Indian poetics. Her text represents primarily a compilation of commentaries and criticism of works such as Natryashastra, Dhvanyavloka, and Abhinavbharati, and there is a full glossary for non-Sanskrit speakers.

Cultural Encounters Between East and West

Edited By: Matthew Birchwood, Matthew Dimmock

£39.99

A radical reappraisal of the relationship between East and West. This inter-disciplinary volume refutes Euro-centric assumptions, exploring the complex cultural, diplomatic, mercantile, and military encounters between 1453 and 1699.

Russia in Transition

Regional Integration, Media Censorship and Culture Institutes

Edited By: Feng-Yung Hu

£44.99

This book discusses Russia's transition over the last two decades, giving a panorama of Putin’s ruling ideology by examining his regional and media policies. Russia-China relations are also discussed as a crucial factor for security in the Asian-Pacific region.

This book discusses Russia’s transition over the last two decades, giving a panorama of Putin’s ruling ideology by examining his regional and media policies. Russia-China relations are also discussed as a crucial factor for security in the Asian-Pacific region.

A Contemporary Interpretation of James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

By: Indrani Deb

From £29.99

This book is a collection of nineteen critical essays on James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist. The author goes beyond established critical material, providing analyses from twenty-first century lenses. It serves as a reference for all readers–students, scholars, and teachers.

The Age of Dystopia

One Genre, Our Fears and Our Future

Edited By: Louisa MacKay Demerjian

£41.99

This book examines the recent popularity of the dystopian genre in literature and film, connecting contemporary manifestations of dystopia to cultural trends and the implications of technological and social changes for the individual and society as a whole.

Americanization of History

Conflation of Time and Culture in Film and Television

Edited By: Kathleen McDonald

£44.99

This collection of essays explores how history and literature are translated into film. From Walt Disney to the Wild West, mobsters to vampire slayers, these articles analyze how movies and TV reflect the time and place of their own creation.

Procedural Manual of Neurosonology

Edited By: Jose C. Navarro, Vijay K. Sharma

From £29.99

Written by neurosonology experts, this volume details the ‘science’ and ‘art’ of performing these tests. With representative cases from clinical practice, it serves as a reference for sonographers and neurologists on transcranial Doppler and cervical duplex exams.

Women and Science, 17th Century to Present

Pioneers, Activists and Protagonists

Edited By: Véronique Molinari

£44.99

This volume takes a new approach to women in science, moving beyond the obstacles they have faced. It analyzes the link between women and science through various media—including fiction, poetry, and sci-fi—to explore the portrayal and self-portrayal of women.

The New Economic Approach to Social and Political Issues

By: Martin Patrick, G. Visakh Varma, Freny Das

From £32.99

Revealing the power of the New Economic Approach, this volume applies rigorous analysis to complex social issues—from love and family to crime and addiction. An essential critical resource for academics, researchers, and policymakers.

Democracy of the Oppressed

Adivasi Poverty and Hunger

By: Ramdas Rupavath

From £33.99

This book assesses the impact of India’s MGNREGA scheme on Adivasi/Indigenous people. It uncovers rampant corruption and inefficiency in the scheme's implementation, while also providing new data showing the policy can be an important tool for mitigating violent conflict.

This book assesses the impact of India’s MGNREGA scheme on Adivasi/Indigenous people. It uncovers rampant corruption and inefficiency in the scheme’s implementation, while also providing new data showing the policy can be an important tool for mitigating violent conflict.

Peninsular Identities, Transatlantic Crossings and Iberian Networks

Edited By: Mark Gant, Siân Edwards, Susana Rocha Relvas

From £35.99

This book offers new approaches to Iberian and Ibero-American cultures, with emphasis on Portuguese-Galician, Basque, and Catalan identities after the Spanish Civil War. It discusses issues of memory, social dynamics, and transatlantic exchanges with South America and Africa.

Critical Cartography of Art and Visuality in the Global Age

Edited By: Anna Maria Guasch Ferrer, Nasheli Jimenez Val

£52.99

Leading scholars pose fundamental questions about contemporary art in the global age. This volume maps current debates on archives, politics, labor, and the post-natural condition, providing a cartography of the conceptual intersections in global art studies today.

Everlasting Countdowns

Race, Ethnicity and National Censuses in Latin American States

Edited By: Luis Fernando Angosto Ferrández, Sabine Kradolfer

£49.99

Politics, not demographics, is at the core of censuses. This book argues that there is no objective method for counting social identities. Using studies from Latin America, it shows how ethnic and racial categories are defined by states to serve political goals.

Collective and Collaborative Drawing in Contemporary Practice

Drawing Conversations

Edited By: Helen Gørrill, Jill Journeaux

£64.99

What happens when people draw together? While collaborative drawing is widely explored, there is little published research on the topic. This book establishes the field, covering conversations through drawing, collaborative processes, and drawing communities.

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