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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.

How Global Migration Changes the Workforce Diversity Equation

Edited By: Anthony Forsyth, Hina Sheikh, Francesca Sperotti

£62.99

This volume explores how a dialogue between diversity and migration research can deepen understanding. It highlights challenges in host societies, from exclusion to anti-migrant attitudes, and points toward solutions through diversity management and legal reform.

On the Translation of Swearing into Spanish

Quentin Tarantino from Reservoir Dogs to Inglourious Basterds

By: Betlem Soler Pardo

£52.99

This book analyzes how insults in Quentin Tarantino's films are dubbed from English into Spanish. His films offer an interesting opportunity because of the exceptional number of insults they contain—1526 have been recorded, classified and analysed.

This book analyzes how insults in Quentin Tarantino’s films are dubbed from English into Spanish. His films offer an interesting opportunity because of the exceptional number of insults they contain—1526 have been recorded, classified and analysed.

Einstein’s Pathway to the Special Theory of Relativity

By: Galina Weinstein

£52.99

This book pieces together the jigsaw of Einstein’s journey to discovering special relativity. Lacking notes from this critical period, it explores his creative process, Poincaré's parallel work, and the paradoxes of the revolutionary theory.

This book pieces together the jigsaw of Einstein’s journey to discovering special relativity. Lacking notes from this critical period, it explores his creative process, Poincaré’s parallel work, and the paradoxes of the revolutionary theory.

Conservation Issues in Modern and Contemporary Murals

Edited By: Tom Learner, Mercedes Sanchez-Pons, Will Shank

£62.99

This volume is a forum for conservators, scientists, artists, and heritage managers on the complex task of preserving our changing heritage. It unites theoretical reflections, scientific studies, and the vital experiences of all partners involved.

Women Framing Hair

Serial Strategies in Contemporary Art

By: Heather Hanna

£47.99

This book explores the complex motif of hair in the work of five contemporary women artists. It investigates why hair is such a resonant site of meaning, exploring its history as a marker of identity, beauty, and power, and its darker side representing trauma.

Innovative Practice and Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Psychosocial Difficulties and Disabilities

Edited By: Angie Hart, Elias Kourkoutas

£73.99

This book presents methods to help children, adolescents, and families deal with adversity. It focuses on strengthening social, emotional, and learning skills and promoting child, family, and school resilience for professionals, teachers, and parents.

Making History Happen

Caribbean Poetry in America

By: Derrilyn E. Morrison

£41.99

This book examines how transnational women poets of the black diaspora, including Lorna Goodison and Claudia Rankine, use mobility and memory to create renewed identities and a sense of belonging, calling attention to an urgent new body of writing.

Guardians or Oppressors

Civil-Military Relations and Democratisation in the Mediterranean Region

Edited By: Gülçin Balamir Coşkun, Amany Salaheldin Soliman

£41.99

This book analyzes why militaries in the Middle East and Mediterranean seek a guardianship role and how they react to democratization. It provides a multi-faceted understanding of complex civil-military relations in one of the world's most unstable regions.

1812 in the Americas

Edited By: Jean-Marc Serme

£41.99

This book brings together diverse perspectives on the War of 1812, exploring its effects through religion, literature, the press, Native American experiences, and the forging of a new Canadian identity.

Women in Leadership and Work-Family Integration

Edited By: Margaret J. Weber

£41.99

As more women enter the workforce, they face an influx of issues surrounding work-life balance. Based on over 400 interviews, this book explores the competing narratives of women's lives as they balance careers with marriage and motherhood.

As more women enter the workforce, they face an influx of issues surrounding work-life balance. Based on over 400 interviews, this book explores the competing narratives of women’s lives as they balance careers with marriage and motherhood.

Adaptations

Some Journeys from Words to Visuals

Edited By: Anugamini Rai, Shri Krishan Rai

£41.99

This book explores the journey of written text to the screen, focusing on cinematic adaptations of Indian and international literary works. It engages with issues like ‘fidelity’ and ‘intertextuality’ in the works of Tagore, Satyajit Ray, and others.

Qualitative Research in Business

A Practical Overview

By: Alf H. Walle

£47.99

Many professionals lack the skills to apply powerful qualitative research methods. This practical guide provides effective, "how to" advice for using these tools in business decision-making. Assuming no prior background, it is an invaluable resource.

Many professionals lack the skills to apply powerful qualitative research methods. This practical guide provides effective, “how to” advice for using these tools in business decision-making. Assuming no prior background, it is an invaluable resource.

The Inside of a Shell

Alice Munro’s Dance of the Happy Shades

Edited By: Vanessa Guignery

£52.99

Worldwide specialists examine the first steps of Nobel laureate Alice Munro. This collection of essays offers new critical perspectives on her debut, Dance of the Happy Shades, revealing how these early stories foreshadow the patterns and themes of her celebrated later work.

Living with the AK-47

Militancy and Militants in Hezbollah’s Resistance Movement

By: Younes Saramifar

£41.99

This book explores Hezbollah through extensive ethnography in its Beirut stronghold and training camps. Focusing on micro-narratives, it reveals how volunteers become militants, scripting a rich tale of ‘resistance’ and everyday life that offsets stereotypes.

Art and Money

Edited By: Peter Stupples, Jane Venis

£41.99

Art and money are both given symbolic value, turning a simple object into a commodity. These essays examine this complex relationship across different cultures and historical periods, from Renaissance Italy to contemporary Pop Art.

Making Education Inclusive

Edited By: Sharon Moonsamy, Elizabeth Walton

£41.99

Education is unlikely to become inclusive without deliberate efforts to dismantle exclusion. This book explores what these efforts entail, from developing teachers to be responsive to learner diversity to reconstituting systems for meaningful inclusion.

Raising Children Bilingually in the United States

Edited By: Iulia Pittman

£41.99

In the United States, minority languages are often lost within a few generations. This volume is a collection of inspiring stories from parents sharing their experiences, challenges, and suggestions for raising children bilingually, providing hope and insight.

Chinese Migration and Families-At-Risk

Edited By: Ko Ling Chan

£47.99

Grounded in recent research, this vital book offers a critical review of Chinese migration. It explores the patterns and influences of internal migration, movements to Hong Kong, and migration to Western countries, focusing on migrant families-at-risk.

Advanced Business Models in International Higher Education

Edited By: Jessica Lichy

£41.99

The future of higher education depends on responding to rising costs, changing labour markets, and new technologies. Pervasive technology has transformed the sector, demanding new business models. A rupture with the past is needed to prepare learners for an uncertain world.

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