This book offers a provocative new interpretation of megaliths, arguing they mark humanity’s transition from natural selection to civilization. It reveals their original purpose as scenes for primordial theatrical performance and explores sites from Stonehenge to Gobekli Tepe.
Tourism Economics
This book examines tourism economics with specific case studies from countries across the world. Featuring contributions from international experts, it is useful for academics and tourism professionals seeking to update their knowledge at both micro and macro levels.
This book explores the history of migration in India. In contrast to the 19th century’s mass migration of labourers, it investigates the comparative immobility of the people of Andhra, discussing causes including their traditional attachment to their native locale.
Romantic poet Justinus Kerner’s Sketches from My Boyhood is a vivid, charming, and entertaining narrative of growing up in Württemberg. Set against the ever-present reality of the French Revolution, it is a gem of 19th-century autobiographical writing.
In Search of the Classical World
An introduction to the ancient Aegean, from the Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Trojans to the Classical Greeks. Explore their history, the wars against Persia, the strife between Athens and Sparta, and how Homeric heroes shaped their literature and drama.
This book examines the diverse literature and culture of Newfoundland and Labrador. Scholars and writers explore its unique context across fiction, poetry, and filmmaking, bringing Indigenous histories to the foreground and encouraging international dialogue.
Mapping the Self
This collection of essays explores place, identity, and nationality in our globalised world. With a global perspective, these critical works assert the power of film, poetry, and novels to define and contest identity, from the national to the individual.
Why do Koreans work some of the longest hours in the world? This book explores the reasons behind Korea’s demanding work culture and reveals the major impact lengthy working hours have on the ability of average Koreans to participate in leisure activities.
Observing Napoleon’s march from Elba to his defeat at Waterloo was Byron’s friend J.C. Hobhouse. This book presents an essay on Byron and Napoleon, Byron’s poems, and Hobhouse’s letters and mostly unpublished diary from the thick of things in Paris.
Render Unto God
While many reconsider capitalism, its most devout disciples—evangelicals—have been silent. This book calls Christians to rethink how market fundamentalism fractures families, creates inequality, and destroys the environment. Have we forgotten our commitment to God?
Re-Imagining the First World War
What is the place of the First World War in cultural memory today? This volume explores the Great War’s enduring significance in Anglophone literature and culture, from poetry and film to Downton Abbey, offering new perspectives on the conflict.
Communication and Information Technology in Society
This book discusses the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in management, economics, education, and psychology. With an interdisciplinary approach, it answers key questions and contributes to the discussion on the theoretical and practical use of ICT.
Writing Business Letters Across Languages
A practical guide to cross-cultural business correspondence. Exploring style, tone, and structure, it provides examples from Arabic, English, and French to help professionals write effective letters and understand their counterparts in other languages.
This book explains the links between human capital management and an organisation’s performance. Chapters provide an accurate picture of relevant topics in human resource management, including commitment systems, social networks, and happiness at work.
Communication and Information Technology in Society
This interdisciplinary volume explores communication technologies across fields like economics, education, and science. Adopting a psycho-pedagogical approach, it offers insights into Poland, a country in major transition regarding such technologies.
Operetta
From Offenbach’s Paris to the Vienna of Strauss and Lehár, operetta flourished. This source book presents an overview of the genre, tracing its history to modern musical comedy with composer biographies, a chronology, and selected synopses.
Random Thoughts
This collection of critical essays ranges from Shakespeare to Rushdie, covering Indian, British, and African writers. Addressing poetry, fiction, and drama with a fresh approach, the book is a valuable resource for students, teachers, and researchers of English literature.
Gendering Commitment
This collection challenges the assumption that engagement in Italian culture is a male domain. It analyses the work of those typically excluded from the debate: female writers, artists, and others who insist on questioning and denouncing social realities.
Contextualizing Translation Theories
This volume provides critical readings of Arabic–English translation strategies, from equivalence to domestication and foreignization. It demonstrates the pros and cons of each within a theoretical context, augmented by examples from actual textual data.
This volume investigates world lexicography and its cultural contexts, with special reference to projects of new dictionaries. The book will be of interest to theoreticians, lexicographers, and students of linguistic faculties.
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