This work presents a glossary that allows the reader to appreciate positive diversity and interculturalism through multilingualism. It also contains key facts about the languages at hand, as well as useful phrases, weekdays, numbers, and elements of grammar.
This edition of the third speech of the orator Isaeus offers a new Greek text, English translation, and detailed commentary. It demonstrates the skill of the under-appreciated orator and casts light on complex aspects of Athenian family law. Accessible without knowledge of Greek.
Polarization, Populism, and the New Politics
From Turkey to the USA, the effect of populism is felt more than ever. This volume considers the role played by conventional and new media in its rise. Investigating countries such as Spain and the UK, it will appeal to readers interested in polarization and post-truth studies.
Conversations with Indian Cartoonists
Picking up the pen is like playing with fire in political cartooning. Cartoonists draw the line to shake us out of apathy. In the tradition of Shankar and R. K. Laxman, this volume presents conversations with India’s leading cartoonists, taking us into their recondite art.
The chapters here fill the gap in research on the role of the Italian media with regards to the country’s colonies, providing a review of images and themes that have surfaced and resurfaced over time.
Reflective Development through the Care Model
Christodoulou proposes a new model for engaging teachers in transformational learning through an ‘emotionalized’ version of reflection. She presents the Collaborative, Appreciative, Reflective Enquiry (CARE) model, a guide for teachers to engage in reflective practice.
The Death of Childhood
A riveting obituary to childhood, this book offers a sobering look at what it means to grow up today, tracing childhood’s progress to a bitter end. Thanks to technology and a hostile society, its innocence is lost. But there is hope, and this book offers solutions to restore it.
The single market and trade policy are Europe’s major economic achievements and its best assets in times of increasing globalisation. This title addresses the various facets of these two pillars of European integration.
The Generative and the Structuralist Approach to the Syllable
This book offers analyses of English and Slovak from structuralist and generative viewpoints. Focusing on the syllable, it contrasts phonological theories where syllabification is not always exhaustive with those where it is, bridging the gap between these linguistic traditions.
Indonesia’s early public health successes gave way to an era of bold plans but unfulfilled aspirations. This book reveals the inner tensions between a biomedical approach to disease eradication and a holistic vision linking public health to nation-building.
Mastering the Credit Processing Mechanism in Mauritius
Ramlall focuses on the credit processing mechanism used in Mauritius. It is widely known that Mauritius uses a bank-based financial system; however, many people are oblivious to the credit processing mechanism in operation. This book addresses such a lack of understanding.
Playing with Possibilities sits at the heart of all creative endeavours. This collection brings together thinkers and writers to explore the potential of play to shape who we are and the worlds we live in, asking us to celebrate fanciful approaches to living.
This book presents twelve papers on the use of Languages for Specific Purposes (LSPs) throughout history. From Antiquity to the present time, contributors analyse how LSPs emerged both in Europe and in other parts of the world, such as Judea, North America, and China.
Cremation, Corpses and Cannibalism
Cremation was not the final rite. The archaeological record shows the dead—flesh and bone—were incorporated in other rituals. Bones leave traces of practices unseen in the contemporary world, including cannibalism. This book fleshes out prehistoric religions in Scandinavia.
Nietzsche and Transhumanism
This collection deals with the question of whether or not Nietzsche can be seen as a precursor of transhumanism or not, addressing a variety of issues to show if there is a close connection between transhumanist concerns for progress and technology and Nietzsche’s ideas.
Ahmed deals with the new dynamics of Islam in East Africa and its attempt to expand through various missionary activities. He argues that this Islamic awakening is not just about the Salafi or Muslim Brothers, but concerns Shīʿa, Sufi, Muslim Bible Scholars and others alike.
In 2013, 12-year-old Asunta Basterra was found murdered. Her parents were convicted, but the trial left matters unsolved. This is the first book in English on the case, featuring exclusive interviews with Asunta’s mother in prison, the lawyers, and the police involved.
Delving into the dynamics of colonial engagements and their implications in understanding the dominant discourses of the empire, the book investigates the various imperial interactions with colonized peoples in the former British colonies of India and in sub-Saharan Africa.
Evolution and I discusses and sheds light on human knowledge and evolution from a range of perspectives including morals and ethics, sex and gender, religion, artificial intelligence, and microorganisms, with often surprising conclusions illuminating who we are as humans.
Dark Tales of Illness, Medicine, and Madness
A strange and mordant journey through the world of illness, doctors and patients. A forensic psychiatrist exposes the extremes of human nature in the dangerous relationships between them, revealing medical quacks, murders, and other crimes in the world of medicine.
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