Behind every crime novel is a family. Some are crime syndicates; others are dysfunctional, tearing themselves apart. Not everyone escapes alive. This collection of essays explores crime fiction, the family, and the disastrous impact society can have on personal relationships.
The Turkish-American Conundrum
This novel collection of essays discusses various aspects of the experiences of Turkish immigrants in the United States, as well as those of US expatriates in Turkey. It heralds in print the launching of a new paradigm, Turkish-American Studies.
Claiming the Ice
Ministers and their officials are the unsung heroes of Britain’s history in Antarctica. Exploring the twists and turns of policy over half a century, this work covers the whaling industry, territorial tensions, and how science ultimately came to underpin Britain’s aims.
As tales of holy people moved across cultures and time, their meanings transformed. While basic storylines remained, changing details reveal important shifts in attitudes. This volume presents case studies from early China to Christian, Muslim, and Jewish contexts.
The “Ultraviolet Catastrophe”, the failure to account for black-body radiation, led to quantum mechanics. Another catastrophe was politely ignored and fluid dynamics remained trapped in the nineteenth century. The book outlines a solution to this dilemma.
Use your favorite Rock-‘n’-Roll song titles to see how English grammar and style work—and it’s fun! Using songs from the 1950s to today, this book makes the patterns of English strikingly visible through the music you love.
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Spasticity
An updated practical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of spasticity, authored by experienced physicians. It provides tips and tricks to help both GPs and specialists safely provide patients with the most convenient treatment.
A Global Approach to Data Value Maximization
A multitude of approaches and techniques can be applied to extract the maximum informative value from complex data sets, many of which are discussed here. Dell’Aversana begins with the domain of geosciences, before moving on to various other scientific and engineering sectors.
Making Reform Happen
This book offers a holistic picture of government reform in South Korea, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Case studies provide a detailed understanding of each country’s reform trajectory and the context for their actions.
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.
A History of Alcman’s Early Reception
This history of Alcman’s early reception asks: Did emerging book culture kill “song culture”? Was Alcman an archetypal prototype of partheneia? This book argues the tradition of partheneia was never powerful enough, especially outside Sparta, to completely absorb the poet.
Precedented Environmental Futures
This book addresses in a holistic manner the built environment through the lens of environmental architecture. It offers broad discursive messages, rather than narrow conclusions, and will have lasting luminance for new generations involved with the built environment.
Modal Verbs in Marlowe and Shakespeare
The findings offered here shed light on the history of modal verbs and constitute a valuable contribution to contemporary Early Modern English studies. The study investigates the usage and meaning of modal verbs in the tragedies and history plays of both Marlowe and Shakespeare.
The New Gendered Plundering of Africa
This ethnographic study on Nigerian street prostitution in Italy questions the impact of European and Italian migration and prostitution laws on human rights, and investigates the legal, political and socio-economic conditions that create a permissive environment for trafficking.
Equine Fictions
This innovative volume explores the powerful human-horse bond in 21st-century fiction and autobiography from the perspectives of affect and politics. It analyzes how narratives of healing, mourning, and identity are shaped by gender and nation in contemporary writing.
The Creative Advantages of Schizophrenia
Is there a link between madness and genius? This book explores the age-old assumption that schizophrenia is tied to creative illumination. But is the association veracious? Using new empirical findings, it explains how creative potential can be channelled.
The Ages of the Earth
Considering cosmogonies, theological dogmas, natural philosophy, Deism and the inevitable secularism of the Age of Enlightenment, Álvaro recounts the struggle that the human mind has undertaken, over two millennia, against creationist myths.
Managerial Intelligence
Through a comprehensive framework, this text condenses over 60 years of clinical efforts in hundreds of organizations into a set of clear, concise, understandable principles and concepts that can be applied by managers to improve their performance and that of their organizations.
The Perils of Climate Risk
Providing the average person with something to do about climate change, this publications captures the latest developments in climate change science, atmospheric data, and public policy as detailed by leaders in these fields.
The business world needs to follow developments in the areas of accounting, auditing and finance to be able to adapt to globalization, technological advances and societal change. This study assesses the current issues in these fields and makes suggestions for their solutions.
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