An exploration of the art, architecture, and literary culture of the 16th-17th century Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The central discussion focuses on national identity and the tension between the region’s Byzantine inheritance and Catholic influences.
Why Europe Will Not Run the 21st Century
What future awaits Europe? To halt its inexorable decline, the EU requires radical reform. This book argues only a federal Europe, with a common Constitution and central government, can overcome its inability to face internal and external threats.
This book explores statistical physics, focusing on subjects from condensed matter to black holes. It discusses gas-liquid transitions, the entropy of earthquakes, the hadronization of the quark-gluon plasma, and the phase diagram of quantum chromodynamics.
Citizenship, the Self and the Other
This book analyzes citizenship in diverse societies by talking to educators in multi-ethnic Britain. It uses unique interdisciplinary research to uncover the surprising common ground educators share on values, beliefs, and aims, offering key lessons for navigating difference.
Painting, Photography, and the Digital
This anthology investigates the interconnections between painting, photography, and the digital. Featuring acclaimed artists, it offers unique insights into medium cross-over—from painted virtual reality worlds to digital collage—questioning the position of traditional genres.
This interdisciplinary book explores human ecology, revealing the social and cultural processes linking us to our environment. Using global case studies on climate change, it shows how degradation affects vulnerable communities and offers sustainable alternatives.
Design for Visual Communication
Based on ideas discussed within the framework of the 2016 International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication (ICTVC), this anthology investigates both current and future challenges and priorities in the field of design for visual communication.
Images of Thought
Read Indian, Persian, and European paintings through their composition, colour symbolism, and myth. This book provides the Islamic cultural contexts that inform the visual language, offering new ways of seeing and fostering transcultural understanding.
As modern life creates new health challenges, scientific research reveals the benefits of forests. This collection highlights up-to-date findings on the beneficial effects of forests on human health, providing evidence that can be implemented in practice and policy.
After the Flight
This title critically addresses a range of topics and employs a variety of qualitative approaches to gain a better understanding of the lived experience of integration for refugees, including the attendant challenges and opportunities encountered during the integration process.
This book is the first complete research on opera theatres across the Middle East and North Africa. Examining many previously undocumented institutions, this work provides scholars and practitioners with the first reference on their evolutionary process.
The Book of Angels
Explore our deep fascination with angels. This illustrated book examines their depiction in art, scripture, and mystical writings across world religions. Discover the visual clues, artistic conventions, and celestial hierarchies that define these vibrant and energised beings.
Master the core methods of statistical research. This practical guide covers key techniques, from sampling to interconnection analysis, teaching you how to apply them effectively and interpret your results with confidence.
Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable
Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable is a milestone of French grand opéra. This book traces the opera’s history and music, and examines the fascinating iconography generated by its famous scenes, including the legendary Ballet of the Nuns, a touchstone of dark Romanticism.
Humanity at the Heart of Practice
Healthcare is humans caring for other humans. This book on ethical decision-making uses humanity as its organizing structure, exploring values and theoretical ethics to resolve complex dilemmas at the beginning and end of life, and in healthcare as a business.
General Principles of Ecological Risk Assessment
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the modern concepts and tools for ecological risk assessment of environmental stressors. It describes methods to evaluate exposure and effects, with sections on bioaccumulation models, emerging stressors, and regulatory instruments.
We Are What We Remember
Commemoration doesn’t just capture history—it creates new narratives that reflect our current values. As our views on race, gender, and class change, so do our commemorations. How do we repair the damage of the past and name forgotten histories?
Forging the first nation-state, ancient Egypt became a great power at the dawn of international politics. Discover how this civilization functioned and explore its enduring legacy—from the birth of warfare, art, and science to the very foundations of our world.
Leadership in Anaesthesia
Through the lens of leadership, discover five pioneers who forged modern anesthesiology. From William Morton’s discovery of ether to Virginia Apgar’s life-saving Score and Bjørn Ibsen, the father of intensive care, their stories reveal the birth of a medical specialty.
To truly understand climate change, we must first understand ourselves. This guide explores the crisis through a multi-faceted lens—social, psychological, and cultural—revealing the core beliefs and ideologies that shape our response.
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