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Twentieth Century Borrowings from French to English

Their Reception and Development

By: Julia Landmann

£59.99

French's vast influence on English is well-known, but recent borrowings are little studied. This work analyzes 1677 20th-century loanwords from the OED to reveal their modern impact and semantic evolution.

French’s vast influence on English is well-known, but recent borrowings are little studied. This work analyzes 1677 20th-century loanwords from the OED to reveal their modern impact and semantic evolution.

Aphrodite and Venus in Myth and Mimesis

By: Nora Clark

£57.99

This source book of comparative literature explores the impact of Aphrodite and Venus. Drawing on sources from art, prose, and verse, it traces the goddess's allure from the distant past to the present, blending myth with the contemporary.

This source book of comparative literature explores the impact of Aphrodite and Venus. Drawing on sources from art, prose, and verse, it traces the goddess’s allure from the distant past to the present, blending myth with the contemporary.

Studies in Applied Linguistics and Language Learning

Edited By: Ahmar Mahboob

£44.99

This book brings together new studies in critical applied linguistics, language policy, and language learning. It offers critical views on language in society, from identity and justice to language policy in education and key teaching strategies.

Storyline

A Creative Approach to Learning and Teaching

Edited By: Marie Jeanne McNaughton, Peter J. Mitchell

£52.99

Story making is a fundamental human activity. This book shows how educators worldwide use the Storyline Approach to unlock the power of stories in learning, tapping into imagination and emotion to develop skills, forge connections, and unite the cognitive and affective domains.

Arians and Vandals of the 4th-6th Centuries

Annotated translations of the historical works by Bishops Victor of Vita (Historia Persecutionis Africanae Provinciae) and Victor of Tonnena (Chronicon), and of the religious works by Bishop Victor of Cartenna (De Paenitentia) and Saints Ambrose (De Fide Orthodoxa contra Arianos), and Athanasius (Expositio Fidei)

By: John R. C. Martyn, David O’Brien

£34.99

In late sixth-century North Africa, the legacy of the Arians and Vandals fueled bitter schisms within the Catholic Church. This study reveals the religious persecution that forced families to flee their homes in a struggle for faith and survival.

Remaking Literary History

Edited By: Helen Groth, Paul Sheehan

£39.99

“History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.” (George Santayana) Remaking Literary History questions the past by exploring the links between literature and history through memory, trauma, and historical reinvention.

“History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.” (George Santayana)

Remaking Literary History questions the past by exploring the links between literature and history through memory, trauma, and historical reinvention.

Addressing Methodological Challenges in Interpreting Studies Research

Edited By: Claudio Bendazzoli, Claudia Monacelli

£47.99

Showcasing a major breakthrough in interpreting studies from work on community interpreting and participant interaction, this book argues that those engaged in interpreting research should be viewed as particularly influential, reframing interpreting approaches in the process.

Diversity Management and Identity in Organisations

From Liminality to Inclusion

By: Davide Bizjak

£58.99

Bizjak advances a conceptualisation of gender identity within Diversity Management in organisations that takes into account the linkages between individual and organisational identity, thus moving from liminality to inclusion.

The Gülen Hizmet Movement

Circumspect Activism in Faith-Based Reform

Edited By: Tamer Balci, Christopher L. Miller

£49.99

This volume covers the origins, development, and ideas of the Gülen Hizmet Movement (GHM), one of the world's largest Islamic movements. It explores Gülen’s educational philosophy, views on Islam and democracy, political engagement, and interfaith dialogue.

This volume covers the origins, development, and ideas of the Gülen Hizmet Movement (GHM), one of the world’s largest Islamic movements. It explores Gülen’s educational philosophy, views on Islam and democracy, political engagement, and interfaith dialogue.

Beckett’s Literary Legacies

Edited By: Matthew Feldman, Mark Nixon

£34.99

This is the first volume to chart Samuel Beckett’s truly global influence. From Coetzee to DeLillo, commentators explore how his revolutionary art presents a profound challenge and liberation to authors, pushing at the very boundaries of literature.

Knowledge and Policy Change

Edited By: Henrik Lindberg

£44.99

Knowledge and learning are key to policy change. This book provides theoretical tools to analyse how ideas affect policy outcomes, offering new perspectives on welfare state reform, policy transfer, and diffusion processes in Europe.

Current Issues in Chinese Linguistics

Edited By: Hooi Ling Soh, Liang Tao, Yun Xiao

£64.99

With distinguished features in its sound system, syntax, and discourse, Chinese is a unique language. This volume presents new advances in Chinese linguistics, drawing on diverse theoretical models valuable to linguists, educators, and students.

Kurdish Documentary Cinema in Turkey

The Politics and Aesthetics of Identity and Resistance

Edited By: Suncem Kocer, Can Candan

£52.99

By delving into Kurdish documentary films as products of complex societal, political, and historical processes, the articles here highlight the intersections of media production, film text, and audience reception.

Rescuing the Social Function of the Economy

Brazil is Back

By: Ladislau Dowbor

From £31.99

Brazil is not a poor country. Its key challenges—deep inequality, environmental disaster, and financial chaos—stem not from a lack of resources, but from a political system where powerful elites drain the nation's wealth. This book explains how to combat these structural issues.

Brazil is not a poor country. Its key challenges—deep inequality, environmental disaster, and financial chaos—stem not from a lack of resources, but from a political system where powerful elites drain the nation’s wealth. This book explains how to combat these structural issues.

Reconceptualising the Divide

Identity, Memory, and Nationalism in Sino-Japanese Relations

Edited By: Victor Teo

£39.99

Despite vibrant economic relations, Sino-Japanese relations remain strained. This book focuses on the neglected “ideational” forces—memories, identities, and nationalism—that synthesize with domestic politics to shape the future of these two giants.

Approaches to Building a Smart Community

An Exploration through the Concept of the Digital Village

Edited By: Jackie Phahlamohlaka

From £32.99

This book offers unique ‘glocal’ approaches to ‘smart communities’, drawing on South African experiences to address this global issue. It blends social and technical aspects, presenting insights from a range of community practitioners, academics, architects, and engineers.

A History of Poets’ Reception of Mark Twain, 1863-1936

By: Gary Scharnhorst

From £36.99

This collection of 350 poems about Mark Twain explores a neglected dimension of his popular reception. Ranging from anonymous rhymes to highbrow tributes, they trace the crests in Twain’s fame over the decades, proving useful to general readers, teachers, and scholars.

English in Southeast Asia

Varieties, Literacies and Literatures

Edited By: David Prescott

£39.99

This is the first single volume to publish such diverse work on English in Southeast Asia. Sections cover Varieties, Literacies, and Literatures, from code-switching to new writings. An excellent resource for university students and academics.

Jamaica, the Land of Film

By: Peter Polack

£61.99

This book chronicles over one hundred years of international film making in Jamaica from 1910, and provides many previously unpublished details of locations, actors and directors.

China and the West

Encounters with the Other in Culture, Arts, Politics and Everyday Life

Edited By: Lili Hernández

£34.99

This collection scrutinises how China and the West interact in culture, arts, politics and everyday life. The essays analyse new dynamics that challenge authoritative views and deconstruct traditional responses to otherness within globalisation.

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