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Bad Pennies and Dead Presidents

Money in Modern American Drama

By: Jon Dietrick

£39.99

This study analyzes the treatment of money in American plays from the Great Depression to the 21st century. Money emerges as an ambivalent force: a malevolent abstraction robbing us of reality, and a powerful metaphor for the American ideal of “self-making.”

Ludwig Minkus

Don Quichotte; Ballet en cinq actes, avec prologue et épilogue, et onze tableaux, par Marius Peitpa après Miguel de Cervantes Piano Score

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

£39.99

Marius Petipa’s exuberant ballet Don Quixote, with its celebrated score by Ludwig Minkus, is based on the adventures of Kitri and Basilio from Cervantes’s novel. This edition reproduces the piano score of the classic St. Petersburg version.

Migration, Development and Environment

Migration Processes from the Perspective of Environmental Change and Development Approach at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Edited By: Jiří Novosák, Robert Stojanov

£39.99

This book explores the pressing linkages between migration, development, and environment. Focusing on environmentally-induced migration and its relation to development, prominent scholars offer answers to today's most urgent challenges.

Victorian Traffic

Identity, Exchange, Performance

Edited By: Sue Thomas

£39.99

This collection explores "traffic"—a key concept for the Victorian era's imperial expansion. With a global range, these essays address the two-way, cross-cultural exchange of ideas, images, and identity, revealing it as relational and always in motion.

This collection explores “traffic”—a key concept for the Victorian era’s imperial expansion. With a global range, these essays address the two-way, cross-cultural exchange of ideas, images, and identity, revealing it as relational and always in motion.

Portable Roots

Transplanting the Bicultural Child

By: Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner

£39.99

This book challenges the traditional understanding of human development by focusing on identity formation in bicultural children. Drawing on a three-decade study, it explores themes of “rootlessness” and asks how transplanted roots can thrive.

Mediated Deviance and Social Otherness

Interrogating Influential Representations

Edited By: Kylo-Patrick R. Hart

£39.99

This thought-provoking anthology explores provocative representations of deviance in various media—from films to internet sites—and their substantial cultural, political, and social consequences for individuals of different backgrounds and lifestyles.

“And that’s true too”

New Essays on King Lear

Edited By: Pierre Iselin, François Laroque

£39.99

Provocative new essays re-examine King Lear through the lens of early modern desire, sexuality, and gender, offering fresh philosophical and aesthetic insights into Shakespeare's elusive and powerful tragedy.

Translating Identity and the Identity of Translation

Edited By: Madelena Gonzalez, Francine Tolron

£39.99

This volume uses translation to explore identity in cultural, artistic and literary production. It examines how identity is “translated” for global markets and asks if it's possible to transcend cultural barriers in an era of homogenization.

This volume uses translation to explore identity in cultural, artistic and literary production. It examines how identity is “translated” for global markets and asks if it’s possible to transcend cultural barriers in an era of homogenization.

War, Human Dignity and Nation Building

Theological Perspectives on Canada’s Role in Afghanistan

Edited By: Gary D. Badcock

£39.99

Canada’s longest conflict, the Afghan Mission, is a watershed moment with immense costs, yet it remains little scrutinized by faith communities. This volume is the first to bring together theologians, politicians, and academics to dialogue on its impact.

Sudan’s Wars and Peace Agreements

Edited By: Stephanie Beswick, Jay Spaulding

£39.99

Leading experts on Sudan analyze its chronic history of conflict since 1956 and the international efforts for peace. As the nation faces the separation of South Sudan, these essays offer compelling lessons from six decades of war. Must reading for what unfolds.

Civil Strife in a Complex and Changing World

Perspectives Far and Near

Edited By: Gena Howard, Nancy Riecken, Linda Urschel

£39.99

This collection offers perspectives on social conflict, past and present, with a view toward building connections. From Renaissance preachers to soldiers in Afghanistan, these papers explore issues that at some times separate us and at other times bring us together.

Applied Ethnomusicology

Historical and Contemporary Approaches

Edited By: Klisala Harrison, Elizabeth Mackinlay, Svanibor Pettan

£39.99

Applied ethnomusicology is an approach guided by social responsibility toward solving concrete problems. This volume brings together diverse perspectives on its potential in contributing to sustainable music cultures and the use of music in conflict resolution.

Researching the Self

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited By: Willem E. Frankenhuis, Ellen Grünewald

£39.99

Scholars from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and computer science unite to explore the self. What are its neural correlates? Can individuals have multiple selves? How do selves depend on others? Will engineers ever construct artificial selves?

Communities in Action

Papers in Community Informatics

Edited By: Graeme Johanson, Larry Stillman

£39.99

This volume shows how ICTs are a powerful resource for community action, including social change, learning, and development. It offers a platform for exchanging experiences, case studies, and solutions, helping readers grasp the complexities of social-technical relations.

The Philosophical Basis of Inter-religious Dialogue

The Process Perspective

Edited By: Mirosław Patalon

£39.99

In an age of global tension, can religions remain isolated islands? What is the true role of inter-religious dialogue? This selection of articles uses process philosophy to explore different points of view on these essential questions.

Global Norms in the Twenty-First Century

Edited By: Klaus-Gerd Giesen, Kees van der Pijl

£39.99

Global norms are no longer established by states alone, but by new actors like the private sector and NGOs. This collection of critical studies challenges convenient theories to explore the practical, theoretical and ethical implications of this new world.

Governing Diversities

Democracy, Diversity and Human Nature

Edited By: Joanne Paul

£39.99

How should we govern diverse populations? This volume addresses this core political question by engaging with the history of ideas on democracy and diversity, from ancient Greece to modern-day Mexico, with contributions from innovative and leading scholars.

Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice in Translation and Gender Studies

Edited By: Vanessa Leonardi

£39.99

This volume analyses how Feminist Translation Studies challenges patriarchal language worldwide. Scholars bridge the gap between theory and practice to explore the crucial relationship between gender, culture, identity, and translation.

Divided Eastern Europe

Borders and Population Transfer, 1938-1947

Edited By: Aleksandr Dyukov, Olesya Orlenko

£39.99

In 1938, new borders divided Eastern Europe, creating the foundation for conflict. This collection of articles by international researchers explores national border changes from 1938 to 1947: population transfers, interethnic purges, and their modern legacy.

Learning Abroad

A History of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan

By: Hilary Perraton

£39.99

Since 1959, Commonwealth scholarships have moved 25,000 people across borders, launching them into influence. This book tells the story of the plan, asking who was selected and why, and assesses the long-term impact to answer a key question: was it good value?