Reflections on Ecotextuality from India
In response to the current ecological crisis, this collection of critical essays engages with the intricate relationship between literature and ecology. The volume unravels the premises and assumptions that sustain the modern world view and contemporary knowledge systems.
Civilization at Risk
The evil of sex trafficking will not stop, but it can be discouraged and abated. As this book, Civilization at Risk: Seeds of War, shows, lives can be spared. All of the author’s proceeds go directly to Blazing Hope Ranch to support the rehabilitation of female victims.
This book explores how innovative technology can facilitate a post-COVID transition to a net-zero carbon economy. It examines the roles of central banks, green finance, and digital payments in addressing transition risks and achieving a sustainable future.
The uncodified Khasi religion has no priesthood. Life-cycle rites are performed by maternal uncles, whose absence presents a crisis. This book explains how such crises are resolved, the rites used to thwart evil, and the role of the Ka Seng Khasi in preserving Khasi beliefs.
Football’s First 100 Years, 1866-1966
From the pioneers who created the FA Cup, journey through England’s splendid isolation and World Cup wilderness to the ultimate triumph of 1966—a victory witnessed firsthand by the author.
This book presents Luke’s Gospel as the source of the New Testament. A reading of Flavius Josephus and Latin inscriptions confirms the Evangelist’s reliability. His work was published so early, in the decade following the events, that even Mark and Paul knew of it.
A Comparison of Effort Estimation Techniques on Software Projects
This book compares industry approaches to software effort estimation, from traditional function points to agile story points. Using real-life case studies, learn to apply each technique immediately and answer the question all managers dread: “How is your project going?”
This book provides knowledge on fatal diseases caused by viruses and the herbal treatments used for them. As viruses challenge mankind, recently seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, this book focuses on herbs with anti-viral effects and their mechanisms of action for researchers.
The Shifting Role of Women
This book traces women’s journey from domestic confinement to a major public voice. It challenges the historical standards that judge women and reveals how social media has sparked the suffragette movement of the 21st century.
American Education Mythologies
Myths can be used to confuse and convince. This book critiques myths in American education—about guns in schools, banned books, Critical Race Theory, and more—and remythifies them to conjure new understandings that support our most vulnerable youth.
Teaching English in Multilingual Secondary Schools
This book argues that to effectively teach English to a multilingual population, teaching must be done in the child’s own language. Teachers must realize this is the key to effective learning and ensuring no hard barriers exist. For students in ELT, Linguistics, and Education.
While Thomas Merton wrote extensively on racial justice, few books are devoted to summarizing and applying his ideas to current racial tensions. This book reviews his most important writings on race and uses Merton as a model for easing present-day tensions.
Through in-depth interviews with luminaries in public health, this book explores the effective leadership skills required to navigate modern healthcare crises. Conversations highlight shared challenges, effective communication, and making difficult decisions for the greater good.
Healthy nutrition is critical to the body’s self-defense. This book covers calculating daily nutritional needs, energy balance, restoring healthy body weight, treating food intolerance, and using food supplements and ergogenic aids in sport.
Kokborok Literature from Tripura
This study delves into the folktales and literature of the Borok tribe, revealing their struggle for cultural identity. Writers draw on myths and folklore to challenge mainstream stereotypes and reclaim a heritage shaped by cultural domination and conflict.
The Art of Allusion in Chinese Poetry
This book explores the rhetorical function of allusion in Li Shangyin’s poems, formulating an English taxonomy for the practice in Chinese poetry. It challenges conventional gendered allegory, revealing how Li’s manipulation of history produces metaphorical and ambiguous effects.
Understanding Digital Labour Platforms
Dive into the future of work as digital platforms reshape the global labour market. This essential guide examines the gig economy through economic, social, and legal perspectives, offering invaluable insights for navigating the new employment landscape.
This practical book provides comprehensive coverage of key terms in language syllabus design and materials development. It offers clear, concise definitions, serving as an essential source for curriculum researchers, language educators, and students of applied linguistics.
This book proposes a new way to measure housing unaffordability from a resident’s point of view: the mismatch between where one can afford to live and where they would prefer to live. Written for all, it helps residents, academics, and practitioners make wiser decisions.
Black British Women’s Writing in the 1970s and Beyond
This collection of essays examines Black British women writers published from the 1970s to the 2000s. Connected to the UK through migration yet attached to their cultural origins, their work explores a crucial question: how were they able to conceptualise ‘home’ in their fiction?
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