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True North

Literary Translation in the Nordic Countries

Edited By: B.J. Epstein

£49.99

True North is the first book on literary translation in the Nordic countries. It explores genres from novels and children’s literature to crime fiction, analysing authors like Ibsen, Lindgren, and Laxness, and examines key translatorial challenges.

Illness, Disease and Death in the Poems of Constantine Cavafy

By: Iakovos Menelaou

From £38.99

Cavafy’s preoccupation with the fragile human condition—illness, old age, and death—continues to challenge readers. This book draws on the medical humanities to provide a new framework for his poetry, for literary scholars and medical practitioners alike.

Oxidative Stress Theory of Hypertension

Edited By: Ramón Rodrigo

From £29.99

This book explains the scientific rationale for focusing on the mechanisms of hypertension, a pathology difficult to treat effectively with current methods. It will appeal to medical students, researchers, and professionals interested in this field.

Canterbury

A Medieval City

Edited By: Catherine Royer-Hemet

£39.99

Since becoming the religious heart of the country in AD 597, Canterbury's fame has endured. This book explores its history, from illustrious figures like Thomas Becket and Chaucer to the lesser-known people and events that shaped its identity.

Since becoming the religious heart of the country in AD 597, Canterbury’s fame has endured. This book explores its history, from illustrious figures like Thomas Becket and Chaucer to the lesser-known people and events that shaped its identity.

Imagined Utopias in the Built Environment

From London’s Vauxhall Garden to the Black Rock Desert

By: Anna Novakov

£45.99

Novakov surveys visionary architecture and urban planning from the 18th century onwards. She starts with the design of social space in Georgian-era pleasure gardens and ends with a study of modern Utopian groups that use early literary references as a focus for their societies.

The Ground from Which We Speak

Joint Speech and the Collective Subject

By: Fred Cummins

£61.99

Joint speech includes chanting, singing in unison, swearing public oaths and hollering at political rallies. Cummins provides a broad framing of how we might study this concept, exploring topics in linguistics, movement science, neuroscience, and beyond.

Homo-Democraticus

On the Universal Desirability and the Not So Universal Possibility of Democracy and Human Rights

By: Filip Spagnoli

£39.99

This book offers a philosophical and pragmatic defence of the universal value of human rights and democracy. While the defence of universal human rights has a long tradition, this work makes the original case for the universal desirability of democracy itself.

The Globetrotting Shopaholic

Consumer Spaces, Products, and their Cultural Places

Edited By: Annessa Ann Babic, Tanfer Emin Tunc

£34.99

This book examines the cultural, political, and social reasons why we consume. Exploring global consumer spaces—from Canada's West Edmonton Mall to Japanese theme parks—it reveals how consumer goods and spaces define who we are as human beings.

This book examines the cultural, political, and social reasons why we consume. Exploring global consumer spaces—from Canada’s West Edmonton Mall to Japanese theme parks—it reveals how consumer goods and spaces define who we are as human beings.

Aesopic Voices

Re-framing Truth through Concealed Ways of Presentation in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Edited By: Philip Morrisey, Gert Reifarth

£49.99

When circumstances are hostile to truth, critical thinkers may use Aesopic language—veiling opinions in fables and myths. This collection breaks new academic ground, offering thought-provoking insights into this subversive art across five continents.

Heritage and Ruptures in Indian Literature, Culture and Cinema

Edited By: Cornelius Crowley, Geetha Ganapathy-Doré

£61.99

Studying the millennial history of the Indian subcontinent, this collection questions various linguistic, literary and artistic appropriations of the past. It does this to address the conflicting comprehensions of the present and the figuring/imagining of a possible future.

The Effects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Human Resource Management

By: Shobha Bhardwaj, Kanishkaa Tiwari

From £29.99

This book examines the revolution in Human Resource Management, from HR 4.0 to HR 5.0, with special emphasis on Artificial Intelligence. It provides real-world applications, success stories, and insights from global leaders on the future direction of HR practices.

Songs of Resilience

Edited By: Andy Brader

£39.99

This book is a chorus of practices that use music to build resilience. Academics and practitioners share projects from health, education, and social work, asking: Can music build measurable resilience? Can we replicate these outcomes in diverse groups?

Men in Color

Racialized Masculinities in U.S. Literature and Cinema

Edited By: Josep M. Armengol

£34.99

This collection analyzes ethnic masculinities—including African American, Asian American, Chicano, and white—in U.S. literature and cinema. It explores the intersection of gender and race, highlighting both the differences and recurring stereotypes among them.

The English Reformation Revisited

The Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion

By: David Salvato

£64.99

Salvato puts forward a comparative study of two Church Communities, specifically the Anglican Communion and the Universal Catholic Church. He investigates what caused the Church in England to break away from the Catholic Church, and focuses on the influence of English law.

Conversations with Indian Cartoonists

Politickle Lines

Edited By: Vinod Balakrishnan, Vishaka Venkat

From £30.99

Picking up the pen is like playing with fire in political cartooning. Cartoonists draw the line to shake us out of apathy. In the tradition of Shankar and R. K. Laxman, this volume presents conversations with India’s leading cartoonists, taking us into their recondite art.

Organic Pollution in the Marine Environment of Tunisia

By: Mouna Necibi, Nadia Mzoughi

From £33.99

This book highlights marine pollution in Tunisia's Bizerte Lagoon, offering insights into contamination sources. It presents the first study of pesticides in the aquatic ecosystem, assessing the lagoon's environmental quality against global health standards.

This book highlights marine pollution in Tunisia’s Bizerte Lagoon, offering insights into contamination sources. It presents the first study of pesticides in the aquatic ecosystem, assessing the lagoon’s environmental quality against global health standards.

The Story of Offshore Arctic Engineering

By: Dan Masterson

£68.99

In the 1970s, new technology was needed to build on Arctic ice. This book relates the human history and technical innovations developed, moving beyond lab studies to detail the testing, construction and use of ice in real conditions for designers, educators, and students.

Language Acquisition and Development

Proceedings of GALA 2007

Edited By: Anna Gavarró, Maria João Freitas

£44.99

This volume gathers fifty papers on the syntax and phonology of child language from the perspective of generative grammar—the theoretical outlook which first placed language acquisition at the centre of linguistic inquiry.

Henry James and the Poetics of Duplicity

Edited By: Annick Duperray, Adrian Harding, Dennis Tredy

£44.99

This collection of essays by international scholars explores Henry James's use of duplicity—a key strategy in his arsenal of ambiguity. The essays examine duplicitous characters, subtexts, and self-representation in his fiction and non-fiction.

This collection of essays by international scholars explores Henry James’s use of duplicity—a key strategy in his arsenal of ambiguity. The essays examine duplicitous characters, subtexts, and self-representation in his fiction and non-fiction.

Film and Morality

By: Philip Gillett

£44.99

Film and Morality examines how morality is presented in films and how they serve as a source of moral values. It shows how audiences explore moral issues by following characters who make life-changing decisions and live with the consequences of their choices.

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