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Treat or Trick? Halloween in a Globalising World

Edited By: Malcolm Foley, Hugh O’Donnell

£39.99

As Halloween spreads across Europe, is it rampant cultural imperialism or a welcome treat? This book examines the phenomenon from its origins to its arrival in Europe, revealing a complexity characterised by multiple meanings and intense battles over ownership.

A Theory of Literary Explication

Specifying a Relativistic Foundation in Epistemic Probability, Cognitive Science, and Second-Order Logic

By: Kenneth B. Newell

£39.99

This book forges a middle way between the postmodern view of infinite interpretations and the intentionalist view of one. Drawing on multidisciplinary research, it provides a foundation for judging some explications of a literary work to be better than others.

Crossings

David Mamet’s Work in Different Genres and Media

Edited By: Johan Callens

£39.99

International scholars assess David Mamet's career, from his stage classics to his forays into film, television, and the novel. This volume focuses on his diverse works and how they have been interpreted by other artists.

International scholars assess David Mamet’s career, from his stage classics to his forays into film, television, and the novel. This volume focuses on his diverse works and how they have been interpreted by other artists.

Canada

Text and Territory

Edited By: Máire Áine Ní Mhainnín, Elizabeth Tilley

£39.99

These essays debate literature, language, immigration, and culture in Canada, Ireland, and Europe. From the place of hockey in literary consciousness to mapping minority languages, the focus is on exploring culture in its widest sense.

The Sharing Economy

Legal Problems of a Permutations and Combinations Society

Edited By: Maria Regina Redinha, Maria Raquel Guimarães, Francisco Liberal Fernandes

From £39.99

The sharing economy’s use of digital technology blurs traditional economic roles, but the legal framework is unable to cope. This book highlights where new regulations are required, with a focus on the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, British and Brazilian contexts.

The Subprime Crisis and Its Impact on Financial and Managerial Environments

An Unequal Repercussion at European Level

Edited By: Elisabeth Paulet

£39.99

Unpacking the 2008 global financial crisis, this book reveals its lasting impacts and argues for a multinational solution to safeguard the international banking system.

Automatic Processing of Various Levels of Linguistic Phenomena

Selected Papers from the NooJ 2011 International Conference

Edited By: Božo Bekavac, Kristina Vučković

£39.99

This volume contains papers from the NooJ 2011 Conference. Researchers use the NooJ linguistic environment to analyze diverse corpora, from ancient texts to astronaut conversations, covering topics like machine translation and information extraction.

We Are Playing Football

Sport and Postcolonial Subjectivity, Panapompom, Papua New Guinea

By: Will Rollason

£39.99

This pioneering study of grassroots sport in Papua New Guinea explores how Panapompom villagers’ attempts to recreate global football entangle them in circuits of colonial power, challenging what it means to be “globalised.”

It’s all Mediating

Outlining and Incorporating the Roles of Curating and Education in the Exhibition Context

Edited By: Kaija Kaitavuori, Laura Kokkonen, Nora Sternfeld

£39.99

This book brings together thinkers in curating and education to explore the two core functions of museums. As these fields professionalize, have they drifted too far apart? The volume encourages dialogue, examining collaboration between curators and educators.

Law, Policy and Monetization in Intellectual Property

Edited By: Randall R. Rader, Thomas Voit, Kenichi Nagasawa, Kwang-Jun Kim, Mei-Hsin Wang

From £39.99

Unlock the value of your intellectual property. Experts use in-depth case studies to reveal how companies profit from patent licensing, strategic litigation, and M&A. An essential guide for business leaders and IP law professionals navigating today's competitive landscape.

Protection of Minorities

Regimes, Norms and Issues in South Asia

By: Borhan Uddin Khan, Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman

£39.99

This book critically examines international standards for minority protection and their application in South Asia. It explores why minorities still face deprivation despite compatible domestic laws, and assesses the potential of regional cooperation.

Bound and Unbound

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Genders and Sexualities

Edited By: Zowie Davy, Julia Downes, Lena Eckert

£39.99

This collection stems from the 'Thinking Gender: The Next Generation' postgraduate conference, hosted by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at the University of Leeds.

This collection stems from the ‘Thinking Gender: The Next Generation’ postgraduate conference, hosted by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at the University of Leeds.

Cognitive Dynamics in Linguistic Interactions

Edited By: Alexander Kravchenko

£39.99

Current methods of teaching language are failing because we lack a holistic understanding of how language shapes human interaction. Orthodox science sees language as a tool, but there is no humanness without languaging. This volume forges a new path.

The Knowledge Argument and Phenomenal Concepts

By: Luca Malatesti

£39.99

This book confronts Frank Jackson’s influential knowledge argument against physicalism. It defends physicalism using the phenomenal concept strategy, arguing that we don't know non-physical facts, but have unique ways of thinking about conscious experience.

This book confronts Frank Jackson’s influential knowledge argument against physicalism. It defends physicalism using the phenomenal concept strategy, arguing that we don’t know non-physical facts, but have unique ways of thinking about conscious experience.

Eradicating Differences

The Treatment of Minorities in Nazi-Dominated Europe

Edited By: Anton Weiss Wendt

£39.99

These essays offer a new perspective on Nazi mass murder. Drawing on primary sources, they show the Nazis were more flexible than believed, exploiting ethnic rivalries in Eastern Europe to divide, rule, and encourage collaboration in their murderous policies.

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber

La Barcarolle

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

£39.99

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, a giant of 19th-century French opera, collaborated with librettist Eugène Scribe on La Barcarolle. A tale of court intrigue and artistic rivalry, this opéra-comique retains all its freshness, delicacy and charm.

Sociology and Law

The 150th Anniversary of Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)

Edited By: Stephen Hunt, Maria Serafimova, with Vladimir Vladov

£39.99

This book explores the relations between Sociology and Law using Durkheim's heritage. Topics cover socio-legal studies, religion, contemporary ethnic conflict, and cyberspace. This book is for scholars, students, and researchers.

This book explores the relations between Sociology and Law using Durkheim’s heritage. Topics cover socio-legal studies, religion, contemporary ethnic conflict, and cyberspace. This book is for scholars, students, and researchers.

Multilingualism and Applied Comparative Linguistics (Volume II)

Edited By: Frank Boers, Jeroen Darquennes, Koen Kerremans

£39.99

This book presents a selection of papers from an international conference on Multilingualism and Applied Comparative Linguistics, fostering an exchange of knowledge on cross-linguistic and cross-cultural communication. It covers diverse topics and research perspectives.

Byron’s Poetry

Edited By: Peter Cochran

£39.99

Byron’s dubious status as an icon disguises that he is one of the greatest English poets. This book ignores his iconography and concentrates on his poems. Written by leading authorities, it puts his real achievement as a creative writer back into focus.

From Authority Religion to Spirit Religion

An Intellectual Biography of George Burman Foster, 1857-1918

By: W. Creighton Peden

£39.99

George Burman Foster was a key figure in the “Chicago School.” This volume explores his religious thought through his major writings and diverse shorter works, discovering that Foster was laying the foundation for the emergence of American humanism.