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Women’s Identities and Bodies in Colonial and Postcolonial History and Literature

Edited By: Maria Isabel Romero Ruiz

£34.99

This collection examines women’s identities and bodies through literary and historical accounts. Using the colonial past to analyze contemporary issues, it explores the female body as a site of abuse and discrimination, but also of knowledge and cultural production.

Modeling of Metallurgical Slag Features

By: Szymon Biernat

From £33.99

Discover innovative methods and world-first digital tools for determining metallurgical slag properties. A unique formula allows you to determine slag suitability with 93% reliability. Essential for professionals and students in metallurgy and materials engineering.

Insights into Romanian Political Discourse

Edited By: Andra Vasilescu, Mihaela-Viorica Constantinescu, Ariadna Ștefănescu, Șerban Hartular

From £44.99

This first overview of Romanian political discourse analyzes genres from parliamentary debates to protest memes. The analysis reveals the specifics of the lesser-known Romanian style of political communication, fostering cultural awareness for an international readership.

The Hydropolitics of Africa

A Contemporary Challenge

Edited By: Raj Bardouille, Mechthild Nagel, Muna Ndulo

£39.99

Water is an essential resource and a source of disease and conflict in Africa, where global warming threatens survival. This volume traces the dynamics of contemporary hydropolitics through technical, institutional, and social policy analyses.

Fenestration Practice and Theory in Early Modern Europe

By: Hentie Louw

£88.99

This book explores the window's transformation in Early Modern Europe. Driven by a classical revival and the climate change of the Little Ice Age, builders created new traditions that rivalled Italy, culminating in the iconic French casement and the English sash window.

This book explores the window’s transformation in Early Modern Europe. Driven by a classical revival and the climate change of the Little Ice Age, builders created new traditions that rivalled Italy, culminating in the iconic French casement and the English sash window.

Images of Colonialism and Decolonisation in the Italian Media

Edited By: Paolo Bertella Farnetti, Cecilia Dau Novelli

£61.99

The chapters here fill the gap in research on the role of the Italian media with regards to the country’s colonies, providing a review of images and themes that have surfaced and resurfaced over time.

Landscape and History in the Lykos Valley

Laodikeia and Hierapolis in Phrygia

Edited By: Francesco D’Andria, Celal Şimşek

£61.99

This book probes archaeological excavations and investigations into the history of the Lykos valley, Turkey. It concerns, among other things, discoveries at the Ploutonion of Hierapolis, the excavations of the tabernae in Tripolis, and the marble origins used in Hierapolis.

The Waffen-SS in Allied Hands Volume One

Personal Accounts from Hitler’s Elite Soldiers

By: Terry Goldsworthy

£67.99

The Waffen-SS are regarded as Germany’s elite. This book uses manuscripts from the United States National Archives, many unscrutinised for over 70 years, to provide a unique insight into a force capable of incredible military feats and incredible evil.

Modal Verbs and Modality in Literary and Non-Literary Texts

Edited By: Monika Skorasińska

From £33.99

This collection presents research on modality in the English language. It includes comprehensive analyses of modal verbs in diverse genres, including non-literary texts, contributing to the current knowledge on the system of modal verbs in English.

Crime Over Time

Temporal Perspectives on Crime and Punishment in Australia

Edited By: Robyn Lincoln

£39.99

Marrying criminology and history, this book offers a unique examination of crime over 200 years of Australian history. It explores how crime has evolved, from colonial bushranging to cybercrime, revealing the historical factors that shape punishment today.

Going Global

Transnational Perspectives on Globalization, Language, and Education

Edited By: Amy Hodges, Leslie Seawright

£47.99

Is English a tool of oppression, or an opportunity for greater understanding? This volume of critical essays explores questions of language, education, and culture in a globalized world, honoring students’ cultures while preparing them for an uncertain future.

Coming of Age on Film

Stories of Transformation in World Cinema

Edited By: Anne Hardcastle, Roberta Morosini, Kendall Tarte

£34.99

Twelve film scholars examine the theme of coming of age in the cinema of Latin America, Europe, and Africa. These essays explore transformation in individuals and nations, bringing attention to a widely represented but minimally studied theme in global cinema.

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.

Translation, the Canon and its Discontents

Version and Subversion

Edited By: Miguel Ramalhete Gomes

£61.99

This collection addresses the complex process by which translation and other forms of rewriting have contributed to canon formation and revision. It stresses the role of translation and adaptation as potentially transformative, capable of shaping and undermining identities.

Performance Analysis

A Bridge between Theory and Interpretation

Edited By: Madalena Soveral, Sara Zurletti

£64.99

This collection of essays explores the connections between music theory, interpretation, and performance. It delves into performance studies—focusing on gesture, bodily movement, and emotion—and addresses artistic practices in the 21st century.

Essays on Roberto Gerhard

Edited By: Monty Adkins, Michael Russ

£52.99

This volume explores Roberto Gerhard’s work from the early Wind Quintet through to the late period Metamorphoses. It suggests evidence that situates his idiosyncratic experiments alongside, rather than after, the total serialist works of his European counterparts.

Metonymy and Word-Formation

Their Interactions and Complementation

By: Mario Brdar

£61.99

This book explores the interplay between word-formation and metonymy, arguing they are distinct linguistic components that complement and mutually constrain each other. Using data from a variety of languages, it is essential reading for scholars and advanced students of grammar.

Middlebrow Satire in the Works of P.G. Wodehouse, G.K. Chesterton and Nancy Mitford

By: Daniel Buckingham

From £32.99

Scholars claim satire is too aggressive to persuade. But what if they’re looking in the wrong places? This study finds genuine satiric impact in the middlebrow delight of P.G. Wodehouse, G.K. Chesterton, and Nancy Mitford, commercially driven writers who defended their work.

Reflections of Roman Imperialisms

Edited By: Marko A. Janković, Marko Jankovic

£64.99

These articles offer invaluable insights into the results of different interactions between “Romans” and Others. They cover a huge geographical area, from Britain, across Europe to the Near East, and provide information on the Roman Empire as seen through the eyes of foreigners.

Yea, Alabama! The Uncensored Journal of the University of Alabama (Volume 3 – 1901 through 1926)

By: David M. Battles

£76.99

This third volume explores UA's rising enrollment and new student governance. It covers the university's rise to national academic respect, the birth of the "Crimson Tide," the Million Dollar Band, the UA/Auburn rift, and its response to WWI and the women’s rights movement.

This third volume explores UA’s rising enrollment and new student governance. It covers the university’s rise to national academic respect, the birth of the “Crimson Tide,” the Million Dollar Band, the UA/Auburn rift, and its response to WWI and the women’s rights movement.

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