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Politics and Popular Culture

Edited By: Leah A. Murray

£39.99

As popular culture and politics collide, new technologies accelerate the trend. These interdisciplinary essays explore the ramifications, from how entertainment media shapes our understanding of politics to the ways politicians use technology to connect with us.

Policies, Principles, Practices

New Directions in Foreign Language Education in the Era of Educational Globalization

Edited By: Rita Cancino, Kirsten Jæger

£39.99

Globalization challenges university language teaching in non-anglophone countries. Using Denmark as a case study, this book offers remedies applicable to all universities aiming to stay competitive in the global market of university education.

Children and Childhoods 1

Perspectives, Places and Practices

Edited By: Peter Whiteman

£39.99

Investment in early childhood results in high returns. This book presents current research that reflects the transdisciplinary nature of childhood, examining multiple perspectives, places and practices through explorations of playgrounds, hospitals, and museums.

Taming Risk

Uncertainty, Trust and the Sociological Discourse of Modernity

By: Jan Burzyñski, Tomasz Burzyński

£39.99

This work investigates late modernity through the interplay of risk and trust. It offers an integrative perspective aiming to reconcile the dimensions of individual agency and social structure in contemporary post-industrial societies.

(Dis)Agree

Exploring Agreement Mechanisms

By: Pritha Chandra

£39.99

This book challenges the existence of Agree as a grammatical operation. It argues that Agree is not conceptually necessary, and that what appears to be long-distance agreement in diverse languages is, on closer inspection, an instance of a local relation.

Learning Styles and Second Language Education

By: Patrycja Marta Kamińska

£39.99

This book addresses learning styles in second language development. It explores various models of style and their significance for educators, concluding with a discussion of the practical exploitation of learning style awareness in second language education.

The X-Files and Literature

Unweaving the Story, Unraveling the Lie to Find the Truth

Edited By: Sharon R. Yang

£39.99

This collection explores The X-Files’ rich adaptation of literature to find the truth. It unveils connections to Gothic writers and delves into unexpected sources like the Arthurian quest, making you a smarter, better reader of this landmark series.

American Dreams

Dialogues in U.S. Studies

Edited By: Ricardo Miguez

£39.99

This collection offers contemporary definitions for the "American Dream"—or rather, Dreams. Multidisciplinary selections from international scholars reflect current developments and approaches in US Studies, helping to broaden the scope of the field.

This collection offers contemporary definitions for the “American Dream”—or rather, Dreams. Multidisciplinary selections from international scholars reflect current developments and approaches in US Studies, helping to broaden the scope of the field.

Radio and Society

New Thinking for an Old Medium

Edited By: Matt Mollgaard

£39.99

Radio remains a key medium, developing despite and because of the digital age. This collection of contemporary research explores its history, cultural force, and internet developments, providing new insights into the media and ultimately, ourselves.

An Integrated Approach to Intercultural Communication

By: Nataša Bakić-Mirić

£39.99

This book explores intercultural communication, focusing on self-understanding as the first step to appreciating diverse perspectives. It provides guidelines to build competencies, overcome challenges, and discover the rewards of connecting in a multicultural world.

European Stevenson

Edited By: Richard Ambrosini, Richard Dury

£39.99

This volume explores Robert Louis Stevenson’s connection to Europe, revealing how French culture shaped his achievements. It explains his influence on writers like Proust and Calvino and why he remained an admired model for Europeans.

A Class of Its Own

Re-Envisioning American Labor Fiction

Edited By: Laura Hapke, Lisa A. Kirby

£39.99

A Class of Its Own positions American social protest authors in a scholarly, student-centered context. Scholars explore what makes a text “working class” and how class studies empower teachers. Discusses authors like Zora Neale Hurston and Stephen Crane.

Women in the Portuguese Colonial Empire

The Theatre of Shadows

Edited By: Clara Sarmento

£39.99

Across the vast Portuguese colonial empire, women were silenced, mystified, and erased from history. This collection of essays questions these historical gaps, uncovering the real roles of those whose voices were systematically written out of the record.

Challenges to Urban Democratic Governance in Zimbabwe

The Case of the Appointment of Special Interest Councillors in Urban Local Councils

By: Jephias Mapuva

£39.99

This book investigates urban democratic governance in Zimbabwe, focusing on the Minister's power to appoint special interest councillors. It finds a high level of partisanship in appointments, which often rewards those who lost elections but belong to the Minister's party.

This book investigates urban democratic governance in Zimbabwe, focusing on the Minister’s power to appoint special interest councillors. It finds a high level of partisanship in appointments, which often rewards those who lost elections but belong to the Minister’s party.

English Language and Literature

Cross Cultural Currents

Edited By: Modupe Moyosore Alimi, Mompoloki Mmangaka Bagwasi, Patrick James Ebewo

£39.99

This collection of essays interrogates the language dilemma in Africa. While many Africans require the economic and social benefits of English, there is a growing resistance. The book explores how African languages and English enhance, inhibit, and influence each other.

Tools versus Cores

Alternative Approaches to Stone Tool Analysis

Edited By: Shannon P. McPherron

£39.99

Is a stone artifact a tool or a core? This volume tackles this question by examining difficult cases from across the globe, challenging long-held assumptions and leading to a richer understanding of the past, less encumbered by modern categories.

The Family and the Nation

Dutch Family Migration Policies in the Context of Changing Family Norms

By: Sarah van Walsum

£39.99

Many nations are restricting family migration. How can this be explained? Does it indicate a new trend towards racist exclusion? This book places these policies in the perspective of changing family norms, revealing techniques of power reminiscent of the colonial past.

Battleground States

Scholarship in Contemporary America

Edited By: Michael Mooradian Lupro, Stephen Swanson

£39.99

This volume collects work from emerging scholars examining cultural scholarship in a global world. Bringing together diverse thoughts on politics, film, history, and literature, these voices explore the threads that bind us and the forces that seek to separate us.

Sold by the Millions

Australia’s Bestsellers

Edited By: Louise Lightfoot, Amit Sarwal

£39.99

Australian genre fiction writers sell stories by the millions. This is the first collection to explore Australia’s best-selling material, with leading experts providing pieces on Romance, Horror, Crime, Science Fiction, and more.

Songs at Twilight

A Narrative Exploration of Living with a Visual Impairment and the Effect this has on Claims to Identity

By: Susan Dale

£39.99

A visually impaired author and thirty contributors explore their experiences of living with a visual impairment and its effect on their identity. Through collaborative narrative, they challenge sighted assumptions about blindness.