“Sharks and Sprats”
Sokolowska offers a snapshot of recent migration from Poland to Ireland with a special focus on transnational migratory practices, examining how young people negotiate their identities during their second culture acquisition.
Roaming, Wandering, Deviation and Error
This title presents a comparative reading of John Milton’s epic Paradise Lost in relation to four novels by Salman Rushdie, namely The Satanic Verses, The Moor’s Last Sigh, Fury and The Ground Beneath Her Feet, confronting terms such as influence and inheritance.
This volume explores identity formation in Afro-Hispanic and African contexts, re-contextualizing diaspora beyond debates of voluntary migration versus traumatic exile. Essays cover countries like Cuba, Spain, and Angola, and themes from religion to politics.
Libraries at the Heart of Dialogue of Cultures and Religions
This conference proceedings discusses the key roles played by libraries throughout history and in the present day, offering a panorama of the pressing issues they face today and potential solutions to professionals and Library and Information Science students.
Museums beyond the Crises
The predominant model of the museum is collapsing. The old paradigm is being replaced by a new one that still needs to be defined. This book investigates what such a new paradigm may entail and its consequences for the preservation of heritage.
Civilization at Risk
The evil of sex trafficking will not stop, but it can be discouraged and lives spared. All of the author’s proceeds for this book go directly to the Justice and Mercy Initiative at Bryan College to fight human trafficking.
Eleven scholars challenge the popular vision of the American South as an ill region. They interpret its “sickly” culture not as a problem, but as an opportunity and a springboard to cultural revitalization and a new kind of “health”.
Frontiers in Neuroethics
This collection provides an updated overview of the theoretical perspectives and empirical research related to neuroethics. Its eight chapters offer a cross-section of a lively debate that will serve as the focus of scientific, cultural, and political reflection in years to come.
The contributions here represent the result of discussions at the European Sport Development Network’s conference in 2014. They are all written from the perspective of academic researchers and practitioners working in sport development.
Explore the epic history of Hebrew, from the Dead Sea Scrolls to its modern renaissance. This volume examines its deep connections to Aramaic and Arabic, telling the remarkable story of an ancient language reborn in the State of Israel.
Women in Leadership and Work-Family Integration Volume Two
This title investigates how women are assuming greater roles within the workplace and men are adopting greater roles in the home. It argues that men and women have to step into new identities and develop new roles inside the workplace and the family.
Margaret Atwood’s Apocalypses features essays on Atwood’s poetry, The Handmaid’s Tale, and the MaddAddam trilogy. The collection traces the theme of apocalypse through her work using lenses like disability studies, theology, and ecofeminism.
From Damascus to Beirut
This monograph analyses the way four contemporary novels engage with the phenomena of nationalism, feminism, post- and neo-colonialism, civil war, and social change in the Arab world using an urban scenario as their privileged point of observation.
Diachronic and Synchronic Aspects of Legal English
A guide to the past, present, and future of Legal English for students, lawyers, and anyone interested in the language of law. It explores the evolution of legal language and analyzes its contemporary features, including the debate on simplifying it for citizens’ understanding.
An aristocratic lady, Halma, uses her inheritance to found a Christian society for the needy. Her family, believing she is as mad as the disgraced priest Nazarín whom she harbors, works to defeat her. A fortunate denouement comes from the priest himself.
This book explores justice, ethics, and intercultural learning, arguing that cultural diversity is as critical for humankind as biodiversity is for nature. Adopting a pluralistic approach, readers will gain a greater understanding of culture, values, and identity.
Professor Zidan explores the ways in which legal language differs from ordinary usage, investigating the difficulties of drafting English and Arabic legal texts, paying particular attention to features of such language that are often ignored in academic analysis.
Byron’s Temperament
This edited volume is the first to draw together dominant strains in critical thinking about Byron’s temperament and behaviour, using discourses and paradigms drawn from various disciplines, including literary studies, history of medicine, behaviourism, and cultural studies.
Community, Autonomy and Informed Consent
Current informed consent guidelines for international research fail when community is involved. This book critiques the traditional view of autonomy that causes these failures and proposes a relational model to create more just and effective ethical policies.
Random Thoughts
This collection of critical essays ranges from Shakespeare to Rushdie, covering Indian, British, and African writers. Addressing poetry, fiction, and drama with a fresh approach, the book is a valuable resource for students, teachers, and researchers of English literature.
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