Bookshop

Lake Garda

Gateway to D. H. Lawrence’s Voyage to the Sun

Edited By: Nick Ceramella

£54.99

D. H. Lawrence’s life was a journey to the sun, a quest that began in Gargnano. This unique book explores his "sun search" through a stimulating combination of literature, music, and painting. A book that any Laurentian cannot possibly miss.

D. H. Lawrence’s life was a journey to the sun, a quest that began in Gargnano. This unique book explores his “sun search” through a stimulating combination of literature, music, and painting. A book that any Laurentian cannot possibly miss.

Cognitive Linguistics between Universality and Variation

Edited By: Mario Brdar, Milena Žic Fuchs, Ida Raffaelli

£54.99

This volume is the first to address the position of Cognitive Linguistics between universality and variability. The state-of-the-art contributions point to innovative avenues for future research, making this volume particularly valuable. – Günter Radden

Romanesque Architecture and its Artistry in Central Europe, 900-1300

A Descriptive, Illustrated Analysis of the Style as it Pertains to Castle and Church Architecture

By: Herbert Schutz

£54.99

This book surveys Romanesque architecture in Central Europe, from palaces and castles to its major churches. It focuses on the artistic ornamentation—from portals to capitals—that transformed these monumental fortresses of God into powerful sermons in stone.

The Theoretical Background and Practical Implications of Argumentation in Ireland

By: Davide Mazzi

£54.99

Mazzi suggests, linguistically, that the study of reasoned argument is likely to have many potential applications in the context of Irish public discourse. He tackles the issue of the construction of argumentation in the judiciary and in the politics of the Irish Republic.

The Common Touch

Popular Literature from the Elizabethans to the Restoration, Volume I

By: Adrian Roscoe, Paul A. Scanlon

From £37.99

While figures like Shakespeare dominated the literary scene, what was the vast majority of society really reading and singing? This anthology answers that question with a selection of broadside ballads, witch trial reports, and political newsbooks.

James Bond in World and Popular Culture

The Films are Not Enough, Second Edition

Edited By: Jack Becker, Robert G. Weiner, B. Lynn Whitfield

£54.99

The most comprehensive study of the James Bond phenomena ever published. 40 original essays provide new insights into the Bond girl, video games, music, fashion, and Ian Fleming himself, showing how this cultural icon has changed the world.

Mapping the Tribal Economy

A Case Study from a South-Indian State

By: Bandlamudi Nageswara Rao

£54.99

India's tribes have been marginalised, their way of life transformed. This book examines the critical issues of land alienation and labour exploitation, focusing on tribal mobilisation and the fight for justice and restoration in Andhra Pradesh.

India’s tribes have been marginalised, their way of life transformed. This book examines the critical issues of land alienation and labour exploitation, focusing on tribal mobilisation and the fight for justice and restoration in Andhra Pradesh.

Modernisation of Chinese Culture

Continuity and Change

Edited By: Jana S. Rošker, Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik

£54.99

This book maps Chinese modernisation, highlighting its relationship to historical and theoretical contexts. Going beyond economics, its multifaceted perspectives focus on overlooked issues in culture, ideology, and society, exploring tensions between tradition and modernity.

Economy in Society

Economic Sociology Revisited

By: Jacek Tittenbrun

£54.99

This book analyzes classic sociology and economics, exposing their flaws. It then presents a constructive programme, socio-economic structuralism, which offers theoretical innovations that draw on, but move beyond, the achievements of past thinkers.

Of the Students, By the Students, and For the Students

Time for Another Revolution

Edited By: Martin Wolff

£54.99

Millions of Chinese college graduates study English for years yet remain unable to communicate. This book exposes a 30-year-old failed program, a practice of insanity, and presents a proven solution: the successful remedial program, Holistic English.

Totalitarianism and Literary Discourse

20th Century Experience

Edited By: Irma Ratiani

£54.99

This collection pioneers scholarly inquiry into the challenges facing literature in totalitarian strangleholds, focusing on the Soviet experience. Scholars from post-Soviet states and beyond assess texts, intellectual terror, and the myths of the era.

Collected Articles of the 3rd International Linguistics Conference (Taganrog, Russia)

Edited By: Tatiana G. Klikushina

£54.99

This collection of essays from an international conference presents important research in linguistics. It explores language theory, cross-cultural communication, pragmatics, translation, and teaching methods. An essential volume for scholars and students.

An Introductory Course to Philosophy of Language

By: Ufuk Özen Baykent

£54.99

In this book, central issues in the history of philosophical investigations about the concept of language are introduced. Topics are structured with reference to the world’s foremost philosophers of language, raising an awareness of language as a distinctive human capacity.

Divine Madness

By: Harry Eiss

£54.99

Lila is the play of the gods, a free spirit of creation beyond the chains of reason and the clocks of time. Come, enter a realm of divine madness, where the trickster, the artist, and the savior weave the great tapestry of life. Join the play.

Tackling Youth Unemployment

Edited By: Francesca Fazio, Anthony Forsyth, Francesca Fazio

£54.99

Youth are the last to be hired in an expansion and the first to be let go in a recession. Ensuring today’s youth do not become a “lost generation” is an urgent matter. This book deals with these challenges, to make sure that youth is not wasted on the young.

New Directions in the Acquisition of Romance Languages

Selected Proceedings of The Romance Turn V

Edited By: João Costa, Alexandra Fiéis, Maria João Freitas

£54.99

This book presents a selection of papers on Language Acquisition with a special focus on Romance varieties. The volume covers a wide array of topics, including L1 and L2 acquisition, typical and atypical development, syntax, semantics, and phonology.

Covert Patterns of Modality

Edited By: Werner Abraham, Elisabeth Leiss

£54.99

This overview compares how languages express modality (possibility, necessity) covertly. Drawing on diverse languages, it shows that typical Indo-European patterns are not universal, yet reveals recurrent forms that allow for new generalizations.

Cosimo I de’ Medici as Collector

Antiquities and Archaeology in Sixteenth-century Florence

By: Andrea M. Gáldy

£54.99

Antiquity collections were manifestations of power. This study explores the collection of Cosimo I de’ Medici, using unpublished sources to reconstruct its display and reveal the political aims behind one of the major princely collections of its time.

New Challenges for Language Testing

Towards Mutual Recognition of Qualifications

Edited By: María Luisa Carrió-Pastor

£54.99

This text presents the key aspects of the application of assessment in higher education and the systems of accreditation. It teaches the basic principles of language testing and accreditation, providing cases of how new methods are useful to second language teachers and students.

Dying and Death in 18th-21st Century Europe

Volume 2

Edited By: Corina Rotar, Marius Rotar

£54.99

This book invites the reader on a fascinating journey across three centuries of Europe, using death as a guide. Authors from varying backgrounds—historians, sociologists, doctors, and more—explore the complex phenomena of death and dying across the continent.

Verify to Download