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Language Crisis in the Ryukyus

Edited By: Mark Anderson, Patrick Heinrich

£52.99

Once denigrated, the Ryukyuan languages are now severely endangered by oppressive policies. This volume depicts the history of the crisis, shedding light on the dark side of modernization and a misplaced obsession with monolingualism.

The Horrors of Trauma in Cinema

Violence Void Visualization

Edited By: Michael Elm, Kobi Kabalek, Julia B. Köhne

£52.99

This volume explores how film depicts historical trauma resulting from extreme violence, focusing on Israeli-Palestinian, German, and US cinema. Scholars analyze how movies visualize shattering experiences, uniquely tracing horror aesthetics to question trauma's loops.

Power, Politics and Episcopal Authority

The Bishops of Cremona and Lincoln in the Middle Ages (1066-1340)

By: Angelo Silvestri

£52.99

This book assesses the shifts in bishops’ power in Lincoln and Cremona from the 11th to the 14th century. The comparison highlights the differences between the role of a prelate in England's largest diocese and the struggle for authority in a communal Italian city.

This book assesses the shifts in bishops’ power in Lincoln and Cremona from the 11th to the 14th century. The comparison highlights the differences between the role of a prelate in England’s largest diocese and the struggle for authority in a communal Italian city.

The World in the Mind and Sculpture of Deafblind People

By: Ewa Anna Niestorowicz

£52.99

Niestorowicz discusses the creative capabilities of people with simultaneous impairment of sight and hearing. She presents a study of the act of creation performed by deafblind people, which makes it possible to propose a vision of reality as conveyed through their sculptures.

We Need to Talk about Family

Essays on Neoliberalism, the Family and Popular Culture

Edited By: Roberta Garrett, Tracey Jensen, Angie Voela

£52.99

As the dream of upward mobility dissipates, the family 'haven' is unravelling. This collection explores the hypercompetitive neoliberal family, which seeks to maximize its children's futures amid the anxiety of being left behind.

As the dream of upward mobility dissipates, the family ‘haven’ is unravelling. This collection explores the hypercompetitive neoliberal family, which seeks to maximize its children’s futures amid the anxiety of being left behind.

New Dimensions of Diversity in Nordic Culture and Society

Edited By: Jenny Björklund, Ursula Lindqvist

£52.99

The contributions to this book assume diversity to be a fundamental feature of Nordic modernity, and offer case studies that provide important counter-narratives to prevailing local and global discourses of Nordic-ness.

Modernizing Educational Practice

Perspectives in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

Edited By: Katarzyna Papaja, Artur Swiateka

£52.99

This book represents presentations given at the Ustroń CLIL 2013 conference, which brought together academicians, researchers, teachers and educational authorities to exchange research on Content and Language Integrated Learning methodologies.

Diachronic Applications in Hispanic Linguistics

Edited By: Eva Núñez Méndez

£52.99

Ten prominent scholars provide a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of Spanish. This volume covers key topics in the lexicon, phonetics, and syntax, from Arabisms and the confusion of b with v to the development of ser, estar, and haber.

Social Networks in the Long Eighteenth Century

Clubs, Literary Salons, Textual Coteries

Edited By: Ileana Baird

£52.99

This collection uses social network analysis and digital humanities to re-imagine the 18th century as a networked community. It explores how clubs and associations formed public opinion, revealing surprising parallels to today's digital public sphere.

Current Issues in Reading, Writing and Visual Literacy

Research and Practice

Edited By: Helene Demirci, Christina Gitsaki, Melanie Taylor Gobert

£52.99

Representing papers presented at the 2014 World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics, this collection explores current efforts to tease out the variables involved in the development of literacies.

From Knowledge Management to Learning Organisation to Innovation

The Way Ahead!

Edited By: Fawzy Soliman

£52.99

This book argues that innovation is influenced by learning, which is driven by knowledge. Articles by renowned experts show how to manage knowledge and learning to drive innovation, and alert management to the risks of a poorly managed process.

Post Celtic Tiger Ireland

Exploring New Cultural Spaces

Edited By: Estelle Epinoux, Frank Healy

£52.99

This anthology provides the reader with an exploration of various artistic works which grew out of the post-Celtic Tiger era in Ireland. In assessing the aftermath of this period and its impact on Ireland today, the contributors also allude to its future evolution and trends.

The Proceedings of the 20th Anniversary History of Medicine Days Conference 2011

The University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Alberta, Canada

Edited By: Aleksandra Loewenau, Frank W. Stahnisch

£52.99

This volume from the History of Medicine Days conference comprises insights into the histories of Women, Health and Reproduction; Institutes and Deinstitutionalization; and the Brain, Mind, and Mindlessness. It includes Dr. George Weisz’s keynote on chronic disease.

Late Antiquity in Contemporary Debate

Edited By: Rita Lizzi Testa

£52.99

This conference proceedings sheds new light on the debate surrounding the periodization of Late Antiquity. It recalls key moments of the discovery of the world of Late Antiquity, and shows how it is possible to reach a definition of an age.

Alternative Communities in Hispanic Literature and Culture

Edited By: Luis H. Castañeda, Javier González

£52.99

This book studies the fictional representation of circles of artists and intellectuals, and other diverse associations that share the common trait of being small and subversive collectives, showing how such communities represent the “other side” of official institutions.

“Attached Files”

Anthropological Essays on Body, Psyche, Attachment and Spirituality

By: Imre Lázár

£52.99

In this selection of lectures and papers, medical anthropologist Imre Lázár explores the synergic logic of human bonds. Using attachment as a core concept, he connects anthropology, health sciences, religious studies, and ecology.

Selected Readings in Applied Climatology

Edited By: Robert V. Rohli

£52.99

This collection of research charts 40 years of applied climatology, representing the evolution of the subfield. It provides a framework for appreciating the impacts of climate on society, covering topics from water and energy to agriculture and human health.

Epistemology of Ordinary Knowledge

Edited By: Paolo Piccari, Mariano L. Bianca

£52.99

Many philosophers reduce ordinary knowledge to sensory or, more generally, to perceptual knowledge, which refers to entities belonging to the phenomenic world. The papers collected here analyse different aspects of ordinary knowledge and of its epistemology.

Christianity and Culture Collision

Particularities and Trends from a Global South

Edited By: Cyril Orji

£52.99

This book prompts new understandings of inculturation, universality, and world Christianity. As world Christianity is central to how the gospel is good news today, it is essential for readers concerned with new evangelization, African history, and inter-cultural dialogue.

Pathways of Creativity in Contemporary Newfoundland and Labrador

Edited By: María Jesús Hernáez Lerena

£52.99

This book examines the diverse literature and culture of Newfoundland and Labrador. Scholars and writers explore its unique context across fiction, poetry, and filmmaking, bringing Indigenous histories to the foreground and encouraging international dialogue.

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