Muses, Mistresses and Mates
This book challenges the sexist stereotype of the passive Muse. The essays collected here focus on “Muses, Mistresses and Mates” whose own exceptional talent brought them into creative partnership, dissecting myths to offer a corrective view of these women.
Language – Nation – Identity
How does language define one’s national identity? This volume explores the relationship between language, nation, and identity from a 21st-century perspective, analyzing its changing role across different historical, social, and linguistic contexts.
Out of Deadlock
Sara Paretsky’s V.I. Warshawski series revolutionized crime fiction with a feminist perspective, raising awareness of social concerns. This collection of academic essays explores her influence on female authors worldwide who adopt a similar stance.
The Intercountry Adoption Debate
Intercountry adoption is a complex, global, and deeply personal issue. This volume gives voice to all sides of the debate, featuring writings from top scholars, parents, policymakers, and adoptees from around the world.
Term Structure of Profit Rates of Sukuk
This book applies term structure models to analyse the financial instrument Sukuk. It establishes “profit rate yield curves” for sovereign and corporate bonds, providing informative case studies for students and researchers in financial economics.
The Grammar Problem in Higher Education in Cameroon
This study explores English grammar challenges among young Cameroonians in higher education. It pinpoints acute problems, analyzes their causes, and offers solutions for L2 learners, teachers, and language policymakers.
From West to East
A sweeping overview of new research in medieval archaeology. This collection unites cutting-edge theory with global case studies—from Viking Vinland and Irish castles to Byzantine sites and the medieval diet. A vital look at the latest work in the field.
Recent global crises, from financial collapses to revolutions, are rooted in failures of governance. This book focuses on governance and accountability in the shadow of turmoil, exploring their relationship to sustainable development across different cultures.
A Clinical Guide to Organisational Health
Is your organisation healthy enough to survive? This book treats it like a living organism, using a holistic diagnostic model to explore its core functions—Survival, Protection, Operations, Information, Language and Strategy (SPOILS)—and build fitness.
“In Search of …”
This collection by international researchers advances qualitative inquiry in youth studies. It offers ways of adapting and remixing methods for a transforming world, with fresh interpretations useful to students, scholars, and researchers.
Field-Marshal Kesselring
This book challenges the myth of Field-Marshal Kesselring as one of WWII’s “greatest commanders.” Often seen as a benign patrician, this study shows he was deeply implicated in the Nazi preparation for war, guilty of serious war crimes, and committed perjury to save himself.
Africa confronts daunting developmental challenges despite abundant resources. Existing analysis is often generic and misinformed. This book uses Nigeria—a resource-rich yet poor nation—to provide informed research with implications for the entire continent.
From Islamic Revivalism to Islamic Radicalism in Southeast Asia
This ethnography of Jamā‘ah Tablīgh in Malaysia and Indonesia explores its members’ religious lives, revealing a radical yet non-violent vision for a contemporary, mosque-based Islamic caliphate.
This book examines NATO’s engagement in Kosovo and the reasoning behind its 1999 military intervention. It analyzes the historical conflict between Albanians and Serbs, the contradicting stances at the Security Council, and the issue of Kosovo’s future.
Arthur Schopenhauer
See Schopenhauer the man through 24 letters to his dedicated apostle, David Asher. They reveal the philosopher’s 30-year struggle for recognition in a Germany dominated by Hegelian thought, and the ultimate triumph of a thinker who had long been ignored.
Art in Motion
International scholars and artists consider screendance from various angles, including historical research, aesthetic analysis, and contemporary practice. This collection explores the choreography of moving images and its role in culture today.
This book challenges common views on autism and implicit meaning. Using a novel test with video-based conversational exchanges, this study’s results contradict previous findings, showing that people with ASD can understand non-literal meaning.
The Trajectory of India’s Middle Class
This volume examines the role of India’s middle class not merely as an economic phenomenon, but as a key player in social and political change. It investigates the class’s complex relationship with the state, the market, and marginalized groups.
Common Core
A timely resource for immediate classroom use, this book provides practical approaches and teacher narratives from across the country—offering strategies to create vibrant, relevant instruction that lives beyond the Core.
Writing from the Margins
There is another dimension to the Irish short story tradition that has been overlooked. Led by Samuel Beckett, Aidan Higgins, and Tom Mac Intyre, this marginalized tradition marks an alternative avant-garde movement. This is the first book to highlight it.
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