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Conserving Fortified Heritage

The Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Fortifications and World Heritage, New Delhi, 2015

Edited By: Rima Hooja, Shikha Jain

£47.99

Bringing together papers from a heritage conference, this title examines solutions to the problems faced in site management and interpretation of fortifications. Areas covered include conservation and management challenges and interpretation and tourism challenges in forts.

The Cold War and Entertainment Television

Edited By: Lori Maguire

£47.99

An essential dimension of the Cold War took place in the realm of ideas and culture. As such, this volume discusses the impact of the conflict on entertainment television, offering comparative aspect by studying programs from both Eastern and Western blocs.

Islam-Oriented Parties’ Ideologies and Political Communication in the Quest for Power in Morocco

The PJD as a Case Study

By: Driss Bouyahya

£47.99

Unlike many other prominent Islam-oriented parties, Morocco’s PJD does not focus on commonly used precepts such as madawiyya and al da’awa al nidaliyya. This book explores the party’s recent political ideologies and its use of the internet in political advertising strategies.

The Rise and Fall of Wessex Asset Management and the 2008 Crash

Entrepreneurial Financial Markets

By: Tim Weir

£47.99

In light of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, Weir highlights the fundamental weaknesses of the financial system, and examines issues such as women in hedge funds, pay in the finance sector, and the future of the Eurozone.

Proceedings of the Yoga & Psyche Conference (2014)

Edited By: Gabriel Axel, Mariana Caplan

£47.99

This foundational text for an emerging field integrates the vast context of yoga with Western psychology. This inquiry combines the perennial wisdom of yoga with breakthroughs in somatic psychology, trauma research, and insights from neuroscience.

Investigating Lexis

Vocabulary Teaching, ESP, Lexicography and Lexical Innovation

Edited By: José Ramón Calvo-Ferrer, Miguel Ángel Campos-Pardillos

£47.99

This book shows how lexical research responds to modern challenges, from legal language to video game terminology and pop music. This collection of essays combines cutting-edge research in lexicography and terminology with a user-friendly approach.

Deleuze and Asia

Edited By: Ronald Bogue, Hanping Chiu, Yu-lin Lee

£47.99

In the first collection devoted to Deleuze and Asia, Asian and Western scholars explore Deleuzian concepts in philosophy, religion, film, art, and literature, mapping new directions in East-West research that reveal new dimensions of Deleuze’s thought.

Hamlet’s Ghost

Vespasiano Gonzaga and his Ideal City

By: James Cowan

£47.99

Haunted by the mysterious deaths of two wives, Duke Vespasiano Gonzaga forged a new life by building Sabbioneta, the first ideal city. A true Renaissance man, his story reveals a fascinating link to Shakespeare’s Hamlet and the emergence of our modern consciousness.

Governance, Accountability and Sustainable Development

Edited By: Redouane Barzi, Kiymet Tunca Caliyurt, Mourad Oubrich

£47.99

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.

Mysticism and Narcissism

A Personal Reflection on Changes in Theology during My Life as a Cenacle Nun

By: Kathleen Lyons

From £34.99

This personal narrative of a long-serving Cenacle nun applies psychoanalytic theory to questions of theological and Marian identity and relationality, and is an historical resource for the study of women’s religious orders in the twentieth century.

Language in Uniform

Language Analysis and Training for Defence and Policing Purposes

Edited By: Helen de Silva Joyce, Elizabeth A. Thomson

£47.99

Around the globe, police and military personnel face language challenges. Language in Uniform brings together papers on language analysis, teaching, and assessment for defence, security, and law enforcement, extending our understanding of this vital field.

Religion of Democracy

An Intellectual Biography of Gerald Birney Smith, 1868–1929

By: W. Creighton Peden

£47.99

This volume concludes Dr Peden’s series on the empirical tradition in American Philosophical and Religious Thought.

New Media Politics

Rethinking Activism and National Security in Cyberspace

Edited By: Lemi Baruh, Banu Baybars

£47.99

New Media Politics explores the challenges of cyberspace, from cyber-activism and resistance to cyberterrorism and national security. This collection uses international case studies to debate the clash between civil liberties and government regulations.

English Studies from Archives to Prospects

Volume 1 – Literature and Cultural Studies

Edited By: Irena Zovko Dinković, Tihana Klepač, Martina Domines Veliki

£47.99

This volume explores temporality in literary studies and the humanities. Contributions engage with the discipline's past, its present condition, and the possibilities for its survival in an age where the relevance of the humanities is being disputed.

This volume explores temporality in literary studies and the humanities. Contributions engage with the discipline’s past, its present condition, and the possibilities for its survival in an age where the relevance of the humanities is being disputed.

Dualism, Platonism and Voluntarism

Explorations at the Quantum, Microscopic, Mesoscopic and Symbolic Neural Levels

Edited By: Seán Ó Nualláin

£47.99

This conference proceedings brings together a host of contemporary thinkers, from Stuart Kauffmann and Ed Vul, on the cognitive side, to Stuart Kauffmann and Henry Stapp. The papers presented here make for a wide-ranging and incisive debate.

Project Management Research

Asia-Pacific Perspectives

Edited By: Beverly Pasian, Michael Young

£47.99

This book presents the latest thinking in project management from leading international academics and practitioners. Essays focus on themes of project maturity, governance, portfolio management, and new techniques, concluding with the future of the profession.

Science, Mysticism and Psychical Research

The Revolutionary Synthesis of Michael Whiteman

By: John Poynton

£47.99

Science, mysticism, and psychical research are thought to be irreconcilable. This book reveals the revolutionary synthesis of mathematician Michael Whiteman, who fused modern physics with ancient mystical texts, informed by a lifetime of psychic experience.

Meaning and λόγος

Proceedings from the Early Professional Interdisciplinary Conference

Edited By: Erica Hughes

£47.99

This volume brings together approaches from across the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences to explore the theme of “meaning and λόγος.” Topics range from Urartian archaeology and Roman sculpture to Peppa Pig, brain imaging, heavy metal, and Belfast murals.

The Life, Art and Religious Iconography of David Wright

By: Peter French

£47.99

For the first time, this book demonstrates the extraordinary contribution of Australian glass artist David Wright. Including the first catalogue raisonné on the artist, it examines the stunning art glass he created for Australia's sacred and public spaces.

The PCI Artists

Antifascism and Communism in Italian Art, 1944-1951

By: Juan José Gómez Gutiérrez

£47.99

This book examines the Italian Communist Party's artistic policies (1944–1951), providing a framework for wider reflections on art and politics. At a time when the world was divided, Italian artists became protagonists of a project to synthesize antagonistic cultural blocs.

This book examines the Italian Communist Party’s artistic policies (1944–1951), providing a framework for wider reflections on art and politics. At a time when the world was divided, Italian artists became protagonists of a project to synthesize antagonistic cultural blocs.

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