Writers of Indian Diaspora
This anthology is a granular exploration of Indian diaspora writers. 37 unique chapters each analyse a separate text, highlighting an eclectic mix of genres and remarkable diaspora experiences. An essential read for scholars, students, and all connoisseurs of literature.
R.D. Laing and the Politics of Truth
This collection of essays appraises R.D. Laing’s life, work, brilliance, and frailties. Contributions from colleagues, friends, and clients confirm the enduring relevance of this original, critical voice. This inspiring book will challenge you to rethink your assumptions.
This book provides the context, guidelines, and tools for covering health, pandemics, and development in Africa. It is an essential resource for journalists, students, public health communicators, and international development agencies.
ELT ignores a vital question: how do people learn languages? This book critiques an industry driven by profit, not pedagogy, and reveals how we can recenter teaching for the benefit of learners and teachers.
Manual elections are weakened by human interference, causing irregularities and delays. This book argues that electronic voting should be implemented in both mature and new democracies to ensure accurate, swift poll results.
The Art of Maria Tomasula
Maria Tomasula’s captivating still lifes contrast luscious beauty with disturbing features like pierced flowers and isolated organs. This first comprehensive monograph unravels her complex iconography, rooted in her Mexican American heritage, Catholicism, and European tradition.
Ecuadorian Spanish in the 21st Century
As the first edited volume on Ecuadorian Spanish, this book brings together cutting-edge research on language contact. It explores varieties from the Andes to the Amazon, revealing how indigenous languages have profoundly influenced Spanish at all levels of linguistic inquiry.
The Role of Point Defects in the Luminescence Processes in Inorganic Solids and Phosphor Development
Developing sensitive phosphors for applications like 3D x-ray imaging requires knowledge of point defects in solids, information often lacking. This book bridges the gap, focusing on the crucial role of electron-hole traps for stimulated luminescence phenomena.
Analysis and Forecasting of Financial Time Series
This book uses real-world cases to show how to analyse volatile financial time series with statistical analysis, machine learning, and deep learning. Learn to build predictive models to forecast stock prices and construct profitable portfolios using Python and R.
Amidst the rise of chronic diseases, this book provides insight into physiology, molecular biology, and genetics to raise awareness about nutrition. It shows how food is not only for disease prevention, but for co-adjuvant and sustainable treatment.
Dutch Newspapers on War Victims and Their LSD-treatment by Jan Bastiaans
A controversial LSD treatment for concentration camp survivors was championed by Dutch newspapers against medical criticism. This book explores how the media’s focus on victimhood blurred the lines of diagnosis and paved the way for the modern concept of PTSD.
Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) uses prefabricated elements to reduce on-site construction time and traffic disruptions. This book examines ABC for short-span bridges, covering decision-making, systems, inspection methods, and a complete design example.
Auber’s operas, with librettist Eugene Scribe, cover a tumultuous 50-year period of French history. Their work is a remarkable reflection on the era’s great themes: political tumult, bourgeois rectitude, the artistic life, rebel outlaws, and enterprising womanhood.
This book critically examines the historical views of Japanese right-wing scholars, focusing on the post-Cold War intellectual right. Using in-depth case studies, it analyzes representative figures and criticizes their viewpoints on the Japanese cultural invasion of China.
The Politics of Civil Society in Africa
This book chronicles how civil society confronts challenges facing Africa, from democracy and human rights to climate change. As state power fails the world’s youngest population, this book makes a clarion call for a more activist civil society to shape the continent’s future.
The Life and Ideas of Evangelista Torricelli
Explore the life of Evangelista Torricelli, the 17th-century physicist who fused science with rhetorical elegance. This book analyzes his unique approach to science and his philosophical views, and presents the first annotated English translation of his Academic Discourses.
Patterns of Inter-ethnic Relations with the Roma in the Carpathian Basin
Based on three decades of anthropological fieldwork, this book argues that Roma-non-Roma coexistence in the Carpathian Basin is always based on opposition. It presents case studies and applied projects to reveal patterns that can be used to fight the exclusion of the Roma today.
This book investigates the Linguistic Landscape of Cameroon, a heavily multilingual postcolonial nation. It examines messages on signposts as a window into the country’s sociolinguistic reality, revealing significant findings about this complex environment.
This book highlights clinical examination methods and describes signs and symptoms in psychiatry. It provides a practical, up-to-date approach, focusing on fundamentals while avoiding complexity. Written for postgraduate doctors, novices, and other mental health professionals.
This book collects interviews with eight master cardiovascular surgeons, trailblazers of the 20th century whose contributions affect medical practice today. Each interview offers insights on the surgeons’ personal and professional lives.