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Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Working

Edited By: Anthony Forsyth, Martina Ori, Malcolm Sargeant

£49.99

Experts on vulnerable workers and precarious work from all over the world examine different aspects of these topics, showing the need for developing further research in these areas.

Relativism-Relativity

An Interdisciplinary Perspective on a Modern Concept

By: Marin Cilea, Maria-Ana Tupan

£39.99

This revisionary work challenges stereotypes of an absolutist Enlightenment. Cutting across science, philosophy, and art, it traces modern notions of complexity, non-linear reality, and relativity back to the pioneering thought of Leibniz, Sterne, and D’Alembert.

The Everyday

Experiences, Concepts, and Narratives

Edited By: Justin Derry, Martin Parrot

£44.99

This inter-disciplinary book explores the slippery notion of ‘Everyday Life’. With contributions from fields like art history, cultural studies, and anthropology, it provides a unique space for exploring how everyday life intersects with key debates.

Charles Dickens and Europe

Edited By: Maxime Leroy

£39.99

Charles Dickens is a British literary icon, but should he be read as a European author? This book explores his relationship to Europe through his travels, the continental locations in his novels, and the influence of his works on other European texts.

Thoughts of Love

Edited By: Fiona Peters, Gary Peters

£44.99

This volume addresses the serious shortage of thinking on love. Essays from international scholars explore desire, friendship, obsession, and loss, bringing a shared commitment to love in the face of its denial, for all readers who wish to think about it.

Soldiers, Bombs and Rifles

Military History of the 20th Century

Edited By: Paola Lo Cascio, Antoni Segura i Mas, Alberto Pellegrini

£39.99

Military History is not just for experts. It is an essential, interdisciplinary tool for interpreting historical processes. This book analyzes the main wars of the 20th century, with contributions on WWI, WWII, the Spanish Civil War, and asymmetric conflicts.

Dystopia(n) Matters

On the Page, on Screen, on Stage

Edited By: Fátima Vieira

£49.99

Reputed scholars explain why dystopia is important. Through studies of literature, film, and theatre, they argue that while dystopia has invaded contemporary discourse, utopia has not been eradicated. The tension between them is instrumental to our future.

Identity

Beyond Tradition and McWorld Neoliberalism

Edited By: Christopher Chávez, Brian Michael Goss

£44.99

This book explores how identity is refashioned in our globalized world. It examines the intersection of "who we are" with mass media, the nation, and social practice, from advertising and sports to activism and online life.

This book explores how identity is refashioned in our globalized world. It examines the intersection of “who we are” with mass media, the nation, and social practice, from advertising and sports to activism and online life.

The Tain of Hamlet

By: Laurie Johnson

£49.99

We have lost sight of Hamlet itself. This book looks beyond the play that has bedazzled critics for centuries to seek its historical distinctness, unraveling myths about the players, printers, patrons, and Shakespeare himself.

Barriers, Borders and Crossings in British Postcolonial Fiction

A Gender Perspective

By: Cecilia Rosa Acquarone

£44.99

A perceptive and innovative study of female versus male responses to postmodernity in British postcolonial fiction, highlighting the opposition between the tragic vision of male authors and the comic vision of women writers. An invaluable contribution.

Adaptations, Versions and Perversions in Modern British Drama

Edited By: Ignacio Ramos Gay

£39.99

This book scrutinises the complexities of adapting plays across cultures. Through modern British theatre, it explores the split between state-imposed and personal identity in an age of globalism, arguing for the need to transcend cultural frontiers.

Under Occupation

Resistance and Struggle in a Militarised Asia-Pacific

Edited By: Makoto Arakaki, Daniel Broudy, Peter Simpson

£49.99

Probing the militarisation of East Asia and the Pacific, this volume explores how communities navigate occupation, how identities are shaped and erased, and the struggle for self-determination against centralised power.

The Moral Philosophy of Bernard Williams

Edited By: Chris Herrera, Alexandra Perry

£44.99

Bernard Williams, one of the most influential philosophers of the last century, argued for refinements in our basic ideas about persons, ethics, and politics. This anthology showcases scholars continuing his reflective and skeptical tradition.

Formalising Natural Languages with NooJ

Edited By: Victoria Khurshudian, Svetla Koeva

£44.99

Showcasing the powerful NooJ linguistic environment, this volume presents 18 articles from the 2012 conference, exploring topics from morphology and syntax to semantics and real-world applications.

The Nature of Social Reality

Edited By: Emanuele Fadda, Alfredo Givigliano, Claudia Stancati

£44.99

While Searle’s theory of social reality shapes the debate, it faces sharp criticism. This book approaches the issue from another angle, retracing the concept's origins to move beyond language-based analysis and debate the very nature of reality.

While Searle’s theory of social reality shapes the debate, it faces sharp criticism. This book approaches the issue from another angle, retracing the concept’s origins to move beyond language-based analysis and debate the very nature of reality.

Change of Object Expression in the History of French

Verbs of Helping and Hindering

By: MIchelle Troberg

£44.99

This study explains why the object of certain French verbs shifted from indirect to direct in the 15th-16th century. It argues a change in the prepositional system drove the shift, linking it to other major grammatical changes of the period.

Imagining Blackness in Germany and Austria

Edited By: Sabrina K. Rahman, Michael Saman, Charlotte Szilagyi

£39.99

These provocative essays examine how blackness has been configured in cultural productions from the modern German-speaking world, tracing crucial shifts from colonial notions of race to the recodification of blackness as American and an entry-point into modernity.

The Dancer and the Dance

Essays in Translation Studies

Edited By: Chan Sin-wai

£44.99

This collection of essays is the product of theory integrated with practice. Thirteen experts unravel the mystery of translation—"the most complex type of event yet produced"—tracing hitherto undiscovered patterns in its vast, mysterious tapestry.

This collection of essays is the product of theory integrated with practice. Thirteen experts unravel the mystery of translation—”the most complex type of event yet produced”—tracing hitherto undiscovered patterns in its vast, mysterious tapestry.

The Neo-Palamite Synthesis of Father Dumitru Stăniloae

By: Adrian Agachi

£44.99

This book critically assesses renowned theologian Dumitru Stăniloae’s contribution to the interpretation of Gregory Palamas. It analyzes Stăniloae’s studies to trace the chronological development of his influential Neo-Palamite Synthesis.

From Authority Religion to Spirit Religion

An Intellectual Biography of George Burman Foster, 1857-1918

By: W. Creighton Peden

£39.99

George Burman Foster was a key figure in the “Chicago School.” This volume explores his religious thought through his major writings and diverse shorter works, discovering that Foster was laying the foundation for the emergence of American humanism.

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