The Ionian Islands
The Ionian Islands: an East-West crossroads ruled by Venice and Britain. This book explores their rich history, archaeology, and culture, from Homer’s Bronze Age to today, with a special focus on the British Protectorate (1815-1864).
Different Psychological Perspectives on Cognitive Processes
This book highlights research in cognitive psychology in the Alps-Adria region, bringing together diverse authors from six countries. In a spirit of unity and interdisciplinarity, it serves as a basis for fruitful exchange beyond geographical and theoretical borders.
The Holocaust
This collection of scholarly articles analyzes Holocaust testimonies, photographs, literature, and films. Based on multi-disciplinary research, these essays provide new perspectives on the Holocaust and explore innovative methods for teaching its significance.
The Selected Letters of Alice Meynell
Catholic convert Alice Meynell was a sophisticated essayist and poet of the late Victorian era. With her husband, she was central to the literary world, editing journals and famously publishing Francis Thompson’s “The Hound of Heaven.”
Teaching Psychology around the World
This book provides a current overview of teaching psychology internationally. Experts from around the world cover information from secondary to post-graduate programs. A must-read for instructors, students, and university personnel.
This work studies issues of company governance and management, in the context of the MER Model of Integral Management and Governance. It considers the fundamental aspirations for the enterprise’s existence and, thus, its quantitative, as well as qualitative, changes.
Distinguished scholars offer new readings of Henry James’s fiction and non-fiction. These essays explore his engagement with cities, gender, sexuality, and culture, making a convincing case for the enduring centrality of his work to literary and cultural studies.
While an apt explanation for the linguistic nature of witty puns has evaded academics, this monograph offers a novel perspective. It frames wordplay as a cognitive phenomenon, revealing the intricate mental mechanisms that govern its creation and comprehension.
From Distant Tales
The most comprehensive book on Sumatra in over half a century. Despite its major role in world trade for 2,000 years, its rich culture and archaeology have been surprisingly neglected. This volume by leading authorities remedies this defect.
This study discusses bioethics, with a particular philosophical focus on the tensions and potential dilemmas of “the four principles approach”. It hypothesises that respectful care can be built up to be a leading notion to guide our daily actions and bioethical practices.
Rebuilding Sustainable Communities with Vulnerable Populations after the Cameras Have Gone
This volume focuses on the status of the elderly and disabled after disasters globally and the challenges of post-earthquake rebuilding in Haiti. This edited book consists of selected papers exploring experiences in Nigeria, Iran, Libya, and Haiti.
Persuasion in Tourism Discourse
Manca proposes an original approach to the study of tourism discourse by combining several methodologies and models, including Halliday’s systemic functional grammar. The result is a detailed linguistic and socio-cultural overview of the most common strategies of persuasion.
International Interplay
Riddhi Dasgupta dissects core standards in international dispute settlement—from expropriation to fair treatment—to offer vital legal strategies and constructive solutions for a rapidly changing world.
This monograph explores the issue of deferred taxes at both the theoretical and practical levels, and studies their financial aspects and their economic function in companies. It looks at current methods and the role of deferred taxes in business management.
The Wounds of Possibility
This timely volume offers an in-depth study of George Steiner, one of our most provocative thinkers. Leading scholars reflect on the relation between ethics and literature, philosophy and art, providing the most comprehensive engagement with Steiner’s work to date.
A wide-ranging overview of key theoretical and practical issues in pragmatics. Essential for students, researchers, and L2 teachers, it covers cognitive issues, speech acts, intercultural communication, and teaching methodology.
Africa and Beyond
This volume challenges the view that consigns the arts to the periphery of social life. It presents insightful perspectives that ascribe agency to creative products in human development and is highly recommended for specialists and the public at large.
This unique volume presents essays by international specialists in phraseology. It reflects numerous aspects of phraseological research, from semantic, pragmatic, and comparative fields to the practical problems of paremiology and phraseography.
This volume examines how migration is affecting schools in Southern Europe. It explores changing language use and attitudes, asking: How do children react to diversity? Are schools equipped for these changes? Is there an adequate framework for integration?