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Children, Their Schools and What They Learn on Beginning Primary School

English and French Educational Legacies in Cameroon Schools

By: Genevoix Nana

£54.99

This pioneering study of education in Cameroon highlights how Anglophone and Francophone colonial legacies shape language socialization in schools, exposing a critical gap between official bilingualism policy and classroom reality and its impact on identity.

Myth and Subversion in the Contemporary Novel

Edited By: José Manuel Losada Goya, Marta Guirao Ochoa

£54.99

This bilingual work identifies and explains the subversive rewriting of ancient, medieval, and modern myths in contemporary novels. Analyses cover classical (Oedipus), biblical (the Golem), and modern (Faust) myths in fiction, art, and cinema.

Democracy and Security in the 21st Century

Perspectives on a Changing World

Edited By: Valentin Naumescu

£54.99

As the Western order is challenged by the rise of the Asia-Pacific, this book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on the political, economic, and cultural dimensions of this transformation, proposing responses to today's global challenges.

Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change to Tourism

Case Studies of Best Practice

Edited By: Louis D'Amore, Patrick Kalifungwa

£54.99

The travel and tourism industry is both a significant contributor to climate change and is directly impacted by it. As a vital driver of the global economy, the sector must adapt. This collection offers indispensable insights and models of best practice.

Il Crociato in Egitto

Melodramma eroico in due atti

Edited By: Gaetano Rossi

£54.99

This book reproduces the vocal score of Meyerbeer’s opera Il Crociato in Egitto, a work standing between epochs. The antagonism between Crusaders and Egyptians is depicted as a confrontation between cultures, blending traditional virtuosity with modern dramaturgy.

Revolutions

Finished and Unfinished, From Primal to Final

Edited By: Paul Caringella, Glenn Hughes

£54.99

This work makes new contributions not only to the study of particular revolutions, but to developing a philosophy of revolution itself. Inspired by Eric Voegelin and Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, the tension between their philosophies adds to its unique richness.

The End of Meaning

Studies in Catastrophe

By: Matthew Gumpert

£54.99

Our long romance with catastrophe is a search for elusive truth. From classical Greece to contemporary America, The End of Meaning demonstrates that catastrophe has always been generic. This book asks: what if meaning itself is a catastrophe?

Languaging Diversity Volume 2

Variationist Approaches and Identities

Edited By: David Britain, Siria Guzzo

£54.99

This collection explores the relationship between language and identity from various perspectives. The chapters deal with such issues as professional, cultural, ethnic and social identities and national stereotypes in language practice and discourse.

Francophone Cultures and Geographies of Identity

Edited By: Zsuzsanna Fagyal, H Adlai Murdoch

£54.99

This collection of essays challenges French-centered conceptions of francophonie. It proposes a pluricentric view, reading cultural forms from the Caribbean, Africa, and Quebec as products of their own contexts, revealing a Frenchness that is truly plural.

Pragmatic Perspectives on Language and Linguistics Volume I

Speech Actions in Theory and Applied Studies

Edited By: Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka

£54.99

This collection of essays critically examines linguistic action and how we “do things with words”. Representing different pragmatic approaches, the texts include theoretical discussions, case studies, reports on experimental pragmatics, and corpus studies.

Nazi Ideology and Ethics

Edited By: Wolfgang Bialas, Lothar Fritze

£54.99

This volume explores the ethics of National Socialism, from its ideology of racial warfare and “euthanasia” killings to the moral convictions of perpetrators who acted with a “good conscience.” It connects Nazi ideology to current ethical challenges.

Studies in Language and Cognition

Edited By: Mats Andrén, Marlene Johansson Falck, Jordan Zlatev

£54.99

The studies in this volume treat language not in isolation, but as based on cognition and affecting the human mind. Covering fields from grammar and metaphor to gesture and pragmatics, this is a valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary field of Language and Cognition.

Alternative Voices

(Re)searching Language, Culture, Identity …

Edited By: Imtiaz Hasnain

£54.99

This volume presents Alternative Voices, exploring the complex links between language, culture, and identity in our globalised world. This research challenges the “monolingual bias” in the Language Sciences, analyzing complexities inadequately covered.

Central Europe on the Threshold of the 21st Century

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Challenges in Politics and Society

Edited By: Adam Jarosz, Krzysztof Olszewski

£54.99

This book discusses Central Europe's transforming political, economic and social landscape. It is a useful source of knowledge on this “undiscovered island” in contemporary international relations.

This book discusses Central Europe’s transforming political, economic and social landscape. It is a useful source of knowledge on this “undiscovered island” in contemporary international relations.

Authority and Gender in Medieval and Renaissance Chronicles

Edited By: Juliana Dresvina, Nicholas Sparks

£54.99

This collection traces themes of authority and gender in chronicles from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. With contributions from leading specialists, this study spans medieval Europe, drawing on evidence from language, literature, history, and art.

Crossing Textual Boundaries in International Children’s Literature

Edited By: Lance Weldy

£54.99

Believing ‘no text is an island,’ this book explores intertextuality and transformation. It examines texts—especially children's literature—that traverse boundaries of genre, medium, and geography, with essays from a wide range of international scholars.

Believing ‘no text is an island,’ this book explores intertextuality and transformation. It examines texts—especially children’s literature—that traverse boundaries of genre, medium, and geography, with essays from a wide range of international scholars.

Language Teachers’ Stories from their Professional Knowledge Landscapes

Edited By: Lesley Harbon, Robyn Moloney

£54.99

The fourteen narratives in this text bring together both language teachers’ stories and political stories of the problems of school programs and contexts. They are framed by the work of Clandinin and Connelly (1996) and their notion of ‘levels’ of stories told by teachers.

Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters in China, Japan and Beyond

Edited By: Adenrele Awotona

£54.99

Leading scholars examine lessons learned and best practices in post-disaster rebuilding, reducing the impact of disasters on communities in China, Japan, and worldwide. This volume consists of selected papers and invited contributions on the topic.

Reflection, Change, and Reconstruction in the Context of Educational Reform and Innovation in China

Towards an Integrated Framework Centred on Reflective Teaching Practice for EFL Teachers’ Professional Development

By: Yuhong Jiang

£54.99

This book explores how reflective teaching transforms the thinking and classroom practice of Chinese university EFL teachers. It offers a new perspective on professional development and is a unique resource for teachers, teacher educators, and researchers.

Coming Home?

Conflict and Return Migration in Post-Civil War Europe of the Twentieth-Century and in the Context of France and North Africa, 1962–2009, in Two Volumes

Edited By: Sharif Gemie, Norry LaPorte

£54.99

The wars of the twentieth century created the refugee. Forced displacement, in turn, created its own conflicts. This series explores the complex relationship between conflict, return migration, and the compelling, often elusive, search for a sense of home.