This book explores the relationship between Ruskin and Turner through their mutual fascination with water, focusing on The Harbours of England. It reveals how water became a multifaceted symbol of tradition, progress, and nationalism in the nineteenth century.
Place-Based Sustainability
As climate change and urbanization challenge our world, this book explores the critical cultural relationship between people and their environment. It reveals new pathways for stewardship of our cities and countryside, essential for building a sustainable future.
This book explores the genetics of human diseases, covering clinical diagnostic techniques, developmental anomalies, birth defects, and risk factors in genetic disorders.
Heat transfer is vital for efficient power production. This book covers efficiently utilizing energy by integrating heat exchangers into power production units. It provides descriptions of heat transfer applications in everyday life and industry, supported by practical examples.
Italian Canadian Heritage
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the economic and cultural relations between Italy and Canada since the mid-20th century. It focuses on Italian-Canadian migratory flows, integration, work, and the promotion of a unique cultural heritage.
Hydrodynamic and aerodynamic bearings guide rotating machines like turbines under severe conditions. This book provides a numerical analysis of how textured surfaces improve their hydrodynamic, tribological, and structural performance under these demanding operating parameters.
From energy and electronics to medicine, oxide materials are essential. This book presents the fundamentals of oxide powders, establishing a connection between their structure and electromagnetic properties to pave the way for new technological and biomedical applications.
Making Sense of Paranoia
This book challenges mainstream views by prioritising the personal narratives of paranoia sufferers over pre-existing theories. Written by those with lived and professional experience, it argues for alternative ways to conceptualise paranoia and alleviate suffering.
Open Innovation Dynamics
This book expands open innovation from a static strategic idea to a dynamic principle. It explores underexplored aspects of the concept, including culture, collective intelligence, and its connection to the micro- and macro-dynamics of economics.
This book rejects the idea of childhood as an unambiguous monolith. It explores the constantly evolving term’s literary, artistic, and cultural representations, offering critical approaches to its treatment with all its complexities in art and literature.
This book explores history through a multi-paradigmatic approach, applying four diverse worldviews to key historical concepts and events. It shows how understanding different paradigms leads to a more comprehensive and balanced understanding of our multi-faceted past.
Precision Agriculture and Food Production
The world faces a dilemma of food scarcity and abundance, with massive waste. A cocoa farmer in Africa earns less than $1 a day, yet rich countries have easy access to food. This book studies the food system, from corporate models to the role of science and technology.
Responsible Reproductive Choice in the 21st Century
With reproductive rights under threat, this vital book examines pregnancy termination from historical, social, and legal angles. It builds a justified and balanced argument for choice, grounded in a compelling ethics of responsibility.
Discourses and Practices of Othering
This book investigates how ‘others’ are manufactured and anchored in collective memory. Through analysis of film, news, and social media, it sheds light on the institutional, political, and social forces that form and transform the discourses and practices of othering.
This book tackles gender injustice in religion. It explores how Buddhist feminists meditate to empty the gender ego—a skill applicable in Christian theology. For women’s spiritual liberation and happiness, inner training and external social action must go together.
This book covers two prominent aspects of dentistry: nanotechnology and ozone. Nanotechnology could bring a paradigm shift to the dental field, while ozone offers a non-invasive treatment with anti-microbial, disinfection, and healing properties.
This book focuses on policies to transform the world into a better place. Drawing from diverse disciplines, it showcases case studies of Jesuit education that provide for a sustainable future through compassion and cooperation in non-technical, accessible chapters.
America in Crisis
America is in crisis. A changing climate, financial instability, and political turmoil threaten our future. Using the new science of cliodynamics, this book explains how rising inequality causes such crises and reveals how we can build a stronger, more prosperous America.
This book explores presidential inaugurations from Washington to Biden, offering a summary of each ceremony and an analysis of each speech. While many are forgotten, others by Lincoln, JFK, and Reagan are rhetorical masterpieces providing snapshots of American ideals.
Rock Art of the Qsur and ‘Amour Mountains, Algeria
Artists leave some of their bodies in their art. This book studies the embodied intentionality in the works of artists from Algeria’s Qsur and ‘Amour mountains, revealing the sensations and emotions they inscribed into immersive installations and intricate labyrinthine forms.
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