Rehabilitating Heckscher-Ohlin
Comparative advantage, the cornerstone of international trade, lacks a theory consistent with the data. This book rehabilitates the popular but rejected Heckscher-Ohlin model by endogenizing technology and focusing on natural resources within a framework of vertical trade.
Towards a Model of Gravitonicity
What is musical “gravitation”? This book proposes a new model: the “Gravi-Tone Series.” Using audio analysis and Chord Scale Theory, it maps twelve “distance” values to pitches—a system metaphorically shaped by physical space, offering a unifying perspective on harmony.
Psychological Well-being
Explore the complexities of mental and emotional health, from the biological and social factors that influence well-being to the mind-body connection. This guide offers practical tools for resilience and self-care while addressing modern challenges in an ever-changing world.
Discover how quantum mechanics shapes nanotechnology, material science, and quantum computing. This book breaks down complex ideas, exploring quantum tunneling, quantum dots, and graphene. See how abstract concepts blend theory and real-world application to transform our world.
Medical Cannabis
Medical Cannabis is one of the most misunderstood holistic medications. This book cuts through the confusing scientific terms to chronicle its history, current uses, and the ever-changing social and political landscape. A must-read for anyone who wants to know the facts.
Child Obesity
This book investigates the complex facets of childhood obesity, analyzing evidence on epigenetics, ultra-processed foods, and food marketing. It concludes with recommendations for health professionals, parents, and policy makers to create change for our society’s future health.
High-Temperature, Drying Shrinkage, and Environmental Impact Assessment of Alkali-Activated Concrete
This book explores Alkali-activated Concrete (AAC), a sustainable substitute for Portland cement. It focuses on AAC’s long-term performance advantages, addressing uncertainties and offering practical recommendations to pave the way for its wider use in construction.
Biochemical Analysis of Animal Blood Parameters
This is the first comprehensive monograph to systematically describe the blood biochemistry of pigs. Based on modern data and research methods, this book is recommended for researchers, students, and specialists in the fields of animal biology and livestock farming.
Discover advanced methods to isolate and scale bioactive compounds. Explore cutting-edge techniques, AI, and bioinformatics that accelerate discovery. Through real-world case studies, this book bridges research and industrial application, offering insights to shape the future.
Personality and its Disorders
To understand a disordered personality, we must first understand normal personality. This book re-frames personality disorders not as an inner pathology, but as aberrant variations of the normal, derailed by injuries and shaped by social and cultural environments.
Instinct, Tradition and Reason
“What has made men good is neither nature nor reason, but tradition.”
Building upon FA Hayek’s concepts, this timely book creates a compelling account of the moral foundations of human achievement and articulates a morality fit for the unique times in which we are living.
Non-Financial Information
This guide to corporate sustainability disclosure links theory with real-world practice. It offers practical tools to interpret sustainability data, unpacking not just how companies report but what can be inferred, giving readers a deeper understanding of corporate transparency.
Sciences, Humanities, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Education
This book offers strategies for K-16 SHTEM instruction that enhance the multiliteracy of learners. It presents instructional activities and research that promote culturally and linguistically sustaining pedagogy, scaffolding learners as they explore SHTEM and science fiction.
Essays on Italian History (1911-1920)
Before Fascism, a newly unified Italy sought recognition as a European Power. This book collects essays on this pivotal decade, from the colonial war for Libya (1911-12) and intervention in WWI (1915), to its post-war political actions in Eastern Europe and Fiume.
Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity
This book explores teaching English and interdisciplinarity, engaging with issues that go beyond the strictly ‘literary’. Including chapters on film, feminist, and cultural studies, this collection provides a global perspective to widen horizons for academics and researchers.
The Lucifer Syndrome
This book adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to narcissism and its connection to evil. It argues that narcissism was the first sin of Lucifer and humanity, exploring the psychology of malignant narcissism and its role in the Lucifer Syndrome through a range of examples.
Public Finance in India
This book examines the management of India’s public revenue, expenditure, and debt. It analyzes fiscal performance and the impact of public finance policies on economic growth, income distribution, and stability, offering vital insights for policymakers, economists, and students.
Statements of Truth
This book proposes to make explicit the information that enables us to assert a declarative sentence. Those interested in the philosophy of language will find a fresh and unorthodox perspective on meaning and a non-metaphysical approach to various semantic issues and puzzles.
Best Practices in a Child-Friendly Justice System and Child Rights
This multidisciplinary book is dedicated to child rights protection across criminal, civil, and administrative law. It addresses key issues like juvenile justice, the rights of child victims, and restorative justice. Intended for lawyers, social workers, and psychologists.
Greek Festivals, Modern and Ancient
Håland’s two-volume book represents a cross-period product of fieldwork conducted in contemporary Greece in combination with ancient sources. It investigates the importance of cults connected with the Greek female sphere and its relation to the official male-dominated ideology.