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Women in the Modern Workplace

Gender Barriers to Business Start-Ups

By: Brian Healy

£34.99

This research examines venture creation among women in Ireland. It addresses motivations, the start-up process, and the barriers explicit to the nascent female entrepreneur to propose a theory on the challenges that have the most significant effect.

Place, Culture and Community

The Irish Heritage of the Ottawa Valley

By: Johanne Devlin Trew

£44.99

Hear the voices of the Ottawa Valley. This book reveals a vibrant heritage of fiddling, step dancing, and storytelling forged in hardship, as told by the lumbermen, priests, and families who lived its triumphant history.

The Venice Charter Revisited

Modernism, Conservation and Tradition in the 21st Century

Edited By: Matthew Hardy

From £29.99

The Venice Charter was meant to conserve traditional buildings, but has been misused to justify clashing new architecture in old places, attracting global condemnation. These essays explore how planning went wrong and how we can heal the mistakes of the past.

On the Ethical Life

Edited By: Raymond Aaron Younis

£34.99

With so much preventable suffering in the world, what does it mean to live ethically today? This collection explores our obligations to humans and other animals, the search for a meaningful life, and the relevance and vitality of ethics today.

Pageants and Processions

Images and Idiom as Spectacle

Edited By: Herman du Toit

£39.99

Before beauty contests, pageants were spectacles of social, religious, and political power. This anthology reveals the global history of pageantry across centuries and cultures, exploring its purpose as a powerful civic tool.

The Victorian Approach to Modernism in the Fiction of Dorothy L. Sayers

By: Aoife Leahy

£34.99

This book examines Dorothy L. Sayers’ attention to Victorian influences beyond Wilkie Collins, from John Ruskin to Oscar Wilde. It explores her questioning of the boundaries between “popular” and “serious” literature and her views on education.

Digital Technologies of the Self

Edited By: Yasmine Abbas, Fred Dervin

£39.99

This book explores how digital technologies contribute to the expression, construction, and enactment of identities. Drawing from various disciplines, it examines the nearly limitless opportunities for staging and transforming the self in our modern world.

Disasters, Culture, Politics

Chinese-Bulgarian Anthropological Contribution to the Study of Critical Situations

Edited By: Liu Mingxin, Elya Tzaneva, Fang Sumei

£39.99

This volume explores contemporary crises—from epidemics to social catastrophes—in China and Bulgaria. Using ecological anthropology and a cross-cultural approach, it investigates the full life-cycle of disasters and our strategies for coping and relief.

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.

Churchill’s Socialism

Political Resistance in the Plays of Caryl Churchill

By: Siân Adiseshiah

£39.99

While Caryl Churchill is celebrated, her socialism has been overlooked in favour of gender and postmodern themes. This book examines eight of her plays, reframing her work within socialist discourses to produce persuasive political readings of her drama.

Spirituality in Late Byzantium

Essays Presenting New Research by International Scholars

Edited By: Eugenia Russell

£34.99

This collection of essays on late Byzantine spirituality presents new research on an important but under-documented period. Through new evidence and re-appraisals of scholarly views, it is a valuable contribution for academics and students alike.

Movies on Home Ground

Explorations in Amateur Cinema

Edited By: Ian Craven

From £34.99

This exploration of British amateur cinema (1930–1980) reveals a significant but under-explored film practice. It shows how this leisure activity assumed remarkable aesthetic forms, widening the recognised canon of British filmmaking in fascinating new directions.

Harry Potter’s World Wide Influence

Edited By: Diana Patterson

£44.99

This collection of essays contributes to Potter Studies, examining Rowling's work as a literary and cultural phenomenon. International scholars explore the books' popularity, their effects on readers, film adaptations, and philosophical considerations of good and evil.

This collection of essays contributes to Potter Studies, examining Rowling’s work as a literary and cultural phenomenon. International scholars explore the books’ popularity, their effects on readers, film adaptations, and philosophical considerations of good and evil.

Feminism and the Body

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited By: Catherine Kevin

£39.99

Feminist scholars grapple with the interplay between corporeal differences and power. This collection takes the reader on a journey into myriad domains, from medical surgery and law to feminist film, reinvigorating feminism's emphatic engagement with the body.

Renaissance Tales of Desire

Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, Theseus and Ariadne, Ceyx and Alcione

Edited By: Sophie Alatorre with a Preface by Sarah A. Brown

£39.99

Three Ovidian tales from the 1560s, never re-edited since the sixteenth century, explore metamorphosis and desire. They may have influenced Marlowe and Shakespeare, refashioning Ovid’s stories and providing new perspectives on the original myths.

Language Contacts Meet English Dialects

Studies in Honour of Markku Filppula

Edited By: Esa Penttilä

£44.99

This book presents fresh research on language contacts and dialects, celebrating the work of eminent scholar Markku Filppula. Articles explore theories, Celtic substrata in Irish and British English, and dialect in the British Isles from diverse perspectives.

Western European Museums and Visual Persuasion

Art, Edifice, and Social Influence

By: J. Donald Ragsdale

£39.99

Western European Museums and Visual Persuasion assesses the visual persuasiveness of art museums. It demonstrates that museums are as capable of influence as speeches or advertisements through their architecture, collections, and exhibition designs.

In Search of the Medieval Voice

Expressions of Identity in the Middle Ages

Edited By: Lorna Bleach, Katariina Närä, Sian Prosser

£39.99

This collection of articles is an intriguing way of looking at medieval identity. Reaching beyond literature, this book examines the authorial and pictorial voice, the voice of national identity, and even the physical attributes a medieval voice may have had.

The Syntax of Prenominal and Postnominal Adjectives in Old English

By: Agnieszka Pysz

£44.99

This first monograph on Old English adnominal adjectives draws on empirical data to analyze their syntax. The author argues that differences between prenominal and postnominal adjectives go beyond surface placement, requiring two different theoretical treatments.

Crossings

David Mamet’s Work in Different Genres and Media

Edited By: Johan Callens

£39.99

International scholars assess David Mamet's career, from his stage classics to his forays into film, television, and the novel. This volume focuses on his diverse works and how they have been interpreted by other artists.

International scholars assess David Mamet’s career, from his stage classics to his forays into film, television, and the novel. This volume focuses on his diverse works and how they have been interpreted by other artists.

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