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Academic Futures

Inquiries into Higher Education and Pedagogy

Edited By: iPED Research Network

£39.99

"This is a book of its time, and one for its time.” This edited collection of new work exposes the diversity of higher education research. Chapters explore complexity, academic identities, and pedagogy, all sharing a rigorous, evidence-based approach.

“This is a book of its time, and one for its time.” This edited collection of new work exposes the diversity of higher education research. Chapters explore complexity, academic identities, and pedagogy, all sharing a rigorous, evidence-based approach.

Joyce in Progress

Proceedings of the 2008 James Joyce Graduate Conference in Rome

Edited By: John McCourt, Franca Ruggieri

£39.99

A testament to the enduring fascination of Joyce's writings, this volume offers ground-breaking, multi-disciplinary readings. These essays look at Joyce from a variety of angles and connect his work with contemporary writers, rivals, and successors.

A testament to the enduring fascination of Joyce’s writings, this volume offers ground-breaking, multi-disciplinary readings. These essays look at Joyce from a variety of angles and connect his work with contemporary writers, rivals, and successors.

Literature of New York

Edited By: Sabrina Fuchs-Abrams

£34.99

This collection of critical essays examines New York through its literature, exploring the city's contradictions: possibility and self-realization versus corruption and despair. The literature of New York is as complex and creative as the City itself.

This collection of critical essays examines New York through its literature, exploring the city’s contradictions: possibility and self-realization versus corruption and despair. The literature of New York is as complex and creative as the City itself.

Charles Williams and his Contemporaries

Edited By: Richard Sturch

£34.99

After a period of neglect, interest in Charles Williams—Inkling, novelist, and theologian—is growing once more. This symposium contributes to the serious study of his work, exploring his novels, theology, and influence, which is being recognized more and more.

Narrative, Social Myth and Reality in Contemporary Scottish and Irish Women’s Writing

Kennedy, Lochhead, Bourke, Ní Dhuibhne, and Carr

By: Tudor Balinisteanu

£44.99

This book analyzes the link between myth, identity, and reality, examining how contemporary Scottish and Irish women writers reconfigure normative stories to create new possibilities for feminine identity and social order.

Florida Studies

Proceedings of the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association

Edited By: April van Camp, Claudia Slate

£39.99

This eclectic mix of Florida literature and history features essays by scholars on topics as diverse as Florida's first black general, poet Wallace Stevens, EPCOT theme park, the rhetoric of Carl Haissen, and Jim Morrison’s use of Floridian imagery.

This eclectic mix of Florida literature and history features essays by scholars on topics as diverse as Florida’s first black general, poet Wallace Stevens, EPCOT theme park, the rhetoric of Carl Haissen, and Jim Morrison’s use of Floridian imagery.

Passage to Manhattan

Critical Essays on Meena Alexander

Edited By: Lopamudra Basu, Cynthia Leenerts

£39.99

This is the first collection of essays on Meena Alexander, one of the most influential contemporary South Asian American writers. Scholars analyze her poetry, memoirs, and fiction, examining her contribution to postcolonial and US multicultural studies.

Rethinking Secularization

Philosophy and the Prophecy of a Secular Age

Edited By: Gary Gabor, Herbert De Vriese

£49.99

A philosophical appraisal of secularization in light of religion's re-emergence. This volume challenges dominant theories of a linear emancipation from a religious past to a secular age, considering philosophy's role in such prophecies and offering a more complex view.

A philosophical appraisal of secularization in light of religion’s re-emergence. This volume challenges dominant theories of a linear emancipation from a religious past to a secular age, considering philosophy’s role in such prophecies and offering a more complex view.

via media philosophy

Holiness Unto Truth; Intersections between Wesleyan and Roman Catholic Voices

Edited By: L. Bryan Williams

£39.99

This book records the first formal philosophical conversations between Wesleyan and Roman Catholic voices. Inspired by Pope John Paul II's call for dialogue, it builds bridges between the two communities, seeking a via media to a holy relationship unto truth.

This book records the first formal philosophical conversations between Wesleyan and Roman Catholic voices. Inspired by Pope John Paul II’s call for dialogue, it builds bridges between the two communities, seeking a via media to a holy relationship unto truth.

International Perspectives on Crime and Justice

Edited By: K. Jaishankar

£64.99

As crime crosses national boundaries, understanding global criminology is imperative. This book offers a rich variety of international perspectives on an array of crime and justice-related issues, providing a treasure trove of insights for academics and students.

English as a Lingua Franca

Studies and Findings

Edited By: Anna Mauranen, Elina Ranta

From £24.99

This book reflects achievements in the growing field of English as a lingua franca (ELF). It presents empirical findings from leading scholars, providing substance to arguments by analyzing authentic language in conversational, academic, and business situations.

Africa, Transport and the Millennium Development Goals

Achieving an Internationally Set Agenda

Edited By: Raj Bardouille, Deborah Bryceson, Muna Ndalo

£39.99

This volume addresses heretofore ignored dimensions of transport in Africa—mobility issues of the urban poor, women and children, and issues of access to employment, education and health services, aligning transport with the MDGs for policymakers.

The Snare in the Constitution

Defoe and Swift on Liberty

By: Zouheir Jamoussi

£49.99

This comparative study of Defoe and Swift explores their treatments of liberty. It examines the relationship between “snare” and “liberty” through the analogy of the political and human constitutions in their fictional and non-fictional works.

The Sublime Now

Edited By: Claire Pajaczkowska, Luke White

£49.99

Once considered an archaic concept, the Sublime has returned to the critical agenda. This book asks why. Spanning philosophy, politics, popular cinema, and digital cultures, these essays explore the relevance and urgency of the Sublime for today's world.

Review Journal of Political Philosophy Volume 7, Issue Number 1

Edited By: J. Jeremy Wisnewski

£19.99

This journal has been discontinued. Any issues are available to purchase separately.

The Future of Post-Human Organization

A Preface to a New Theory of Communication, Decision-Making, and Leadership

By: Peter Baofu

£49.99

This book challenges the obsessive craze for organizational performance, exploring its dark sides. It provides an alternative way to understand organizations—in relation to communication, decision-making, and leadership—to radically change how we think.

Giacomo Meyerbeer

The Complete Libretti in Eleven Volumes (in the Original and in English Translations by Richard Arsenty with Introductions by Robert Ignatius Letellier)

Edited By: Richard Arsenty

£69.99

This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama's voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.

This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.

Perspectives on Creativity

Edited By: Lynn DellaPietra

£44.99

Explore creativity from the perspectives of philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, and artists. This unique, interdisciplinary book examines how to cultivate creativity, its healing power in therapy, and its relationship to the brain.

On and Off the Page

Mapping Place in Text and Culture

Edited By: Ari J. Adipurwawidjana, M. B. Hackler

£44.99

This collection of essays explores the pervasive and alluring concept of place. Including research from a broad range of fields, it reveals the complex cultural interplay between place and identity, and how we make sense of our own “places” in the world.

The Meyerbeer Libretti

Italian Operas 3 (L'Esule de Granata, Il Crociato in Egitto)

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier, Richard Arsenty

£9.99

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