A scholarly study of the material culture of burghers in 17th-18th century Lithuania. This book analyzes urban houses, interiors, furnishings, and symbolic signboards, alongside everyday life, including festivities and inns. For historians of Eastern Europe’s urban legacy.
Thomas Jefferson and His Younger Brother
Scholars overlook Jefferson’s younger brother Randolph, a dimly parochial man who required his cosmopolitan brother’s constant help. This complete collection of their correspondence, with critical commentary, reveals stark disclosures about Thomas Jefferson, family man.
Scientific Research on Health Inequalities
This book reviews the evidence on health inequalities, revealing the methodological limitations of the research. It suggests the causal effect of social position on health is a chimera, raising crucial questions for researchers and public health professionals.
Cartographies of Cloth
This book maps the veil in contemporary art to challenge mainstream representations. Arguing for the veil’s multivalence, it explores its myriad meanings and its link to the wider issues of gender, politics, and identity, offering important alternative narratives.
In an era of chaos and uncertainty generated by disinformation, social networks and artificial intelligence enhance post-truth. This book analyzes the evolution of the media system, how AI changes the communicative paradigm, and how it can be challenged by human intelligence.
This study of rock paintings and engraved art throws light on the lives of prehistoric people. It analyses painted animal and human figures to reveal their society, beliefs, rituals, material culture, and economy, from subsistence strategies to celebrations.
The Paradoxical India
This collection of essays captures the vast dimensions of Indian cultural and literary traditions. Explore myths, tribal literature, and philosophies to understand India’s rich, multicultural society through its ancient landscape, contradictions, and contemporary advancements.
This book charts the history of Romanian semiotics before introducing new concepts like conversational history—for analyzing literary texts—and existential rereading. It also features a collaborative linguistic study and a unique Database of Romanian Love Charms.
Women and Literature in India
This collection explores Indian women’s writing, from ancient poets to contemporary voices, as a powerful tool for resistance and emancipation. The essays delve into the intersections of caste, class, and gender to reveal the complex, textured realities of women in India.
This guide provides actionable strategies for integrating sustainability into core business operations. It offers solutions for long-term profitability and environmental stewardship, empowering leaders to drive positive change and build resilient, future-ready organizations.
Modeling Problem Solving in Physics with Simulated Experiments
Bring physics to life with this engaging collection of lab activities using free online simulations. Perfect for high school and undergraduate students, these self-guided activities connect theory with practice and are adaptable for both online and in-class learning.
Beyond Sustainable Materials
Global experts explore cutting-edge advancements in nanofabrication and biopolymers for sustainable innovation. This book covers energy and biomedical applications, showing how materials science can address global challenges and align with sustainability goals.
Understanding Hypoxia
This textbook provides a comprehensive exploration of hypoxia, covering its molecular mechanisms and clinical implications. It bridges the gap between basic science and practice, serving as a valuable resource for students, clinicians, and researchers.
Empowering Autism Education with AI
This book shows how AI can personalize learning, enhance communication, and support social development for children on the autism spectrum. A guide for educators and parents, it provides a roadmap to AI tools that foster inclusion and independence.
Nikos Kazantzakis and the Sound of Silence, a Jungian and Esoteric View
Kazantzakis turned inward to hear the silent cry of the inner Divinity. He declared humanity’s independence from a false creator, offering an initiatory path to overcome today’s spiritual crises, transcend the opposites within the psyche, and achieve true spiritual freedom.
The American 1950s will not be left alone. This book addresses this enduring phenomenon through its Portuguese proponents, from the arrival of rock ‘n’ roll to the contemporary retro scene. Through interviews, it reveals why this American aesthetic continues to fascinate.
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.
The Emergence of Discourses and Cultural Hegemony
Edward W. Said’s seminal text Orientalism disrupted how the Orient understands itself. This book focuses on his work, analyzing how the discourse of orientalism perpetrated the West’s cultural hegemony and the internal hegemony within the non-western world.
This book reviews art throughout the ages to find the origin of religion in the relationship between art and ritual. A psychoanalytic perspective identifies the creative process as the prototype for the concept of death and resurrection that underpins religious belief.
Natural disasters severely affect developing countries, where communities lack resources and suffer from discrimination. This book discusses building networks for disaster management and introduces inclusive capitalism to replace the current ideology of self-interest.