Struggle for the Control over the Red Sea
This book unveils the untold power struggle between the Ottoman and British Empires for control of the Red Sea and Sudan. Political intrigue and military strategy shaped the region’s future, forever altering Sudan’s history and defining its modern era.
Build efficient, ethical, and sustainable supply chains. This guide bridges theory and practice with real-world case studies and exercises, covering carbon reduction, green transportation, and sustainable sourcing. An essential tool for students and professionals.
Written by distinguished researchers, coaches, and athletes, this volume of innovative research informs sports theory and practice. It provides historical perspectives, contemporary analyses, and unique insights from case studies to help readers develop best practices.
An explosive insider account from 25 years at the Israeli Government Press Office. Discover the untold story of how journalists manipulated coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, creating a false narrative. A vital wake-up call for a free press.
Law, Humanities, and Tourism
This book unites experts across law, humanities, and tourism to examine the legal and ethical issues of returning stolen cultural treasures. A practical toolkit for professionals, it features diverse global case studies that underscore the significance of cultural restitution.
This book covers retail space design and its effect on customer experience and consumer behavior. It proposes models and actionable recommendations, blending theory with reality. For students and professionals aiming to elevate their understanding of retail marketing and design.
With contributions from academics, legal practitioners and diplomats, this book offers a fresh, multidisciplinary perspective on the Entente Cordiale in post-Brexit Britain. It explores the Entente’s origin, what it means today, and what it might mean tomorrow.
Trauma, Memory and Identity Crisis
This volume shows the impact of trauma on memory and identity, foregrounding the suffering of the marginalised to give them a voice. It shows how victims confront the past to (re)assert their shattered identity and challenge official history by rewriting the past.
A Guide to Oil Marginal Field Law
This book offers insight into Nigeria’s oil marginal field farm-out, addressing international concerns over its legality. It links developing these fields to a switch to renewable energy, concluding the exercise is legal based on UN and OPEC resolutions on national sovereignty.
Are Game of Thrones and feminism compatible? This book shows how the series’ female characters use revenge to acquire autonomy. Drawing on Renaissance Revenge Tragedies and modern feminism, it interprets Game of Thrones as a contemporary, feminist version of a Revenge Tragedy.
Explore hot topics in Microbiology, from the gut microbiota’s role in allergies and obesity to vaccines and oil prospection. Written to be accessible for students, microbiologists, and anyone interested in the field.
This book discusses the integration of periodontics and orthodontics. It shows how periodontal surgeries can accelerate tooth movement and improve treatment retention, aiding the growing number of adult patients seeking orthodontic therapy for better esthethics.
Tributes to Derek Walcott, 1930-2017
This book brings together essays, memoirs, and creative work on Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. Renowned poets, critics, and artists lay bare their relationship with the larger-than-life figure, casting ‘various light’ on his by-no-means unproblematic legacy.
The Madruzzo Book of Hours, a 15th-century manuscript, was dismembered and sold. This book details its digital reconstruction while exposing the illicit networks that exploit cultural artifacts, urging action to preserve our shared history.
Democracy Challenged in the 2022 Presidential Succession in Kenya
An intense struggle defined Kenya’s 2022 presidential succession, driven by the incumbent president’s determination to shape the outcome. This book explores the tools an Imperial President used to circumvent restrictions, revealing the barriers to democracy in Africa.
Disability Pension
This much-needed treaty on long-term sick leave and disability benefits is a unique book on insurance medicine. It tackles the difficult aspects of patient evaluation, ethics, medical criteria, and rehabilitation from an international perspective. Essential for all stakeholders.
This interdisciplinary volume examines women’s global journeys toward peace. International scholars explore how and why contemporary nonviolent tactics have proved effective in the movement from war to building peace amid twenty-first century social changes.
Sarawak, Borneo, in 1941
In 1941, strategically important files were hidden in Sarawak to protect them from advancing Japanese forces. Rediscovered in 2008, they are now transcribed in this book. These documents explain the century-long rule of the “white Rajahs” and their relationships with Brunei.
Human Rights in Everyday Life in India
This work uses field-based examples from India to show how human rights discourse is a double-edged sword. While oppressors manipulate the rights paradigm to justify oppression, the oppressed leverage the same language to contest marginalization and assert their dignity.
Why have global financial crises become so complicated? This book identifies the root causes, the products that exacerbate financial contagion, and gives recommendations for measures which could limit the magnitude and severity of future crises.