Sex Tourism on the Kenyan Coast
This book challenges suppositions about sex tourism. Elderly men seeking romance are taken advantage of, while women delude themselves searching for a mzungu to fulfill their dreams. The success of the few becomes a false promise for the majority. Based on a Kenyan coast study.
The Limits of the Human Species in the Face of Sustainable Development
This book reveals the link between the COVID-19 epidemic and the environmental catastrophe, confirming that human survival depends on radical change. It offers anthropological, religious, and philosophical tools for understanding the present and future of humanity.
The Aravalli Range’s Past, Present and Future Prospects
The Aravalli Mountains’ rich heritage is at a crossroads. Drawing on advanced geospatial technology and field research, this essential guide identifies critical threats and provides a powerful roadmap for sustainable, community-driven conservation.
Precision Agriculture and Food Production
The world faces a dilemma of food scarcity and abundance, with massive waste. A cocoa farmer in Africa earns less than $1 a day, yet rich countries have easy access to food. This book studies the food system, from corporate models to the role of science and technology.
A guide to analyzing financial data using econometric techniques. Covering topics from time series analysis to machine learning, it provides students, researchers, and finance professionals with the essential tools and real-world examples to make more accurate predictions.
Writing chemical reactions correctly is a key indicator of chemical literacy. This book teaches the fundamentals: predicting products and balancing equations. It contains 93 problems with answers and is useful for high school and university students, teachers, and professionals.
Post-Truth
In an era of misinformation, this anthology offers a vital resource. Scholars spanning communication, politics, technology, and more explore the challenges of our post-truth age, providing a cornerstone for dialogue and action in confronting this complex phenomenon.
The Future of the Creative Industries
The creative industries are crucial to the future of culture and national wealth. This collection of papers from researchers and industrialists explores the role of design, covering applied art, fashion and textiles, the built environment, and spatial design.
This book covers the spatial anisotropy of induced optical effects in crystalline materials. It details analytical descriptions, 3D geometric representations, and experimental methods for studying electro-, piezo-, elasto-, and acousto-optic phenomena.
A riveting account of higher education advancements in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi. While some nations enjoyed calm, others endured turbulent pasts of civil war and genocide. This book reviews the past, present, and future of their tertiary education.
Sustainable Livelihoods of Tribal Communities in Odisha, India
Trapped in a vicious circle of exploitation, India’s tribal communities face social unrest which can be prevented by meaningful development. This book explores these crucial issues and is useful for policy makers dealing with livelihood, social exclusion, and tribal development.
The Teaching and Learning Challenges of 21st-Century Higher Education
This book explores pedagogy in higher education, drawing on expertise from professionals in the UK, China, and Malaysia. It tackles challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic and provides practical insights for practitioners to enhance their teaching and improve student outcomes.
This book compares images of Du Fu from Chinese and Western perspectives by examining famous biographies and research. It explores the differing perceptions of the poet and their causes, while also discussing his representative poems and their various English translations.
This book introduces a new analytical framework for cultural linguistics. By incorporating semiotics into cultural conceptualization, it offers new insights into the interplay between language and culture, shedding light on culturally-constructed concepts.
This book reveals how Bede Griffiths’ images for God are relevant for our times. Led by Christ, Griffiths promoted “the marriage of East and West,” the essential value of the feminine, and interreligious dialogue, all grounded in his motto to “always go beyond.”
National Archetypes and Labour Subordination
National archetypes represent the outstanding traits of their citizens and serve as role models. This study explores how they are formed and their effect on the behaviour of workers and employers, analyzing five European countries and comparing them to non-European archetypes.
How Pictures Tell Stories
Storytelling is often associated with words, but pictures tell stories too. This book bridges the gap between language-oriented narratology and art history, examining the narrative aspects of pictures from a cognitive and semiotic point of view.
Exploring Uttarakhand’s Temples and Divine Paths
This unparalleled book is the first comprehensive exploration of the historical and cultural importance of temples in Uttarakhand. It meticulously categorizes sites like Char Dham and Panch Kedar, detailing the region’s divine paths with a dedicated chapter and an intricate map.
Travel writing can guide our connection with the nonhuman world. This collection of essays by international writers explores sustainable travel and our bond with nature. Encompassing diverse genres, it is for all interested in travel, ecology, and the philosophy of place.
This monograph explores how linguistic categories unify syntax, semantics, and information structure. It places grammaticality at the core, showing how categories link syntactic form with social reference to create meaning, carving out a new landscape of possible human language.