Bear Tales in Minority Languages
This multilingual collection of stories from endangered languages is united by a common theme: the Bear. These previously unpublished tales provide a precious source of community values—beliefs and visions in danger of extinction along with the languages that transmit them.
While China’s engagement across Africa has grown, there has been a dearth of attention on its relationship with Eritrea. Based on field research and robust data, this book fills that gap, providing a clear-eyed, comprehensive examination of China-Eritrea relations.
Issues in Arabic Legal Translation
This collection explores state-of-the-art legal translation, focusing on Arabic-speaking countries. It presents the latest research on the dynamic relationship between language and law through case studies like the UN and the Arabic translation of the American Constitution.
Emerging African Geopolitics
This book explores the intricate tapestry of African geopolitics, examining the continent’s socio-economic challenges and prospects. It navigates Africa’s complex interactions with global powers, the lingering shadows of colonialism, and the quest for a promising future.
Contemporary Debates in Human Rights and Literature
This book offers fresh perspectives on human rights in literature, providing cutting-edge readings of specific works. It engages with current debates about how rights are portrayed across identity, culture, and politics, highlighting human rights as a universal concern.
A Civil Society Teaching Primer
For college teachers, this book depicts American civilian life as an experience shaped by the organized movement of water. It provides a plan and teaching resources to help learners make connections between civil society, their sense of place, and essential water services.
African Democratic Montage
African states have the tools for democracy, but their varied application leads to fragile outcomes, rights violations, and military coups. This book explores why, using case studies to reveal the path to true democratic consolidation and good governance.
Using autobiographies from transgender and intersex lives, this book challenges static notions of gender. It reveals how identity is shaped by the material world, offering a nuanced analysis of gender as a fluid, evolving experience for anyone seeking a deeper understanding.
Unifying the Field of Psychosexual Therapy
This groundbreaking book gathers insights on psychosexual therapy from leading experts. What distinguishes this volume is its dedication to diversity, offering a rich mosaic of perspectives on the psychological, cultural, and ethical dimensions of sex therapy. An essential read.
Spoken English and Spoken Italian
This book investigates the grammar of spoken English and Italian and how to translate them. Using corpus-based evidence from real dialogues, it proposes Italian equivalents of English discourse markers and English versions of Italian clitics. It is the first work of its kind.
This book is a panorama of the most famous American monuments, highlighting the greatest American experiences from independence to today. Each chapter pays homage to the men and women of the American experience and the events immortalized in granite, stone and edifices.
Explore the intricate dynamics of gender equality, from historical roots to modern-day challenges. This volume delves into the economic, social, and legal implications of gender policies, offering a global perspective for those committed to understanding and promoting equality.
This book proves that when science and literature, especially poetry, interact, transdisciplinary fields are created. Merging diverse disciplines offers solutions to wicked problems by finding common ground, connecting the academy to society, and reshaping the world.
Giorgio Vasari
This book presents Giorgio Vasari as an intellectual and philosopher, exploring how he transformed the artist’s role in 16th-century Italy. Vasari elevated their status from mere artisans to divinely inspired creators whose work conveys profound moral and intellectual messages.
Community Forestry in Western Indian Himalaya
Born from resistance to British colonial rule, the Van Panchayat is India’s unique community forest management system. For the first time, this book compiles all published work on the institution, exploring its history, policy, ecology, and social dimensions.
This book covers the concepts of acids and bases and the effects governing their strength. It discusses reaction mechanisms and presents the structure, geometry, and reactions of key intermediates like carbocations, carbanions, free radicals, and carbenes, supported by examples.
Narratives and Songs from Atauro Island, Timor-Leste
This first-ever multilingual archive of endangered oral traditions from Atauro, Timor-Leste, was created in collaboration with the island’s communities. Discover tales of the island’s origin—revealed when arrows pierce the sea—alongside traditional songs and cultural texts.
This book offers a unique financial evaluation of all forest ecosystem services and their contribution to economic sectors. The reader will find answers and results in this book to help them account for all the benefits that a forest offers.
The Aging Criminal
Global experts condense the latest scientific discoveries on severe mental illness in forensic detainees into a single, easy-to-read guide. They interpret findings from genomics into new therapeutic practices. For practitioners, researchers, patient families, and specialists.
Samaná English
Samaná English, an isolated variety from the Dominican Republic, informs research on Early African American English (EAAE). Was EAAE a creole or a British dialect? New data suggests it was neither, but a post-creole variety with clear African structural continuities.
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