Black Women Activists in Nineteenth Century New Orleans
Marie Laveaux and Henriette Delille
In nineteenth-century New Orleans, free women of color Marie Laveaux and Henriette Delille rejected a life of privilege. This book explores how they chose service instead, using their faith-based practices to address the needs of the city’s poor, enslaved, and disenfranchised.
In nineteenth-century New Orleans, free women of color Marie Laveaux and Henriette Delille rejected a life of privilege. This book explores how they chose service instead, using their faith-based practices to address the needs of the city’s poor, enslaved, and disenfranchised.
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This study explores representations of mental health in literature, focusing on works by 21st-century French women writers. It situates these portrayals in relation to current attitudes and practices, and discusses the benefit of their translation for an Anglophone readership.
This study explores representations of mental health in literature, focusing on works by 21st-century French women writers. It situates these portrayals in relation to current attitudes and practices, and discusses the benefit of their translation for an Anglophone readership.
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A valuable resource for teachers and researchers, this book focuses on assessment in world Englishes. It presents case studies and new methods for evaluating learners in multilingual settings, considering their diverse styles and different local norms.
A valuable resource for teachers and researchers, this book focuses on assessment in world Englishes. It presents case studies and new methods for evaluating learners in multilingual settings, considering their diverse styles and different local norms.
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Back to the Future
Israeli Literature of the 1980s and 1990s
This study opens a fascinating window into Israeli writing of the 1980s and 90s. It links the era's dramatic social and political transformations to the evolution of key literary genres like Holocaust literature, the Mizrachi novel, and detective fiction.
This study opens a fascinating window into Israeli writing of the 1980s and 90s. It links the era’s dramatic social and political transformations to the evolution of key literary genres like Holocaust literature, the Mizrachi novel, and detective fiction.
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Political Populism in the Twenty-First Century
We the People
At the end of the Cold War, the West celebrated the “end of history,” only to find itself caught in political populism. This book focuses on right-wing populist movements in Russia, Europe, and the United States, defined by their anti-globalism and anti-elitism.
At the end of the Cold War, the West celebrated the “end of history,” only to find itself caught in political populism. This book focuses on right-wing populist movements in Russia, Europe, and the United States, defined by their anti-globalism and anti-elitism.
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Pragmatic Linguistics and Sociolinguistics
Culture vs Speech
This book analyzes and compares the language styles, politeness, and directness used by English and Slovak presenters on live television. Because the shows are unscripted, their language is more natural, and the results contribute to sociolinguistic research worldwide.
This book analyzes and compares the language styles, politeness, and directness used by English and Slovak presenters on live television. Because the shows are unscripted, their language is more natural, and the results contribute to sociolinguistic research worldwide.
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This book examines 21st-century education, focusing on how today's challenges can become opportunities for renewal. It explores the role of education in modern society, highlights prospects for future schools, and presents practical examples for teachers and educators.
This book examines 21st-century education, focusing on how today’s challenges can become opportunities for renewal. It explores the role of education in modern society, highlights prospects for future schools, and presents practical examples for teachers and educators.
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Borders and Borderlands
Explorations in Identity, Exile and Translation (Durrell Studies 1)
This book addresses how borders—between states, languages, and cultures—inhibit people and ideas. It explores identity through translation and gender transition, featuring firsthand accounts of the refugee crisis and historical and current "Poetry of Exile."
This book addresses how borders—between states, languages, and cultures—inhibit people and ideas. It explores identity through translation and gender transition, featuring firsthand accounts of the refugee crisis and historical and current “Poetry of Exile.”
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Training and Deployment of America’s Nuclear Cold Warriors in Asia
Keepers of Armageddon
A near-launch that almost started a nuclear war. A lost hydrogen bomb. A fatal missile misfire. In these first-person accounts, soldiers at a 1960s nuclear base in Okinawa reveal how nuclear deployments, far from deterring, greatly increased the danger of war.
A near-launch that almost started a nuclear war. A lost hydrogen bomb. A fatal missile misfire. In these first-person accounts, soldiers at a 1960s nuclear base in Okinawa reveal how nuclear deployments, far from deterring, greatly increased the danger of war.
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This manual is a framework for starting a new government. It guides non-technical readers in building a successful representative democracy that can be adapted to any culture. This researched, equitable approach is for all humankind—on Earth, underground, underwater, or in space.
This manual is a framework for starting a new government. It guides non-technical readers in building a successful representative democracy that can be adapted to any culture. This researched, equitable approach is for all humankind—on Earth, underground, underwater, or in space.
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Communicating English in Specialised Domains
A Festschrift for Maurizio Gotti
This volume honors Maurizio Gotti's academic career and his significant contributions to specialized discourses, lexicography, and the history of English. This collection brings together essays by scholars who have interacted with his ideas in these fields of enquiry.
This volume honors Maurizio Gotti’s academic career and his significant contributions to specialized discourses, lexicography, and the history of English. This collection brings together essays by scholars who have interacted with his ideas in these fields of enquiry.
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Cicero was one of Epicurus’ most fervent critics. This book challenges that conventional view, arguing that despite his anti-Epicurean statements, personal benefit played a vital role in his relationships, even with his family, in accord with the very philosophy he rejected.
Cicero was one of Epicurus’ most fervent critics. This book challenges that conventional view, arguing that despite his anti-Epicurean statements, personal benefit played a vital role in his relationships, even with his family, in accord with the very philosophy he rejected.
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This book analyzes major ethical and bioethical issues like euthanasia, suicide, organ commerce, sexual objectification, and abortion from the perspective of Kant’s moral theory. It tackles questions of autonomy, human dignity, and free choice.
This book analyzes major ethical and bioethical issues like euthanasia, suicide, organ commerce, sexual objectification, and abortion from the perspective of Kant’s moral theory. It tackles questions of autonomy, human dignity, and free choice.
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Out of the Shadows
The Life and Works of Mary De Morgan
Who was Mary De Morgan? Overshadowed by her family, she was a writer, spiritualist, social reformer, and early feminist. This book reveals a complex "New Woman" and explains why George Bernard Shaw considered her a “devil incarnate.”
Who was Mary De Morgan? Overshadowed by her family, she was a writer, spiritualist, social reformer, and early feminist. This book reveals a complex “New Woman” and explains why George Bernard Shaw considered her a “devil incarnate.”
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Beneath the long history of Africa-India relations lies a troubling reality of racism. This collection of studies explores prejudice against Blackness in India through the lived experiences of sub-Saharan Africans and Siddhis (Afro-Indians).
Beneath the long history of Africa-India relations lies a troubling reality of racism. This collection of studies explores prejudice against Blackness in India through the lived experiences of sub-Saharan Africans and Siddhis (Afro-Indians).
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Theoretically Speaking about Literature
Understanding Theory in the Study of Literary Works
This book offers a practical insight into critical interpretation. By discussing a single text from the perspective of eighteen distinct theories, it makes complex ideas accessible and gives readers a comprehensible guide to the beliefs that underpin criticism.
This book offers a practical insight into critical interpretation. By discussing a single text from the perspective of eighteen distinct theories, it makes complex ideas accessible and gives readers a comprehensible guide to the beliefs that underpin criticism.
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Periodic Table of the Universe
Symphony of Matter
This exploration weaves the story of the universe through the periodic table. From the birth of elements in stellar furnaces to their role in creating planets and life, discover how the fundamental building blocks of our existence have shaped the cosmos.
This exploration weaves the story of the universe through the periodic table. From the birth of elements in stellar furnaces to their role in creating planets and life, discover how the fundamental building blocks of our existence have shaped the cosmos.
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A Chronicle of Mathematical Milestones
The Mathematical Calendar
From ancient civilizations to modern breakthroughs, this book presents significant dates that shaped mathematics. It offers a glimpse into the remarkable journeys of those who dared to push the boundaries of knowledge, serving as a gateway to the wonders of mathematical thought.
From ancient civilizations to modern breakthroughs, this book presents significant dates that shaped mathematics. It offers a glimpse into the remarkable journeys of those who dared to push the boundaries of knowledge, serving as a gateway to the wonders of mathematical thought.
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Solway Country
Land, Life and Livelihood in the Western Border Region of England and Scotland
The Solway Country is a little-known world on the Anglo-Scottish border, its identity rooted in landscape and a turbulent history. This book captures its spirit, exploring a hybrid culture of ballads born from the theft and mayhem of the border reivers.
The Solway Country is a little-known world on the Anglo-Scottish border, its identity rooted in landscape and a turbulent history. This book captures its spirit, exploring a hybrid culture of ballads born from the theft and mayhem of the border reivers.
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Enhancing Organizational Leadership Practice
Western and Eastern Interventions
This book helps organizational leaders balance three core responsibilities: organizational, stakeholder, and ethical. Using Western and Chinese concepts and practical examples, it reframes human resources as a capital investment, enhancing leadership effectiveness.
This book helps organizational leaders balance three core responsibilities: organizational, stakeholder, and ethical. Using Western and Chinese concepts and practical examples, it reframes human resources as a capital investment, enhancing leadership effectiveness.
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