This book analyzes how the use of English loanwords in German-language rap changed from 1990 to 2020. Based on the discographies of rappers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, it compares linguistic trends across the German-speaking world.
For young immigrants and refugees in the Netherlands, ‘othering’ in education harms their development. A sense of belonging is a key predictor of academic success. This book’s message is that education itself must learn that young people urgently need to belong in order to grow.
The once-celebrated “Kerala Model” of development has crumbled under pressure. This book takes a new look at the statecraft through the lens of popular cinema, using melodrama to reveal the frictions and slippages that escape official histories and statistics.
This book reimagines Dido and Aeneas as a site of cultural memory, tracing how artists and audiences have reshaped its meaning across boundaries. It reveals how Dido’s lament continues to be significant precisely because it is never the same.
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.
Forging the Future of Work in the Purpose Economy
We are living through a radical transformation in why we work. At the forefront stands the New Nomad: a professional who redefines freedom by blending travel with work and purpose. This visionary guide is a blueprint to succeed in the new Purpose Economy.
Culture and Society in Ancient Greece
In Ancient Greece, society and culture are embedded in Nature, but center on a human logos. This meaning is marked by a tragic, dialectical thinking that oscillates between chaos and cosmos—as if culture were born of the abyss, yet in a ceaseless struggle against it.
Manufacturing Inhumanity
As we embrace technocracy, we become the “anthrobot”—humans imitating machines that imitate us. This book uncovers the devastating cultural and psychological costs of this dehumanizing cycle, a crisis spreading through the developed world.
This interdisciplinary textbook integrates Translation Studies, Linguistics, Literary Studies, and Education. It closes the gap between theory and practice, offering researchers new frameworks and practitioners practical approaches for a globalized world. An invaluable resource.
The Controversial Case of Jahi McMath
When thirteen-year-old Jahi McMath was declared brain dead, a neurologist discovered signs that contradicted the diagnosis. She was in a new state of consciousness, revealing that our medical categories are incomplete and challenging the line between life and death.
Financial Literacy and Well-being in India
Financial illiteracy is a silent challenge to India’s growth. Why does financial well-being remain out of reach for so many households? This eye-opening book unpacks the role of knowledge, behavior, and attitude in shaping economic outcomes, using data and real-world insights.
Foreign Direct Investment in the Eastern Mediterranean
A timely analysis of foreign direct investment in the Eastern Mediterranean, exploring how capital is shaped by economics, sustainability, and culture. It provides country profiles and examines trends in sectors like energy, technology, tourism, and the Blue Economy.
Calls are growing to dismantle the enduring colonial structures of global health. This volume, written by healthcare professionals from differing cultures, hears those calls. It offers theoretical and practical approaches to decolonize the field and create more just practices.
Nurturing Minds
This guide provides evidence-based techniques to build emotional strength and resilience in children. Combining psychology and neuroscience, it offers practical tools for parents and teachers to help kids navigate modern challenges and thrive with confidence and empathy.
Performing the Interview
This book articulates a new method for the research interview, transforming it into a living performance space. Theatrically framed sites invite participants to co-create “Data-Dramas,” capturing rich, embodied knowledge with relevance far beyond the arts.
The Right to Have Rights
This book examines the intersection of rights, justice, and development through Eastern and Western jurisprudence. It critiques the status quo and introduces the Anti-Deprivation Development Threshold Theory, advocating for a justice-oriented, human-friendly transformation.
Philippines-China Relations
Amid territorial disputes in the South China Sea, growing US-China rivalry strains Philippines-China relations. This book offers critical reflections on these geopolitical challenges and explores multilateral options for peace in the region and beyond.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
This book introduces the principles of entrepreneurship and innovation in a changing global business environment. A guide for students and executives, it solves business problems through a combination of theory, examples, and case studies focusing on famous firms.
Crisis in Teacher Education
Creativity is a critical 21st-century skill, yet most educators lack the training to foster it. This manual provides research-backed insights and practical strategies to cultivate creativity in any learning environment, preparing the next generation to thrive in a complex world.
This unique book presents the history, diagnosis, and treatment of Helicobacter pylori, the world’s most prevalent infection. Based on the latest evidence and global guidelines, it presents complex data in a simple form, with plain-language information for patients.
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