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This book invites you on a fascinating journey across three centuries of Europe, with death as your guide. Experts from varying backgrounds—historians, sociologists, doctors, and more—explore the complex phenomena of death and dying across the continent.
This book invites you on a fascinating journey across three centuries of Europe, with death as your guide. Experts from varying backgrounds—historians, sociologists, doctors, and more—explore the complex phenomena of death and dying across the continent.
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This book follows migrants from challenging homelands into even more challenging new worlds. Spanning historical periods, these essays use diverse approaches to reveal the experiences of immigrants, providing a fresh perspective on today's immigration issues.
This book follows migrants from challenging homelands into even more challenging new worlds. Spanning historical periods, these essays use diverse approaches to reveal the experiences of immigrants, providing a fresh perspective on today’s immigration issues.
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Merseyside
Culture and Place
This interdisciplinary volume explores Liverpool and Merseyside's rich and controversial cultural history. From J. M. W. Turner’s sketches of the Mersey to the fan culture on Liverpool FC’s Kop, this book reveals the area's distinctive character.
This interdisciplinary volume explores Liverpool and Merseyside’s rich and controversial cultural history. From J. M. W. Turner’s sketches of the Mersey to the fan culture on Liverpool FC’s Kop, this book reveals the area’s distinctive character.
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While quantum mechanics is probabilistic, classical physics makes definite predictions. This book argues these predictions can be explained by the mathematics of special relativity, and explores the profound philosophical consequences. No advanced math or physics is required.
While quantum mechanics is probabilistic, classical physics makes definite predictions. This book argues these predictions can be explained by the mathematics of special relativity, and explores the profound philosophical consequences. No advanced math or physics is required.
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This collection provides a critical introduction to celebrated novelist David Peace. It explores his writings on the Yorkshire Ripper, the 1984 miners’ strike, and post-war Japan, offering an essential guide and unique insight into his canon to date.
This collection provides a critical introduction to celebrated novelist David Peace. It explores his writings on the Yorkshire Ripper, the 1984 miners’ strike, and post-war Japan, offering an essential guide and unique insight into his canon to date.
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Let’s Talk About Sex
Histories of Sexuality in Australia from Federation to the Pill
Uncovering the hidden desires and public fears of Australia from 1901 to 1961, this history reveals how sex became a battleground of crucial social, cultural, and political importance.
Uncovering the hidden desires and public fears of Australia from 1901 to 1961, this history reveals how sex became a battleground of crucial social, cultural, and political importance.
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Turning Points and Transformations
Essays on Language, Literature and Culture
Turning points and transformations are central to literature, culture, and life. But why are they transformational, and what brings them about? The essays in this volume examine these questions, exploring personal and cultural shifts and how we cope with them.
Turning points and transformations are central to literature, culture, and life. But why are they transformational, and what brings them about? The essays in this volume examine these questions, exploring personal and cultural shifts and how we cope with them.
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And Man Created God presents a new theory of myth as the creative force linking history and transcendence. The myths in Genesis and Exodus are presented in a new light, compared with Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Greek mythologies to highlight the pagan contrast.
And Man Created God presents a new theory of myth as the creative force linking history and transcendence. The myths in Genesis and Exodus are presented in a new light, compared with Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Greek mythologies to highlight the pagan contrast.
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This interdisciplinary book presents new research exploring belief, faith, and religion. It combines theoretical approaches with real-world examples to show how beliefs construct social identities, inform public debate, and shape modes of governance.
This interdisciplinary book presents new research exploring belief, faith, and religion. It combines theoretical approaches with real-world examples to show how beliefs construct social identities, inform public debate, and shape modes of governance.
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If It Was Not For Terrorism
Crisis, Compromise, and Elite Discourse in the Age of “War on Terror”
This book investigates the power elites and media wield through the “War on Terror” discourse. International case studies debate the construction of “terrorism,” the creation of “us” vs. “others,” media framing of civil liberties, and resistance.
This book investigates the power elites and media wield through the “War on Terror” discourse. International case studies debate the construction of “terrorism,” the creation of “us” vs. “others,” media framing of civil liberties, and resistance.
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Resolving Classroom Management and School Leadership Issues in ELT
Action Research Reports from the United Arab Emirates
Experienced teachers use action research to examine problems in leadership and management. This volume features work by UAE researchers on classroom issues and broader leadership matters, concluding with a rare retrospective on their empowering investigations.
Experienced teachers use action research to examine problems in leadership and management. This volume features work by UAE researchers on classroom issues and broader leadership matters, concluding with a rare retrospective on their empowering investigations.
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Nationalism, Ethnicity, Citizenship
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Global migration has challenged old certainties about nationalism, ethnicity, and citizenship. This book examines these issues from multiple perspectives, revealing that nationalism remains a dominant ideology and highlighting education's crucial role.
Global migration has challenged old certainties about nationalism, ethnicity, and citizenship. This book examines these issues from multiple perspectives, revealing that nationalism remains a dominant ideology and highlighting education’s crucial role.
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Constructive Adpositional Grammars
Foundations of Constructive Linguistics
This book presents a new grammar paradigm based on adposition. Using Constructive Mathematics, it offers a different perspective on topics like grammaticalization and dependency, validated with examples from diverse languages and a real-world application.
This book presents a new grammar paradigm based on adposition. Using Constructive Mathematics, it offers a different perspective on topics like grammaticalization and dependency, validated with examples from diverse languages and a real-world application.
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The Surplus of Culture
Sense, Common-sense, Non-sense
This volume presents the surplus of culture: the added value of irony, irrationality, and absurdity that subverts mainstream culture. It dwells at the risky intersection of untamed interpretation and tradition, where entrenched notions reveal their shattering nature.
This volume presents the surplus of culture: the added value of irony, irrationality, and absurdity that subverts mainstream culture. It dwells at the risky intersection of untamed interpretation and tradition, where entrenched notions reveal their shattering nature.
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The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
New Approaches
This book moves beyond the Seven Wonders framework to explore the unsurpassed reputation and unique importance of the Statue of Zeus. Using interdisciplinary perspectives, it traces the statue's influence from antiquity through to recent centuries.
This book moves beyond the Seven Wonders framework to explore the unsurpassed reputation and unique importance of the Statue of Zeus. Using interdisciplinary perspectives, it traces the statue’s influence from antiquity through to recent centuries.
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History and Narration
Looking Back from the Twentieth Century
This volume explores the relation between narration and history, arguing we must be aware of the rhetorical strategies in historical writing. The essays consider narrativity in authors as diverse as V. Woolf, S. Rushdie, J. M. Coetzee, and A. Ghosh.
This volume explores the relation between narration and history, arguing we must be aware of the rhetorical strategies in historical writing. The essays consider narrativity in authors as diverse as V. Woolf, S. Rushdie, J. M. Coetzee, and A. Ghosh.
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Censorship across Borders
The Reception of English Literature in Twentieth-Century Europe
These essays explore European censorship of English literature, revealing why authors like Joyce and Orwell were targeted by opposing ideologies, from conservative Catholic morality to communism. This study uncovers the complex relationship between the state and culture.
These essays explore European censorship of English literature, revealing why authors like Joyce and Orwell were targeted by opposing ideologies, from conservative Catholic morality to communism. This study uncovers the complex relationship between the state and culture.
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Uncover the provocative history of sexuality, eroticism, and gender in French & Francophone literature. From Zola’s challenge to rape to the feminism of Djebar, this book reveals a literary tradition long engaged with redefining desire.
Uncover the provocative history of sexuality, eroticism, and gender in French & Francophone literature. From Zola’s challenge to rape to the feminism of Djebar, this book reveals a literary tradition long engaged with redefining desire.
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Selling James Bond
Product Placement in the James Bond Films
Selling James Bond offers an in-depth “behind the scenes” look at the series’ history of product placement. It charts the practice’s progression, drawing correlations to cultural events and showing how brands became embedded in the film narrative.
Selling James Bond offers an in-depth “behind the scenes” look at the series’ history of product placement. It charts the practice’s progression, drawing correlations to cultural events and showing how brands became embedded in the film narrative.
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Lila is the play of the gods, a free spirit of creation beyond the chains of reason and the clocks of time. Come, enter a realm of divine madness, where the trickster, the artist, and the savior weave the great tapestry of life. Join the play.
Lila is the play of the gods, a free spirit of creation beyond the chains of reason and the clocks of time. Come, enter a realm of divine madness, where the trickster, the artist, and the savior weave the great tapestry of life. Join the play.
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