Nature’s Rhythm
Discover how seasons affect the potency of medicinal plants. Blending traditional wisdom with modern science, this guide shows how weather alters a plant’s healing power. It explores climate change’s impact and offers practical advice on when to grow and harvest for best results.
Eurocentrism, Art and Art Education
David Gall exposes Eurocentrism in art education, philosophy, and aesthetics. Overcoming this ethnocentrism is not optional if we are to combat resurgent fascism and realize a more comprehensive humanity. This book offers alternative ways of viewing aesthetic experience.
Collections reflect the passions of their owners, but how did people get to see them? This book investigates an understudied field: “access” to collections before public museums. The essays show there were diverse types of access that served a range of purposes.
Essays on William James, Alfred N. Whitehead and Jakob von Uexküll
These essays triangulate the works of William James, Alfred N. Whitehead, and Jakob von Uexküll. The author explores meaning as a dynamic process that unfolds in both non-human and human life, leading to a powerful maxim: where there is life, there is meaning.
Fighting Stigma and Discrimination in Minoritised Languages
Voices from around the world explore how linguistic hierarchies and policies marginalise speakers of minoritised languages. Through diverse case studies, this volume examines language discrimination, resistance strategies, and revitalisation movements for language justice.
Museums as Places of People, Time, and Memory
Museums are more than custodians of the past. This book explores how they navigate social change and technological innovation to foster inclusivity and representation, offering insights into their evolving role as active spaces of dialogue, learning, and social change.
Entrepreneurship, Gender, and Disability
This book explores entrepreneurship through the lenses of gender and disability in emerging economies. Presenting research and case studies on the unique challenges facing these entrepreneurs, it provides practical implications for policymakers, educators, and academics.
A documentary collection of narrations, correspondence, and concert reviews, translated from Albanian. The author creates a portrait of their parents, singers Tefta and Kristo, reflecting not just their art but the cultural and intellectual view of an entire era.
This book reviews chlorine substitution reactions in hexachlorocyclopentadiene. It shows new, convenient ways of synthesizing block synthons for the rational design of pharmacologically important cyclopentanoids and other economically valuable compounds. For synthetic chemists.
Our Human Quest for Unity and Freedom
In the face of planetary crises and possible self-extinction, these essays envision a way toward a viable human future. Drawing on philosophical literature from West and East, they focus on the urgent need to unite humanity under the principle of unity in diversity.
The Contribution of 101 Women to Design and Architecture
Woman’s contribution to art, design, and architecture has historically been kept from the limelight. This publication remedies past oversights, emphasising the remarkable artists and their innovative works through 101 brief biographies and 1000 photographic representations.
This essential atlas for mastering advanced cardiac imaging features over 120 cases and 566 high-quality illustrations. It integrates CT, MRI, and echocardiography to enhance diagnostic accuracy across a broad spectrum of cardiovascular conditions.
Medical Assistance in Dying
This book offers a critical analysis of medical aid in dying (MAiD). While supporting MAiD based on the notion of rational suicide, it shows how inconsistent international protocols raise moral and legal concerns. It provides a framework to analyze and reform these protocols.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Slovenian theatre redefined its social role. This first-of-its-kind collection reveals how artists tackled neo-liberalism, the migrant crisis, and social injustice to claim their place on the wider European stage.
This second volume in the series crosses multiple world cultures, time, and disciplines to highlight men as both creators and subjects. A unique aspect is how gender issues are addressed and framed by contributors, emphasizing the need for a continued comparative focus.
For Logic teachers, lecturers, tutors, and post-graduates asked to teach at short notice. This text reflects an approach proven over forty years. It offers practical advice for lecturing on Formal Logic, with an emphasis on students rather than course content.
A Comprehensive Course in Pragmalinguistics
This book explores how language is used in context, revealing how meaning is created and understood in everyday communication. Connecting theory with practice, it provides analytical tools to comprehend language beyond grammar by considering its social and cultural contexts.
This multidisciplinary book explores artisanal maritime fishing from the Middle Ages to the present. Featuring international case studies, it links past, present, and future socio-environmental challenges to preserve the heritage and collective memory of fishing communities.
The Comprehensive Legacy of Michael Polanyi
Michael Polanyi’s exemplary insights took him from physical chemistry to philosophy. The articles in this book build upon his broad-based thought in ways fitting today, interpreting his work and reflecting on its rich possibilities for further development.
Beyond royal courts lies a rarely seen world: a folk Ramayana etched in stone on humble village temple walls. This pioneering work unveils these intricate plaques, a visual journey through the epic’s seven Kandas and their masterfully sculpted stories.
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