What Is Life and What Is Consciousness
What is life? What is consciousness? This book tackles these age-old questions with a new concept: matter-related information. It demonstrates that information is an indispensable contributor to the organization and functionality of all living systems.
AI-Assisted Program Design
This book presents systematic prompt engineering for AI-based programming. Its thesis is that prompts are programs that need to be designed and tested. It presents novel design recipes for writing prompts that apply to any programming language or coding assistant.
The Essential Grainger
Percy Grainger found his creative voice in Rudyard Kipling’s works, creating musical settings that captured their deeper meanings. This study uses these settings as a microcosm of Grainger’s art, spurring a revaluation of both men in light of their humanitarian ideals.
Facing surgery can be daunting. This guide unravels the mysteries of anesthesia, providing clear, compassionate answers to your questions. Learn what to expect before, during, and after your procedure and navigate the experience with confidence and a sense of control.
Thomas Hardy’s career as an architect profoundly shaped his literary imagination. This pioneering study explores the ethical, political, and aesthetic implications of his engagement with architecture, from the symbolic weight of ruins to memory and desire in built form.
This book charts the history of Romanian semiotics before introducing new concepts like conversational history—for analyzing literary texts—and existential rereading. It also features a collaborative linguistic study and a unique Database of Romanian Love Charms.
Histories of Housing
This book bridges historical housing narratives with contemporary challenges in architecture, urban planning, and sustainability. Through global case studies, it highlights housing’s evolution, offering actionable insights and inspiration for future design and policy innovations.
This book covers the theory and practice of discrete optimization for mathematics and computer science researchers. It presents new theoretical results, models, and algorithmic approaches for problems in integer programming, combinatorial optimization, scheduling, and logistics.
This book critiques the regressive and colonial character of global capitalism. It argues that coloniality permeates the contemporary architecture of power, and that commitment to a Eurocentric notion of “progress” leads to the next iteration of the capitalist/colonial order.
Caribbean slave rebellions conjure images of charismatic men, but women were also leaders. This book explores the erased narratives of enslaved women who led revolts as rebels and warriors, revealing their crucial roles in dismantling the plantation slavery system.
Pharmaceutical Discourse in English and Italian
This book investigates how language in UK and Italian patient information leaflets shapes understanding. Through linguistic analysis, it evaluates the impact of legal compliance on readability, exposing the tension between regulatory needs and patient-centred communication.
Situational English Level I
This book immerses students in lifelike contexts that integrate the four core language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Engage with thought-provoking passages and dialogues to build grammar, vocabulary, and fluency for confident, effective communication.
Artificial Intelligence in Physiotherapy
A landmark reference on AI in physiotherapy. Integrating clinical expertise with cutting-edge research, this book explains how AI devices work and presents evidence-based frameworks for assessment and intervention. A vital guide for physiotherapists and students.
Sap Beetles of Northeast India
This book details the Nitidulidae fauna of Northeast India, a biodiversity hotspot. A taxonomic monograph, it serves as a resource for students and professional entomologists, providing keys, illustrations, descriptions, distribution maps, and life history data for all species.
Data as a Weapon
In our data-driven world, information is a weapon. This book exposes the tactics of modern warfare and analyzes emerging threats from AI to deepfakes. It challenges us to rethink the nature of conflict and prepare for the battles of tomorrow.
This critical compendium dissects forty plays by thirty-five Indian playwrights, spanning from classical Sanskrit to contemporary works. Featuring famous and lesser-known dramatists alongside regional voices, it renders a kaleidoscopic view of Indian dramatic traditions.
Poetry in Motion
Challenging a book-centric approach, this work reveals how overlooked Early Modern short genres shaped knowledge and cultural exchange by tracing their circulation across diverse materials like metal, paper, and stone in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.
Postcolonialism and African Women’s Identity
This book explores African women’s identity in Buchi Emecheta’s novel Second-Class Citizen from a feminist viewpoint. It critically analyzes how hybridity, race, and gender roles shape narratives of resistance, internalized oppression, and the struggle for selfhood.
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.
Artificial Intelligence with Neutrosophic Statistics
This book integrates AI and neutrosophic logic to analyze complex data. It offers powerful tools for decision-making and prediction by addressing uncertainties, indeterminacy, and inconsistency, making it an essential resource for handling incomplete and ambiguous data.
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