Humanities, Literature and Arts
Featured Books
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Planning for Water Security in Southeast Asia
Community-Based Infrastructure During the Urban Transition
September, 2022
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Gardens of God
A Paradigm Shift in Faith
Edited by Ananta Kumar Giri
This book deals with the theme of Kingdom of God in religion, politics and spirituality and strives to rethink and reconstitute it is as Gardens of God.
Hardback
9781839991271
July 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This book deals with the theme of Kingdom of God in religion, politics and spirituality and strives to rethink and reconstitute it is as Gardens of God.
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Defining Hybrid Heroes
The Leadership Spectrum from Scoundrel to Saint
Inge Brokerhof, Stephan Sonnenburg, Greg Stone
Defining Hybrid Heroes: The Leadership Spectrum from Scoundrel to Saint defines the hero (and his or her journey) from a hybrid perspective, exploring the spectrum from scoundrel to saint. It utilizes a more dynamic and situational outlook, regarding heroism not only as a personal characteristic, but also as a series of heroic acts within a given situation.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785274312
June 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00Defining Hybrid Heroes: The Leadership Spectrum from Scoundrel to Saint defines the hero (and his or her journey) from a hybrid perspective, exploring the spectrum from scoundrel to saint. It utilizes a more dynamic and situational outlook, regarding heroism not only as a personal characteristic, but also as a series of heroic acts within a given situation.
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Apphia Peach, George Lord Lyttelton, and ‘The Correspondents’:
An Annotated Edition of a Forgotten Gem (1775)
Melvyn New
This book is an annotated edition of The Correspondents (1775), a work, as the introduction argues, derived from A Sentimental Journey, and one of the best of the many later efforts to capture Sterne’s unique blend of sensibility and sensuality.
Hardback
9781839991516
June 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This book is an annotated edition of The Correspondents (1775), a work, as the introduction argues, derived from A Sentimental Journey, and one of the best of the many later efforts to capture Sterne’s unique blend of sensibility and sensuality.
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The Nostalgia for Origins
Religion, Evolution, Cognitive and Memory
Carl Olson
This book examines a possible source for the origin of religion, using the theory of evolution and findings from cognitive science. It adds a theory of power to suggest the agency of early Homo sapiens.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839990519
June 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This book examines a possible source for the origin of religion, using the theory of evolution and findings from cognitive science. It adds a theory of power to suggest the agency of early Homo sapiens.
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Girls, Youth Justice and the Regulation of Sexualities
Lisa Pasko
Girls, Youth Justice, and the Regulation of Sexualities shows historically and contemporarily the complexities in responding to girls’ sexualities (bodies, behavior, and identities) in the juvenile justice system.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785277047
June 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00Girls, Youth Justice, and the Regulation of Sexualities shows historically and contemporarily the complexities in responding to girls’ sexualities (bodies, behavior, and identities) in the juvenile justice system.
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Exploring Animal Crossing
Law, Culture and Business
Bruce Baer Arnold
An exploration of the Animal Crossing virtual world, bringing together insights about law, commerce, psychology, sociology and creativity for scholars and non-specialist readers.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839980060
June 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00An exploration of the Animal Crossing virtual world, bringing together insights about law, commerce, psychology, sociology and creativity for scholars and non-specialist readers.
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Translation Theory for Literary Translators
B.J. Woodstein
This book analyses how practicing literary translators can benefit from translation theory.
Paperback
9781839992070
June 2024
Forthcoming
£24.95 / $24.95This book analyses how practicing literary translators can benefit from translation theory.
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Reading Greek Australian Literature through the Paramythi
Bridging Multiculturalism with World Literature
Anna Dimitriou
This book explores Greek Australian literature through its paramythic tropes and focuses on reading it as a bridge between multiculturalism and world literature.
Hardback
9781839991714
June 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This book explores Greek Australian literature through its paramythic tropes and focuses on reading it as a bridge between multiculturalism and world literature.
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Taxidermy and the Gothic
The Horror of Still Life
Elizabeth Effinger
Taxidermy and the Gothic: The Horror of Still Life is the first extended study of the Gothic’s collusion with taxidermy. Focusing on contemporary cultural and material texts, it shows how taxidermy’s imbrication with Gothic horror is more than skin deep: these are rich discourses stuffed by affinities for corporeal transgressions, the uncanny, and the counterfeit.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839990267
June 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00Taxidermy and the Gothic: The Horror of Still Life is the first extended study of the Gothic’s collusion with taxidermy. Focusing on contemporary cultural and material texts, it shows how taxidermy’s imbrication with Gothic horror is more than skin deep: these are rich discourses stuffed by affinities for corporeal transgressions, the uncanny, and the counterfeit.
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Journalism and the Metaverse
John V. Pavlik
Journalism has been in a state of disruption since the development of the Internet. The Metaverse, or the future of the Internet, is likely to fuel even further disruption in journalism. This book will provide a critical examination of the implications of the Metaverse for the continuing transformation of journalism in the digital age.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839990120
June 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00Journalism has been in a state of disruption since the development of the Internet. The Metaverse, or the future of the Internet, is likely to fuel even further disruption in journalism. This book will provide a critical examination of the implications of the Metaverse for the continuing transformation of journalism in the digital age.
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Strongman Eugen Sandow’s World Tour of 1904-1905
The ‘Perfect Man’ in Colonial India and Afro-Asia
Carey Watt
Strongman Eugen Sandow (1867–1925) was renowned as the world’s “perfect man” at the turn of the 20thcentury. This book examines his fascinating 2-year “world tour” of South Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and China in 1904–1905, at the peak of European imperialism and rising Asian confidence and nationalism.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839990670
June 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00Strongman Eugen Sandow (1867–1925) was renowned as the world’s “perfect man” at the turn of the 20thcentury. This book examines his fascinating 2-year “world tour” of South Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and China in 1904–1905, at the peak of European imperialism and rising Asian confidence and nationalism.
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The Great Dumpling Debate
Definitions, Science, History and Local Recipes from around the World
Ida Kubiszewski, Robert Costanza
This is the definitive global guide about dumplings for dumpling lovers (is there anyone who’s not?).It is a scientifically ironic travel cookbook that has created and analysed a dumpling database, including over 200 dumplings from 70 countries, each classified into six dimensions of dumplingness. It is a unique combination of history, science, statistics and, of course, recipes.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839987502
May 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This is the definitive global guide about dumplings for dumpling lovers (is there anyone who’s not?).It is a scientifically ironic travel cookbook that has created and analysed a dumpling database, including over 200 dumplings from 70 countries, each classified into six dimensions of dumplingness. It is a unique combination of history, science, statistics and, of course, recipes.
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On Reading the History of Philosophy
Daniel Whistler
An exploration of the value of the history of philosophy as a reading practice—that is, as a practice through which words from a philosophical past can give rise to wonder, can alienate, can lead to transformational breakthroughs or can animate a will to create anew.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839988837
May 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00An exploration of the value of the history of philosophy as a reading practice—that is, as a practice through which words from a philosophical past can give rise to wonder, can alienate, can lead to transformational breakthroughs or can animate a will to create anew.
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Black Configurations
The Ethos of “Tradition” from Sterling Brown to Toni Morrison, Volume I
Kimberly W. Benston
Black Configurations is the first volume of a three-volume study of African-American literary history, with special attention to the internal dialogues regarding concepts of “tradition,” haunting, trauma, and re-vision. Texts studied extend from slave narratives to contemporary works, including both canonical and lesser-known instances of African-American expression.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785278679
May 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00Black Configurations is the first volume of a three-volume study of African-American literary history, with special attention to the internal dialogues regarding concepts of “tradition,” haunting, trauma, and re-vision. Texts studied extend from slave narratives to contemporary works, including both canonical and lesser-known instances of African-American expression.
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Archipelagothic: Studies in the Philippine Gothic
Edited by Jeremy C. De Chavez
Archipelagothic: Studies in the Philippine Gothic is an edited collection that brings together essays that examine the place of the gothic in Philippine culture. This groundbreaking volume, the first book on the topic, is appropriately comprehensive, covering a range of genres, historical periods, regions, and languages.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785279300
May 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00Archipelagothic: Studies in the Philippine Gothic is an edited collection that brings together essays that examine the place of the gothic in Philippine culture. This groundbreaking volume, the first book on the topic, is appropriately comprehensive, covering a range of genres, historical periods, regions, and languages.
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Screen Performance and the Shakespeare Film Canon in the Spotlight of Archivision
Anthony R. Guneratne
Revolutions in post-digital archival practice and other forms of historical research necessitate an increasingly sophisticated interdisciplinary approach to Shakespeare studies, with Shakespeare-based films serving as an ideal model for the ongoing transformations of many disciplinary fields.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839982699
May 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00Revolutions in post-digital archival practice and other forms of historical research necessitate an increasingly sophisticated interdisciplinary approach to Shakespeare studies, with Shakespeare-based films serving as an ideal model for the ongoing transformations of many disciplinary fields.
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Robert Franklin Williams Speaks: A Documentary History
Edited by Ronald J. Stephens
Robert Franklin Williams Speaks: A Documentary History represents the only full-length volume that includes key documents (i.e., speeches, letters, interviews, testimonials, etc.) by and about Robert F. Williams in a single volume.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839984570
May 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00Robert Franklin Williams Speaks: A Documentary History represents the only full-length volume that includes key documents (i.e., speeches, letters, interviews, testimonials, etc.) by and about Robert F. Williams in a single volume.
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The Language Experience Approach and the Science of Literacy Instruction
Elaine A. Fairbairn Traynelis Yurek, Mary Strong
This book considers Russell Stauffer’s Language Experience Approach (LEA), an approach that must be judged by its impact on student learning and not on the age of conception. The nature of wholistic teaching in early childhood and beyond is explored, and developmental maturation for the different language tasks are explained.
Hardback
9781839991943
May 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This book considers Russell Stauffer’s Language Experience Approach (LEA), an approach that must be judged by its impact on student learning and not on the age of conception. The nature of wholistic teaching in early childhood and beyond is explored, and developmental maturation for the different language tasks are explained.
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Origins of the Ottoman Dynasty
A Philological Exploration of Its Earliest Account
Kemal Silay
Origins of the Ottoman Dynasty: A Philological Exploration of Its Earliest Account is a groundbreaking book. It is about the oldest annalistic account of Ottoman history that has come down to us. It is simply crucial for researching and teaching Ottoman history at every major university in the world.
Hardback
9781839992209
May 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00Origins of the Ottoman Dynasty: A Philological Exploration of Its Earliest Account is a groundbreaking book. It is about the oldest annalistic account of Ottoman history that has come down to us. It is simply crucial for researching and teaching Ottoman history at every major university in the world.
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The Craft of Professional Writing, Second Edition
A Guide for Amateur and Professional Writers
Michael S. Malone
The Craft of Professional Writing, 2nd edition, is the most complete manual ever written for every form of professional (and professional quality) writing.
Hardback
9781839992100
May 2024
Forthcoming
£70.00 / $70.00The Craft of Professional Writing, 2nd edition, is the most complete manual ever written for every form of professional (and professional quality) writing.
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Antiquity and Loyalist Dissent in Revolutionary America, 1765–1776
Daniel R. Moy
The book explores how the loyalist rebuttal to the American patriot movement derived much of its inspiration and rationale from the ancient literature of the Greco-Roman world—the same repository of classical ideas and principles the patriots coopted to persuade their fellow countrymen to disavow the English crown and pursue independence.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785274039
May 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00The book explores how the loyalist rebuttal to the American patriot movement derived much of its inspiration and rationale from the ancient literature of the Greco-Roman world—the same repository of classical ideas and principles the patriots coopted to persuade their fellow countrymen to disavow the English crown and pursue independence.
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Picturing Shakespeare
Jean-Louis CLARET
This study investigates the capacity of Shakespeare’s texts – obviously destined for stage performances – to generate mental images and mental colours. Jean-Louis Claret, both a Shakespeare professor at Aix-Marseille University and an illustrator, proposes to shed light on the process that leads from the written text to visual illustration.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781839990601
May 2024
Forthcoming
£35.00 / $35.00This study investigates the capacity of Shakespeare’s texts – obviously destined for stage performances – to generate mental images and mental colours. Jean-Louis Claret, both a Shakespeare professor at Aix-Marseille University and an illustrator, proposes to shed light on the process that leads from the written text to visual illustration.
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Australian Women’s Historical Photography
Other Times, Other Views
Anne Maxwell, Lucy Van
Australian Women’s Historical Photography: Other Times, Other Views focuses on the works of six Australian women who were working as photographers in the period 1850–1950. It critically examines their works against the historical backdrop of settler violence towards Indigenous Australians, the First Women’s Movement, the Great War of 1914–1918, Australia’s imperial occupation of New Guinea, the final years of Chinese Nationalist Party rule in China and debates about photography’s status as an art form.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781839990793
May 2024
Forthcoming
£24.95 / $24.95Australian Women’s Historical Photography: Other Times, Other Views focuses on the works of six Australian women who were working as photographers in the period 1850–1950. It critically examines their works against the historical backdrop of settler violence towards Indigenous Australians, the First Women’s Movement, the Great War of 1914–1918, Australia’s imperial occupation of New Guinea, the final years of Chinese Nationalist Party rule in China and debates about photography’s status as an art form.
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Normativity, Meaning and Philosophy: Essays on Wittgenstein
Hans-Johann Glock
This is a collection of essays on Wittgenstein originally published between 1996 and 2019, with a new introduction. The essays defend and develop a central Wittgensteinian idea: ‘grammatical rules’ for the use of expressions hold the key to understanding linguistic meaning, as well as its connections to necessary propositions, conceptual thought, and the nature of philosophy.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839983467
April 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This is a collection of essays on Wittgenstein originally published between 1996 and 2019, with a new introduction. The essays defend and develop a central Wittgensteinian idea: ‘grammatical rules’ for the use of expressions hold the key to understanding linguistic meaning, as well as its connections to necessary propositions, conceptual thought, and the nature of philosophy.