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Diachronic Narratology in Greek Myth

Diachronic Narratology in Greek Myth

Author: Silvio Bär (University of Oslo)
ISBN: 9781009475037
Format: Paperback
$46.58

This Element explores Greek mythology through diachronic narratology, focusing on how stories evolve over time....  Read More >>

Religious Green Innovations: Technologies, Communities and Sustainability

Religious Green Innovations: Technologies, Communities...

Author: Alessandra Vitullo ,  Alessandro Saggioro
ISBN: 9783032121929
Format: Hardback
$336.35

This book explores how religious traditions can play a decisive role in addressing the complexity of the current...  Read More >>

The Palgrave Handbook of European Union Enlargement and Pre-Accession Assistance

The Palgrave Handbook of European Union Enlargement...

Author: Alice Cunha
ISBN: 9783032133489
Format: Hardback
$388.10

Within enlargement policy, a distinctive feature is pre-accession assistance funding. Although European funds originated...  Read More >>

Islam, Conflict, and Political Transformation in Southeast Asia

Islam, Conflict, and Political Transformation in Southeast...

Author: Ahmad Suaedy ,  James B. Hoesterey
ISBN: 9789819554720
Format: Hardback
$336.35

This books explores several dimensions of conflict and transformation in Southeast Asian Islam, with a particular...  Read More >>

Shelf Life: A Journey Through the Past, Present & Future of Bookselling and Publishing in Britain

Shelf Life: A Journey Through the Past, Present & Future...

Author: Michael Robb
ISBN: 9781837052592
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A love letter to the world of books  Read More >>

Overlords: A Study Where Physics Meets the Muse of History: Volume 1 Oppression and Roads to War

Overlords: A Study Where Physics Meets the Muse of History:...

Author: Peter Richmond ,  Bertrand Roehner
ISBN: 9789819562671
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book examines the driving forces that lead to civil wars and revolutions. The authors’ approach differs from...  Read More >>

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Author: Sergio Armando Gallegos Ordorica (John Jay College of Criminal Justice)
ISBN: 9781009189538
Format: Paperback
$46.58

This Element focuses on the villancicos (or choral poems) of the Novohispanic philosopher Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz....  Read More >>

Do Not Go Gentle: The Case Against Assisted Death

Do Not Go Gentle: The Case Against Assisted Death

Author: Kathleen Stock
ISBN: 9780349136646
Format: Hardback
$55.00

A punchy, rigorous take on the moral dangers of assisted suicide from a secular point of view.  Read More >>

Fish Cars and Fish Culture: Railroads and Sport Fishing in America

Fish Cars and Fish Culture: Railroads and Sport Fishing...

Author: R. W. Hafer
ISBN: 9781496235145
Format: Paperback
$64.99

Fish Cars and Fish Culture explores how the railroad industry aided the U.S. Fish Commission, created in 1871, in...  Read More >>

Against Affect

Against Affect

Author: Lisa Downing
ISBN: 9781496242303
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Against Affect interrogates shibboleths of feeling and reason and their relationship with ideas of identity, gender,...  Read More >>

Moral and Theological Virtues of the Oppressed: Practicing Salim in the Face of Violence

Moral and Theological Virtues of the Oppressed: Practicing...

Author: Wonchul Shin
ISBN: 9781978710986
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This book focuses on discovering particular moral and theological virtues of the oppressed embodied in their daily...  Read More >>

The Symbolism of Holiness: Holy Being and Holy Living Interpreted Through Paul Ricoeur's Philosophical Anthropology

The Symbolism of Holiness: Holy Being and Holy Living...

Author: Curtis Lee Jr.
ISBN: 9781666959475
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Through a reading of Paul Ricoeur’s hermeneutics, this book explores how Judeo-Christian holiness emerges in both...  Read More >>

Ukrainian Border Dialects in Belarusian-Russian Contact Areas: Characteristics and Trends

Ukrainian Border Dialects in Belarusian-Russian Contact...

Author: Salvatore Del Gaudio
ISBN: 9781666960822
Format: Hardback
$240.00

This is a comprehensive analysis of the border dialects spoken in the Ukrainian-Belarusian-Russian border area (northwest...  Read More >>

A Vernacular Theology of Diaspora: Everyday Speech, Street-Smart Spirituality, and the Christian Maum

A Vernacular Theology of Diaspora: Everyday Speech,...

Author: So Jung Kim
ISBN: 9781666948653
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This book explores how language-in-use shapes the soul, identity, and spirituality of Asian American Christian women...  Read More >>

Transforming Darkness into Light: A Holocaust Survivor’s Lessons in Fighting Hate

Transforming Darkness into Light: A Holocaust Survivor’s...

Author: Rabbi Philip Lazowski ,  Suzanne Batchelor Pinkes
ISBN: 9798765167748
Format: Hardback
$50.00

Rabbi Philip Lazowski, 95, survived the Holocaust as a child to become a rabbi in America. In Transforming Darkness...  Read More >>

Dressing the Queen: Two Hundred Years of Makers and Monarchy

Dressing the Queen: Two Hundred Years of Makers and...

Author: Kate Strasdin
ISBN: 9781784745332
Format: Hardback
$65.00

Royal laundresses, corset-makers and professional feather curlers- the hidden story of the people who designed,...  Read More >>

Sandra Day O'Connor: How an Arizona Cowgirl Became the First Woman Supreme Court Justice

Sandra Day O'Connor: How an Arizona Cowgirl Became the...

Author: Nancy Hendricks (Independent Scholar, USA) ,  Peg A. Lamphier (California State Polytechnic University, USA)
ISBN: 9798765126356
Format: Hardback
$116.00

An introduction to the workings and legacy of the US Supreme Court through the life of the first woman on America's...  Read More >>

Indigenous Heritage in Siberia: The Power of Objects

Indigenous Heritage in Siberia: The Power of Objects...

Author: Dr Nadezhda Mamontova (University of Birmingham, UK) ,  Dr Dmitriy Oparin (University of Bordeaux, France)
ISBN: 9781350507166
Format: Hardback
$180.00

This book details Siberian indigenous heritage for the first time and demonstrates its implications for religious...  Read More >>

A Poetic History: Islamic and Japanese Parallels in Film

A Poetic History: Islamic and Japanese Parallels in...

Author: David Sander
ISBN: 9781666931341
Format: Hardback
$180.00

This book uses the medium of film to explore poetic history as a subtle form of psychology expressed within Islamic...  Read More >>

Theatre of Fire: Special Effects in Early English and Scottish Theatre

Theatre of Fire: Special Effects in Early English and...

Author: Dr Philip Butterworth (University of Leeds, UK)
ISBN: 9781350565432
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This revised edition investigates first-hand evidence of the use of special effects in fire and flame in medieval...  Read More >>

Telegraph Railway Codes: 1905–1946

Telegraph Railway Codes: 1905–1946

Author: Deborah Susman
ISBN: 9781851246724
Format: Hardback
$19.99

This quirky book, drawn from code books published in the UK, America, Australia and the former British Empire, provides...  Read More >>

Theology, Religion, and Twin Peaks

Theology, Religion, and Twin Peaks

Author: John Anthony Dunne ,  Kris Song
ISBN: 9781978716711
Format: Hardback
$190.00

This volume engages the religious, theological, spiritual, and supernatural elements of Twin Peaks.  Read More >>

Let Go: 50 Lessons from Japanese Minimalism to Set You Free

Let Go: 50 Lessons from Japanese Minimalism to Set You...

Author: Daisuke Yosumi
ISBN: 9781805465614
Format: Hardback
$39.99

A Pioneering Classic of Japanese Minimalism and a Japanese Bestseller published in English for the first time.  Read More >>

Diachronic Narratology in Greek Myth

Diachronic Narratology in Greek Myth

Author: Silvio Bär (University of Oslo)
ISBN: 9781009474986
Format: Hardback
$142.31

This Element explores Greek mythology through diachronic narratology, focusing on how stories evolve over time....  Read More >>

Iran and the Bomb: The United States, Iran, and the Nuclear Question

Iran and the Bomb: The United States, Iran, and the...

Author: Sina Azodi
ISBN: 9780755659906
Format: Hardback
$140.00

The first book to trace the development of Iran’s nuclear program in the broader context of its relationship with...  Read More >>

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