'Learning involves doinga€|Since action learning suggests that we may best master whatever unknown challenge appears by working with others who seek to triumph in the same way, its programmes should b
For a thing to be real, it must be able to communicate with other things. If this is so, then the problem of being receives a straightforward resolution: to be is to be in communion. So the fundamenta
Fischer (languages, Edinburgh Napier U., UK) presents the first English translation of Nicolaus von Jeroschin's Chronicle of Prussia, written in middle German verse in the mid-14th century as a histor
Numerous Byzantine and Western sources describing the events of the Fourth Crusade have now been translated into English. However, the same is not true for material on Frankish Greece, despite this re
The field of human-machine interaction (HMI), as Boy (director, Human-Centered Design Institute, Florida Institute of Technology) describes it, "attempts to rationalize relevant attributes and categor
Women Artists in Interwar France: Framing Femininities illuminates the importance of the SociActAc des Femmes Artists Modernes, more commonly known as FAM, and returns this group to its proper place i
Drawing largely on handwritten innovation transcriptions of piano-roll recordings, and copies of actual piano rolls by Russian composer Scriabin (1872-1915), Leikin (music, U. of California-Santa Cruz
This volume brings together a set of contributions, many appearing in English for the first time, together with a new introduction, covering the history of the Ethiopian Christian civilization in its
This anthology represents scholarly literature devoted to Handel over the last few decades, and contains different kinds of studies of the composer's biography, operatic career, singers, librettists,
At the beginning of the 19th century, says Waller (art and art history, U. of Missouri-Saint Louis), the academic stereotype of a artist's model was male, and his role off the model stand was irreleva
Presenting a comprehensive survey of the historical underpinnings of baptismal liturgies and theologies, Bryan Spinks presents an ecumenically and geographically wide-ranging survey and discussion of
Cyber Security Culture is a research-based book focusing on cyber security and countermeasures against orchestrated cyber attacks. Reinforced with insights from experts who do not normally release dat
Instead of publishing the proceedings of a symposium held in Heidelberg, Germany in November 2007, the editors decided to shape a more conceptual book, and they describe in the preface their delight i
Between February and September 1988, the Iraqi government destroyed over 2000 Kurdish villages, killing somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 civilians and displacing many more. The operation was coden
Complying with Colonialism presents a complex analysis of the habitual weak regard attributed to the colonial ties of Nordic Countries. It introduces the concept of a€?colonial complicitya€? to explai
The significance of fundamental individual rights to substantive criminal law, criminal procedure law and sentencing law is undeniable for anyone who is familiar with the criminal justice system. The
Traditional critical editing is considered by many to be inadequate for the expression and interpretation of complex works of literature. This book discusses whether and how paradigms for developing a
Percival (French studies, U. of Exeter, the UK) offers a new interpretation of a group of Fragonard paintings that have long mystified scholars, identifying the group of "figures de fantaisie" not as
What do business school graduates learn, and how helpful is it for managing in the everyday, messy reality of organisations? What does it mean to apply 'best practice', or to take up 'evidence-based m
In hope, Christian faith reconfigures the shape of what is familiar in order to pattern the contours of God's promised future. In this process, the present is continuously re-shaped by ventures of hop
