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Entre el sol y la nieve / Escritos de fin de sig – Between the Sun and Snow / Writing at the End of the Century & Beyond

Entre el sol y la nieve / Escritos de fin de sig – Between...

Author: Myrna Nieves ,  Christopher Hirschmann Bran
ISBN: 9781940939384
Format: Paperback
$41.95

Entre el sol y la nieve: escritos de fin de siglo / Between the Sun and Snow: Writing at the End of the Century...  Read More >>

All Things Become Alive by the Touch of the Parabola: Wolfgang Paalen's Northwest Passage: Wolfgang Paalen's Northwest Passage

All Things Become Alive by the Touch of the Parabola:...

Author: Colin Browne
ISBN: 9781772014082
Format: Paperback
$34.99

All Things Become Alive by the Touch of the Parabola is the first full account of the journey by surrealist artist...  Read More >>

What Can We Learn from the Great Depression?: Stories of Ordinary People & Collective Action in Hard Times

What Can We Learn from the Great Depression?: Stories...

Author: Dana Frank
ISBN: 9780807046906
Format: Hardback
$69.99

""Four stories of resilience, mutual aid, and radical rebellion that will transform how we understand the Great...  Read More >>

Reframing Education Failure and Aspiration: The Rise of the Meritocracy

Reframing Education Failure and Aspiration: The Rise...

Author: Shaun Best (The University of Winchester)
ISBN: 9781447374961
Format: Hardback
$185.00

Education is seen as central to social mobility and equality and, following a drive to raise learners' aspirations,...  Read More >>

When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts, America's Trailblazing Gay Journalist

When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts, America's...

Author: Michael G. Lee
ISBN: 9780914090304
Format: Hardback
$54.99

Randy Shilts was the preeminent LGBTQ+ reporter of his generation. He was the first openly gay reporter assigned...  Read More >>

Victor Ehikhamenor: Chronicles of the Enchanted World

Victor Ehikhamenor: Chronicles of the Enchanted World...

Author: Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
ISBN: 9783791377131
Format: Hardback
$130.00

This visually striking book is the first to explore the oeuvre of the celebrated multidisciplinary Nigerian artist,...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Readings on Tribe and Religions in India: Emerging Negotiations

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Readings on Tribe...

Author: Maguni Charan Behera (Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, India)
ISBN: 9781032522135
Format: Hardback
$452.00

Tribal societies in India observe a diverse set of religious practices which are a quintessential part of their...  Read More >>

We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite

We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions...

Author: Musa al-Gharbi
ISBN: 9780691232607
Format: Hardback
$62.99

Society has never been more egalitarian - in theory. Prejudice is taboo, and diversity is strongly valued. At the...  Read More >>

Inscribing Sovereignties: Writing Community in Native North America

Inscribing Sovereignties: Writing Community in Native...

Author: Phillip H. Round
ISBN: 9781469680682
Format: Hardback
$168.30

In this pathbreaking work, Phillip H. Round reveals how Native North Americans sparked a communications revolution...  Read More >>

Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook

Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook

Author: Ilan Stavans ,  Margaret E. Boyle
ISBN: 9781469682921
Format: Hardback
$68.20

Celebrates the delicious fusion of two culinary traditions: Jewish and Mexican. Written with joy and verve, Ilan...  Read More >>

Eco-Thoughts: Conversations with a Polluted Mind

Eco-Thoughts: Conversations with a Polluted Mind

Author: Anna Lisa Tota (University Roma Tre, Italy)
ISBN: 9781032777474
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book offers ""eco-words"" and ""eco-thoughts"" as itsheds light on the traps that our minds construct for ourselves,...  Read More >>

Home Across Borders: An Ethnography of Sri Lankan Immigrants in Australia

Home Across Borders: An Ethnography of Sri Lankan Immigrants...

Author: Jagath Bandara Pathirage
ISBN: 9781032875705
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book studies how transnational migrants create a sense of home in their host countries. It draws on case studies...  Read More >>

The Migration of Albanians from Montenegro and Kosovo to the United States: In Search of Home

The Migration of Albanians from Montenegro and Kosovo...

Author: Klement R. Camaj (University of the West of Scotland, UK)
ISBN: 9781032630335
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines the ways in which Albanian men, women, and families who have migrated from Montenegro and Kosovo...  Read More >>

My Enemy, My Defender: Al-Qaeda Defended Me When My Government Wouldn't

My Enemy, My Defender: Al-Qaeda Defended Me When My...

Author: Tim Jon Semmerling
ISBN: 9781510781917
Format: Hardback
$59.99

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AI and the Future of Creative Work: Algorithms and Society

AI and the Future of Creative Work: Algorithms and Society...

Author: Michael Filimowicz (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
ISBN: 9781032290645
Format: Paperback
$41.99

This book focuses on the intelligent technologies that are transforming creative practices and industries.  Read More >>

Nation and State in Max Weber: Politics as Sociology

Nation and State in Max Weber: Politics as Sociology...

Author: Jack Barbalet (Australian Catholic University)
ISBN: 9781032408941
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book explores the nationalist and imperialist ideas underlying Max Weber’s sociology, offering a conceptual...  Read More >>

China, Media, and International Conflicts

China, Media, and International Conflicts

Author: Shixin Ivy Zhang (University of Nottingham Ningbo, China.) ,  Altman Yuzhu Peng
ISBN: 9781032198743
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book focuses on China’s media diplomacy and its interplay with a range of international conflicts. It assesses...  Read More >>

The Third Spaces of Digital Religion

The Third Spaces of Digital Religion

Author: Stewart M Hoover ,  Nabil Echchaibi
ISBN: 9780367524814
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This exciting volume uses the spatial metaphor of a third space to explore how religious meaning and identities...  Read More >>

European Audiovisual Policy in Transition

European Audiovisual Policy in Transition

Author: Heritiana Ranaivoson (imec-SMIT-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) ,  Sally Broughton Micova (University of East Anglia, UK)
ISBN: 9781032202228
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book describes and critically addresses the innovations and shifts made in the revision of the Audiovisual...  Read More >>

Egon Schiele and the Art of Popular Illustration

Egon Schiele and the Art of Popular Illustration

Author: Claude Cernuschi
ISBN: 9781032229300
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Presenting a radically different picture of Egon Schiele’s work, this study documents (in one-to-one comparisons)...  Read More >>

Smart Cities: Blockchain-Based Systems, Networks, and Data

Smart Cities: Blockchain-Based Systems, Networks, and...

Author: Jianbin Gao (Uni. Science/Tech, China) ,  Qi Xia (Uni. Science/Tech, China)
ISBN: 9781032266824
Format: Paperback
$96.99

Smart Cities: Blockchain-Based Systems, Networks, and Data examines the various components that make up a smart...  Read More >>

Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration: An Examination of Domestic Work and Domestic Workers’ Experiences in Singapore and Hong Kong

Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration: An...

Author: Shih Joo Tan
ISBN: 9781032168067
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Drawing on original empirical research from Singapore and Hong Kong, Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration...  Read More >>

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