Notions

Notions is a fascinating insight into the journey of working-class people through an elite and professional environment that is ill-prepared to received them, despite institutional and sectoral claims to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Justice for trans athletes

Bringing insights from sociology, philosophy, science and law, contributors present cogent analyses of these developments and explore the way forward, providing thoughtful and original recommendations for changes to policies and practices that are inclusive, innovative and democratic.

School-to-school collaboration

Taking a global perspective, the chapters within this book follow a common framework to explore how macro-level factors help to create the conditions in which school-to-school collaboration is likely to succeed or fail ‘on the ground’.

Leadership learning as a way to thrive

Leadership Learning as a Way to Thrive explores the dynamic connection between personal thriving and leadership learning. This timely and thought-provoking book invites students to reimagine leadership learning as a catalyst for well-being.

Agents of innovation

What does it mean to innovate? What skills are needed? What thought processes are involved? Answers to these questions can be found in the real-life stories of Agents of Innovation.

Gen z around the world

Gen Z Around the World incorporates research from eighty-one countries to provide a holistic view of Generation Z. The researchers present chapters on everything ranging from communication, happiness, and learning styles to emotional wellbeing, career values, and social change.

Defining rape culture

From #notallmen to #MeToo, this book acts as an in-depth primer on how these outdated attitudes continue to persist, but also the role we can play in shifting this cultural mindset and create lasting social change.

Intelligent buildings and infrastructure with sustainable and social values

Intelligent Buildings and Infrastructure with Sustainable and Social Values, Third edition is a comprehensive guide to the latest knowledge on the design, management, operation and technology of intelligent buildings and cities for sustainable developments that meet the needs of users now and in ...

Ai-powered business innovation strategies, governance and sustainability

The book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on business innovation strategies and sustainability practices, integrating related theory and practice of AI, technology adoption, management, marketing, sustainable supply chain management and other corporate sustainability strategies.

Normalization of the global far right

Exploring how the boundary between the extremist far right and centre-right parties and politics became blurred, Normalization of the Global Far Right deconstructs one of the most pressing issues of today: the rise of the far right.

Geographies of disaster risk reduction practices

Amid complex socio-environmental crises, this timely volume explores the geographies and socio-spatial ecologies essential for disaster risk reduction and sustainability. It offers a comprehensive look at disaster management fundamentals and real-world case studies on coastal regions.

What science says about astrology

This book aims a scientific lens at astrology, from its colorful history to experimental tests of its predictions through the social and psychological factors that explain its enduring popularity.

Macroevolutionaries

One of the twentieth century’s great paleontologists and science writers, Stephen Jay Gould was, for Bruce S. Lieberman and Niles Eldredge, also a close colleague, mentor, and friend. In Macroevolutionaries, they take up the tradition of Gould’s acclaimed essays on natural history.

Self-realization nation

The story of an unexpected group of performing artists who led one of the most influential artistic movements in contemporary American history.   After World War II, personal fulfillment emerged as a defining American cultural ideal. Self-realization—the quest to become our authentic selves—remai...

The first-gen guide to grad school

A compassionate and encouraging companion, The First-Gen Guide to Grad School has a message for all who aspire to keep learning and developing professionally: You belong. For first-generation college students, navigating undergraduate life is hard enough. But applying to graduate school? That's a...

Cleanish meal prep

Lose weight, build lean muscle, and stay on track with 90 high-protein, flavor-packed recipes and smart meal planning strategies.Tired of boring diet food and strict rules? Cleanish Meal Prep is your ultimate high-protein meal prep guide for building muscle, burning fat, and feeling amazing witho...

The law of presidential impeachment

A clear and comprehensive overview of presidential impeachment from a leading expert in the fieldAs a result of Donald Trump’s presidency, impeachment was once again thrust into the spotlight of American political discussion. However, its history goes back to the very founding of the nation, when...

Legends of the force alphabet

From Luke Skywalker to Darth Vader, Ahsoka Tano to Darth Sidious, Legends of the Force journeys through the galaxy to explore the legendary characters that maintain the delicate balance of The Force. Discover the Jedi and Sith Lords that have inspired generations of fans across the stars.

Wnba legends alphabet

From Sheryl Swoopes to Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi to A’ja Wilson, WNBA Legends Alphabet celebrates the A to Z of MVPs, record-breakers and trailblazers who've redefined basketball. This beautifully crafted book is a slam-dunk for inspiring young girls to dream big and play bold.

Bird alphabet

From Flamingos to Penguins, Hummingbirds to Kookaburras, Alphabet Legends’ Bird Alphabet soars through the A to Z of the world’s most extraordinary feathered creatures. With stunning illustrations and captivating facts, this beautifully crafted book is the perfect companion to help your little le...

Japanese ikebana

The true spirit of Japanese ikebana as revealed by two great masters.Step into a world of quiet beauty through the floral artistry of Japan. Written by the director of a renowned Osaka tea utensils shop and an ikebana master, this richly illustrated book celebrates the harmony between nature, art...

Nonviolence as educational praxis

Nonviolence as Educational Praxis serves as an important resource for educators and practitioners dedicated to enacting meaningful change in their classrooms and communities, reinforcing the urgent need for a worldwide commitment to nonviolence in education in today’s chaotic and violent world.

International handbook of sustainable tourism economy

International Handbook of Sustainable Tourism Economy is a timely and comprehensive handbook that responds to the growing global demand for sustainable practices in the tourism industry.

The future in their hands

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.The Future in Their Hands is a deep history of the politics of foreign education in Mexico, where many influential figures have d...

Travel and wellness

Through a combination of qualitative research, cultural analysis, and stakeholder collaboration, Travel and Wellness Tourism provides a comprehensive framework for understanding how health tourism is a catalyst for both personal and community wellness.

Spiritual tourism and landscape

With an emphasis on the cognitive transformation that often accompanies such travels, Spiritual Tourism and Landscape provides both historical context and practical advice to navigate the complex landscape of contemporary spiritual tourism.

The bera guide to environmental and sustainability education

The BERA Guide to Environmental and Sustainability Education aims to support and foster the development of environmental and sustainability education which is orientated towards action, to achieve a just future for all.

Legacies of the lost in criminology

This powerful and reflective book explores the losses encountered during social research—of people, communities and environments—collectively referred to as The Lost. Drawing on the contributors’ varied research experiences, it gives voice to lives marked by marginalisation, trauma or quiet disap...

Women’s agency and the gothic in spain and the americas

This volume explores the relationship between women and the Gothic in Spain and the Americas through transhispanic and feminist interpretive frameworks. It examines how women writers have engaged and reimagined the Gothic to challenge patriarchal norms and oppressive laws within the frameworks of...

Politics in our veins

Captures the complex journey of how Dominican Americans mobilized to become key progressive players in American politicsDominican Americans are one of the largest and fastest-growing Latinx groups in the United States, with a population that has quadrupled from 517,000 to a little over 2.3 millio...

Ecology and feminism in performance

This book provides the first extensive history of feminism and ecology in performance. It proposes ‘composting’ as a new method for writing feminist history, re-reading canonical artists and analysing contemporary practices to show how performance challenges ecocidal culture from 1962 to the pres...

Does trust matter?

This book provides a fresh perspective by demonstrating how the desire to increase trust in the news can be weaponized against journalists.

Christ the physician in late-medieval religious controversy

A consideration of the allegory of Christ the Divine Physician in medical and religious writings. Discourses of physical and spiritual health were intricately entwined in the Middle Ages, shaping intellectual concepts as well as actual treatment. The allegory of Christ as Divine Physician is an e...

Knowledge of the stasi in the east german literary sphere

The first book to investigate what writers, publishers, and editors knew about the Stasi and how, rethinking the relationship between knowledge, secrecy, intuition, trust, and agency under an authoritarian regime.While much scholarship has explored what the East German Ministry for State Security...

Interracial marriage

This book—based on interviews with and surveys of hundreds of people and informed by the authors’ many decades of experience as therapists and researchers—explores how intermarried couples build lives together.

Dead bees still sting

For readers of Raising Hare and How to Catch a Mole comes a poetic exploration of life at the precarious edge of nature and human settlement.“I loved every gorgeously-written and surprising page.”—Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus“Come for the bees, stay for these beautifully writte...

Beyond botanical

This is not a conventional botanical drawing manual. It is a guide to drawing plants in nature, for anyone who feels there is more to plants than what we usually notice.Beyond Botanical invites you to let plants around you guide the way you draw. By observing, sensing, and being present with the...

Historical performance in baroque music

A practical and scholarly guide to performing Baroque music with historical insight and artistic confidence.This is an in-depth guide to the performance of Baroque music for musicians, listeners, undergraduate and graduate music students, and conservatory and university instructors. Rigorously sc...

From the skyscraper to the wildflower

Presenting striking images from an amateur photographer’s album depicting a changing Broadway, this book offers a rare glimpse into the transformation of New York’s built environment at the turn of the twentieth century.

The long landscape

A filmmaker cycling across the United States reflects upon his connection to other passionate cyclists from 20th-century surrealism, adventuresome high-wheelers, science fiction, and philosophy in this charming and artful travel book.For readers of Rebecca Lowe (The Slow Road to Tehran), Robert P...

Marketing operations

As organizations grapple with fractured processes, siloed data sources, and shifting consumer demands, a marketing operations function that can more effectively bridge strategic goals with measurable outcomes is essential for businesses and marketing teams of all sizes. This book delves into what...

Amsterdam block by block

From its progressive politics and buzzing food scene to its dazzling arts and extreme night life - Amsterdam is one of the most vibrant and popular cities in the world.Vibrantly illustrated and packed with insider-knowledge on the most notable places to eat, what to see, where to walk and what to...

Mathematical methods in artificial intelligence

The series is aimed specifically at publishing peer-reviewed reviews and contributions presented at conferences, workshops, and international seminars as well as edited volumes commemorating and honoring significant achievements by mathematicians. This content covers various topics within pure an...

Fuzzy decision-making algorithms

This book looks at how to combine metaheuristic optimization algorithms and fuzzy decision-making methods to improve the sustainability and effectiveness of supply chains. Mathematical and metaheuristic optimization methods based on natural processes, combined with fuzzy decision-making, enable t...

Praxishandbuch personalgewinnung in bibliotheken

Das moderne Bibliotheks- und Informationswesen setzt sich mit vielfältigen Anforderungen auseinander und entwickelt sich ständig weiter. Die Reihe Bibliotheks- und Informationspraxis greift neue Themen und Fragestellungen auf und will mit Informationen und Erfahrungen aus der Praxis dazu beitrage...

Rasāʾil nisāʾiyya min al-sharq al-qadīm

Bibliotheca Islamica (BI) is the Orient-Institut Beirut’s platform for the critical edition of mainly Arabic texts. The series dates back to 1929, when Hellmut Ritter edited the Kitāb Maqālat al-islamīyīn wa-ḫtilāf al-muṣallīn of Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ašʿarī, a seminal text on dogmatic positions in...

Struktur und umbruch

DEFA-Dokumentarfilme eröffnen in ihrer Vielfalt einen unvergleichlichen Einblick in Gesellschaft und Kultur der DDR. Das breite Spektrum an Produktionen für unterschiedliche Auftraggeber und Zielgruppen bildet in seiner Gesamtheit einen uneinheitlichen und kaum zu überblickenden Filmkorpus, der ...

De gruyter handbook of european union environmental policy

Environmental policy in all of its dimensions represents the response to the clearest and most urgent existential threat to the well-being of the planet and all of the species inhabiting it. The European Union (EU), as both a leading historical and current contributor to this global threat as wel...

Die sammlung der zentralbibliothek zürich

Der Band beschließt die Ausgabe sämtlicher illustrierter Flugblätter der Frühen Neuzeit aus dem Besitz der Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Einige der meist anonymen Blätter sind mit Texten von Johann Fischart, Johann Wilhelm Simler, Johann Michael Moscherosch oder Paul Gerhardt versehen. Die Grafiken s...

Revalorizing occitan in the 21st century

Commentary on aristotle, ›metaphysics‹ (books iv–v)

This is the second of a two-volume edition of Alexander of Aphrodisias' commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics. The new edition, which includes a philosophical and philological introduction, as well as notes on textcritical issues, is based on a critical evaluation of the entire manuscript traditi...

Welcome, little squirrel

Hazelnut the squirrel’s nest was in a hole in a tree, and she had everything ready for Winter: a warm bed made of leaves, a pantry full of nuts, and hundreds of seeds hidden in secret places all over the forest …Winter is just around the corner, and Hazelnut has worked hard to get ready. In her c...

Bienvenida, amiga ardilla

Hazelnut the squirrel’s nest was in a hole in a tree, and she had everything ready for Winter: a warm bed made of leaves, a pantry full of nuts, and hundreds of seeds hidden in secret places all over the forest …Winter is just around the corner, and Hazelnut has worked hard to get ready. In her c...

Applied mathematics for healthcare intelligent systems

The "Mathematical Methods in the Digital Age" (MMDA) series explores the intersection of mathematics and digital technology. Edited and authored by leading experts, it addresses the impact of digital advancements on mathematical theory and practice. Covering topics like algorithmic processes, com...