After years of obscurity, Anna Maria Ortese (1914-1998) is emerging as one of the most important Italian authors of the...... more

Among the roughly 30,000 species of fish, migratory species account for only 165 species, but most o... more

This book unmasks the neoliberal ideology that led modern civilization to withdraw from its previous... more

Offering a wide range of critical perspectives, this volume explores the moral, ideological and lite... more

This book unmasks the neoliberal ideology that led modern civilization to withdraw from its previous... more

Urban climate change is a crossroads in two very different senses. One is historical. With the world... more

Since the recent republication of her novel The Squatter and the Don, María Amparo Ruiz de Burton (1... more

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult l... more

From the invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 through to the waning months of the Second World War in 1945, ... more

This book investigates the construction of identity and the precarity of the self in the work of the... more

Maria Machado is a display of the most boundary-pushing, genre-blurring, stylistically singular science fiction and fantasy...... more

Maria Machado "Prominent issues of social justice and cultural strife are woven thematically throughout 12 stories. Stories...... more

Dynastic Change: Legitimacy and Gender in Medieval and Early Modern Monarchy examines the strategies... more

This book evaluates the impact of 20 years of urban policies in six Latin American countries: Argent... more

Dynastic Change: Legitimacy and Gender in Medieval and Early Modern Monarchy examines the strategies... more

The variety in contemporary philosophical and aesthetic thinking as well as in scientific and experi... more

Women accomplish nearly two-thirds of total work around the world (including household duties), comp... more

Tourism can take many different forms and types but increasingly it is viewed as one of the most inn... more

Plants that Fight Cancer, Second Edition, is a compilation that reviews cancer treatment and researc... more

Tourism can take many different forms and types but increasingly it is viewed as one of the most inn... more

Pragmatic Variation in Service Encounter Interactions across the Spanish-Speaking World expands the ... more

Exploring Russian as a pluricentric language, this book provides a panoramic view of its use within ... more

Greek epigram is a remarkable poetic form. The briefest of all ancient Greek genres, it is also the ... more

Nutrients in Beverages, Volume Twelve, in the Science of Beverages series, introduces the role of nu... more

Functional and Medicinal Beverages, Volume Eleven, in the Science of Beverages series, discusses one... more

Sports and Energy Drinks, Volume 10 in The Science of Beverages series, is the first single-volume r... more

Covers both the theory and practical aspects of recent advances in optics, photonics, and laser tech... more

This volume discusses gardens as designed landscapes of mediation between nature and culture, embody... more

Milk-Based Beverages, Volume 9 in The Science of Beverages series, presents current status, developm... more

Covers a wide range of topics from the foundations of compliance and the legitimacy and regulatory c... more

This edited collection of case studies from around the globe, seeks to shed light on existing practi... more

This edited collection explores the ways in which the 2008/2009 social and economic crisis in Southe... more

This volume presents a crosslinguistic survey of the current theoretical debates around copular cons... more

This volume presents a crosslinguistic survey of the current theoretical debates around copular cons... more

An exploration of the connections between feminine consciousness and altered states from ancient tim... more

Drawing on expertise in art history, exhibition studies and cultural studies as well as politics and... more

Medium-sized language communities face competition between local and global languages such as Spanis... more

Offers a multidisciplinary approach to the Dispute Settlement System Brings together legal scholars ... more

The volume deals with valency phenomena in verbs and complex deverbal lexical structures (nominaliza... more

Nowadays, managing and promoting diversity is of paramount importance to the future of sustainabilit... more

Caffeinated and Cocoa Based Beverages, Volume Eight in The Science of Beverages series, covers one o... more

Alcoholic Beverages, Volume Seven in The Science of Beverages series, is a multidisciplinary resourc... more

Can we learn without knowing we are learning? To what extent is our behavior influenced by things we... more

Can we learn without knowing we are learning? To what extent is our behavior influenced by things we... more

Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Nanobiomaterials in Tissue Engineering highlights the impact o... more

Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Hydrogels and Polymer-Based Scaffolds discusses the use of a w... more

Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Nanomaterials-Based Drug Delivery highlights the progress made... more

This special issue collects selected contributions (excluding general lectures) of a Symposium on "M... more

Adopting a strategic approach to risk management can maximize competitiveness and profitability. Tot... more

Divided into three parts (Tradition; Interpretation; Reception), this multi-contributed book aims to... more

Late Byzantium Reconsidered offers a unique collection of essays analysing the artistic achievements... more

Nonalcoholic Beverages, Volume Six in The Science of Beverages series, offers a wide-range of knowle... more

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Chapter 1. European Didactic Traditions in Mathematics: Introduction and Overview.- Chapter 2. The F... more

supported current and past innovations in teacher education? Maria Teresa Tatto and Ian Menter explore international variability...... more

This contributed volume addresses the future development of space law in light of our ever-growing s... more