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Memoirs of an Obscure Professor

by Paul F. Boller

During the heyday of McCarthyism, the Chicago Tribune, offended by something he had written, contemptuously dismissed Paul Boller as "an obscure professor" - he was then teaching at Southern Methodist University...


How to Ride Off-Road Motorcycles: Key Skills and Advanced Training for All Off-Road, Motocross, and Dual-Sport Riders

by Gary LaPlante

Off-road riding is one of motorcycling's most popular pursuits and also one of its best training grounds for improving street-riding skills. Off-road riding takes many forms, from motocross and enduro racing,...


The Drift: Affect, Adaptation, and New Perspectives on Fidelity

by John Hodgkins

The Drift: Affect, Adaptation, and New Perspectives on Fidelity offers a new perspective on the complex interrelations between literature and cinema. It does so by articulating an 'affective turn' for adaptation...


Monster Culture in the 21st Century: A Reader

by Marina Levina

In the past decade, our rapidly changing world faced terrorism, global epidemics, economic and social strife, new communication technologies, immigration, and climate change to name a few. These fears and tensions...


The Fire Below: How the Caucasus Shaped Russia

by Robert Bruce Ware

This groundbreaking work examines the complex dynamics of Russia's relations with the Caucasus, revealing the profound effects that Caucasian forces have had upon Russia's development.

Essays show how Georgian...


News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries

by Barrie Gunter

News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries is based on ongoing research at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, and has investigated the rapidly changing...


Day Skipper for Sail and Power

by Alison Noice

Day Skipper for Sail and Power is a major reference book for anyone following the RYA Day Skipper course. Right up to date with new developments and covering all the theory and practical aspects of the RYA Day...


The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson

by Harry Mount

Intelligent, ruthlessly ambitious and prone to gaffes that the press and public take equal delight in, Boris Johnson is the darling of the Tory party. This collection of his wit and wisdom, edited by eminent...


Understanding the Intelligence Cycle

by Mark Phythian

This book critically analyses the concept of the intelligence cycle, highlighting the nature and extent of its limitations and proposing alternative ways of conceptualising the intelligence process.

The concept...


Science and Religion in Mamluk Egypt: Ibn Al-Nafis, Pulmonary Transit and Bodily Resurrection

by Nahyan Fancy

The discovery of the pulmonary transit of blood was a ground-breaking discovery in the history of the life sciences, and a prerequisite for William Harvey's fully developed theory of blood circulation three...


The Social Life of Nanotechnology

by Barbara Herr Harthorn & John W. Mohr

This book addresses the interconnections and tensions between technological development, the social benefits and risks of new technology, and the changing political economy of a global world system as they apply...


Economic Statecraft and Foreign Policy: Sanctions, Incentives, and Target State Calculations

by Jean-Marc F. Blanchard & Norrin M. Ripsman

This book develops a unified theory of economic statecraft to clarify when and how sanctions and incentives can be used effectively to secure meaningful policy concessions.

High-profile applications of economic...


Interpretive Approaches to Global Climate Governance: (De)Constructing the Greenhouse

by Chris Methmann, Delf Rothe & Benjamin Stephan

Global climate change is perceived to be one of the biggest challenges for international politics in the 21st century. This work seeks to fuse a global governance perspective together with different interpretive...


National Perspectives on Russia: European Foreign Policy in the Making?

by Maxine David, Jackie Gower & Hiski Haukkala

This book presents a ground-breaking comparative study of the bilateral relations of all 27 EU member states with Russia and an assessment of their impact on the EU's efforts to conduct a coherent and effective...


Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia: Legacies and Prevention

by Deborah Mayersen & Annie Pohlman

The twentieth century has been labelled the 'century of genocide', and according to estimates, more than 250 million civilians were victims of genocide and mass atrocities during this period. This book provides...


Privacy, Due Process and the Computational Turn: The Philosophy of Law Meets the Philosophy of Technology

by Mireille Hildebrandt & Katja de Vries

Privacy, Due process and the Computational Turn: The Philosophy of Law Meets the Philosophy of Technology engages with the rapidly developing computational aspects of our world including data mining, behavioural...


Justice Reinvestment: Can the Criminal Justice System Deliver More for Less?

by Chris Fox, Kevin Albertson & Kevin Wong

Rising prison numbers on both sides of the Atlantic are cause for concern. Justice Reinvestment is a major movement in criminal justice reform in the US that is also attracting lots of interest in the UK. Justice...


Development Organizations

by Rebecca Schaaf

Continuing debates over the meaning of development and awareness of the persistence of poverty have resulted in increasing concern over how to 'do' development. There are growing numbers of development organizations,...


The Modern Anthropology of India: Ethnography, Themes and Theory

by Peter Berger & Frank Heidemann

The Modern Anthropology of India is an accessible textbook providing a critical overview of the ethnographic work done in India since 1947. It assesses the history of research in each region and serves as a...


Fleeing Homophobia: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Asylum

by Thomas Spijkerboer

Each year, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers apply for asylum in EU Member States.This book considers the position of LGBTI asylum seekers in European asylum...