Since Raphael’s death in 1520, his artworks have been the object of a frantic, centuries-long search. This landmark book is the first to explore this phenomenon, tracing the transmission of his art through inheritance, sales, swaps, and shady transactions.
The European Union and the New Perfect Storm
The European crisis is a “perfect storm” affecting all levels of our lives. But what is old, and what is new in the EU today? This volume demonstrates that old issues remain unsolved, new challenges have emerged, and the crisis is no longer a short moment, but a permanence.
The Psychology of Pandemics
While virologists predict the next pandemic, little attention has been paid to the psychological factors that influence the spread of infection, emotional distress, and social disruption. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the psychology of pandemics.
Perspectives on Discourse Analysis
This guide provides the theoretical knowledge and empirical tools for Discourse Analysis. Conceived as a university course, it is useful for anyone who wants to acquire the skills to analyze any type of discourse, from medical to computer-mediated.
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe
This history documents the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Eastern Europe. It compares their survival under different political systems, from dictatorships to modern Russia, where a renewed ban has returned Soviet-era conditions of repression.
Child life specialists need research skills, but few resources exist. Combining clinical examples with advice from seasoned researchers, this text guides you from identifying a clinical question to reporting results and improving patient outcomes.
The first International Handbook of Forest Therapy unites over 50 global experts to define this evidence-based public health approach. Drawing on three decades of research and the latest developments, this milestone work sets the baseline for its worldwide implementation.
Transgender Children and Young People
This collection approaches the current theory and practice of transgendering children. Essays are written against the grain of the popularised medical definition of ‘the transgender child’ as a young person whose ‘true’ gender lies in the brain, or pre-social ‘identity’.
Essays by clinicians, parents, and de-transitioners demonstrate how ‘transgender children’ are invented in medical, social, and political contexts. The authors reveal the harms of transgender ideology and show how adults can intervene to protect young people.
Death by Appointment
Written by doctors with extensive experience in hands-on medical care, this book examines the controversial issue of ‘assisted dying’. While not neutral—they are unconvinced the law needs change—the authors use an evidence-based approach to bring clarity to this complex subject.
Writing Out of Limbo
They are Third Culture Kids. While their global lifestyle offers an expanded worldview, it brings recurring losses. In this collection, writers from around the world explore the search for identity, belonging, and a place to call “home.”
Explorations and Proposals toward Market Socialism and World Government
This book makes a compelling case for misunderstood concepts like market socialism, a Global Marshall Plan, and world government. Blending intellectual and personal history, it is a story of steadfast determination that will resonate with every person with an idealistic vision.
The Globalisation of Modern Architecture
Since 1990, globalisation has driven shifts in global power. As design follows social, political and economic change, this book casts a new light on recent architecture, exploring the tension between universal iconic buildings and the need for local identity.
Fandom At The Crossroads
As “aca-fans” of the television show Supernatural, the authors go behind the scenes with fans, writers, and actors. Their intimate examination explores fan psychology, passion, and shame, revealing the passionate relationship between a cult show and its fans.
Under the guise of protection, Britain overran, plundered and disempowered the kingdom of Buganda. Based on newly de-classified records, this book reconstructs the machinations of British rule in Uganda, demonstrating how its colonial past shapes its future.
Biohistory
Western civilisation is on a path to destruction. This isn’t scaremongering – it is science.
A revolutionary new theory links human biology with the rise and fall of civilisations—a cataclysmic relationship that brought all other Empires to their knees.
Daughters of the Nile
Highlighting pioneering and ground-breaking Egyptian women that the media have overlooked and ignored, this collection shatters the monolithic and unflattering stereotype of contemporary Egyptian women as victims, uneducated and uncivilized, dominated by men.
Muses and Measures
This book is required reading for humanistic disciplines. Too often, scholars present theories without knowing how to test them empirically. In an engaging way, the authors teach statistics, leading students through projects to analyze their own gathered data.
An essential guide for practitioners and students in Aesthetic Medicine and Cosmetic Surgery. This book defines new technologies, reviews traditional therapies, and sets a new consensus for the field. Topics include energy-based devices, injectables, and common cosmetic surgery.
The most comprehensive textbook on equine dentistry and maxillofacial surgery ever published, this guide includes major scientific advances and detailed surgical techniques. Written by the world’s most prominent specialists, it is essential reading for all equine veterinarians.