Forthcoming Books (38)
Africa in Russian Imperial Culture: Race, Empire, and Representation (1850-1917)
- Anita Frison
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This volume uncovers how Sub-Saharan Africa was imagined in Russian culture from 1850 to 1917. Drawing on travelogues, ethnographic studies, fiction, and museum collections, Anita Frison reveals how Russiaâthough lacking formal colonies in Africaânonetheless engaged deeply with Western colonial discourse.al-DÄnÄ«'s TaysÄ«r fÄ« al-qirÄÊŸÄt al-sabÊż: A Translation with Linguistic Commentary
- Marijn van Putten
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A Multi-polar Approach to Early Christian Arabic: Vatican Arabic Ms 13 in the Linguistic Landscape of Early Islam
- Phillip W. Stokes
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This volume offers the most comprehensive linguistic analysis to date of Vatican Arabic MS 13, a late 9th/early 10th-century Arabic Gospel manuscript. Combining meticulous quantitative study with wide-ranging comparative evidence, this book provides an in-depth examination of the manuscript's orthography, phonology, morphology, morpho-syntax, and syntax. Through extensive charts, tables, and multiple interpretive frameworks, the author illuminates how linguistic features pattern across every dimension relevant to accurate analysis.- Architecture
'An Extension of Ourselves': Richard Neutra, Embodiment, and Nature
- Barbara Lamprecht
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Applied Creative Research: Arts' Innovation in Social Sectors
- Elena SĂĄnchez VizcaĂno Flys
- Monique MartĂnez
- Sonia Castillo Ballen
- Fabrice Corrons
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A Society of Meta-Organizations
- HĂ©loĂŻse Berkowitz
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Our contemporary societies are made of meta-organizations â organizations composed of other organizations. These range from international bodies like the International Whaling Commission, to national industry or business associations like the crowdfunding association Finance Participative France, to local associations such as fisheries co-management committees in Catalunya. Meta-organizations have become a defining feature of how actors coordinate, govern and make collective decisions. But what exactly makes them distinct, and why do they matter â both in theory and in practice?Benjamin Franklin, Orthoepist and Phonetician: Insights into the Genesis of Colonial American-English Phonology
- Gary D. German
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Benjamin Franklin has been hailed as an inventor, scientist, printer, author, philosopher, diplomat, philanthropist and political activist and, especially, a founding father of the United States, but few are aware he was also a phonetician. This volume offers a groundbreaking exploration of Franklinâs little-studied linguistic legacyâhis Reformed Mode of Spelling (1768/1779). In this short treatise, Franklin outlined a plan for a radical, phonetically-based modernization of the English spelling system that would simultaneously serve as a pronunciation guide for what he envisaged to be 'correct' English as well as a practical scheme allowing the unlettered and foreigners to learn to read and write âwithin a weekâ. The social and sociolinguistic reasons for its inception as well as what that model entailed linguistically are the focus of this book.- Environmental Studies
- Textbooks and Learning Guides
Biologie de la conservation en Afrique subsaharienne: 2Ăšme Ă©dition
- John W. Wilson
- Richard B. Primack
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Ce livre, publiĂ© par Open Book Publishers, est disponible gratuitement au format PDF. La dĂ©cision des auteurs de rendre ce livre en libre accĂšs est remarquable, dâautant plus que cela permet dâattribuer Ă lâouvrage une importance majeure dans le domaine de la conservation et de la biodiversitĂ© en Afrique et par les africains. Je recommande ce manuel aux Ă©tudiants africains, au personnel chargĂ© de la conservation, aux responsables politiques et Ă toute personne intĂ©ressĂ©e par la conservation de la nature. La distribution gratuite assure un large lectorat parmi les universitaires, chercheurs et autres professionnels africains de l'environnement. Ce volume offre une rare opportunitĂ© d'accĂšs Ă la recherche sur la biodiversitĂ© en Afrique, et les informations fournies peuvent ĂȘtre utilisĂ©es non seulement pour amĂ©liorer la collaboration intra-africaine en matiĂšre de recherche mais Ă©galement pour renforcer les capacitĂ©s locales et rĂ©gionales en matiĂšre de recherche sur le continent. Cet ouvrage est actuellement la publication la plus complĂšte sur la conservation en Afrique. Il constitue un point de rĂ©fĂ©rence pour les spĂ©cialistes de l'environnement, les biologistes de la faune et vie sauvage, les conservateurs et les responsables politiques qui travaillent sur l'environnement ainsi que sur la faune et vie sauvage en Afrique ; il est appelĂ© Ă devenir un classique.Book of Hours in the Form of a Roll (Egerton 3044), Bruges Scribe Johannes de Ecclesia, and the Art of Writing
- Kathryn M. Rudy
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Johannes de Ecclesia was a prominent medieval-era scribe known to have worked for a largely Catalan-speaking clientele in late fourteenth century Bruges.
This short-form book highlights the extent of de Ecclesiaâs little-acknowledged influence on the scribal practice of Late Medieval Europe; an in-depth exploration of the scribeâs art, it undertakes a considered analysis of two of his major surviving works, as well as a third manuscript he may have authored. Interrogating de Ecclesiaâs under-studied role in the aesthetic development of the prayer book genre during the late fourteenth century and beyond, this book submits evidence for the emergence of bilingual text, a variety of unusual letterforms, and ornamental textual features as product of de Ecclesiaâs possible exposure to a wide range of courtly and ecclesiastical texts in as diverse locations as Avignon, Paris, and England.Colour matters: Exploring Chromatic Materialities in the Long Nineteenth Century (1798-1914)
- Stefano Evangelista
- Charlotte Ribeyrol
- Matthew Winterbottom
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Colour Matters provides a fresh investigation of colour in the long nineteenth century. Across fourteen richly researched essays, the book explores the materiality, politics, and sensory experience of colourâfrom synthetic dyes and chrome pigments to the role of colour in medicine, gender, empire, and identity. By weaving together art history, literature, anthropology, science, and conservation, the contributors reveal a dynamic world where chromatic experimentation shaped aesthetics, technology, and social life. Colour Matters offers an essential contribution to colour studies and the humanitiesâ material turn, showing how pigment and perception illuminate both past and present.- Environmental Studies
- Textbooks and Learning Guides
Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa: 2nd Edition
- John W. Wilson
- Richard B. Primack
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Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa is the definitive open-access textbook on essential conservation issues in the region. Now in its updated Second Edition, this prizewinning volume, which can be downloaded for free, is an invaluable resource for university courses, as well as a handy guide for professionals working to halt the increasing loss of biodiversity.Eine Rekonstruktion der lateinischen GesÀnge der Frankfurter Dirigierrolle und des Frankfurter Passionsspiels
- Peter Macardle
- Henrike LĂ€hnemann
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Das aus dem Nachlass von Peter Macardle herausgegebene Werk bietet die erste vollstĂ€ndige Rekonstruktion der musikalischen Schicht der Frankfurter Dirigierrolle und des Frankfurter Passionsspiels â zweier zentraler Handschriften der mittelalterlichen deutschen Passionsspieltradition. Die Dirigierrolle, eine Regierolle aus dem 14. Jahrhundert, sowie ihr Pendant aus dem 15. Jahrhundert enthalten nur die Spieltexte, ohne ausnotierte Melodien. Macardle rekonstruiert vorbildhaft die Musik von 161 GesĂ€ngen, wobei er sich auf diözesanspezifische liturgische Praktiken sowie auf eine breite Basis an mittelalterlichen deutschen Spielen stĂŒtzt.Eliza Giffard: Family, Home, Library and Novels
- Jonathan E. Hill
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This volume offers a richly textured portrait of a woman, a house, and a remarkable country-house library at the turn of the nineteenth century. Drawing on the substantial family archives of the Giffards of Nerquis Hall (Flintshire, Wales), Jonathan E. Hill reconstructs the formation, use, and afterlife of Eliza Giffardâs library, situating it within the social world of an unmarried heiress, her household, and her wider community.Embedding Ethics and Sustainability in Mathematics Teaching: Rationale, Methods, Exercises, Projects
- Maurice Chiodo
- Dennis MĂŒller
- Rehan Shah
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This groundbreaking book offers the first-ever comprehensive collection of resources for embedding ethics and sustainability into undergraduate mathematics education. Designed for use in first- and second-year university courses in Mathematics and related fieldsâsuch as Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, and Economicsâit features a unique selection of exercises, homework problems, and project ideas that seamlessly integrate ethical and sustainable considerations into standard mathematical content.From the Margins: Migrant Academicsâ Narratives of Precarity
- Ladan Rahbari
- Olga Burlyuk
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'From the Margins: Migrant Academicsâ Narratives of Precarity' is the much-anticipated second volume following 'Migrant Academicsâ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe' published in 2023 and available at https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0331. This new collection deepens and expands the conversation on the lived experiences of migrant academics navigating global academia. Maintaining the autoethnographic and narrative approach of the first volume, From the Margins brings together diverse voices that challenge the Eurocentric framing of academic mobility by extending the focus beyond Europe to contexts such as the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Africa, and the Middle East.- Classics: Latin Textbooks
- Textbooks and Learning Guides
- Women and Gender Studies
Heroines of Greek and Roman Myth: An intermediate Latin Reader
- Maxwell Teitel Paule
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This volume offers students a fresh approach to reading Latin through the lens of womenâs stories in classical myth. The stories, carefully adapted from ancient sources, progress in grammatical and stylistic difficulty, beginning with accessible prose and gradually building toward the complexity of authentic classical Latin. Drawing on Dickinson Collegeâs Latin Core Vocabulary, the book ensures that learners are practicing the most useful words, while less common terms are glossed in-line to promote fluid reading rather than constant translation.- Psychology and Psychoanalysis
Historicizing IQ Testing: Intelligence Assessments and their Role in Norwegian Society from the 1900s to the Present
- HĂ„kon Aamot Caspersen
- Jon RĂžyne Kyllingstad
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Intelligence testing has shaped modern society in profound ways, influencing education, psychology, law, and governance. This volume offers the first comprehensive study of the history of IQ testing in a Nordic country, shedding new light on its development, adaptation, and societal impact in Norway.Laokoon, or: On the Boundaries of Painting and Poetry: (with notes and Paralipomena)
- Hugh Barr Nisbet
- Rosamond McKitterick
- Roger Paulin
- Michael Squire
- George Pliotis
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This volume presents a new English translation of Laokoon and the first English translation of the Paralipomena, both by the late H. B. Nisbet, the distinguished scholar of the German Enlightenment. Nisbetâs translation, recovered from his papers and prepared for publication by his colleagues, is accompanied by contextual materials reflecting his lifelong engagement with Lessing, Kant, Hegel, and Herder.Make/Unmake: Play at the Centre of Culture Change
- Anna Beresin
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Anna Beresinâs 'Make/Unmake' is an engaging and deeply original exploration of childrenâs play as a powerful cultural force. Drawing on ethnographic research and vivid travel writing, the author journeys to the Midlands region of England to observe three remarkable play-based programs: a mobile makerspace, an adventure playground, and an artist collective. She captures the voices of playworkers and the ingenuity of children improvising with loose materialsâturning small objects into tools of imagination and change.Microscopic Life in Early-Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Literature and Performance
- Liliane Campos
- Sarah Bouttier
- François-Joseph Lapointe
- Sarah Montin
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This volume provides a groundbreaking interdisciplinary collection exploring how literature and performance engage with life at microscopic scales. Responding to an era dominated by planetary thinking, the volume turns attention to the invisible biological dimensions that shape our imagination of life, community, and ecology. Drawing from North American and European case studies, the volumeâs essays and creative works examine how fiction, poetry, theatre, dance, installation art and museum practices render microbial and cellular processes perceptible, to enable new ethical and political relationships across species and scales.Music and Dances from Central Nepal: The Works of Subi Shah
- Anna Marie Stirr
- Mason Brown
- Hikmat Khadka
- Lochan Rijal
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In this book, performer, educator, and writer Subi Shah presents an essential commentary and analysis of Himalayan folk music and performance. Having documented his musical tradition since the 1960s, Shah has created in-depth analyses of song, dance, music, poetry, and drama within their local and spiritual contexts. Shahâs detailed contribution to this field is invaluable reading for students, scholars, and musicians alike.Neomania: How Our Obsession With Innovation is Failing Science, and How to Restore Trust
- Krist Vaesen
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Drawing on metascience as well as the philosophy and sociology of science, Neomania offers a critical analysis of how this ethos has permeated the norms and institutions of modern science. The book traces its historical emergence, diagnoses its systemic consequences, and articulates a reform agenda centered on coordination, shared research programs, and epistemic integrityâan agenda that goes well beyond the principles of Open Science.Ottoman-Era Documents from the Cairo Genizah
- Jane Hathaway
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This groundbreaking volume marks a rare and transformative contribution to studies of the Cairo Genizah, a vast trove of documents generated by Egyptâs Jewish community between the 10th and 19th centuries. While the Cairo Genizah has long yielded extraordinary insights into Jewish history in the greater Mediterranean region, attention has focused overwhelmingly on documents from the âclassicalâ period (11thâ13th centuries). Documents from the later period, when Egypt was ruled by the Mamluk Sultanate and the Ottoman Empire, remain woefully underexplored. This book helps to change that, presenting a meticulously curated collection of later Genizah documents that expand the boundaries of current scholarship.Passivisation in Semitic, Iranian, Armenian, and Beyond
- Paul M. Noorlander
- Hiwa Asadpour
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This volume brings together research on passive voice constructions in low-resource languages of Western Asia, a region marked by extraordinary linguistic diversity as well as a long history of cultural suppression and marginalization. The contributions showcase the passive voice in Semitic, Iranian, Armenian, Greek, and Turkic languages, many of which are endangered, understudied, or confined to diaspora communities and disappearing language islands. Education and cultural expression in these languages remained heavily restricted across parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran, underscoring the urgent need for documentation and revitalization.Pietro Giannone (1676â1748): The Tragedy of a Historian and the Inquisition: His Autobiography, translated with commentary by Therese Ridley
- ThérÚse Ridley
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This edition, translated and annotated by Therese Ridley, not only renders the full autobiography accessible to English readers for the first time, but contextualizes it within modern Italian scholarship. Each chapter is enriched with appendices that include critical sources, commentary, and related correspondence, illuminating the people, events, and philosophical struggles that defined Giannoneâs world.Science in the Salon: Atoms and Animals in Madeleine de ScudĂ©ryâs 'Conversations' (1680â92): An Essay and Translation
- Helena Taylor
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Madeleine de ScudĂ©ry (1607â1701) was a celebrated seventeenth-century novelist and essayist, yet her engagement with natural philosophy and the sciences has been largely overlooked. This volume presents the first English translation of 'The Story of Two Chameleons' (1688) and situates it within ScudĂ©ryâs broader scientific and philosophical writing. Beyond this seminal text, the book explores her reflections on atomism, natural history, and epistemology, revealing her critical engagement with cutting-edge theories of her time, including a challenge to the Cartesian âanimal-machineâ hypothesis.- Reference Books
- Architecture
- Textbooks and Learning Guides
Spaces for Action: A Repository of Tools and Methods for a Socially Situated Architectural Education
- Guido Cimadomo
- Ingrid C. Vargas DĂaz
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'Spaces for Action' provides a hands-on guide for teachers and students looking to make architectural learning more engaging, collaborative, and socially meaningful.
The book brings together over 80 creative tools that can be adapted to different classrooms, communities, and design challenges. The tools are grouped by teaching approachesâlike cooperative teamwork, experiential learning, and transformative practicesâand by the stages of the design process: identifying challenges, generating ideas, and putting them into action. Each entry gives a clear overview of what the tool is for, how it works, and what you need to make it happen. Youâll also find tips on group sizes, resources, and possible collaborators, making it easy to bring these methods straight into practice.The American Archipelago: A New Edition of Oscar Handlinâs Classic Anthology, 'This Was America'
- Oscar Handlin
- Kenneth Weisbrode
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The collection at hand, Handlinâs classic anthology 'This Was America', first published in 1949, gathers Europeansâ travel accounts and perspectives on America from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Rather than presenting a single narrative, Handlin emphasizes variety: contrasting impressions of liberty and inequality, restlessness and rootedness, optimism and critique by people arriving from diverse European backgrounds. His free translations and selective introductions guide readers subtly but leave interpretation open. Over time, these essays shift meaning depending on contextâonce read as a celebration of American life, they now invite more critical reflection. This new edition reimagines America not as a singular whole but as an âarchipelagoâ: a collection of diverse experiences, perceptions, and contradictions. The metaphor underscores the interplay between unity and multiplicity in American identity.The Diaries of Anthony Hewitson, Provincial Journalist, Volume 2: 1891â1912
- Andrew Hobbs
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Andrew Hobbsâs introduction and footnotes provide background and analysis of these valuable documents. This full scholarly edition offers a wealth of new information about reporting, freelancing, sub-editing, newspaper ownership and publishing, and illuminates aspects of Victorian periodicals and culture extending far beyond provincial newspapers.The Doctrine of One
- Michael Beckerman
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This volume is a bold and original meditation on how we interpret art, music, and cultureâand what it means to listen, see, and feel differently from others. Drawing on Czech history and aesthetics, the book moves from filmmaker Hugo Haasâs coded tributes to his murdered brother, to the haunting ex libris designs of Josef VĂĄchal, to the deeply personal resonances of Schubertâs chamber music, DvoĆĂĄkâs cello concerto, and Gideon Kleinâs tragic TerezĂn Trio. Across these vivid case studies, the author asks whether meaning in art can ever be sharedâor whether it always belongs to the individual observer.The Sentencing of Jesus (Gzar-dina de-Yeshu): The 'Authentic' Jewish Protocols of the Trial of Jesus
- Gideon Bohak
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By reconstructing an ancient polemical text that has previously been known only in a fragmentary manner, and by situating it both within its Late Antique context and in the context of previous scholarship, this book makes a significant contribution to the study of Judaism, and of Jewish-Christian relations, in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.The World of Tradition: A Global Perspective on Folklore and Ethnology
- Simon J. Bronner
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This landmark volume features over 45 prominent scholars from all over the world who assess knowledge of international folklore and ethnology in the twenty-first century and ways to enhance global cultural understanding in the future. They cover issues of globalism from the ancient past to the present, migration and diffusion, and comparative genres and traditional practices. It is the most comprehensive reference on international folkloristic and ethnological studies ever produced.Thinking-Through Voyant Subtitle: Hands-on Text Analysis and Visualization
- Geoffrey Rockwell
- Ayushi Khemka
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This book introduces readers to Voyant Tools, one of the most widely used open-access text analysis platforms. Voyantâs opennessâits free web interface, downloadable local installation, and fully available source codeâhas made it central to major initiatives in text analysis.Two Priors and a Princess: St Frideswide in Twelfth-Century Oxford
- Andrew Dunning
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Two Priors and a Princess presents a fresh assessment of the manuscript evidence with translations that are easily accessible to non-specialists. It is essential reading for students and scholars of medieval literature, as well as social and religious historians. It will be of particular value to readers interested in medical explanations and mental health in the Middle Ages; in the probative functions and stylistic development of the genres of hagiography and miracle collections; and in the function and definition of the âsupernaturalâ in medieval England.Verbal Multi-Word Expressions in Corpus Languages: Data, Methodology, and Analysis
- Victoria Beatrix Fendel
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This volume brings together a diverse, interdisciplinary cohort of scholars to shed new light on verbal multi-word expressions in corpus languages such as Greek, Latin, and Egyptian. Addressing in particular corpora related to in-groups, which are often overlooked due to entrenched research traditions or limited accessibility, the volume makes these corpora newly visible and methodologically relevant.