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Gordon Merrick and the Great Gay American Novel is the first biography of Gordon Merrick, the ubiquitous and controversial novelist who inaugurated the tradition of gay romance. The book is a...

The author traces the development of the Democratic and Republican Governors Associations from the 1960s through the 2020 election and argues that by building new party organizations, governors of...

Greening Philosophy of Religion: Process, Ecology, and Ethics imagines ecological democracy as an ideal horizon for facing climate catastrophe, with a radical hope for realizing a more sustainable...

This book analyzes mind-game films and TV series featuring male protagonists who retreat into imagined realities to cope with trauma and grief. It examines their stories of intersecting crises of...

In this book, William Mahan analyzes German feature films and TV series centered around the figure of the computer hacker as a hero over the past twenty-five years. The author introduces the German...

This book analyses Kant's assumptions about happiness and the implications they have for his moral, political, and legal thought. It provides a "map" of the different areas in which the concept of...

Hardcore, Punk, and Other Junk: Aggressive Sounds in Contemporary Music, edited by Eric James Abbey and Colin Helb, is a collection of writings on music that is considered aggressive throughout the...

This book reimagines what it means to be Latina beyond borders and the "baggage" of cultural categories, definitions, and labels.Author: Amarilys Estrella, Melissa Maldonado-SalcedoPublisher:...

The publication of the Harry Potter series in the United States coincided with the coming-of-age of its main target audience, the millennial generation. Harry Potter and the Myth of Millennials:...

This book demonstrates the key role The Leftovers played in the development of early twenty-first-century television, while also unpacking its central themes of sacrifice, melancholy, apocalypticism,...

Heidegger, Ontology, and the Destiny of Islam: Thoughts and Reflections on the Nature of Islam in the World critiques Islam as a phenomenon set into motion from its beginning. It is a reflective work...

This book explores the influence of Hellenistic culture in the Gospel of Mark with a focus upon Jesus' twin disciples James and John. Jesus gives them the name Boanerges, "Sons of Zeus" referring to...

This book analyzes "high corruption" in terms of political corruption and high-end white-collar crime and "low corruption" in terms of juvenile delinquency and street crime. It shows how this former...

This volume provides different perspectives regarding the impact of COVID-19 on students collectively and college teaching and learning. Topics include COVID-19 implications on student wellness and...

Hilary Putnam's Philosophical Naturalism: Making Philosophy Matter for Life offers a faithful illustration of the trajectory of Putnam's thought to show how, despite the shifts in opinion on issues...

This book compares the ecologies of historical knowledge in late socialist Hungary and Croatia. Its integrated analytical framework - academic, party, and popular history - is an innovative attempt...

This book examines the unique contribution of HBCUs, arguing that through their distinct public education, engagement, and activism, they have been at the forefront of leading global transformations...

Holy Body: Gender and Sexual Difference in Theological Anthropology and Ecclesiology argues that all bodies across sexual difference are procreative. The author lays the ground for her argument with...

Correct spelling is a social construction created by scholars, teachers, officials, and other stakeholders. This book is a historical study of such processes in Germany and Russia and shows that they...

This book investigates the poetry of Thomas Hardy and Sylvia Plath under the theoretical guidance of critical plant studies to disclose these two poets' botanical awareness of the vegetal agency and...

A kaleidoscope of contemporary thought and current events in the human and social sciences, based on an analysis of published essays from around the world. A new way of looking at and interpreting...

This book is about the legendary fight and resistance of Ukraine against Russia's invasion in 2014-24. The book tells of the situation in Ukrainian cities and villages during the war and the fate of...

This book disrupts the quintessential assumptions of ecology, the politics of identity, and environmental destruction, while proposing new readings, interpretations, and solutions in the face of...

Identity Orchestration demonstrates the particular importance of identity balance in behavioral health.Author: David Wall RicePublisher: Lexington BooksPublication Date: Mar 25, 2024Number of Pages:...

This book interrogates how identities are politicized, transformed, and mobilized throughout the African continent to demonstrate alternatives for nation building. It examines ways of transforming...

This collection explores how immersive technologies affect newsmaking and the positive and negative impacts they may have on journalistic norms, professional ethics, audience engagement, and data...

David Apolloni defends a modern version of Plato's argument for the immortality of the soul and argues the soul is non-physical. The book also defends a version of Gödel's ontological argument for...

Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible explores the role of female blood in the Hebrew Bible and considers its theological implications for future understandings of purity and impurity in the Jewish...

In Dialogue with Godot: Waiting and Other Thoughts, Ranjan Ghosh puts together thirteen new essays on Beckett's most popular and widely read play, Waiting for Godot. Chapters are envisaged as...

The revised, updated, and expanded edition of Inclusion in the American Military: A Force for Diversity provides an updated, rich, expanded, and absorbing overview of the social history and...