The law of net zero and nature positive

This book is the first that provides a comprehensive overview of the law of net zero and nature positive across England and Wales. It sets out the law on net zero, including consideration of the principal domestic legislation, the Climate Change Act 2008, and how legal obligations in respect of n...

Legal operations in the age of ai and data

Combining both theory and practice from industry leaders, insight is provided from legal tech, in-house legal departments, law firms, and academia. Legal Operations in the Age of AI and Data is your guide to navigating the fast-evolving landscape of AI in the legal field with step-by-step practic...

Witchcraft, magic and culture 1736–1951

In this classic text, one of the leading academic historians of magic presents the first exploration of witchcraft in Britain in the centuries following the witch trials, from 1736 to 1951.

Songs of seven dials

Centring on a 1927 libel trial, this book tells the story of the cosmopolitan London neighbourhood of Seven Dials and its battles with racism and gentrification throughout the 1920s and 1930s, a struggle that would shape the city we know today.

Arts education in ireland

Arts in Education in Ireland: From Pedagogy to Practice examines the distinctive nature of arts-based learning in education in Ireland. It draws on recent research from pedagogy to practice in Irish schools. It examines the relevance of arts-based learning against the backdrop of the drive for 21...

Bedsit land

This is the first in-depth account of the band Soft Cell. Written by a leading music journalist and based on extensive interviews, it traces the band’s remarkably varied roots, from British seaside entertainments and Northern Soul nights to art school experimentation and New York glamour.

Crafting crime fiction

Whether you are writing a police procedural or a psychological thriller, a contemporary or historically set novel, this book will help you identify the right beginning, middle and end of your crime novel. It will help you recognise your talent and realise your ambition in practical and realistic ...

Feeling blue

Feeling blue is the first book-length history of colour in modern hospitals. It examines colour in relation to six key themes – hygiene, emotion, humanisation, homeliness, play, consumerism – which are tied together by the idea of the ‘modern’ hospital. The book does not simply describe changes t...

The florentine florin

Locatelli revises our understanding of the leading currency of the Middle Ages, the florin, by investigating it as a medium with hitherto neglected political, social, and cultural dimensions in the interactions between the Florentine merchants, the Angevin Crown, and the Papacy.

'curing queers'

Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, 'Curing queers' examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive ‘treatment’ for homosexuality...

Manchester

Using 60 different words that speak of the city, from bees to sewers, Manchester: something rich and strange offers a new way of thinking about this iconic post-industrial city. Twenty-three writers from diverse backgrounds offer their take on the everyday things that inform how we experience Man...

Hands, wrists, fingers

Hands, Wrists, Fingers is a practical book offering concepts and tools to help musicians of all abilities become comfortable using their hands in healthy and expressive ways.

A sanctuary of zeus on mount hymettos

This is the final publication of a small open-air sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Hymettos above Athens, excavated between the World Wars by Carl Blegen and Rodney Young.

Vrysaki

Central Athens was transformed by the expropriation and demolition in the 1930s of the Vrysaki neighbourhood at the foot of the Acropolis, to facilitate the excavation of the ancient Agora. This book details the expropriations, as well as the history of the neighbourhood, providing a vivid recrea...

The agora bone well

Even though Dorothy Thompson excavated the Agora Bone Well in 1938, the well and its remarkable finds have never been fully studied until now. Located outside the northwest corner of the Athenian Agora and dating to the second quarter of the 2nd century B.C.

The sanctuary of demeter and kore: greek lamps and offering trays

This volume continues the publication of excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth. It incorporates two bodies of material: Greek lamps and offering trays.

The art of darkness

This is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture. John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, which has its roots in the post-punk era.Drawing on his own experience as a musician and journalist, Robb covers the style, the music and the clubs that spawned got...

Heterodox economics

Andrew Trigg traces the heterodox tradition in economics from its origins in the anti-capitalism ideas of the first half of the nineteeth century, through to Keynes and the present day and considers the methodological challenge they present to mainstream economics.

Cricket, fiction and nation

Cricket, Fiction and Nation examines how cricket has been used by fiction writers from the early nineteenth century to the present day to explore matters such as national identity, class, sexuality, murder, suicide, obsession, empire, migration and the global post-colonial world.

Creating a reading culture in primary and secondary schools

This book will help teachers and librarians to develop a whole-school reading culture and advocate for the importance of student reading.

Carbon colonialism

Outsourcing climate breakdown shows how the impact of climate change, including the slow-burn disasters of droughts and floods, is traded out by wealthier countries and imported by less wealthy ones as the price of economic growth.

The victoria history of hampshire: dummer and kempshott

Dummer, a small parish on the chalk downlands south of Basingstoke, has a rich history that includes famous faces such as Jane Austen, Joseph Arch, and Sarah Ferguson. It was also the setting for the Swing Riots and a place of religious change from the unusual level of protestant non-conformity i...

Mathematics for economists

Self-contained treatment of all the mathematics needed by undergraduate and masters-level students of economics starting from a very low level. Topics covered include calculus, matrix algebra, probability, dynamics and static and dynamic optimisation, all illustrated by examples and problems from...

The lure of violence

This book offers a novel interpretation of conservative and right-wing responses to the Edwardian crisis in Britain (1901-1914). It stresses how the upsurge of right-wing extremism within and outside the Conservative party materialized into the formation of a myriad of bellicose and semi-militari...

Pension saving in a gendered lifecourse

Hayley James seeks to challenge the hetero-patriarchal assumptions in pension provision. She examines how pension systems are not gender-neutral, and argues that, to resolve gendered inequalities in pensions, we need to change pension systems to better suit the realities of lived experience.

The wall paintings of the west house at mycenae

The wall paintings from the West House at Mycenae are discussed in relation to their context within the building. Their iconography and stylistic details are explored in relation to other Aegean Bronze Age wall paintings. The fragments are fully cataloged and illustrated with drawings and photos.

The mycenaean settlement on tsoungiza hill

Tsoungiza is a hill dominating the Nemea Valley, northwest of the citadel of Mycenae; excavations have uncovered the remains of a Late Helladic settlement at its southern end. This two-volume set presents the results of these investigations, with an unprecedented study of a small settlement's eco...

Reframing failure in digital scholarship

Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship tackles what failure – in all its messy but immensely valuable complexity – means for the digital humanities community. Through a series of reflections on failed, broken or challenging aspects of digital scholarship and practice, the book normalises failur...

Early modern drama and the theatre of war

This volume explores the disruptive effects of war and social unrest in early modern drama, offering new examinations of militarism, the soldier-figure and early modern theories of war in Shakespearean tragedy, history and comedy.

Taha hussein's the days

Volume one of Taha Hussein's classic work, unabridged, and supported with robust comprehension, interpretation, and analytical exercises, for advanced learners of ArabicTaha Hussein’s autobiographical novel The Days helped usher in the era of modern Arabic writing and remains one of the most infl...

Integrated pest management in cultural heritage

This practical handbook offers comprehensive guidance on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for museums, galleries, libraries, archives, and historic houses. Fully illustrated in colour, it helps curators and conservators identify and manage insect, rodent, and bird pests. The book covers trapping,...

The ai matrix

Artificial intelligence (AI) is heralded as a revolutionary force in the global economy. But the transformation it brings is not simply about new technology as a driver of change. It is about who owns it, what they want to do with it, who can pay for it, and how other economic actors around the w...

Barbara comyns

This biography of Barbara Comyns presents a twentieth-century author whose life was as extraordinary as her novels. Hundreds of unpublished letters reveal an occasionally desperate but resourceful and witty woman whose complicated life ranged from enduring poverty when young to mixing with spivs,...

Fashion projects

This book collects together the best articles from the long-running journal Fashion Projects, most issues of which are now unavailable. Through detailed interviews with designers, critics and curators, the book chronicles the ascent of fashion as a critical force across media, the museum and the ...

The non-executive directors' handbook, 5th edition

Hermits and anchorites in england, 1200–1550

This book provides an unprecedented range of sources for the solitary life in late-medieval England, including many that have never before been published, alongside a scholarly introduction and commentary by one of the foremost experts in the field.

Inner empire

This book presents for the first time a coherent analysis of the British Isles as an imperial setting understood through its buildings, spaces, and infrastructure. It considers ‘internal’ colonisation and its infrastructures of order and suppression, alongside wider relationships between architec...

Atlantic isles: travel and identity in the british and irish west, 1880–1940

Atlantic Isles examines the cultural and political prominence of the ‘westward gaze’ in late-nineteenth century Britain and Ireland. The book reveals how imagined geographies from the Cornish cliffs to the Connemara highlands were spaces of modern enchantment while also central to notions of Brit...

The freedom of information officer's handbook

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the practical management of freedom of information compliance, including interpretation of the Act as well as the Environmental Information Regulations.

Archaeological footwear

This comprehensive survey delves deep into the cutting patterns, shoe style and chronology revealed by the author�s interpretation of archaeological and other discoveries of recovered remains of shoes and shoemaking tools. �Much light has been shed on the materials, design and construction of sho...

Research on early chinese lacquer buddhas

The first holistic study of Buddhist lacquer sculptures, drawing on scientific, historical, and art historical research. Featuring contributions from diverse disciplines, it explores the techniques, context, and cultural significance of these rare works, dating back to the sixth-century Sui dynas...

Flesh and text

A critical analysis of UK performance company Bodies in Flight’s work and collaborative methodology, including archival images, text extracts, reflections by collaborators, arts professionals, performance scholars, providing a context for small-scale performance making and insights into devising ...

Biodeterioration and preservation

This volume explores the vital role of microorganisms in both the deterioration and preservation of cultural heritage. Contributors examine how microbial activity, climate change, pollution, and tourism impact monuments, artworks, and archaeological sites. Featuring recent research from conservat...

Turquoise in mexico and north america

An exploration of�the rich history, cultural significance, and enduring appeal of turquoise across regions and time periods. Featuring new scientific research on sourcing, mining, and distribution, the volume also delves into pre-Hispanic mosaics, Aztec symbolism, and the poetic and philosophical...

Leeds and its jewish community

The definitive history of the third-largest Jewish community in the UK, which analyses the factors which contributed to its growth and success and explores the disproportionate influence the community had on the modern history of Leeds.

The chrysokamino metallurgy workshop and its territory

This detailed report describes archaeological fieldwork conducted between 1995 and 1997 in rural northeast Crete. Excavations were made in two locations: a metallurgy workshop (abandoned in EM III) and a nearby rural habitation site, perhaps a farmhouse (used until LM III).

The settlement and architecture of lerna iv

The present volume outlines the architectural sequence of the EH III period at the site of the Fourth Settlement at Lerna with descriptions of the major building types and other features, such as hearths, ovens, and bothroi.

Late classical pottery from ancient corinth

In 1971 in the southwestern area of the Roman Forum of Corinth a round-bottomed drainage channel was discovered filled with the largest deposit of pottery of the 4th century ever found in the city, some coins, terracotta figurines, and metal and stone objects. This volume publishes the pottery an...