The caesarean

Disrupting white mindfulness

Disrupting White Mindfulness offers a timely commentary on the dominant narratives and norms that shape the Mindfulness Industry. Mindfulness is now common throughout the West, but this book reveals how the industry is infused with whiteness and late capitalism.

The posthuman condition

The Posthuman Condition argues that such questions are difficult to tackle given the concepts of human existence that we have inherited from humanism, many of which can no longer be sustained. 

Nature within

Reconnecting with Nature is the most important public health intervention of our time. Science has shown how our bodies are shaped by our environment – yet we still see ourselves as separate from the natural world. To protect human health, we need to protect our environment and the countless spec...

The examined illness

A philosophical memoir of illness, treatment, and recovery full of pain, suffering, humor, and reflections on how to live well during the ordeal of cancer and trials of a stem cell transplant. Being a patient is part of being alive; sooner or later most of us go through it. 

Holding time

Holding Time is a unique, in-depth study of the care of people suffering from dementia. Informed by the author’s hands-on experience of being a Carer, and by her work in dementia care and palliative care, this book is a contemporary exploration of the field.

Breech birth

Love in the age of autism

Gayle DeLong was a well-known activist in the autism community, the ‘Warrior Mom’ of two autistic daughters. This book is a record (based largely on her diaries) of her happy marriage to Jonathan Rose, and a document of all the pains and joys that autism families experience.

Aging with a plan

This book is a concise, comprehensive resource for readers facing the prospects of their own aging and of caring for elderly relatives―an often overwhelming task for which life rarely prepares us. It covers legal, financial, social, medical, and other aging challenges, offering abundant practical...

Dementia and alzheimer's

‘Dementia and Alzheimer’s” helps families, counsellors, friends and businesses to deal with the sudden rise of progressive brain deterioration in several forms of dementia, which is expected to affect many hundreds of thousands of adults in the coming years.

Artificial intelligence strategies for analyzing covid-19 pneumonia lung imaging, volume 2

Artificial intelligence strategies for analyzing covid-19 pneumonia lung imaging, volume 1

The utilization of AI strategies for diagnosis, follow-up, and treatments of COVID-19 patients is now becoming essential. This is the first comprehensive reference work published detailing the latest research and developments in the utilization of AI strategies in the diagnosis and treatment of C...

The house of the coptic woman

A Notable African Book of 2023 (Brittle Paper)Tightly plotted and taboo-breaking, this explosive story takes readers to the roots of religious strife where the smallest of sparks can start a bonfire Nader, an idealistic public prosecutor at the outset of his career, leaves Cairo to start a new p...

Magic and the classical tradition

The mechanics of ancient egyptian magical practice

The first critical examination of magical techniques and the practice of the magician in Ancient Egypt , revealing their widespread appearance and pivotal significance for all Egyptian 'religious' practices from the earliest periods through the Coptic era, influencing as well the Greco-Egyptian m...

The divine springtime

For those moments of tension, when nerves are jangled and feelings stretched. This book uses short quotes from many spiritual and poetic sources to restore, revise and reassure. Among these quotes there may be one which offers companionship throughout the day.

Esotericism, mysticism and the politics of transcendence in modern asia

In this seminal edited collection, scholars from different fields critically examine histories of esotericism, mysticism and occultism in modern Asia, understood here as the period roughly stretching from the late nineteenth through the twentieth century, paving eventually the way for the so-call...

Reframing health and health policy in ireland

This study demonstrates how governmentality can be used to understand some of Ireland’s contemporary health issues and dilemmas. By drawing on a range of empirical contexts, it explores the potential of governmentality to contribute to a critical politics of Irish health and health policy.

Caring for someone with a long-term illness

This is the first book in the Support for Friends and Family series. Aiming to help friends, family and carers to understand both the practical and personal issues that can arise from the task of caring, this book provides useful suggestions on ways to make the experience easier for the carer and...

Esotericism, mysticism, and the politics of transcendence in modern asia

In this seminal edited collection, scholars from different fields critically examine histories of esotericism, mysticism and occultism in modern Asia, understood here as the period roughly stretching from the late nineteenth through the twentieth century, paving eventually the way for the so-call...