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Neo-Victorian Lesbian Fiction is a study of texts set during the nineteenth century and offers a reparative approach to historical fiction through analyses of neo-Victorian texts’ engagement with queer history.

The aim of this book is to offer a concise and accessible exposition of Ortega’s core philosophical claims, with the ultimate aim of analysing his account of the Aristotelian notion of substance (‘ousía’), and of the question of being more generally, as a belief in the Orteguian sense of the term – that is, as a historical, socially inherited interpretation of reality.

Cultural Arsenal: The Weaponisation of Heritage in Armed Conflict addresses head-on a dark and often overlooked aspect of cultural heritage: its weaponisation by both state and non-state actors. This new book is intended to show how cultural heritage has been used as a tool or weapon in contemporary conflict and geopolitical competition and how heritage has been manipulated and exploited throughout history to achieve strategic goals.

This concise guide introduces art criticism and visual interpretation, helping readers thoughtfully engage an image-driven world through observation, analysis, and reflection while developing practical skills to interpret, critique, and appreciate art.

This book records the history of how collaboration between Catholic and Protestant churches contributed to social changes in Hong Kong, a former British colony, immediately after the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council during the turbulent period of the Cold War from 1966 to 1980.

Post-Liberal Futures: Epistemic Justice, Ontological Freedom and the Black Archive advances a critique of liberalism’s limits in securing recognition and non-domination, positioning the Black Archive as a conceptual and institutional resource for reimagining democracy through alternative epistemologies and relational ontologies.

A theory-driven evidence-based journey into the fascinating, yet challenging, world of business-owning families. A comprehensive, sometimes provocative, narrative that embeds the what (i.e., the practice) in the science (i.e., the why).

Rethinking Atlantic history beyond discovery, this volume traces the circulation of objects, ideas, texts, and knowledge, revealing dynamic networks of exchange, encounters, and transformations that connected cultures and continents across centuries.

Animals in Gothic Short Fiction is an anthology of 19th- and early 20th-century Gothic short stories featuring animals.

Gaza After October 7 provides an analysis by Richard A. Falk, Professor Emeritus at Princeton and former UN Special Rapporteur, alongside Daniel Falcone, humanities teacher at the United Nations International School.

Focusing on feature films adapted from Gothic suspense thrillers by British popular writer Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989), this book explores both celebrated classics, including Alfred Hitchcock’s Jamaica Inn, Rebecca and “The Birds,” Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now, Henry Koster's My Cousin Rachel, and modern screen versions by contemporary directors such as My Cousin Rachel (2017), The Scapegoat (2012), and the 2020 version of Rebecca by Ben Wheatley.