“…Tracing the origins, playing careers and 'afterlives' of several First Division players of the era, Graham Kelly's revealing history explores the reality of living in Britain between the wars and draws interesting comparisons with lives of the modern football hero today…”

“…City as a Stage explores the diverse ways in which modern cities of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries presented and projected themselves, especially by staging major urban events, which have often been interpreted as major local and national turning points. …”

“…In this volume, Martin Weller examines four key areas that have been central to the developments within open education: open access, MOOCs, open education resources and open scholarship. Exploring the tensions within these key arenas, he argues that ownership over the future direction of openness is significant to all those with an interest in education…”

“…Examining examples of subnational governments (SNGs) across Japan the book uncovers a significant and generally unrecognised development in Japanese politics: SNGs are ever more dynamic international actors as national borders 'weaken' across the world. Exploring what Japanese SNGs do, where they do it, and why, the book considers the implications of these factors for Japan's international relations and domestic politics. …”

“…It also shows how public domains dominate private domains, contributing to the intensification of public patriarchies. Jeff Hearn explores these important issues by focusing on the period 1870-1920, when there was massive growth and transformation in the power of the public domains. …”

“…This transition took place in the context of theological and political interactions with the Byzantine Empire, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Papacy and, over time, with the reborn Roman Empire in the West. Exploring the various processes within the Melkite church this volume also examines Caliphate - Byzantine interactions, the cultural and religious influences of Constantinople, the synthesis of Greek, Arab and Syriac elements, the process of Arabization of communities, and Melkite relations with distant Rome"--…”

“…Recently, Lake Burgäschi has been re-explored as part of an interdisciplinary research project under the direction of the Institute of Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bern. …”

“…Therefore, after or even against the creative city, this book explores the rise of the ?common city?. What is the value of commoning for cultural practices in urban contexts? …”

“…Cet ouvrage a pour objectif d'explorer cette histoire de la pratique de la promenade au tournant des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles en Belgique, en France, en Angleterre et en Allemagne…”

“…En poursuivant les travaux de Georges Canguilhem et de Michel Foucault, en explorant notamment cette science des milieux que le médecin Bertillon nommait mésologie dans les années 1860, cet ouvrage dresse l'histoire d'une rationalité mésopolitique : un ensemble de connaissances et de techniques qui visent à altérer, améliorer ou transformer les humains par l'aménagement de leur milieu de vie…”

“…The book, which is divided into four sections, contains 13 chapters that review the most recent methods, discuss various applications of actinobacteria, introduce some interesting results, and explore future prospects for the topics covered…”

“…In this book, creativity is unravelled from various perspectives and the relevance for language teaching and learning is explored. Tin offers a coherent discussion of creativity, adopting an inclusive and integrated but, at the same time, focused approach to creativity. …”

“…Human lives are crucially shaped by encounters of otherness - or, rather, various othernesses. This book explores the ethical challenge of developing an appropriate and respectful relation to other human beings by analyzing a number of historical and cultural cases of relating to the other. …”

“…Yet, the path from the appraisal of records to their analysis is far from smooth. This book explores crossovers between various disciplines to improve the discoverability, accessibility, and use of born-digital archives and other cultural assets…”

“…Alena Ledeneva invites you on a voyage of discovery, to explore society's open secrets, unwritten rules and know-how practices. …”

“…Retracing Dessí's collaboration in the magazines "L'Orto", "Primato" and "Cronache" directed by Giorgio Vecchietti, among stories, essays and reviews that have remained largely unpublished, means deepening the writer's artistic development by exploring into the creative laboratory of his debut. …”

“…his volume explores the issues of using e-learning in university and of developing and using a "blended learning" teaching method for the course of Computer Science from the first year of the the Medicine and Surgery Degree of the University of Florence. …”

“…What Photographs Do explores how museums are defined through their photographic practices. …”

“…Readers new to particular topics will benefit from helpful introductions, specialists will appreciate in-depth theoretical explorations and a novel take on various practical issues, and all readers will benefit from the book's original synoptic vision of bioethics. …”

“…Heritage and Nationalism explores how people's perceptions and experiences of the ancient past shape political identities in the digital age. …”