This handbook brings together in a single volume detailed accounts of all facets of the Italian language from a wide range of perspectives. It will be a valuable resource not only for Italianists and Romance linguists, but for general linguists interested in the insights that Italian has to offer.
National Identity in Africa: Peace, Democracy, and Everyday National Narratives helps explain what drives national belonging in sub-Saharan African states, arguing that divergent political developments between countries provide the basis for national imaginings.
Building upon the early history of the HIV pandemic laid out in the 2008 book A Decade of HAART, this book explores the scientific breakthroughs and global response to the HIV pandemic from the mid-1990s through 2023.
Calvinism, based on the ideas of John Calvin, is a massive religion today, with widespread church affiliations. It has influenced contemporary thought - especially western thought - on everything from civil government to money, and divorce. Jon Balserak explores the history of the religion and discusses the key ideas in Calvinist theory.
Public Law: Text, Cases, and Materials explores the key institutions, legal principles, and conventions that underpin the public law of the UK. Public law is brought to life through case studies and extracts from key sources, which are clearly explained and critiqued by the authors.
Enzymes, Volume 2: Enzymes at Work introduces mid- to advanced undergraduate students to multi-substrate reactions, enzyme regulation and applications, and protein engineering. It supports broader biochemical studies through a wide range of examples, building on the basic coverage of the topic in Enzymes, Volume 1: Nature's Chemical Machines.
Sodom and Gomorrah is the fourth volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (1913-27), one of the most important novels of the twentieth century.