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The Paradigm of Simias: Essays on Poetic Eccentricity (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes)
The Paradigm of Simias: Essays on Poetic Eccentricity (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes)
This book's concern is with notoriously obscure ancient poets-riddlers, whom it argues to have been an essential, albeit necessarily marginal, element of the literary landscape of Antiquity, which, in addition, exerted subtle yet lasting influence on European culture. The three first essays in this book trace a direct line of influence...
Gilded Youth: Privilege, Rebellion and the British Public School
Gilded Youth: Privilege, Rebellion and the British Public School
The British public school is an iconic institution, a training ground for the ruling elite and a symbol of national identity and tradition. But beyond the elegant architecture and evergreen playing fields is a turbulent history of teenage rebellion, sexual dissidence, and political radicalism. James Brooke-Smith wades into the...
Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West
Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West

Winner • National Outdoor Book Award (History/Biography)
Longlisted • PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography

Before Rachel Carson, there was George Bird Grinnell?the man whose prophetic vision did nothing less than launch American conservation.

George...
Batman and Ethics
Batman and Ethics

Batman has been one of the world’s most beloved superheroes since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Clad in his dark cowl and cape, he has captured the imagination of millions with his single-minded mission to create a better world for the people of Gotham City by fighting crime, making use of expert...

UX Fundamentals for Non-UX Professionals: User Experience Principles for Managers, Writers, Designers, and Developers
UX Fundamentals for Non-UX Professionals: User Experience Principles for Managers, Writers, Designers, and Developers
What can a WWII-era tank teach us about design? What does a small, blue flower tell us about audiences? What do drunk, French marathon-runners show us about software? In 40+ chapters and stories, you will learn the ways in which UX has influenced history and vice versa, and how it continues to change our daily lives. ...
A Sociology of Shame and Blame: Insiders Versus Outsiders
A Sociology of Shame and Blame: Insiders Versus Outsiders

This book presents a novel approach to framing the concept of stigma, and understanding why and how it functions. 

Graham Scambler extends his analysis beyond common social interactionist understandings of stigma by linking experiences to the larger social structure?the political economy. A Sociology of...

The Fascination with Violence in Contemporary Society: When Crime is Sublime (Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture)
The Fascination with Violence in Contemporary Society: When Crime is Sublime (Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture)
This book directly explores the question of why contemporary society is so fascinated with violence and crime. The Fascination with Violence in Contemporary Society posits that the phenomenon is, in part, because we have all become consumers of the sublime: an intense and strongly ambiguous emotion which is increasingly...
The Internet Society in China: A 2016 Report (Sociology, Media and Journalism in China)
The Internet Society in China: A 2016 Report (Sociology, Media and Journalism in China)

This book provides a cutting edge analysis of the rapid rise of China’s network society and reviews recent key developments within China’s internet economy, notably the concepts of “Lucky Money” and E-Business on Wechat, and Crowd-Funding Platforms. It focuses on drawing out the sociological impact of these...

Empire: A New History of the World
Empire: A New History of the World

A dazzling new history of the world told through the ten major empires of human civilization.

Eminent historian Paul Strathern opens the story of Empire with the Akkadian civilization, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire,...

Seduction: A History From the Enlightenment to the Present
Seduction: A History From the Enlightenment to the Present

A brilliantly original history that explores the shifting cultural mores of courtship, told through the lives of remarkable women and men throughout history.

If sex has generally been a private matter, seduction has always been of intense public interest. Whether the stuff of front-page tabloid news, the...
Remaining Relevant in Your Tech Career: When Change Is the Only Constant
Remaining Relevant in Your Tech Career: When Change Is the Only Constant
Remain relevant in the face of constant change during your career in technology. This book shows you how to proactively plan in anticipation of future changes. 

Many people find technology careers enticing because of the number of job opportunities, the high compensation, or simply because of fascination with...
DevOps: Continuous Delivery, Integration, and Deployment with DevOps: Dive into the core DevOps strategies
DevOps: Continuous Delivery, Integration, and Deployment with DevOps: Dive into the core DevOps strategies

Explore the high-in demand core DevOps strategies with powerful DevOps tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, and Chef

Key Features

  • Get acquainted with methodologies and tools of the DevOps framework
  • Perform continuous integration, delivery, deployment, and monitoring using...
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