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Castles and Fortified Cities of Medieval Europe: An Illustrated History
Castles and Fortified Cities of Medieval Europe: An Illustrated History

During the Middle Ages, castles and other fortified buildings were a common feature of the European landscape. As central powers rose and fell, the insecurity of the time inspired a revival of fortification techniques first introduced in the Roman Empire. Despite limitations in construction techniques and manpower, medieval fortifications...

Simulation and Serious Games for Education (Gaming Media and Social Effects)
Simulation and Serious Games for Education (Gaming Media and Social Effects)
This book introduces state-of-the-art research on simulation and serious games for education. The major part of this book is based on selected work presented at the 2014 Asia-Europe Symposium on Simulation and Serious Games held in Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands (Oct 1–2, 2014).

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Economic Development and Financial Markets: Latest Research and Policy Insights from Central and Southeastern Europe (Contributions to Economics)
Economic Development and Financial Markets: Latest Research and Policy Insights from Central and Southeastern Europe (Contributions to Economics)
This book offers fresh insights into the economic development and financial markets of Southeastern and Central European countries. The first part analyses macroeconomic trends and monetary policy issues, while the second part explores the development of financial and insurance markets. With contributions covering topics such as regional and...
Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History
Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History
Eric Hobsbawm's works have had a nearly incalculable effect across generations of readers and students, influencing more than the practice of history but also the perception of it. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, of second-generation British parents, Hobsbawm was orphaned at age fourteen in 1931. Living with an uncle in Berlin, he...
The Birth of Modern Belief: Faith and Judgment from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
The Birth of Modern Belief: Faith and Judgment from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment

An illuminating history of how religious belief lost its uncontested status in the West

This landmark book traces the history of belief in the Christian West from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, revealing for the first time how a distinctively modern category of belief came into being. Ethan Shagan focuses...

David Greig’s Holed Theatre: Globalization, Ethics and the Spectator
David Greig’s Holed Theatre: Globalization, Ethics and the Spectator
With a Foreword by Dan Rebellato, this book offers up a detailed exploration of Scottish playwright David Greig’s work with particular attention to globalization, ethics, and the spectator. It makes the argument that Greig’s theatre works by undoing, cracking, or breaking apart myriad elements to reveal the holed,...
Muslim Volunteering in the West: Between Islamic Ethos and Citizenship (New Directions in Islam)
Muslim Volunteering in the West: Between Islamic Ethos and Citizenship (New Directions in Islam)

This edited volume explores various facets of Muslims’ civic engagement in Western post-secular societies, fundamentally challenging simplistic boundaries between Islamic ethical conduct and liberal-democratic norms and practice.

Bringing together scholars from sociology, anthropology, and Islamic theology, the...

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Industrial Engineering (ICIE 2019): Volume II (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering)
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Industrial Engineering (ICIE 2019): Volume II (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering)
This book highlights recent findings in industrial, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, and provides an overview of the state of the art in these fields, mainly in Russia and Eastern Europe. A broad range of topics and issues in modern engineering are discussed, including the dynamics of machines and working processes, friction, wear and...
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,...

From Semantics to Computer Science: Essays in Honour of Gilles Kahn
From Semantics to Computer Science: Essays in Honour of Gilles Kahn
Gilles Kahn was one of the most influential figures in the development of computer science and information technology, not only in Europe but throughout the world. This volume of articles by several leading computer scientists serves as a fitting memorial to Kahn's achievements and reflects the broad range of subjects to which he contributed...
Correspondence Analysis and Data Coding with Java and R (Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer Science & Data Analysis)
Correspondence Analysis and Data Coding with Java and R (Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer Science & Data Analysis)
Developed by Jean-Paul Benzérci more than 30 years ago, correspondence analysis as a framework for analyzing data quickly found widespread popularity in Europe. The topicality and importance of correspondence analysis continue, and with the tremendous computing power now available and new fields of application emerging, its...
IgE and Anti-IgE Therapy in Asthma and Allergic Disease (Lung Biology in Health and Disease)
IgE and Anti-IgE Therapy in Asthma and Allergic Disease (Lung Biology in Health and Disease)

Exploring the role of Immunoglobulin-E (IgE) in human disease, this reference summarizes current research on the mechanisms and utilization of anti-IgE therapeutics in the treatment of IgE-mediated allergic disease, inflammation, and asthma-discussing the structural composition of high- and low-affinity IgE receptors, the airway cells that...

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