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Me (The Art of Living)
Me (The Art of Living)

'Who am I?' In a world where randomness and chance make life transient and unpredictable, religion, psychology and philosophy have all tried, in their different ways, to answer this question and to give meaning and coherence to the human person. How we should construct a meaningful 'me' - and to make sense of one's life -...

Sport (The Art of Living)
Sport (The Art of Living)

Whether it's conkers in the schoolyard, kicking a football in the park, or playing tennis on Wimbledon Centre Court, sport impacts all of our lives. But what is sport and why do we do it? Colin McGinn, renowned philosopher (and kiteboarder), reflects on our love of sport and explores the value it has for us and the part it plays in a life...

The Sungod's Journey through the Netherworld: Reading the Ancient Egyptian Amduat
The Sungod's Journey through the Netherworld: Reading the Ancient Egyptian Amduat

"The ancient Egyptian sources come alive, speaking to us without seeming alien to our modern ways of thinking. Andreas Schweizer invites us to join the nocturnal voyage of the solar barque and to immerse ourselves, with the 'Great Soul' of the sun, into the darkness surrounding us. Here in the illustrations and texts of the...

King Zeno: A Novel
King Zeno: A Novel

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a Paris Review Staff Pick

A January Pick by Salon, Town and Country, Southern Living, and LA Magazine

New Orleans, 1918. The birth of jazz, the Spanish flu, an ax murderer on the loose. The lives of a...

Faith (The Art of Living)
Faith (The Art of Living)

In "Faith", the theologian Theo Hobson explores the notion of faith and the role it plays in our lives. He unpacks the concept to ask whether faith is dependent on religion or whether it is also a general secular phenomenon. In exploring this question Hobson ranges widely over theology, philosophy, politics and psychology and...

E-waste Recycling and Management: Present Scenarios and Environmental Issues (Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World)
E-waste Recycling and Management: Present Scenarios and Environmental Issues (Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World)

This book gives up-to-date information and broad views on e-waste recycling and management using the latest techniques for industrialist and academicians. It describes the problems of e-waste generated by all global living communities and its impact on our ecosystems and discusses recycling techniques in detail to reduce its effect...

The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism
The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism

"More than just a story of an abiding cultural preoccupation, The Longing For Less peels back the commodified husk of minimalism to reveal something surprising and thoroughly alive." -Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing

"Thoughtful and absorbing . . . A superb outing...

Nature Driven Urbanism (Contemporary Urban Design Thinking)
Nature Driven Urbanism (Contemporary Urban Design Thinking)

This book discusses the way that a nature-driven approach to urbanism can be applied at each of the urban scales; architectural design, urban design of neighborhoods, city planning and landscape architecture, and at the city and regional scales. At all levels nature-driven approaches to design and planning add to the quality of...

Fully Grown: Why a Stagnant Economy Is a Sign of Success
Fully Grown: Why a Stagnant Economy Is a Sign of Success
Most economists would agree that a thriving economy is synonymous with GDP growth. The more we produce and consume, the higher our living standard and the more resources available to the public. This means that our current era, in which growth has slowed substantially from its postwar highs, has raised alarm bells. But should it?...
Theology and Urban Sustainability (SpringerBriefs in Geography)
Theology and Urban Sustainability (SpringerBriefs in Geography)
Even though theology does provide interesting and important contributions to ethics that laid the foundation of our modern societies, this book looks at exploring how theology has impacted on urban morphology and has led to questionable unsustainable practices which impacts on both climate and societal living standards. This is seen as being...
Neoliberalism in Context: Governance, Subjectivity and Knowledge
Neoliberalism in Context: Governance, Subjectivity and Knowledge

Neoliberalism in Context adopts a processual, relational and contextual framework, bringing together contributions from diverse national and disciplinary contexts, and bridging theoretical and methodological approaches to critiquing neoliberalism. 

The book presents arguments on the extent to which we are...

Amazing Java: Learn Java Quickly!
Amazing Java: Learn Java Quickly!


Do you know Java is being used worldwide? These days it is difficult to find a platform not running on Java. Their uses begin from commercial e-commerce website to Android apps, from desktop applications to games, from financial applications to scientific applications, from J2ME applications to open source library
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