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Recent Advances in the Study of Dyslexia (2024)
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Glazzard, J., & Stavropoulos, K. K. (Eds.). (2024). Recent Advances in the Study of Dyslexia. Intech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.100693

Dyslexia is biological in origin, but environmental factors also play a role. It affects people differently, but typical difficulties include reading, writing, and spelling, limited working memory capacity, and difficulties with organization, sequenc... Read More about Recent Advances in the Study of Dyslexia.

Words Behind Walls: Prison Staff Writing (2023)
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Metcalf, J., Nichols, H., Westoby, C., & Clement, J. (Eds.). (2023). Words Behind Walls: Prison Staff Writing. Newcastle, UK: Butcher's Dog Publishing

Gendered perspectives of restorative justice, violence and resilience: An international framework (2023)
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Orton, B. (Ed.). (2023). Gendered perspectives of restorative justice, violence and resilience: An international framework. London: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781803823836

Providing an in-depth, international perspective of women's resilience, Gendered Perspectives of Restorative Justice, Violence and Resilience: An International Framework shines crucial visibility on a diverse, gendered lens of intervention, empowerme... Read More about Gendered perspectives of restorative justice, violence and resilience: An international framework.

Conservative Governments in the Age of Brexit (2023)
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Beech, M., & Lee, S. (Eds.). (2023). Conservative Governments in the Age of Brexit. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21464-6

This book provides the first evaluation of the three Conservative administrations which have been affected, shaped and largely determined by the age of Brexit.It breaks new ground by collectively analysing the Cameron, May and Johnson administrations... Read More about Conservative Governments in the Age of Brexit.

A research agenda for intelligence studies and government (2022)
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Dover, R., Dylan, H., & Goodman, M. S. (Eds.). (2022). A research agenda for intelligence studies and government. London: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800378803

This Research Agenda explores the academic field of intelligence studies and how it is developing into an increasingly international and diverse area of study. As more governments release records, and as new generations of scholars engage with the... Read More about A research agenda for intelligence studies and government.

Global Competence in Teacher Education: Resources for Teaching and Learning. (2022)
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Jones, S., & Cassiano, A. C. (Eds.). (2022). Global Competence in Teacher Education: Resources for Teaching and Learning

This eBook is for teacher educators, teachers and non-formal educators. It contains a set of resources and learning designs concerned with global competence education. Global competence can be defined as: “the capacity to examine local, global... Read More about Global Competence in Teacher Education: Resources for Teaching and Learning..

American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad: New Directions in the History of Giving (2022)
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Offiler, B., & Williams, R. (Eds.). (2022). American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad: New Directions in the History of Giving. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad explores the different ways in which charities, voluntary associations, religious organisations, philanthropic foundations and other non-state actors have engaged with traditions of giving. Using examples f... Read More about American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad: New Directions in the History of Giving.

Transitions to School: Perspectives and Experiences from Latin America. Research, Policy, and Practice (2022)
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Urbina-Garcia, A., Perry, B., Dockett, S., Jindal-Snape, D., & Garcia-Cabrero, B. (Eds.). (2022). Transitions to School: Perspectives and Experiences from Latin America. Research, Policy, and Practice. Springer

This book showcases the quality work that Latin American researchers have done on transition to school in Latin American countries by offering the English-speaking world, first-hand access to some Latin American transitions research, practices, and p... Read More about Transitions to School: Perspectives and Experiences from Latin America. Research, Policy, and Practice.

The Front-end of Large Public Projects: Paradoxes and Ways Ahead (2022)
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Williams, T., Samset, K., & Holst Volden, G. (Eds.). (2022). The Front-end of Large Public Projects: Paradoxes and Ways Ahead. London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003257172

Large public projects represent major complex investment and whilst there has been much written about how to develop, manage and deliver such projects, practice still does not match up with expectations. In this book, researchers from the Norwegian C... Read More about The Front-end of Large Public Projects: Paradoxes and Ways Ahead.

Supporting Course and Programme Leaders: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, Educational Developers and Programme Leaders (2022)
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Lawrence, J., Morón-García, S., & Senior, R. (Eds.). (2022). Supporting Course and Programme Leaders: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, Educational Developers and Programme Leaders. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003127413

Offering research- and evidence-based approaches that explore the essential components of programme leadership in higher education, this book is designed to define, develop and support the programme leadership role and all those who undertake it.

Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995: selective humanity in the Anglophone World (2022)
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Damousi, J., Burnard, T., & Lester, A. (Eds.). (2022). Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995: selective humanity in the Anglophone World. Manchester: Manchester University Press

This is the first book to examine the shifting relationship between humanitarianism and the expansion, consolidation and postcolonial transformation of the Anglophone world across three centuries, from the antislavery campaign of the late eighteenth... Read More about Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995: selective humanity in the Anglophone World.

Decolonizing Colonial Heritage: New Agendas, Actors and Practices in and beyond Europe (2021)
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Knudsen, B. T., Oldfield, J., Buettner, E., & Zabunyan, E. (Eds.). (2021). Decolonizing Colonial Heritage: New Agendas, Actors and Practices in and beyond Europe. London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003100102

Decolonizing Colonial Heritage explores how different agents practice the decolonization of European colonial heritage at European and extra-European locations. Assessing the impact of these practices, the book also explores what a new vision of Euro... Read More about Decolonizing Colonial Heritage: New Agendas, Actors and Practices in and beyond Europe.

Immune Responses to Persistent or Recurrent Antigens: Implications for Immunological Memory and Immunotherapy (2021)
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Pera, A., & Caserta, S. (Eds.). (2021). Immune Responses to Persistent or Recurrent Antigens: Implications for Immunological Memory and Immunotherapy. Lausanne: Frontiers Media. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88966-718-5

Immunological memory is considered the hallmark of the adaptive immune response, which is essential for long-term protection against infection throughout life. From the perspective of adaptive immunity, clonally expanded antigen-specific lymphocytes... Read More about Immune Responses to Persistent or Recurrent Antigens: Implications for Immunological Memory and Immunotherapy.

This New North (2021)
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Bradley, S., & Chilvers, A. (Eds.). (2021). This New North. Scarborough: Valley Press

Produced by members of the Northern Short Story Festival Academy, this new anthology showcasing the range of talent in the North of England features work by Litro fiction editor Barney Walsh, author & critic Richard Smyth, and poet and academic Halee... Read More about This New North.

Climate Governance across the Globe: Pioneers, Leaders and Followers (2020)
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Wurzel, R. K., Andersen, . M. S., & Tobin, P. (Eds.). (2021). Climate Governance across the Globe: Pioneers, Leaders and Followers. Routledge

This book takes an innovative approach to studying international climate governance by providing a critical analysis of climate leadership, pioneership and followership across the globe. The volume assesses the interactions between climate leaders... Read More about Climate Governance across the Globe: Pioneers, Leaders and Followers.

Timely Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia Care: Evidence-Based Practice (2020)
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Manthorpe, J., & Moniz-Cook, E. (Eds.). (2020). Timely Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia Care: Evidence-Based Practice. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

This new edited volume seeks to meet the growing need for ways to support people with dementia across the whole course and trajectory of dementia care, with a wide scope of expertise. The book addresses how practitioners and carers can apply psych... Read More about Timely Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia Care: Evidence-Based Practice.

Death in the Diaspora: British and Irish Gravestones (2020)
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Evans, N., & McCarthy, A. (Eds.). (2020). Death in the Diaspora: British and Irish Gravestones. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

As the British expanded their empire from near colonies such as Ireland to those in remote corners of the world, such as Barbados, Ceylon, North America and Australia, they left a trail of physical remains in every parish where settlement occurred. B... Read More about Death in the Diaspora: British and Irish Gravestones.

Heat Acclimation for Special Populations (2020)
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Sunderland, C., Garrett, A. T., Maxwell, N. S., & Périard, J. (Eds.). (2020). Heat Acclimation for Special Populations. Frontiers Media. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88966-018-6

This Heat Acclimation for Special Populations' Research Topic questions the ‘one size fits all’ approach for heat adaptation and that it may not be appropriate for all populations. Therefore, to highlight these differences we endeavoured to collect a... Read More about Heat Acclimation for Special Populations.