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'Nothing less than a guided tour of the human soul ... A masterpiece' Elizabeth GilbertOne of our most perceptive travel writers embarks on an exploration of the world's holiest places and where we might find paradise on Earth.It's so easy, I thought, to place Paradise in the past or the future - anywhere but here.After half a century of travel, from Ethiopia to Tibet, from Belfast to Jerusalem, Pico Iyer asks himself what kind of paradise can ever be found in a world of unceasing conflict. In a spectacular journey, both inward and outward, Iyer roams from crowded mosques in Iran to a film studio in North Korea, from a holy mountain in Japan to the sometimes spooky emptiness of the Australian outback.At every stop, he makes connections with unexpected strangers - mystics and taxi drivers and fellow travellers - and draws on his own memories, of time spent in a Benedictine monastery high above the Pacific, of regular travels with the Dalai Lama, of hearing his late mother speak of sunlit moments in pre-Partition India.By the end, he has upended many of our expectations and dared to suggest that we can find paradise right in the heart of our angry, confused and divided world.

"Exploring jazz music using a close reading of songs, albums, and techniques, Listen to Jazz! provides an introduction to the diversity of the music for new listeners and experts alike"--

Women on the Right explores the complex relationships between conservative and right-wing politics, social action, and women actors from the late 19th to the late 20th century. Edited by Clarisse Berthezène, Laura Lee Downs, and Julie V. Gottlieb, each essay examines the spectrum of women's engagement with right-wing politics, from centrist and 'progressive conservatism' groups, to authoritarianism and fascism.This book uses local and national case studies to explore a wide range of women's social and political mobilizations. Using a bottom-up perspective, it stays focused on the ideas, ambitions, and practices of the actors themselves. Key points of comparison include: the very different roles played by religious institutions and associations, the broader regional and national contexts, and the dynamics that favour - or not - the eventual construction of welfare states. Women on the Right consistently adopts a multinational and multidimensional approach, by bringing together a team of expert contributors to engage in a discussion of the comparative and transnational features of right-wing women's political thought and practice. The result is a unique contribution to the historical understanding of women's participation in - and ideas about - conservative activism.

"The first comprehensive look at the religious significance of this century's contemporary literature, this book examines in detail many of this century's most significant writers: Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth Strout, Marilynne Robinson, Mohsin Hamid, Michael Chabon, Howard Jacobson and Don DeLillo"--

This book examines the ongoing negotiations involved within women¿s disputes over inclusion and democracy from the 1940s through the 1960s in Colombia.

Using a place-infused narrative writing unit with two rural schools in two different states, the authors argue for a nuanced understanding of using place in the classroom. This book explores how student data led the authors to develop the concept of place: Big "P" Place and small "p" place.

Philosophical Praxis, launched by the author in 1981, ushers in a new academic philosophy as an alternative to current therapeutic practices, offering unique insights into the compelling origin and development of a renaissance of philosophy.

This book explores the rich tapestry of Middle Eastern diasporic literature, spanning the landscapes of Canada and France while breathing life into an array of mesmerizing texts authored by luminaries including Wajdi Mouawad, Khaled Osman, Rawi Hage, Denis Villeneuve, and Soha Béchara whose literary roots span Lebanon and Switzerland.

Hyoungah Park interviews fifty-eight North Korean migrants in China and analyzes their stories, exploring why they decided to escape North Korea despite the risks, how they escaped, and their experiences being victimized by human trafficking.

This book uses the author¿s participatory research with refugees, producing a portrait of fear, desperation, courage, and optimism. Refugee voices lead us through tortuous journeys, which provide powerful ideas for revamping an overwhelmed global refugee system.

Philosophy of Language in Uruguay examines works of philosophy of language through epistemology, linguistics, and cognitive sciences to discover how philosophy of language has developed in Uruguay in the last two decades.

Socio-Anthropological Approaches to Religion demonstrates various interpretations and phenomena of the ¿environmental hope¿ from a multi-disciplinary perspective to enhance the prosocial characteristics of religion in the humanities and the social sciences.

The author examines the current populist, charismatic, but divisive president of Turkey and arguably the most consequential Turkish leader since Kemal Ataturk--was again reelected in May 2023 despite so many negative factors working against him such as a terribly faltering economy, deadly earthquake, and authoritarian reputation, among others.

This book investigates the poetry of Thomas Hardy and Sylvia Plath under the theoretical guidance of critical plant studies to disclose these two poets¿ botanical awareness of the vegetal agency and their attentiveness to the ethical standing of plants in human life.

Looking primarily at the twenty-first century boom in superhero media, this collection provides insights into the overlap between data, the internet, and the superhero. Multiple disciplinary approaches investigate what can be learned from the superhero genre and its use and involvement with networked technology.

Literature¿s Critique, Subversion, and Transformation of Justice explores two of the fundamental institutions in human existence and social democracy that attend to philosophical consideration and critical discussion of how literature interacts with the phenomena of justice.

Despite a new era, we are stuck with a 40-year-old education system whose purpose is obsolete. New Era ¿ New Urgency presents a historical case for the need to repurpose education given the challenges of the new century. Merlino and Pomeroy describe their work repurposing education in Egypt and elsewhere.

This book explores the time during the Cold War when Russian displaced persons, including former Soviet citizens, were amongst the hundreds of thousands of immigrants given assisted passage to Australia and other Western countries in the wake of the Second World War.

This book explores the rising prevalence of anxiety disorders among children aged 8¿16 by examining the complex interplay of familial dynamics and parenting strategies. It advocates for early screening in schools, technological support, and the transformative power of communication to nurture emotionally resilient children.

This essay collection addresses past and current debates surrounding colonial relics and monuments, colonial vestiges, heritage, gender, narratives of independence, nationhood and national identity. Caribbean enthusiasts, scholars and students will appreciate the diversity of views of these academic post-colonial narratives.

In this volume, twelve scholars focus on the challenges of preserving and editing the writings of a leading but deceased religious figure. The authors examine editorial authority and overreach, noncompliance with scholarly standards, and untransparent editorial changes that have arisen in the books of the Indian master, Swami Prabhup¿da.

This edited collection centers the Cabo Verdean Community in the United States in the last thirty years and explores topics such as race, identities, health, culture, gender relations, education, and immigrant community solidarity from new, critical perspectives.

This collection explores how immersive technologies affect newsmaking and the positive and negative impacts they may have on journalistic norms, professional ethics, audience engagement, and data protection.

This volume discusses issues and themes surrounding communication, social media, online protests, policing, criminal justice reform, and freedom of speech. The contributors offer analyses embracing social justice in the areas of educational and criminal justice reform, as well as communication principles grounded in Africana praxis.

This book is an interdisciplinary work that combines theological anthropology and pneumatology through a postcolonial/decolonial perspective. With the questions about homely space, the author revitalizes the conversation about liminality as a decolonial pulse of the Holy Spirit by carefully examining histories and literature.

This book examines the lives of Muslim women living in Deccan, an area in south India, and collects observations and findings in the field focusing on issues of history and culture, family, education, work, and health.

This book presents a historical overview of vegetal ecocriticism in Taiwan and examines human-plant entanglements on the island.

This book provides a rich analysis of U2¿s songs, unveiling the light of hope amid the darkness of trauma and provide close interpretations of the band¿s lyrics and performances through the lenses of trauma and memory studies.

Explore the transformative potential of international students in shaping the politics of higher education. Moving beyond a focus on the social, cultural, and psychological aspects of the international student experience, this book breaks new ground by examining diverse forms of international student activism, advocacy, and political engagement.