The Power of Parables documents the surprising ways in which Jewish and Christian parables bridge religion with daily life. This 2019 conference volume rediscovers the original power of parables to shock and affect their audience, which has since been reduced by centuries of preaching and repetition. Not only do parables enhance the perspective on Scripture or the kingdom of heaven, they also c…
Representing the most sustained investigation of the aesthetics of Anti-Colonialism in modern Arabic poetry, this book chronicles the evolution of a distinct poetics that sought to maintain the integrity of the qaṣīdah without circumventing its historical moment. It painstakingly analyses a selection of odes by four leading twentieth-century poets, Aḥmad Shawqī, Maʿrūf al-Ruṣāfī, Ba…
This open access book offers an essential overview of chest, heart and vascular system imaging. Over the last few years, there have been considerable advances in this area, driven by both clinical and technological developments. Written by leading international experts and teachers, the chapters are disease-oriented and cover all relevant imaging modalities, with a focus on magnetic resonance i…
The Dutch seventeenth century, a ‘Golden Age’ ridden by intense ideological conflict, pioneered global trade, participatory politics and religious toleration. Its history is epitomized by the life and works of the brothers Johan (1622-1660) and Pieter de la Court (1618-1685), two successful textile entrepreneurs and radical republican theorists during the apex of Dutch primacy in world trad…
This Open Access book addresses the need for rehabilitation services for people impacted by Major Limb Loss in Low and Middle Income Countries. It focuses on a Complex Intervention study in Uganda supporting the provision of affordable and accessible prosthetic services in a public referral hospital. The book demonstrates the impact that overwhelming dependency on overseas support has had on se…
This open access book provides practical guidance for understanding the new treaty adopted in June 2023 that will change the way biodiversity is governed in about two thirds of the oceans known as areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). The Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyon…
Buku ini membahas tantangan kebijakan utama yang dihadapi Asia berkembang dan bagaimana wilayah ini mempertahankan pertumbuhan ekonomi yang pesat untuk mengurangi kemiskinan multidimensi melalui langkah-langkah yang sosial inklusif dan berkelanjutan secara lingkungan. Asia menghadapi banyak tantangan yang timbul akibat pertumbuhan populasi, urbanisasi yang cepat, penyediaan layanan, perubahan i…
Buku akses terbuka ini mengumpulkan penelitian terbaru tentang kehutanan dengan tutupan terus menerus di hutan boreal, menyoroti baik kebutuhan untuk informasi tambahan maupun kemungkinan yang menarik yang disajikan oleh metode ini. Para ahli di bidangnya mengeksplorasi topik-topik seperti regenerasi hutan, efek genetik, produksi kayu dan hasilnya, panen kayu, agen kerusakan hutan, keanekaragam…
Waktu adalah dimensi luar biasa yang sangat relevan dalam kedokteran, teknik, bisnis, sains, biografi, sejarah, perencanaan, atau manajemen proyek. Memahami data yang berorientasi waktu melalui representasi visual memungkinkan kita untuk belajar dari masa lalu guna memprediksi, merencanakan, dan membangun masa depan. Edisi kedua ini dibangun atas kesuksesan besar dari edisi pertama. Ini mempert…
In The Life and Work of Ernesto de Martino: Italian Perspectives on Apocalypse and Rebirth in the Modern Study of Religion, Flavio A. Geisshuesler offers a comprehensive study of one of Italy’s most colorful historians of religions. The book inserts de Martino’s dramatic life trajectory within the intellectual climate and the socio-political context of his age in order to offer a fresh pers…