Games Without Frontiers?

This open access book focuses on how and why digital games and gambling are increasingly intertwined and asks “does this matter?” Looking at how “loot boxes” became the poster child for the convergence of gambling and gaming, Wardle traces how we got here. She argues that the intersection between gambling and gaming cultures has a long lineage, one that can be traced back throughout the…

Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico: Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. The Gulf of Mexico is an open and dynamic marine ecosystem rich in natural resources but heavily impacted by human activities, including agricultural, industrial, commercial and coastal development. The Gulf of Mexico has been continuously exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons for millions of years from natural oil and gas seeps on the sea f…

Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets

This open access book seeks to explain how the literary commentary of the Lives of the Poets speaks to us today because of its ethical goals. Edward Tomarken elucidates this element of Johnson’s literary criticism by using Ralph Cohen’s genre method, the topic of Chapter One, “Why Genre”. Chapters two to five address the most prevalent genres of the Lives: tragedy, metaphysical poetry, …

New Horizons for a Data-Driven Economy

In this book readers will find technological discussions on the existing and emerging technologies across the different stages of the big data value chain. They will learn about legal aspects of big data, the social impact, and about education needs and requirements. And they will discover the business perspective and how big data technology can be exploited to deliver value within different se…

Education for Sustaining Peace through Historical Memory

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The Virtues of Green Marketing

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Emotions in Korean Philosophy and Religion

This pioneering book presents thirteen articles on the fascinating topic of emotions (jeong 情) in Korean philosophy and religion. Its introductory chapter comprehensively provides a textual, philosophical, ethical, and religious background on this topic in terms of emotions West and East, emotions in the Chinese and Buddhist traditions, and Korean perspectives. Chapters 2 to 5 of part I discu…

Psychological insights for understanding COVID-19 and families, parents, and …

Dengan pengantar yang ditugaskan khusus dari para pakar internasional, seri Wawasan Psikologis untuk Memahami COVID-19 menyatukan bab-bab yang diterbitkan sebelumnya tentang tema-tema utama dalam ilmu psikologi yang membahas pengalaman orang-orang yang belum pernah terjadi sebelumnya tentang pandemi. Volume ini mengumpulkan bab-bab yang membahas isu-isu dan tantangan utama yang dihadirkan oleh …

Future of sustainable agriculture in saline environments

Produksi pangan di tanah salin saat ini dan masa depan patut mendapat perhatian dunia, khususnya karena ketahanan pangan merupakan isu yang mendesak, jutaan hektar tanah terdegradasi tersedia di seluruh dunia, air tawar semakin langka, dan kenaikan permukaan laut global mengancam produksi pangan di dataran rendah pesisir yang subur. Future of Sustainable Agriculture in Saline Environments bertu…

Business School Research : Excellence, Academic Quality and Positive Impact

This second book in the EFMD Management Education series explores business schools’ increasing focus on, and search for, meaningful societal and economic research impact. This involves, in particular, co-operation and collaboration in both knowledge creation and implementation of the findings of academic research in practice. Business schools have a critical role to play in ‘rewiring’ ou…