15 authors present alternative Garden of Eden stories featuring unexpected creatures great and small. You'll meet the gardeners of Eden, water rats, non-angelic incorporeal beings, Norse gods, and more.The Garden of Eden anthology is the first anthology in the Biblical Legends Anthology Series with 10 flash fiction stories, one poem, 5 short stories, and an essay. You'll be surprised, entertained, amused, and amazed at the creative imaginations of these writers as they present alte...

A long time ago, two ancient cities were destroyed. They were known by the names Sodom & Gomorrah.Sulfurings: Tales from Sodom & Gomorrah is a collection of short stories and flash fiction depicting the fates of the citizens of Sodom & Gomorrah - the ones who survived and the ones who perished.18 authors in 17 stories, one poem, and one creative essay, showcase their imaginations to tell you the stories of magicians, incorporeal non-angelic beings, intruders from s...

17 authors share their alternative visions of one of history's most popular legends - The Great Flood. These stories re-envision the great flood from a speculative fiction perspective, introducing new characters struggilng for survival against the worst natural disaster to ever plague mankind. Not only will you meet introducing characters, but you'll see weird creatures rising up from the deep, challenging these characters in ways that a divine God can't.Through flash fiction, narr...

This book focuses on the politics of street trees and the institutions, actors and processes that govern their planning, planting and maintenance. This is an innovative approach which is particularly important in the context of mounting environmental and societal challenges and reveals a huge amount about the nature of modern life, social change and political conflict.The work first provides different historical perspectives on street trees and politics, celebrating diversity in di...

This groundbreaking collection explores the complex intersections of communication and climate change in Africa.From legacy media’s framing of climate narratives to the mobilising potential of digital media, the volume examines the multi-faceted ways in which climate change is mediated through different communication channels and how different media can be harnessed to amplify African voices on climate change. Drawing on a broad range of theoretical and methodological approaches, c...

Psychodynamic Approaches in Health and Social Care sees experienced psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and educationalists analyse classic psychoanalytic papers and accessibly apply them to contemporary health and social care settings.In each chapter, practitioners and educators analyse a classic paper to support a better understanding of and resolution to the complex, pervasive and multi-faceted challenges facing contemporary health and social care provision. The papers inc...

Bringing together international authors writing from a social science perspective on babies, toddlers and pre-school sport and physical activity, this book explores the social and cultural context in which children under five take part in sport and physical activity.The book provides a wider understanding of how under-five sport and physical activity (PA) can be understood and how parents’ decisions are shaped by economic, cultural, and changing family, work, and social settings. A...

Landmark Essays in Rhetoric of Science: Issues and Methods compiles the essential readings of the vibrant field of rhetoric of science, tracing the growth and core concerns of the field since its development in the 1970s.A companion to Randy Allen Harris’s foundational Landmark Essays in Rhetoric of Science: Case Studies, this volume includes essays by such luminaries as Carolyn R. Miller, Jeanne Fahnestock, and Alan G. Gross, along with an early prophetic article...

Devotional Spaces of a Global Saint focuses on the presence and contemporaneity of Shirdi Sai Baba (d.1918), who has a vast following in postcolonial South Asia and an ever-growing global diaspora. Essays consider the saint’s influence on everyday life and how visual, narrative, textual, sensorial, performative, political, social, and spatial practices interpenetrate to produce multiple terrains of devotion.Contributions by twelve scholars of several academic disciplines explore er...

This book focuses on applying the thought of Saint Augustine to address a number of persistent 21st-century socio-political issues. Drawing together Augustinian ideas such as concupiscence, virtue, vice, habit, and sin through social and textual analysis, it provides fresh Augustinian perspectives on new—yet somehow familiar—quandaries. The volume addresses the themes of fallenness, politics, race, and desire. It includes contributions from theology, philosophy, and political science. Each...

Practice theory provides a way of understanding everyday life, but until now its application in occupational therapy has not been much developed. Theorising Occupational Therapy Practice in Diverse Settings draws on practice theory to explore the conditions for occupational therapy practice in a variety of clinical and non-traditional settings.With examples from around the globe, the chapters of the first section unfold practice theory perspectives of occupational therapy ...

Applied Spatial Cognition illustrates the vital link between research and application in spatial cognition. With an impressive vista ranging from applied research to applications of cognitive technology, this volume presents the work of individuals from a wide range of disciplines and research areas, including psychologists, geographers, information scientists, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, engineers, and architects.Chapters throughout the book are a testimony...