A fresh interdisciplinary examination of the thought of Henri Lefebvre which sheds light on the politics of utopia and commoning through the examination of the wide-ranging socio-political dimensions of space.The book emphasizes political elements of Lefebvre's work that have been little explored in research such as his understanding of nationalism, ideology and anti-fascism, while further extending existing research on key concepts by Lefebvre, such as the right t...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th Asian Conference on Recent Challenges in Intelligent information and Database Systems, ACIIDS 2026, held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan during April 13–15, 2026.The 81 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 431 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Deep Learning Methods and Architectures; Generative, Foundation and Large Language Model...

The Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation for the Winter Quarter, 2012.Yannis Ritsos (1909-1990) is one of Greece's finest and most celebrated poets, and was nine times nominated for a Nobel Prize. Louis Aragon called him 'the greatest poet of our age'. He wrote in the face of ill health, personal tragedy and the systematic persecution by successive hard-line, right-wing regimes that led to many years in prison, or in island detention camps. Despite this, his lifetime's work ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, ACIIDS 2026, held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan during April 13–15, 2026.The 75 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 431 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Deep Learning Methods and Architectures; Generative, Foundation and Large Language Models; Explainable, Trustworthy and Responsible AI; Graph-Bas...

This book challenges the city-centered view of Europe by highlighting the importance of suburbs and peripheries, where millions live. It argues that Europe has long been shaped by suburbanization, which, since World War II, is closely linked to international immigration.Through historical and geographical analysis, A Continent of Suburbs explores the diversity of suburban models across Europe and expands the ‘post-suburban’ concept to reflect blurred boundaries and evolvin...

This book offers an alternative narrative of the global history of political economy. From ancient civilizations to modern times, zero-sum logic has been a fundamental, yet often ignored, driving force behind political and economic systems worldwide. The authors reveal the contradictions within various ideologies –particularly liberalism and neoliberalism– that claim win-win scenarios while in fact relying on zero-sum principles.By examining systems from mercantilism to digital eco...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th Asian Conference on Recent Challenges in Intelligent information and Database Systems, ACIIDS 2026, held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan during April 13–15, 2026.The 81 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 431 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Deep Learning Methods and Architectures; Generative, Foundation and Large Language Model...

A practical guide to recovering assets stolen through corruption using civil lawsuits. This study provides legal practitioners and policymakers with the tools to combat corruption and navigate international jurisdictions. It explores how states can act as private litigants to recover stolen assets, offering a necessary complement to criminal proceedings.The study details the strategic, tactical, and technical issues of civil actions, including selecting lawyers, tr...

Life in Damascus for Ari Boletis, UNRWA’s chief information officer in the Syrian capital, and Laura Heineken, the BBC journalist, is overshadowed by the civil war that has crippled the country. They are in love with each other and cherish their moments together, but at the same time they have to deal with the threats emanating from terrorist groups, criminal gangs or the ruthless state apparatus.One day Laura is found dead in the rebel-held outskirts of Damascus. Her killers could...

A collection of the three volumes by Yannis Andricopoulos on ancient Greek wisdom applied to modern culture and society, including:- Volume 1: In Bed with Madness- Volume 2: The Greek Inheritance- Volume 3: The Future of the PastIn Bed with MadnessGlobalism endowed us with McDonald's, 'the world's local bank’, English football teams without English players and an irrepressible desire for more as enough is never good enough - the blanket is always too short. Our personal world as much as ou...

Crete, 20 May 1941: the first campaign-sized airborne assault is launched. Many books have been written about this famous invasion, with the emphasis mainly on the battles for Maleme and Chania. The Battle for Heraklion - an epic struggle - remained largely forgotten and widely unstudied. Yet the desperate fight for Heraklion had everything: street-fighting in the town; heroic attacks against well-fortified positions and medieval walls; heavy losses on all sides; and tragic stories involvi...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, ACIIDS 2026, held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan during April 13–15, 2026.The 75 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 431 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Deep Learning Methods and Architectures; Generative, Foundation and Large Language Models; Explainable, Trustworthy and Responsible AI; Graph-Bas...