Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction Habits form us more than we form them. The modern world is a machine of a thousand invisible habits,...

Social Imaginary and Constituent Imagination (Oxford Constitutional Theory) Beyond the People develops a provocative, interdisciplinary, and meta-theoretical critique of the idea of popular sovereignty. It asks...

Connected Youth and Digital Futures Do todays youth have more opportunities than their parents? As they build their own social and digital networks, does that offer new...

A History of Mathematics covers the evolution of mathematics through time and across the major Eastern and Western civilizations. It begins in Babylon, then describes the...

An Introduction to Sacred Sounds In the popular Little Bit of series: a fresh, accessible introduction to the practice of chanting mantras. Chanting a mantra repeatedly...

Plastics have transformed every aspect of our lives. Yet the very properties that make them attractivethey are cheap to make, light, and durablespell disaster when trash...

Apostles of Sound, Agents of Social Justice The John Coltrane Church began in 1965, when Franzo and Marina King attended a performance of the John Coltrane Quartet...

As other complex systems in social and natural sciences as well as in engineering, the Internet is hard to understand from a technical point of view....

The supply chain is a complex system of numerous, integrated stakeholders. These stakeholders are responsible for the transportation, storage, documentation, and handling of material goods and...

A Textbook for Language Teachers This book provides an accessible and reader-friendly overview of linguistic research. The meaning of complex linguistic concepts is illuminated with the help...