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Mare Nostrum Group @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social · 15h

Hui conceives necessary new epistemological and technological frameworks for understanding and rising to the crises of our present and our future.

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Mare Nostrum Group @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social · 15h

Here are some of our top Science picks!🧪

The MNG bookshop houses thousands of titles published by our clients across a variety of subjects📚

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Employing the same proven techniques from his earlier volumes, @stuartshanker.bsky.social delves into the science and principles behind the Shanker Self-Reg method in Reframed: A Self-Reg Revolution. 🧠

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Reframed: A Self-Reg Revolution by Stuart Shanker presents a comprehensive exploration of self-regulation, grounded in cutting-edge neuroscience, to help individuals thrive and society flourish. Book cover image of Reframed. A graphic of a pink and green brain with a blue background.

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 8d

Forthcoming November 2025, the new paperback edition of Podcast Studies: Practice into Theory, providing substantive evidence of podcasting's transformative effect on academia

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Podcast Studies: Practice into Theory critically examines the emergent field of podcasting in academia, revealing its significant impact on scholarly communication and approaches to research and knowledge creation.

This collection presents in-depth analyses from scholars who have integrated podcasting into their academic pursuits. The book systematically explores the medium's implications for teaching, its effectiveness in reaching broader audiences, and its role in reshaping the dissemination of academic work.

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Mare Nostrum Group @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social · 9d

Introducing the new MNG Bookshop! Our new site houses an extensive collection of academic, professional, and society publications in one space. We have tailored our bookshop to meet the needs of our audience, incorporating features that matter most.

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Introducing the MNG Bookshop!

We're thrilled to announce the official launch of our new online bookshop at https://mngbookshop.co.

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 9d

Remediating Cartographies of Erasure demonstrates the rectification practices of Indigenous peoples and continues anthropology’s long-standing advocacy for social justice and human rights around the globe.

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Book cover of Remediating Cartographies of Erasure. An Indigenous-art-style hand on a brown textured wall background and the title and subtitle in a white circle in the top left corner.

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 14d

Into the Void by John Youskauskas and Melvin Croft tells the unique story of those who have ventured outside the spacecraft into the unforgiving vacuum of space.🧑🚀

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Book cover of Into the Void, an astronaut floating upside down in space with the earth behind them

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Mare Nostrum Group @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social · 15d

The MNG bookshop houses thousands of titles published by our clients across a variety of subjects.

Here are some of our top picks in Technology & Engineering📚

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Mare Nostrum Group @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social · 15d

The book leads students through the collection, analysis, and development of information to produce a quality functional plant layout for a lean manufacturing environment.

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Mare Nostrum Group @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social · 17d

Driven by string figures, science fact, science fiction, and speculative feminism, this work further cements Haraway's reputation as one of the most daring thinkers of our time.

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Mare Nostrum Group @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social · 17d

Butler offers a provocative outline for a new ethical practice—one responsive to the need for critical autonomy yet grounded in the opacity of the human subject.

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Mare Nostrum Group @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social · 17d

Here are some of our top picks in Sociology and Social Theory📚

The MNG bookshop houses thousands of titles published by our clients across a variety of subjects.

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 16d

In What Could a University Be? Robert Gibbs proposes a model that reverses the traditional top-down flow by teaching students how to become knowledge creators rather than passive recipients. 🎓

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Book cover of 'What Could a University Be?: Revolutionary Ideas for the Future' by Robert Gibbs, gradient background of blue, pink, and orange with a white title heading.

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Mare Nostrum Group @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social · 19d

A diverse resource for infectious disease outbreak response. Those in the field now have access to a comprehensive text that brings together insights from the best in the business.

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Mare Nostrum Group @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social · 19d

The MNG bookshop houses thousands of titles published by our clients across a variety of subjects.

Here are some of our top picks for Public Health!

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Don’t forget to use code MNG25 for 25% off your purchase!

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 21d

Next week @cornellupress.bsky.social author Dr Jenny Hedström will be discussing her recent book, Reproducing Revolution, at the Amsterdam Centre for Conflict Studies, UvA. Information and registration details here: conflictstudies.uva.nl/content/even...

Reproducing Revolution: Women’s Labour and the War in Kachinland - The Amsterdam Centre for Conflict Studies

Join us for Dr Jenny Hedström’s talk on gender, war, and women’s labour in the Kachin conflict in Myanmar. A powerful perspective on militarised social reproduction.

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 21d

Not Just a Man's War by Yihong Pan is a vivid and comprehensive account of the lives of Chinese women during China's War of Resistance (1931-45).

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Mare Nostrum Group @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social · 21d

The MNG Prize Draw is open!

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 22d

Examines a marginalized society, Chiang Tung (Keng Tung) in the Eastern Shan State of Myanmar, between the dominant cultures of the Burmese, Chinese, and Siamese/Thai.

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 22d

Chronicles the extraordinary life of Hungarian adventurer, collector and explorer János Xántus,

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 22d

There's only one week to go before @melissatanti.bsky.social's book discussion at Queer Lit for The Translating Subject. 🌈
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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 22d

Using death ritual and grieving as interrogative lenses, Toulson explores the scope of resistance to state power in Singapore, laying bare the legacies of colonialism and whirlwind capitalism.

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Necropolitics of the Ordinary

Can a state make its people forget the dead?Cemeteries have become sites of acute political contestation in the city-state of Singapore. Confronted with high...

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Mare Nostrum Group @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social · 23d

Mare Nostrum Group (MNG) is pleased to announce the launch of our new online bookshop!

The new bookshop offers an easy-to-navigate platform on which MNG customers can browse all of the exciting titles we have on offer in one place.

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 23d

Benjamin Tausig uses Rocco’s intriguing story to trace the history of transnational nightlife encounters between Thais and Americans during the long American war in Vietnam.

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Bangkok After Dark

From the 1930s to the 1950s, jazz pianist Maurice Rocco was a mainstay in Hollywood and American nightlife scenes. As rock and roll surpassed jazz as America...

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 23d

The first in-depth account of the turbulent early years of settlement and growth of colonial Hong Kong across the 1840s.

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