Featured Monthly Releases – May 2026

This May, explore new titles that engage with artificial intelligence, identity, sustainability and critical thought across disciplines. Discover our latest releases examining the ideas, challenges and conversations shaping contemporary society.

• The Anthem Handbook of Soft Power and Public Diplomacy in the Age of AI

This volume explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping influence, diplomacy and global communication in an increasingly digital world. Bringing together international scholars and practitioners, it examines topics ranging from narrative warfare and cultural projection to governance, conflict and digital diplomacy. Combining theoretical and practical perspectives, the book offers fresh insights into how power, persuasion and public diplomacy operate in the age of AI.

• Pursuits of Settler Belonging in Contemporary Australian Memoirs

This book examines how contemporary Australian memoirs explore questions of settler identity, belonging and Indigenous dispossession in the twenty-first century. Focusing on writings by historians, artists and public intellectuals, it investigates how narratives of settler anxiety have evolved over time. The study offers new perspectives on ethical belonging, landscape writing and the continuing legacy of colonisation.

• Invention and Craft, Second Edition: Exercising Creativity in College Writing and Research

This textbook explores the relationship between creativity theory and composition studies, presenting writing as both a creative and social practice. Combining rhetorical principles with practical guidance, it encourages students to develop critical thinking, experimentation and problem-solving skills across different forms of writing. The book offers a structured yet flexible approach to composition, designed to support creativity and effective communication.

• Sustainability, Well-Being and Socio-Environmental Quality

This edited volume explores sustainable development through a multidimensional approach that extends beyond traditional economic indicators such as GDP. Bringing together theoretical discussion, case studies and empirical research, it examines the relationship between environmental, social and economic factors in shaping well-being. The book highlights the importance of local and regional perspectives in creating more sustainable and inclusive development pathways.

• Philosophical Embarrassment: Wittgensteinian Essays in Moral Psychology

This collection of essays explores embarrassment as both a philosophical concept and a lens for understanding moral psychology, self-knowledge and human behaviour. Drawing on thinkers including Wittgenstein, Hume, Rousseau and Darwin, the book examines how embarrassment shapes philosophical enquiry and intellectual life. Offering both historical analysis and contemporary reflection, it considers the role of uncertainty, modesty and self-critique in philosophy.

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