Featured Monthly Releases – November 2025

As November unfolds, it offers an opportunity to reaffirm our priorities and prepare for the final phase of the year. We invite you to explore our featured releases for this month.

The Platinum Workforce

Artificial intelligence is transforming the nature of work, yet governments, institutions and employers are largely unprepared to train billions for this emerging landscape. Trond Arne Undheim argues that the ongoing re-industrial transition demands new skills that merge technological capability with sustainability and social awareness. He identifies two core skills – human–AI collaboration and an interoperability mindset – supported by ten complementary skills ranging from eco-awareness to psycho-resilience. Undheim contends that future leaders must continuously adapt, manage complex risks and guide others through rapid shifts in technology, culture and work.

CreativitRy

Stan Lai, one of Asia’s most celebrated playwright–directors, offers a groundbreaking exploration of creativity as a learnable mental process rather than a mysterious gift. Drawing on decades of artistic work and Buddhist training, he presents a ‘Map of Creativity’ that teaches individuals to un-learn restrictive habits and reconnect with innate creative potential. Lai explains that true creativity requires both method and wisdom, the latter often missing from contemporary education. Through practical exercises and philosophical insight, he shows how slowing down and understanding the moment of inspiration can help anyone access deeper creative capacity.

Alessandro Michele

Alessandro Michele’s arrival at Gucci in 2015 radically transformed the brand from sleek sensuality to a maximalist, vintage-inspired and gender-fluid aesthetic. His debut collection introduced eclectic styling – pussy-bow blouses, retro prints and fur-lined loafers – that redefined Gucci’s visual identity and captivated global fashion audiences. Michele challenged traditional gender divisions, merging historical, philosophical and cultural references to create collections that scrambled time, symbolism and identity. His intellectual, theatrical approach positioned Gucci as a house of imaginative misfits and cultural experimentation, reshaping modern luxury fashion.

Renu Recipes

Renu’s Recipes is a practical and inviting cookbook designed to make diabetic-friendly cooking both flavourful and accessible. Covering everything from breakfast to desserts, it offers home cooks a wide range of global dishes, alongside guidance on techniques such as baking, steaming and stir-frying. The book emphasises nutritious, home-made meals that bring joy without compromising health, making it suitable for those managing diabetes or seeking a healthier lifestyle. Renu Sood’s recipes provide a balanced blend of taste, wellness and simplicity for everyday cooking.

Neurocomputational Poetics

This book introduces neurocomputational poetics, a new field combining cognitive poetics, data science and neuroscience to explain how readers understand and appreciate literature. It challenges the belief that literary experience is too subjective for scientific study by presenting models that predict how text features interact with reader traits. Through practical methods – from text analysis and machine learning to neurocognitive experiments – the book demonstrates how prose and poetry differently engage the brain, emotions and imagination. The work offers transformative insights for literary studies, education and psychology, showing how computational and neuroscientific approaches can illuminate the complexities of reading.

The U.S. Military in the Print News Media

This book examines how news media and popular culture have portrayed the U.S. military, its industries and its leadership over 125 years of American conflict. Tracing coverage from the Spanish–American War to contemporary conflicts such as Iraq and the War on Terror, it analyses the tone, language and underlying attitudes shaping American self-perception. The study reveals how media producers construct a powerful and enduring discourse that influences both domestic understanding of the military and international views of American power. By integrating history, political science, discourse analysis and media studies, the work offers an innovative and timely insight into the relationship between culture, policy and the evolution of the American Empire.

The Anthem Companion to David Riesman

The purpose of this proposed addition to the Anthem Companions series is to add another title to a growing list of well-received publications (including the author’s prior contribution on Robert E. Park).  In so doing, the goal is to reconnect some scholars to Riesman’s legacy and to introduce him to others. Specifically, the book consists of an editor’s introduction and seven contributed chapters. 

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