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Richard Freund’s Legacy of Ideas, Research and Teaching about the Holocaust

Edited By: Philip Reeder

From £39.99

This book highlights the research of pioneer Rabbi Richard A. Freund. Using non-invasive archaeology, geophysical techniques are applied at Holocaust sites, melding science with testimony and archival research to uncover the hidden aspects of the Holocaust.

Richard Potter, Beatrice Webb’s Father and Corporate Capitalist

By: Geoffrey Channon

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Studies of Potter tend to see him through the lens of his relationship with his most famous daughter, Beatrice (Webb). In this book, Potter is the subject of study in his own right. The work denotes how he was a new type of businessman: an international corporate capitalist.

Right / Left / Right Revolving Commitments

France and Britain 1929-1950

Edited By: Stan Smith

£34.99

This collection of essays examines the complex responses of British and French intellectuals to the political crises from the 1920s to WWII. It explores the radical shifts in allegiance as writers confronted the rise of fascism and communism.

Ritual and Remembrance

the Memorialisation of the Great War in East Kent

By: Peter Donaldson

£34.99

This study explores local memorial construction after the Great War, revealing the tension between private tragedy and public remembrance. It uncovers how authorities transformed personal grief into a public narrative through the complex process of commemoration.

Rituals of Death and Dying in Modern and Ancient Greece

Writing History from a Female Perspective

By: Evy Johanne Håland

£73.99

This study examines women’s crucial role in the cult of the dead in ancient and modern Greece. It combines ethnography with historical sources to offer a female perspective on death rituals, challenging a history written almost exclusively by men.

Roaming, Wandering, Deviation and Error

Dialogues Between Paradise Lost and the Novels of Salman Rushdie

By: Mayra Helena Alves Olalquiaga

£41.99

This title presents a comparative reading of John Milton’s epic Paradise Lost in relation to four novels by Salman Rushdie, namely The Satanic Verses, The Moor’s Last Sigh, Fury and The Ground Beneath Her Feet, confronting terms such as influence and inheritance.

Royalty and Republic in Europe

Political Establishments in the Early 1920s

Edited By: Sorin Arhire, Tudor Roşu, Călin Anghel

From £33.99

This volume offers a multitude of perspectives on Europe’s political establishments in the early 1920s. It offers new insights into this crucial point in history from the Great Powers, small countries, winners, losers and neutral parties, on topics completely new to the field.

Rural Ireland in the Early Twentieth Century

Conflict, Rebellion, and Key Developments

Edited By: Jean M. Walker

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This volume fills many gaps in Irish rural history, marking the ‘decade of commemorations’. It assesses the political aspirations of rural communities, changes in agricultural education, and the social and cultural positioning of Ireland pre and post revolution.

Russia’s New Generation Urban Warfare

By: Umer Khan, Muhammad Ali Baig

£59.99

This study probes the Russian approach to urban warfare from 1991-2020. It explores the evolution of Russian military doctrine in response to new strategic challenges and analyses the efficacy of its ‘New Generation Approach’ in contemporary urban battlespaces.

Rutherford B. Hayes and the Restoration of Presidential Powers

By: Charles Quince

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Scholars have dismissed Rutherford B. Hayes as an ineffective president. This work demolishes that wisdom, showing how Hayes overcame a hostile Congress to restore presidential prerogatives, laying the foundation for the strong executive branch we know today.

Sacred Groves, Cultural Ecosystems and Conservation

Edited By: Rena Laisram

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This collection of essays explores sacred groves in Africa and Asia, offering perspectives on the cultural and spiritual dimensions of biodiversity conservation. It brings center-stage the complex interaction between the ‘sacred’ and ‘secular’ in our threatened world.

Saharan Crossroads

Exploring Historical, Cultural, and Artistic Linkages between North and West Africa

Edited By: Tara F. Deubel, Hélène Tissières, Scott M. Youngstedt

£54.99

The Sahara is not a barrier, but a vibrant crossroads. This book explores millennia of historical, cultural, and artistic linkages between North and West Africa, revealing long histories of peaceful coexistence, interdependence, and cooperation.

Sam Coverly’s Journal with Historical Notes

Traveling and Trading in the Early Republic

By: John A. Albertini

From £30.99

Sam Coverly was an entrepreneur and adventurous traveler. His journal and correspondence provide eyewitness accounts of life in a rapidly expanding country at the threshold of industrialization and a transportation revolution, as he saw the nation's landmass double.

Sarawak, Borneo, in 1941

The Chief Secretary’s Files

By: Gathorne Cranbrook

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In 1941, strategically important files were hidden in Sarawak to protect them from advancing Japanese forces. Rediscovered in 2008, they are now transcribed in this book. These documents explain the century-long rule of the “white Rajahs” and their relationships with Brunei.

Saving Sinners, even Moslems

The Arabian Mission (1889-1973) and its Intellectual Roots

By: Jerzy Zdanowski

£61.99

This book investigates the Reformed Church's Mission to Arabia (1889-1973). It explores cultural encounters between missionaries and Muslims, and a unique theology that presented the evangelization of Muslims as critical for Christ’s Second Coming.

This book investigates the Reformed Church’s Mission to Arabia (1889-1973). It explores cultural encounters between missionaries and Muslims, and a unique theology that presented the evangelization of Muslims as critical for Christ’s Second Coming.

Science and Daily Life in the Study of the Northern Lights, 1898–1928

By: Toril Synnøve Jenssen

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The world’s first Northern Lights observatory is the focus of this account about everyday life and the epoch-making pioneering of geophysical research on Haldde Mountain in Finnmark, Norway. The book builds on private letters and memoirs about daily life and research.

Science and Empire in the Nineteenth Century

A Journey of Imperial Conquest and Scientific Progress

Edited By: Catherine Delmas, Christine Vandamme

£39.99

This book explores how sciences like anthropology and ethnography became tools of empire. It analyzes the link between knowledge and power, revealing the tension between scientific objectivity and imperialist propaganda in the British and American empires.

Science, Public Health and Nation-Building in Soekarno-Era Indonesia

By: Vivek Neelakantan

£61.99

Indonesia’s early public health successes gave way to an era of bold plans but unfulfilled aspirations. This book reveals the inner tensions between a biomedical approach to disease eradication and a holistic vision linking public health to nation-building.

Scouting Frontiers

Youth and the Scout Movement’s First Century

Edited By: Nelson R. Block, Tammy M. Proctor

£39.99

Scouting Frontiers is the first book to discuss the history of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements on an international scale. It examines how the world's greatest youth movement transformed as it faced frontiers of nation, empire, religion, and gender.

Scouting Frontiers is the first book to discuss the history of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements on an international scale. It examines how the world’s greatest youth movement transformed as it faced frontiers of nation, empire, religion, and gender.

Selahattin Ülkümen, the Turkish Righteous among the Nations

By: Yücel Güçlü

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Selahattin Ülkümen, a Turkish diplomat, is the only Muslim designated “Righteous among the Nations” for saving 42 Jews from the Nazis at his own risk. The remarkable story of this hero is an important but little-known aspect of Holocaust history. This book fills that void.