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Barriers, Borders and Crossings in British Postcolonial Fiction

A Gender Perspective

By: Cecilia Rosa Acquarone

£44.99

A perceptive and innovative study of female versus male responses to postmodernity in British postcolonial fiction, highlighting the opposition between the tragic vision of male authors and the comic vision of women writers. An invaluable contribution.

Soldiers, Bombs and Rifles

Military History of the 20th Century

Edited By: Paola Lo Cascio, Antoni Segura i Mas, Alberto Pellegrini

£39.99

Military History is not just for experts. It is an essential, interdisciplinary tool for interpreting historical processes. This book analyzes the main wars of the 20th century, with contributions on WWI, WWII, the Spanish Civil War, and asymmetric conflicts.

Life and Work of Pauline Viardot Garcia, vol. I

The Years of Fame 1836-1863 Second Edition

By: Barbara Kendall-Davies

£54.99

Once famous, now obscure, Pauline Viardot Garcia was one of the most important singers of the 19th century. A superb singer, composer, and pianist, she was a muse to composers, a friend of Chopin and George Sand, and loved by Ivan Turgenev.

Coalition Warfare

An Anthology of Scholarly Presentations at the Conference on Coalition Warfare at the Royal Danish Defence College, 2011

Edited By: Kjeld Hald Galster, Søren Nørby, Niels Bo Poulsen

£39.99

Associations of nations fighting for common causes are no novelty. This anthology includes scholarly research on coalition warfare, past and present, exploring commonalities and differences. This complex reality is of importance to historians, politicians, and commanders.

Leibniz

Prophet of New Era Science

By: Jürgen Lawrenz

£44.99

Modern scientists and philosophers confront the prophetic legacy of Leibniz, whose 17th-century metaphysics presaged today’s research into relativity, quantum cosmology, complexity theory, and the computer era, revealing his profound impact on science.

Computer Simulations and the Changing Face of Scientific Experimentation

Edited By: Eckhart Arnold, Juan M. Durán

£44.99

Scientists, historians, and philosophers join to examine computer simulations in scientific practice. This volume offers a multi-perspective view, including philosophical studies, case studies, and historical analysis of their potential and limitations.

The American Occupation of Australia, 1941-45

A Marriage of Necessity

By: John McKerrow

£44.99

During WWII, over 120,000 American troops were based in Australia. This book examines the resulting "fault lines" in the alliance: GI crime, jurisdictional disputes, and fraught race and gender relations, challenging the accepted history of this occupation.

During WWII, over 120,000 American troops were based in Australia. This book examines the resulting “fault lines” in the alliance: GI crime, jurisdictional disputes, and fraught race and gender relations, challenging the accepted history of this occupation.

The Work of Avishai Ehrlich

Political Sociologist, Activist and Public Intellectual

Edited By: Nea Ehrlich, Lesley Marx, Nira Yuval-Davis

£44.99

This book is about Avishai Ehrlich’s life’s work in political sociology and his role as a public intellectual. Chapters include his articles, commentaries, and personal memories from distinguished academics, friends, and students who knew his influence well.

Daimonic Imagination

Uncanny Intelligence

Edited By: Patrick Curry, William Rowlandson

£54.99

This volume of essays celebrates the daimonic presence—god, angel, muse, spirit—and its role in inspired creativity. Contributors evoke the daimon through history, literature, and encounter, exploring humanity’s relationship with mysterious and numinous reality.

The Strange Case of Lord Pigot

By: Sudip Bhattacharya

£49.99

This book recounts true stories of rebellion in 18th-century English India, culminating in the public furore over the arrest, imprisonment, and death of a governor. It also tells the tale of a powerful Nawab and the scandal of his massive debts.

Moving from Infancy to Young Adulthood

A Contemporary Review of the Development of the Virgin Islands

By: Dana Lewis-Ambrose

£39.99

A review of the Virgin Islands' (BVI) economic and political development over the past 60 years. This book explores future possibilities and comments on present systems, making it a must-read for island scholars, policy makers, and students.

A review of the Virgin Islands’ (BVI) economic and political development over the past 60 years. This book explores future possibilities and comments on present systems, making it a must-read for island scholars, policy makers, and students.

Latin American Bureaucracy and the State Building Process (1780-1860)

Edited By: Juan Carlos Garavaglia, Juan Pro Ruiz

£54.99

While most analyses of state formation focus on Europe and North America, this volume pays particular attention to Latin America. It provides the first detailed perspective on the formation of the State’s bureaucracies and offers an innovative analysis.

Pangs of Love and Longing

Configurations of Desire in Premodern Literature

Edited By: Anders Cullhed, Carin Franzén, Anders Hallengren

£49.99

This book explores historic attitudes towards sexuality, pleasure, and bodies as represented in European literature from Antiquity to the Early Modern period. Its aim is to demonstrate the plurality of premodern desire and offer fresh perspectives on our present.

The Archbishops of Cyprus in the Modern Age

The Changing Role of the Archbishop-Ethnarch, their Identities and Politics

Edited By: Michalis N. Michael, Andrekos Varnava

£49.99

Cypriot archbishops have long wielded political power. Most remember the nationalist politician and first President, Archbishop Makarios III. But were they all like him? This unique study explores the role of the archbishop-ethnarch.

The Faustian Motif in the Tragedies by Christopher Marlowe

By: Milena Kaličanin

£39.99

This book argues the Faustian pact with demonic forces is a motif explored not only in Doctor Faustus, but throughout Marlowe’s tragedies. It examines this pact in psychological and cultural terms, demonstrating its relevance for modern society.

The Libyan War 1911-1912

Edited By: Andrea Ungari

£44.99

The Italo-Ottoman war for Libya was a dress rehearsal for the First World War. Using new sources, these essays explore a conflict with profound repercussions for Italian and European politics that helped end the Belle Époque and raised the specter of a new war.

With God on Our Side

British Christian Responses to the Spanish Civil War

By: Ben Edwards

£49.99

This book uses Christian reactions to the Spanish Civil War to analyse the importance of Christianity in interwar Britain. Framed as a Holy War, the conflict exposed and increased pre-existing tensions between British Protestants and Catholics.

The History and Philosophy of Astrobiology

Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Life and the Human Mind

Edited By: David Dunér, Gustav Holmberg, Erik Persson

£44.99

Does intelligent life exist beyond Earth, or are we alone? This book traces the science and philosophy of astrobiology, exploring the limits of the human mind, the challenges of interstellar communication, and our first steps into the terra incognita of extraterrestrial life.

The Impact of World War One on Limerick

By: Tadhg Moloney

£44.99

This book examines World War One's impact on Limerick, where initial support for the war crumbled as inept British policies fueled the rise of Sinn Féin separatists, paving the way for their 1918 election victory. A complex scene of unique local events.

This book examines World War One’s impact on Limerick, where initial support for the war crumbled as inept British policies fueled the rise of Sinn Féin separatists, paving the way for their 1918 election victory. A complex scene of unique local events.

The Making of Modern Portugal

Edited By: Luís Trindade

£49.99

This book is both an introductory synthesis of Modern Portugal and a collection of studies on state formation. It creates a narrative of a country struggling for modernization, making the Portuguese case a useful tool for wider debates on modernity.