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The Selected Letters of Alice Meynell

Poet and Essayist

Edited By: Damian Atkinson

£54.99

Catholic convert Alice Meynell was a sophisticated essayist and poet of the late Victorian era. With her husband, she was central to the literary world, editing journals and famously publishing Francis Thompson’s “The Hound of Heaven.”

The Centre and the Margins in Eighteenth-Century British and Italian Cultures

Edited By: Lia Guerra, Frank O'Gorman

£39.99

Who determines the ‘Centre’ of a culture and what the ‘Margins’? The Margins of one generation can become the Centre of another in a seismic cultural shift. How does this transformation occur and what does it reveal about the very nature of culture itself?

Horse Breeds and Breeding in the Greco-Persian World

1st and 2nd Millennium BC

By: Thomas Donaghy

£44.99

This book focuses on the origin and development of ancient horse breeds. It examines what happened when humans domesticated the horse, and through cross-breeding and training, created the famed breeds of the Greco-Persian world of the second and first millennia BC.

Shifting Viewpoints

Cervantes in Twentieth-Century and Early Twenty-First-Century Literature Written in German

By: Meg H. Brown, Gabriele Eckart

£44.99

To understand a turbulent century, German writers turned to Cervantes. Don Quixote, recast as either fool or hero, became a powerful lens for grappling with fascism, war, and a divided world.

Bethsaida in Archaeology, History and Ancient Culture

A Festschrift in Honor of John T. Greene

Edited By: J. Harold Ellens

£59.99

Uncover biblical Bethsaida, a key site in Jesus’s life. Decades of archaeological discoveries reveal the vibrant daily life, culture, and religion of the first-century Holy Land for scholars and interested readers alike.

Bard of the Bethel

The Life and Times of Boston's Father Taylor, 1793-1871

By: Wendy Knickerbocker

£59.99

Former sailor Father Taylor became one of Boston's most popular preachers. A missionary, reformer, and champion of religious tolerance, his story portrays a unique and forceful American character set against the backdrop of Boston in the age of revival and reform.

Former sailor Father Taylor became one of Boston’s most popular preachers. A missionary, reformer, and champion of religious tolerance, his story portrays a unique and forceful American character set against the backdrop of Boston in the age of revival and reform.

Less than Nations

Central-Eastern European Minorities after WWI, Volumes 1 and 2

By: Giuseppe Motta

£69.99

After WWI, the geo-political map of Central-Eastern Europe was redefined. As states and nations rarely coincided, the minority question emerged as one of the most troublesome issues of the interwar period, affecting international relations and many states.

Sir Arthur Helps and the Making of Victorianism

By: Stephen Keck

£44.99

This book recovers the once-eminent but now forgotten Sir Arthur Helps. A prominent Victorian social activist, he was a confidant to Queen Victoria and played a decisive role in refashioning the monarchy’s public image.

Early Modernity and Video Games

Edited By: Florian Kerschbaumer, Tobias Winnerling

£44.99

How do video games portray history? This volume questions the conceptions of history games embody, focusing on the early modern period (1450-1815). From Age of Empires to Assassin’s Creed, it explores what happens when games encounter early modernity.

Religion at Work in Globalised Traditions

Rainmaking, Witchcraft and Christianity in Tanzania

By: Anders Kaliff

£49.99

In a Tanzanian Sukuma community, traditional rainmaking has vanished. As Christianity spreads, why are witchcraft and witch killings increasing? This book analyses how witchcraft and Christianity supplement each other to provide answers for this world and the next.

Great Power Politics in Cyprus

Foreign Interventions and Domestic Perceptions

Edited By: Haralambos Alexandrou, Michalis Kontos, Nikos Panayiotides

£44.99

This volume approaches foreign interventions in Cyprus from two angles: a case-by-case historical analysis and the implementation of systemic models. It also deals with domestic perceptions and their impact on the politics and public rhetoric of the Cyprus problem.

College Cloisters – Married Bachelors

By: Bridget Duckenfield

£44.99

This work traces how Oxford and Cambridge colleges, founded for celibate men, clung to a monastic way of life into the nineteenth century. It explores the struggle of courageous individuals who finally overturned the statutes in 1882, allowing Fellows to marry.

“An Ald Reht”

Essays on Anglo-Saxon Law

By: Carole Hough

£49.99

This volume brings together thirteen essays on the legal system of Anglo-Saxon England. Based on twenty years of research, it offers important insights into English law from the sixth century through to its preservation in twelfth-century manuscripts.

Ninety Years of the Abruzzo National Park 1922-2012

Proceedings of the Conference held in Pescasseroli, May 18-20, 2012

Edited By: Luigi Piccioni

£39.99

The Abruzzo National Park is one of the oldest protected areas in Europe. This volume reconstructs the highlights of the Park’s troubled but influential history and its connections with environmentalism and Italian society at large.

Nazi Ideology and Ethics

Edited By: Wolfgang Bialas, Lothar Fritze

£54.99

This volume explores the ethics of National Socialism, from its ideology of racial warfare and “euthanasia” killings to the moral convictions of perpetrators who acted with a “good conscience.” It connects Nazi ideology to current ethical challenges.

African Thought in Comparative Perspective

Edited By: Ali A. Mazrui

£49.99

Ali Mazrui synthesizes Africa’s political and social thought in this original interpretation of timeless relevance. It covers themes from liberation movements to the convergence of African, Islamic, and Western thought, and the role of religion in politics.

In Search of Agamemnon

Early Travellers to Mycenae

By: Nektarios Karadimas, Dudley Moore, Edward Rowlands

£39.99

Before Schliemann, pioneers and ancients were fascinated by Mycenae. This book brings to life their thoughts and descriptions of the Lion Gate and ‘Treasury of Atreus’—observations that are not only of historical interest, but pure poetry.

Sir William Rooke Creswell and the Foundation of the Australian Navy

By: Sheila Dwyer

£44.99

William Rooke Creswell argued that, as an island continent, Australia could not defend itself without a navy. He saw no point in a large army if one enemy battleship could destroy its cities. He was the one constant advocate for an Australian navy.

The Holocaust

Memories and History

Edited By: Ryan Barrick, Abigail S Gruber, David Misal

£54.99

This collection of scholarly articles analyzes Holocaust testimonies, photographs, literature, and films. Based on multi-disciplinary research, these essays provide new perspectives on the Holocaust and explore innovative methods for teaching its significance.

Toward, Around, and Away from Tahrir

Tracking Emerging Expressions of Egyptian Identity

Edited By: Amanda Fields, Emily Golson, Loubna Youssef

£39.99

The 2011 revolution complicated questions about Egyptian identity. This volume focuses on written and oral expression, viewed through the lenses of rhetoric and communication, to understand how the demand for change altered Egyptians’ perceptions of themselves.