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A Discourse Perspective on Daniel O’Connell’s Repeal Movement

By: Davide Mazzi

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This book takes a new angle on Daniel O’Connell, providing a discourse perspective on his oratorical skills and his perception by the press. It examines what rhetorical strategies he used to persuade Catholics and how he was assessed by nationalist and unionist print media.

Thirty-Six Short Essays on the Probing Mind of Thomas Jefferson

“A sentimental traveller”

By: M. Andrew Holowchak

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Authored by a foremost authority on Jefferson, this book offers 36 short essays on his thoughts. Meant to be read as Jefferson himself read before sleep—one at a time, “whereupon to ruminate”—these fresh, provocative essays are to be savored.

Early Modern Ethnic and Religious Communities in Exile

Edited By: Yosef Kaplan

£64.99

The international group of historians represented here focus on several significant groups of minorities who were driven into exile from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. They discuss a broad range of topics, including the religious meaning they accorded to their exile.

Self-Presentation and Identity in the Roman World

Edited By: Andreas Gavrielatos

£52.99

This volume examines how self-presentation can facilitate our understanding of how individuals present their identities. Topics covered include identities shaped through the self-presentation of authors in Latin literature, and explorations on epigraphy and historical analyses.

British Religion and the World Wars

A Subject Bibliography of Modern Literature

By: Clive Field

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This is the first in-depth listing of literature on British religion and the World Wars. With over 1,200 items, it covers Christianity, Judaism, and alternative religion. An indispensable reference tool for those investigating the religious landscape of Britain during the wars.

The Fruits of Madness

Perspectives on the Prophetic Movements in Three Traditions

Edited By: John Tracy Greene

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This title brings together presentations given at a seminar held in 2014 as part of the Annual International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, and offers fresh and thought-provoking perspectives on the ancient Israelite and early Jewish concern with prophecy.

Science and Mind in Contemporary Process Thought

Edited By: Jakub Dziadkowiec, Lukasz Lamza

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The relationship of mind to matter still eludes understanding. This volume shows how process philosophy can help. Twelve chapters by prominent specialists discuss the link between process thinking and scientific research on the problems of mind and experience.

Alexander the Great

By: Krzysztof Nawotka

£49.99

This comprehensive biography presents Alexander’s story based on ancient sources, including non-Western evidence. It reveals the Oriental perspective on his epic conquests and offers a balanced portrait, avoiding both idealization and deconstruction.

Imaging Malgudi

R K Narayan’s Fictive Town and its People

By: Harsharan Singh Ahluwalia

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This critical study explores R.K. Narayan’s timeless stories set in the fictional town of Malgudi. It examines the lives of common people as tradition and modernity, myth and history seamlessly merge, highlighting the inherent pulls and tensions in their society.

Americanization of History

Conflation of Time and Culture in Film and Television

Edited By: Kathleen McDonald

£44.99

This collection of essays explores how history and literature are translated into film. From Walt Disney to the Wild West, mobsters to vampire slayers, these articles analyze how movies and TV reflect the time and place of their own creation.

Women and Science, 17th Century to Present

Pioneers, Activists and Protagonists

Edited By: Véronique Molinari

£44.99

This volume takes a new approach to women in science, moving beyond the obstacles they have faced. It analyzes the link between women and science through various media—including fiction, poetry, and sci-fi—to explore the portrayal and self-portrayal of women.

Peninsular Identities, Transatlantic Crossings and Iberian Networks

Edited By: Mark Gant, Siân Edwards, Susana Rocha Relvas

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This book offers new approaches to Iberian and Ibero-American cultures, with emphasis on Portuguese-Galician, Basque, and Catalan identities after the Spanish Civil War. It discusses issues of memory, social dynamics, and transatlantic exchanges with South America and Africa.

Patterns of Labour Migrations in Colonial Andhra

By: Kali Chittibabu

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This book explores the history of migration in India. In contrast to the 19th century's mass migration of labourers, it investigates the comparative immobility of the people of Andhra, discussing causes including their traditional attachment to their native locale.

This book explores the history of migration in India. In contrast to the 19th century’s mass migration of labourers, it investigates the comparative immobility of the people of Andhra, discussing causes including their traditional attachment to their native locale.

Intelligence and Propaganda in the Cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Afghanistan

By: Murat Aslan

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This book questions the efficiency of propaganda and intelligence in peace operations. Through a comparative analysis of NATO in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan, it examines both NATO activities and the communication strategies of opposing elements.

The British Foundation of Indian Entomology

By: Michael Darby

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This is the first book on the amateur British collectors of Indian insects between 1750 and 1947. It documents how early personal collections founded museums, and how interest shifted to the economic impact of insect pests on forestry and horticulture.

Rethinking the Racial Moment

Essays on the Colonial Encounter

Edited By: Barbara Brookes, Alison Holland

£39.99

This collection of essays re-energises the debate on race by focusing on its intersections with colonialism. It shifts our historical understanding, offering invigorating new approaches to cultural encounters via the interpretive frame of ‘the moment.’

The Making of Refugee Memory

The Asia Minor Catastrophe, Historical Writing and Life Practices

By: Emilia Salvanou

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The first English-language history of how Asia Minor refugees sustained memories of their “lost homeland” in Greece. This ground-breaking study explores refugee identity through an in-depth case-study of the Thracian Centre and its conduits of memory.

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.

The Thick Bog of Metaphor and the New-wave Hermeneutic Defense of Psychoanalysis

A Critique

By: M. Andrew Holowchak

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Critics question the merit of psychotherapy without scientific verification. A common answer is that it's a hermeneutic discipline, not a science. Is that answer viable? This book maintains that today’s hermeneutical apologia is a dodge, not a defense.

Critics question the merit of psychotherapy without scientific verification. A common answer is that it’s a hermeneutic discipline, not a science. Is that answer viable? This book maintains that today’s hermeneutical apologia is a dodge, not a defense.

A Population History of the Missions of the Jesuit Province of Paraquaria

By: Robert H. Jackson

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This book presents a case study of Jesuit missions in South America that challenges the “virgin soil” epidemic model. It shows that catastrophic mortality varied and occurred generations after first contact, concluding that demographic change was far more complex.