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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.”

Less than Nations

Central-Eastern European Minorities after WWI, Volume 2

By: Giuseppe Motta

£44.99

After WWI redefined the map of Central-Eastern Europe, states and nations rarely coincided. This book analyses the conditions of national minorities, from the massacres of Armenians and Jews to the role of Kin States that conditioned the stability of Europe.

‘Christ’s Sinful Flesh’

Edward Irving's Christological Theology within the Context of his Life and Times

By: Byung Sun Lee

£49.99

This book shows that 19th-century preacher Edward Irving's theological views formed a coherent system focused on his doctrine of Christ. Irving believed Christ took on a fully human nature, including the propensity to sin, to become the true reconciler of God and humanity.

This book shows that 19th-century preacher Edward Irving’s theological views formed a coherent system focused on his doctrine of Christ. Irving believed Christ took on a fully human nature, including the propensity to sin, to become the true reconciler of God and humanity.

Why was the State of Israel ‘Really’ Established?

By: Erez Casif

£39.99

Challenging most historians, this book suggests the struggle to establish a Jewish state was less a response to international challenges and more a struggle for power within the future state, providing new insights into pivotal historic events.

British Decolonisation, 1918-1984

Edited By: Richard Davis

£39.99

Few subjects are more controversial or important to today’s world than the British Empire. Using case studies, this book examines how the Empire ended, how independence was won and resisted, and what its collapse tells us about its legacy.

Less than Nations

Central-Eastern European Minorities after WWI, Volume 1

By: Giuseppe Motta

£49.99

After World War I redefined the map of Central-Eastern Europe, states and nations rarely coincided. The minority question emerged as a troublesome issue, affecting international relations and becoming an integral part of the League of Nations system.

Battle and Bloodshed

The Medieval World at War

Edited By: Lorna Bleach, Keira Borrill

£44.99

This volume goes beyond a history of medieval violence to show how pervasive war was, influencing art, architecture, literature, and law. It covers iconic aspects like armour and the Crusades, the justification for war, and the means to re-establish peace.

Disability and Medieval Law

History, Literature, Society

Edited By: Cory James Rushton

£39.99

Disability and Medieval Law considers how medieval societies dealt with crime, punishment, and mental illness. When did law take disability into account? When did it choose to cause disabilities? How did authors use disability to discuss law and human nature?

Coming Home? Vol. 1

Conflict and Return Migration in the Aftermath of Europe’s Twentieth-Century Civil Wars

Edited By: Sharif Gemie

£44.99

Forced displacement creates conflict. This book explores the complex link between return migration and the compelling but often chimerical search for home. Scholars examine tensions between nation-states and migrants in 20th and 21st century Europe and North Africa.

Coming Home? Vol. 2

Conflict and Postcolonial Return Migration in the Context of France and North Africa, 1962-2009

Edited By: Sharif Gemie

£39.99

Forced displacement creates conflict. This book explores the complex inter-relationship of conflict, return migration, and the compelling search for a sense of home, shifting attention to the colonial and post-colonial framework of the French-North African nexus.