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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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Islam and Democracy

Perspectives on the Arab Spring

Edited By: Aylin Ünver Noi

£44.99

After the Arab Spring, the success of Islamist parties raised fears for human rights and democracy. This book explores the complex challenges of democratic transition in the Middle East and the roles of Islam and democracy in these ongoing developments.

Changes in Contemporary Ireland

Texts and Contexts

Edited By: Catherine Rees

£44.99

This interdisciplinary study explores the profound changes in Irish society since 1980. It juxtaposes the Celtic Tiger and the Good Friday Agreement with church scandals, new violence, and recession, asking what real progress can be traced in modern Ireland.

The Old World and the New

The Marriage and Colonial Adventures of Lord and Lady Northcote

By: Elizabeth Taylor

From £29.99

This biography tells the untold story of two British aristocrats. It details the drama of their personal lives and their rule in colonial India and Australia, examining the decline of an upper class and raising questions of Empire and social mobility.

Resistance and the Practice of Rationality

By: Martin W. Bauer, Rom Harré, Carl Jensen

£49.99

Resistance is a historical constant, not simply irrational behaviour. Fifteen authors from diverse disciplines, including physics, biology, and political science, explore concepts of ‘resistance’ and examine the potential of a general ‘resistology’.

Narratives of Identity

The Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of England 1895-1914

By: William Taylor

£44.99

From 1895 to 1914, the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of England developed a relationship that shaped their identities. Drawing on rare archives, this book explores their dialogue and search for recognition amid the growing instability of the Ottoman Empire.

Things That Liberate

An Australian Feminist Wunderkammer

Edited By: Alison Bartlett, Margaret Henderson

£44.99

This collection of essays explores objects that changed Australian women’s lives and shaped the feminist movement since 1970. Combining personal narrative and historical analysis, it documents the material culture of liberation, from overalls to kombis.

The Chinese Chameleon Revisited

From the Jesuits to Zhang Yimou

Edited By: Zheng Yangwen 鄭揚文

£49.99

This volume examines portrayals of the Middle Kingdom by focusing on the “producers” and “consumers” of China's image. It shows how Western writers often reveal more about their own contexts, making the country a mirror for their anxieties and ambitions.

This volume examines portrayals of the Middle Kingdom by focusing on the “producers” and “consumers” of China’s image. It shows how Western writers often reveal more about their own contexts, making the country a mirror for their anxieties and ambitions.

Esthetic Experiments

Interdisciplinary Challenges in American Studies

Edited By: Marek Wojtaszek

£39.99

This book investigates the cultural and political aspects of technology in American society. Presenting critical accounts of writing, media, surveillance, and war, these essays explore the coalescence of technology and text to reformulate the American experience.

Contact in Context

Edited By: Sandhya Patel

£39.99

This volume considers the European contexts framing cultural contact. Essays explore encounters far afield and ‘contact within’ Europe, as the arrival of other peoples displaced interaction from distant beaches to European towns and cities.