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The Control Data Corporation’s Early Systems

By: Stephen H. Kaisler

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This book focuses on the Control Data Corporation’s early systems, which reflected the design principles of Seymour Cray. CDC developed fast processors for scientific and engineering organizations, and this volume covers their architectures, software, and key applications.

Navigating the Nineteenth-Century Institution

Asylum and Workhouse

Edited By: Carol Beardmore

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At its core is the pauper voice. This volume explores the New Poor Law and asylums through themes of pauper agency, dissent, and defiance, revealing how the poor negotiated a system that was fluid rather than fixed.

Congress Wrestling with the Rise of the Administrative State During the 20th Century

By: Mordecai Lee

£77.99

The 20th century’s tectonic events created “big government.” As the bureaucracy grew, Congress fought for control. Now, conservatives challenge this "administrative state," arguing it has too much power. This book provides the history behind this crucial modern debate.

The 20th century’s tectonic events created “big government.” As the bureaucracy grew, Congress fought for control. Now, conservatives challenge this “administrative state,” arguing it has too much power. This book provides the history behind this crucial modern debate.

Towards Fairer Geo-Spiritual Ecosystems

Decolonial Education, Language, and Spirituality

Edited By: S. Sergio Saleem Scatolini

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This book looks at society, education, and spirituality through a decolonial lens. As AI and biotech redefine our future, we must surmount narratives subservient to privilege and power to create more inclusive, fair, and sustainable futures for humanity.

Sources of British Revolutionary Politics

Edited By: R. G. Williams

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A collection of radical documents covering revolutionary and working-class politics in Great Britain. It covers movements in British history from ancient Britain (60 CE) to the rise of the modern labour movement in 1920.

Yea, Alabama! The Uncensored Journal of the University of Alabama (Volume 3 – 1901 through 1926)

By: David M. Battles

£76.99

This third volume explores UA's rising enrollment and new student governance. It covers the university's rise to national academic respect, the birth of the "Crimson Tide," the Million Dollar Band, the UA/Auburn rift, and its response to WWI and the women’s rights movement.

This third volume explores UA’s rising enrollment and new student governance. It covers the university’s rise to national academic respect, the birth of the “Crimson Tide,” the Million Dollar Band, the UA/Auburn rift, and its response to WWI and the women’s rights movement.

China’s Development from a Global Perspective

Edited By: María Dolores Elizalde, Wang Jianlang

£76.99

This volume presents an analysis of China from a global perspective within a broad temporal and spatial spectrum. It reveals the early relations established between the Roman Empire and China, the development of diplomatic relations, and the rise and resolution of conflicts.

The British Sovereign Base Areas in the Island of Cyprus

Their Origin, Character and Administration

By: Kyriacos Demetriades

£75.99

Due to its strategic position, Cyprus has always been a prize for great powers. This book examines Britain's long historical link to the island, focusing on the unique sovereign military bases retained after independence. How were they established and how do they function?

Due to its strategic position, Cyprus has always been a prize for great powers. This book examines Britain’s long historical link to the island, focusing on the unique sovereign military bases retained after independence. How were they established and how do they function?

Authority and Contest

Periodicals and British Knowledge Politics, 1820-1860

By: Michael Rectenwald

£75.99

In 19th-century Britain, diverse groups from elite naturalists to radical artisans vied for cultural authority using “science.” This study explores the pivotal role of periodicals in shaping these debates, revealing the dynamic interplay between science, culture, and power.

The Jewish Leaderships in Slovakia and Hungary During the Holocaust Era

The Price of Silence

By: Ruth Landau

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This study of the Holocaust in Slovakia and Hungary reveals that in 1944, Jewish leaders were fully informed about Auschwitz but did not warn their people. While the vast majority of Jews perished, almost all the leaders survived. Why did they choose to remain silent?

Science as a Quest for Truth

The Interpretation Lab

By: Bengt Kristensson Uggla

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Challenging the myth of science vs. religion, this book argues that modern science is intertwined with the history of the university. It proposes a way to transcend the false alternatives of objectivistic certitude (“the Truth”) and relativistic resignation (“post-truth”).

Chinese, Kurds, Iranians and the Silk Road

A Historical Perspective

By: Shabnam Dadparvar, Ismail Shams

£75.99

This book explores the little-known history between China and the Kurdish people since the tenth century. It reveals Kurdish lands as key trade and cultural hubs on the Silk Road and uncovers a shared memory: China as an idealized world, a utopia embedded in Kurdish folklore.

Pioneering Innovation in Early British Computers

By: Stephen H. Kaisler

£75.99

This volume examines England's pioneering computer efforts from the 1950s to the 1970s. Discover innovative concepts like time-sharing and multiprogramming, and learn how LEO I, the first business computer, arose not from a tech company or academia, but from a Tea Shoppe!

This volume examines England’s pioneering computer efforts from the 1950s to the 1970s. Discover innovative concepts like time-sharing and multiprogramming, and learn how LEO I, the first business computer, arose not from a tech company or academia, but from a Tea Shoppe!

A Military History of Victoria, Australia 1803-1945

Gibraltar of the South

By: Bob Marmion, Andrew Dagg

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Discover why Victoria was known as the Gibraltar of the South. This untold story charts the evolution of Australia's most complex defences, from a lone 19th-century sand fort to a formidable shield of air, sea, and land power armed with secret technology by 1945.

Discover why Victoria was known as the Gibraltar of the South. This untold story charts the evolution of Australia’s most complex defences, from a lone 19th-century sand fort to a formidable shield of air, sea, and land power armed with secret technology by 1945.

Economic Analyses of Prehistoric Greece

From the Neolithic to the Bronze Age

By: Donald Jones

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This collection of essays uses economic theory to investigate Greek archaeology, from the Neolithic to the Early Iron Age. Topics include the urbanization of Crete, Bronze Age shipping, the post-Mycenaean population collapse, the Sea Peoples, and piracy.

Irish Drama and Wars in the Twentieth Century

By: Wei H. Kao

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This book explores how Irish playwrights engaged with the Easter Rising, the Troubles, and other conflicts. It analyzes their plays in historical context, revealing insights into humanity and resilience amid deep republican, unionist, and denominational divides.

A Commentary on Apollodorus’ Against Evergus and Mnesibulus

A Case of False Witness

By: Eleni Volonaki, Michael Edwards

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This first modern commentary examines a speech from 4th-century Athens, when a wartime funding crisis and an opponent's illegal behaviour threatened the city's security. The book explains the intricate legal issues and rhetorical strategies, and offers a new English translation.

This first modern commentary examines a speech from 4th-century Athens, when a wartime funding crisis and an opponent’s illegal behaviour threatened the city’s security. The book explains the intricate legal issues and rhetorical strategies, and offers a new English translation.

The Various Models of Lordship in Europe between the Ninth and Fifteenth Centuries

Edited By: Antonio Antonetti, Riccardo Berardi

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This collection synthesizes recent scholarship on medieval lordship. Exploring seigneurial systems from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, it emphasizes both institutional and informal forms of power. It offers a framework for newcomers and an in-depth tool for long-term scholars.

The Politics of Civil Society in Africa

Foundational and Rising Issues in Governance and Democracy

Edited By: Emmanuel Matambo, Bhaso Ndzendze

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This book chronicles how civil society confronts challenges facing Africa, from democracy and human rights to climate change. As state power fails the world's youngest population, this book makes a clarion call for a more activist civil society to shape the continent's future.

This book chronicles how civil society confronts challenges facing Africa, from democracy and human rights to climate change. As state power fails the world’s youngest population, this book makes a clarion call for a more activist civil society to shape the continent’s future.

Becoming Ira Aldridge, a Black Shakespearean Actor in Nineteenth Century Ireland

By: Christine Kinealy

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Fleeing American prejudice, Black actor Ira Aldridge became Europe's leading Shakespearean tragedian. A celebrated star and fierce abolitionist, he used his stage to fight for equality. This book reveals Aldridge's profound and overlooked connection to Ireland.

Fleeing American prejudice, Black actor Ira Aldridge became Europe’s leading Shakespearean tragedian. A celebrated star and fierce abolitionist, he used his stage to fight for equality. This book reveals Aldridge’s profound and overlooked connection to Ireland.