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London Lives is a fascinating new study which exposes, for the first time, the lesser-known experiences of eighteenth-century thieves, paupers, prostitutes and highwaymen. It charts the experiences of hundreds of...

Fighting the People's War is an unprecedented, panoramic history of the 'citizen armies' of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa, the core of the British...

1 and 2 Kings unfolds an epic narrative that concludes the long story of Israel's experience with institutional monarchy, a sequence of events that begins with the accession of Solomon...

How did upstart outsiders forge vast new empires in early modern Asia, laying the foundations for today's modern mega-states of India and China? In How the East Was Won, Andrew...

Policy- and decision-makers in government and industry constantly face important decisions without full knowledge of all the facts. They rely routinely on expert advice to fill critical scientific knowledge gaps....

The new edition of this popular textbook, once again, provides an indispensable guide for the next generation of mineralogists. Designed for use on one- or two-semester courses, this second edition...

Climate change is not just a scientific fact, nor merely a social and political problem. It is also a set of stories and characters that amount to a social drama....

With the rise of China in the world economy, businesses from all over the world have moved to explore business opportunities in this market. Managing international business in a transition...

The Forty-Seven Ronin vendetta is one of the most famous incidents in Japanese history, but it is also one of the most misunderstood. John A. Tucker seeks to provide a...

How did a small market town on the edge of the Fens become famous throughout the world? And how do Cambridge's two communities - 'town' and 'gown' - get along?...

The Fortune Most Likely To... - Marie Ferrarella A powerful first love... an explosive secret... Dr Everett Fortunado is sitting on the biggest secret to hit Texas - but nothing's...

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is an annual collection of articles based on papers given to the Society by distinguished invited speakers and winners of RHS prizes. Volume 1...

Schemes in algebraic geometry can have singular points, whereas differential geometers typically focus on manifolds which are nonsingular. However, there is a class of schemes, 'C -schemes', which allow differential...

The importance of health systems has been reinforced by the commitment of Low- and Middle-Income Countries (L&MICs) to pursue the targets of Universal Health Coverage, Health Security, and to achieve...

How do social movements intersect with the agendas of mainstream political parties? When they are integrated with parties, are they coopted? Or are they more radically transformative? Examining major episodes...

Tracing her intellectual development from her university years, when she was trained in a Cartesian and neo-Kantian philosophical tradition, to her final decade, during which she was recognised as having...

In June 1969 seven assisted migrants stepped out of the plane that had touched down in a strange place called Hobart. Jenny Williams was one of those adults. From that...

Australia: Off the Beaten Track - is more than a description of trips, it provides comprehensive track notes, tour maps, camping information, planning advise and describes the main highlights of...

FOREWORD BY CARDINAL GEORGE PELL Our consumer society has conditioned us to ask ourselves such things as, 'What do I get out of it? What is in it for me?'...

A collection of historical and humorous recollections from people born before 1961. Topics covered include: home life, working life, school days, entertainment, social views and the life of immigrants.

If you've ever used a public restroom, chances are you've read some bathroom graffiti, or at least noticed it. Often bawdy, funny and smart, sometimes illegible, it is a ubiquitous...

The inspiring story of the newly canonized twentieth-century woman (1923 - 1962) who risked her life in order to save her unborn child. Diagnosed with uterine tumors during her fourth...

Book Excerpt: rather fancy he's about moving into it for the winter."Davy was about to complain against such liberties being taken with his property, when the clock began rolling over...

Operation Meltwater: FreeFlow, a group of internet activists committed to the freedom of information have video evidence of a military atrocity in the Middle East and have chosen Iceland as...

Two heads are always better than one isn t that how the saying goes? Well that s not how Richard feels, when he wakes up to discover he s grown...

*As featured on BBC Breakfast, Radio 5Live and Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2* From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space...

Dancing in the Margins describes people of different religious traditions who struggle with their churches. It includes interviews, poetry, Biblical reflections, and questions for reflection or discussion. The theme of...

This guide provides the antidote to the common tendency of conflict, giving managers, team leaders, members, and facilitators the practical support they need to battle "the nice trap" and start...

Selected by Choice magazine as a Outstanding Academic Book for 2000 Nelson Mandela once said, "Human rights have become the focal point of international relations." This has certainly become true...

Record your grandfather's life story in this beautiful keepsake journal with 200 guided exercises and prompts that take him back through each stage of his life and its accompanying adventures....

A Whisper to the Living continues the adventures (some would say trials and tribulations) of Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, an honest policeman in a very dishonest post-Soviet Union. Rostnikov is...

The fourth book in the deliciously naughty GOSSIP GIRL THE CARLYLES series Serena, Nate and Blair kept us all entertained with their less than pure behaviour but Gossip Girl was...

Robin is shocked but thrilled when Hannah arrives on his Oxford doorstep with a two year old and a suitcase, and announces that Freddie is his son. Her husband Marcus...

New South Wales, 1856: Miles McGinty and Isabel Dowling are born on the same night into different worlds. Miles is the illegitimate son of an actress in a troupe of...

Paris, 1815. Napoleon has just surrendered at Waterloo and is due to begin his exile. Meanwhile, Daniel Connor, a young medical student from Edinburgh, has just arrived in Paris to...

The wry, honest and often hilarious chronicles of a very brave and clever TV presenter, Arctic Explorer and general drawer of the Short Straw. Moving quickly on from the devastating...

Shelving her PhD to clean the homes of the rich and famous and spending her evenings in low-rent bars, Shannon rebels against everything her academic family stands for. But when...

Cara Gayle is one of life's pleasers. A young, country school-teacher in 1960s Ireland, she spends her life looking after her philandering husband, Oliver and her pious mother, Maggie. When...

It's 1913. Fifteen-year-old Malise Monroe earns herself an education teaching younger children at a Dundee schoolhouse. Her father is passionately devoted to improving conditions for workers in the jute industry...

The long awaited autobiography of ' La Stupenda ' the worlds most celebrated living soprano. From not particularly spectatcular musical beginnings, Joan Sutherland has built a world-conquering singing career. Born...

Kamryn Matika has a great job, a hectic social life and no responsibilities - one birthday card will change all of that forever... What would you do for the friend...