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The notion of "everyday life" is ubiquitous in the contemporary intellectual scene. While scholars frequently use this concept to signal a romantic return to the "common people," Berger and Del...

Movement from one community to another can create strife, pain, and social dislocation. In this astute analysis, Stephen Wilson examines the ancient sources for clues to how leaving a religious...

In the late 4th century, pressure from the Huns forced the Goths to cross the Danube into the Roman Empire. The resultant Battle of Adrianople in 378 was one of...

In the first ground breaking volume of a new series, acclaimed Napoleonic scholar Gareth Glover, brings together previously unpublished material relating to the Battle of Waterloo. The hitherto unseen material...

Ensign Charles Paget's previously unpublished diary of the Peninsular War is an important discovery for two reasons. The regiment in which he served - the 52nd Foot - was one...

The Hieroi Logoi (or "Sacred Tales") of Aelius Aristides presents a unique first-person narrative from the ancient world-one that seems at once public and private, artful and naive. A prominent...

In his examination of the bishopric of Orvieto from 1100 to 1250, David Foote reveals how three defining developments of the High Middle Ages-the feudal revolution, ecclesiastical reform, and state...

This book is the first to explore in detail the role that symbolic representation plays in the architecture of Kant's philosophy. Symbolic representation fulfills a crucial function in Kant's practical...

Fourteen experts examine the current state of Central Valley prehistoric research and provide an important touchstone for future archaeological study of the region The Mississippi Valley region has long played...

Frank Tashlin (1913-1972) was a supremely gifted satirist and visual stylist who made an indelible mark on 1950s Hollywood and American popular culture-first as a talented animator working on Looney...

In the first comprehensive study of Cleanness and its medieval contexts, Elizabeth B. Keiser shows how this fourteenth-century religious poem legitimates erotic pleasure as natural apart from procreative justification and...

Oaths were ubiquitous rituals in ancient Athenian legal, commercial, civic and international spheres. Their importance is reflected by the fact that much of surviving Greek drama features a formal oath...

`Belfast Transport' is the story of public transport in Belfast from the horse buses of the 1860s to the Metro buses which were introduced in 2005. It is a fascinating...

The Tale of Cho Ung is one of the most widely read and beloved stories of Choson Korea. The anonymously written tale recounts the adventures of protagonist Cho Ung as...

As you mourn the loss of a loved one, this collection of intimate personal reflections, Scripture, and heartfelt prayers from a fellow griever offers comfort and hope in the days,...

A Geisel Honor-winning series! A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best!Join Gigi as she tries natto, a traditional Japanese food, in this exciting and engaging Level Three I Can...

Queen of Historical Fiction Emma Carroll makes her Barrington Stoke debut with a powerful, evocative, and spine-tingling story of childhood on the brink of war. SUMMER 1914When Fran uncovers a...

The blast of laughter echoes across the bay, sounding almost melancholy in the desolation of the cove.And I realise with a strange chill, there's no one here but us. Spring...

Amanda and her friends agreed that they would run the cross country together, but does she want to keep her promise? Or does she want to try and win herself....

Author: Brendan Simms Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 704 From a prize-winning historian, the definitive biography of Adolph Hitler Hitler offers a deeply learned and radically revisionist biography, arguing that...

Author: Robert Service Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The early years of Bolshevik rule were marked by dynamic interaction between Russia and the West. These years of civil war...

Author: K.B. McFarlane Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 261 0

Author: Julie Roy Jeffrey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, were pioneering missionaries to the Cayuse Indians in Oregon Territory. In this biography, the...

Author: F. P. Wilson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 294

Author: John Strawson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 John Strawason describes joining the 4th Hussars in the Middle East in 1942 and seerving with them until amalgamatiom with the...

Author: Heather Dubrow (John D Boyd,SJ Chair in Poetic Imagination, Fordham University) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 As a literary mode "lyric" is difficult to define precisely. While the...

Author: Daniel Okrent Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 NAMED ONE OF THE "100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR" BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "An extraordinary book, I...

Author: Phillip K Dick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the...

Author: Michael McKeon (Rutgers University) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 904 Taking English culture as its representative sample, The Secret History of Domesticity asks how the modern notion of the...

Author: John Julius Norwich Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 The greatest living chronicler of Venetian history brings to life the city's magical charm in a beautifully illustrated and captivating...

Author: Lewis Edwin Hahn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 672 This collection of writings by eminent philosophers explores the controversial career of Jurgen Habermas, whose adherence to the Enlightenment ideals...

'Fabulous, relaxing, page-turning, dream-inspiring' MIRANDA HART'Exquisitely beautiful and so perceptive' JOANNA CANNONFrom the Costa-shortlisted author of THE OTHER HALF OF AUGUSTA HOPE and ALL MY MOTHERSThe story of two people...

The first picture book collaboration from bestselling husband-and-wife team Tony and Angela DiTerlizzi is the charmingly irreverent tale of a very cranky book . . . who might not be...

Queerness is everywhere and it always has been. But queer stories, culture and communities have been often hidden . . . 'This affirming whistlestop tour through queer history and culture...

A Washington Post Most Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year"Delicious and infuriating . . . unputdownable."-Sadie Stein, The New York Times"A tour de force. . . . The stories are...

'Fabulous, relaxing, page-turning, dream-inspiring' MIRANDA HART'Exquisitely beautiful and so perceptive' JOANNA CANNONFrom the Costa-shortlisted author of THE OTHER HALF OF AUGUSTA HOPE and ALL MY MOTHERSThe story of two people...

Exorcism made easy? The team behind The Last Podcast on the Left unleash an all-new sci-fi horror story-with the fate of mankind at stake! Exorcism made easy? The team behind...

Tim Sheridan has worked on some of the biggest DC animated projects including Justice League Action, DC Super Hero Girls, and Reign of the Supermen before turning his writing skills...

After joining the Justice League, our hero arrives home in Port Oswego to find her mentor Dee missing, and she's determined to know what happened to him. But in her...

One of the world's foremost wielders of magic, Black Adam has been both hero and villain over a life that's spanned thousands of years. One of the world's foremost wielders...

For fans of Raina Telgemeier and Kayla Miller comes the second graphic novel in the funny slice-of-life Cool Code series.Morgan, Zoey, and Daniel discover that the popularity AI they've coded...

Author: Estelle MaskameFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 642g, 896 pagesPublished: Bonnier Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023When Eden Munro agrees to spend the summer with her estranged dad in Santa Monica,...

Author: Femi FadugbaFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 246g, 368 pagesPublished: Penguin Random House Children's UK, United Kingdom, 2021A startling original thriller from major new talent Femi Fadugba, THE UPPER WORLD...

Author: Delia OwensFormat: Hardback, 140mm x 218mm, 520g, 384 pagesPublished: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, 2023'Painfully beautiful' The New York Times Book Review'Heart-wrenching... a compelling love story' Entertainment Weekly'Astonishing'...

Author: Robert SharoffFormat: Hardback, 223mm x 300mm, 1748g, 288 pagesPublished: Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, Australia, 2008"Lucien Lagrange: The Search for Elegance" is the story of one architect's mid-course adjustment,...

Author: Veronica RothFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 380g, 576 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2012Fighting for survival in a shattered world... the truth is her only hope.The thrillingly dark sequel...

Author: Mojang Format: Box Set Number of Pages: Bursting with facts on over 600 unique blocks! Ever wanted to know how to make obsidian, or find out where you can...

Author: Brigid DelaneyFormat: Hardback, 134mm x 200mm, 345g, 304 pagesPublished: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, 2023Reasons Not to Worry is an accessible introduction to the Stoic principles of virtue,...