Humanities
Goodness and Justice: A Consequentialist Moral Theory (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
In Goodness and Justice, which was originally published in 2006, Joseph Mendola develops a unified moral theory that defends the hedonism of classi...
View full detailsInterstate Relations in Classical Greece: Morality and Power (Cambridge Classical Studies)
In this book Dr Low explores the assumptions and principles which determined the conduct and representation of interstate politics in Greece during...
View full detailsThe Dust Diaries
A few years ago, Owen Sheers stumbled upon a dusty book in his father's study by the extraordinary Arthur Cripps, part-time lyric poet and full-tim...
View full detailsPhilosophical Issues: Epistemology v. 13 (Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume)
Philosophical Perspectives, Volume 13 is an important compilation of articles based on issues surrounding epistemology. Published annually on diffe...
View full detailsSon of the Night
Product Description Following on from the success of Son of the Morning, which saw him compared to both Bernard Cornwell for the flair of his his...
View full detailsThe Hidden Heart of Emily Hudson
Product Description Dear Mr Cornford, It is with regret that I begin the task of writing to you about your niece, Emily. Her recent behaviour, wh...
View full detailsInvitation to a Dynamite Party
Product Description The beloved Sergeant Cribb series by Peter LoveseyThe year is 1884. London is being terrorised by a series of bomb blasts - e...
View full detailsThe Dance of The Serpents
Product Description 'Properly creepy and Gothic' IAN RANKIN on the Frey & McGray mysteries... December, 1889. There have been many bad day...
View full detailsThe Throne of Caesar
Product Description In The Throne of Caesar, award-winning mystery author Steven Saylor turns to the most famous murder in history . . . It's Rom...
View full detailsTitans of History: The Giants Who Made Our World
NEW EDITION - FEATURING UPDATED INTRODUCTION AND NEW CHAPTERS The giant characters of history - from Mozart to Michelangelo, Shakespeare to Einst...
View full detailsHenry VIII: The Decline and Fall of a Tyrant
The Tudors retained only a precarious grip on the crown of England, founded on a title that was both tenuous and legally flimsy. This left them pre...
View full detailsPersons and Bodies: A Constitution View (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
What is a human person, and what is the relation between a person and his or her body? In her third book on the philosophy of mind, Lynne Rudder Ba...
View full detailsReason and Responsibility
Unlock the secrets of effective communication and enhance your interpersonal skills with this essential guide. Whether you're a student, profession...
View full detailsEthnicity Kills?: The Politics of War, Peace and Ethnicity in Subsaharan Africa (International Political Economy Series)
The book examines, among other issues, the emergence of civil war as a result of political struggles. The construction of Africa as the 'other' has...
View full detailsThe State in Early Modern France (New Approaches to European History)
This major new textbook addresses fundamental questions about the nature of the state in early modern Europe through an analysis of the most import...
View full detailsA Theory of Argument
A Theory of Argument is an advanced 2006 textbook intended for students in philosophy, communications studies and linguistics who have completed at...
View full detailsAmerican Dervish
Product Description THE EXPLOSIVE NOVEL FROM PULITZER PRIZE WINNER AYAD AKHTAR'Terrific' The Times'Extraordinary' Sunday Express'A great American...
View full detailsThe Rift: A New Africa Breaks Free
Taking the Great Rift Valley - the geological fault that will eventually tear Africa in two - as his central metaphor, Alex Perry explores the spli...
View full detailsTerrible Beauty: A Cultural History of the Twentieth Century: The People and Ideas that Shaped the Modern Mind: A History
A history of the twentieth century which covers all the ideas, people, great events, literary and artistic movements, scientific discoveries which ...
View full detailsThis Sceptred Isle
What is Britishness? What allowed one small island group to rule a quarter of the world and, even today, to have the most spoken language after Chi...
View full detailsPoland and European Integration: The Ideas and Movements of Polish Exiles in the West, 1939-91
Polish exiles in the West after 1939 were in the vanguard of the movement for European integration and rank with the so-called founding fathers of ...
View full detailsElizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London (Life of London)
Like its acclaimed predecessors, RESTORATION LONDON and DR JOHNSON'S LONDON, this book is the result of the author's passionate interest in the pra...
View full detailsDeath and the Devil
Product Description It's the year 1260 and the great cathedral - the most ambitious building in all of Christendom - is rising above the streets ...
View full detailsLincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution
Presents more than three hundred portraits, artifacts, photographs, prints, letters, and other visual records to document the fates of the eight pe...
View full detailsSpace
It is not a book about having space, but about being the space that includes all, the space of awareness that you are. Can we be the space for the ...
View full detailsThe Moral Ecology of Markets: Assessing Claims about Markets and Justice
Disagreements about the morality of markets, and about self-interested behavior within markets, run deep. They arise from perspectives within econo...
View full detailsLove and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the wome...
View full detailsThe Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj
From the late 19th century, when the Raj was at its height, many of Britain's best and brightest young men went out to India to work as administrat...
View full detailsKilling Bin Laden: A Moral Analysis
Strawser examines several possible ethical justifications for the killing of Osama bin Laden and finds nearly all of them wanting. One, however, he...
View full detailsBorgias - Power & Fortune
'A wickedly entertaining read' The Times A Daily Mail Book of the Week The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious fa...
View full detailsBosom Buddies
Featuring 25 remarkable and inspiring female friendships throughout history, Bosom Buddies is an illustrated celebration of these empowering relati...
View full detailsIntroducing Descartes: A Graphic Guide
"Introducing Descartes" explains why he is usually called the father of modern philosophy. It is a clear and accessible guide to all the puzzling q...
View full detailsNew World Inc.
The thrilling story of the English merchant adventurers who changed the world. In the mid-sixteenth century, England was a small and relatively in...
View full detailsOn This Day
A day-by-day collection of over 6000 events, trivia, quotations, news items, anniversaries and birthdays for every day of the year. Presented a...
View full detailsRussia of the Tsars
The History Files series presents the people, events and ideas that have shaped our world, through the lens of recent research. Each title covers a...
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