Kultura a zábava

M. R. James' detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still much sought…

• Angličtina

This full-length study of Salome is the first in English since Lawrence Gilman's introductory guide of 1907. The handbook…

As the birthplace of moveable-type printing, China has some claim to being the homeland of publishing. Yang Hu and Xiao Yang…

The Anglican clergyman John Harris (c.1666-1719) was an important promulgator of Newtonian science. In this 1719…

M. R. James' short book from 1901 on the texts inscribed in the famous stained-glass windows of Canterbury Cathedral is…

America values dissent. It tolerates, encourages and protects it. But what is this thing we value? There is a need to…

IQ gains are persisting into the twenty-first century, particularly in the developing world: the 'Flynn effect' marches on!…

China enjoys a unique position in world history because of the great variety of bronze ware that has been unearthed on…

In Rationalities in History the distinguished historian David d'Avray provides a thought-provoking reassessment of seminal…

Written by Scottish church reformer Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), this 1827 publication outlines the importance of endowments…

Originally presented as a series of lectures in Cambridge, this 1915 publication considers the measures taken to prevent…

Edmund Leach's book investigates the writings of 'structuralists,' and their different theories: the general incest theory,…

• Rok vydání 1863

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of…

Published in 1874, this collection of reports by chemist and scientific journalist William Crookes describes his…

This book is exceptional amongst those that have appeared so far in this well-established series, in that it is largely…

Published in 1915, this story of an Indian garden is not a guide, but 'merely a rambling record of some years in a garden'…

This anonymous and light-hearted work was first published in 1803: reissued here is the edition of 1824, of which the…

Law has often been seen as a relatively autonomous domain, one in which a professional elite sharply control the impact of…

In this illustrated introduction Liu Tong provides a fascinating insight into the ancient culture of Chinese tea, the trade,…

This 1928 book was intended to serve as an introduction to the study of early Norse literature in the original language. The…

As relevant and revealing as it was for Edwardian readers, A. O. Prickard's illustrated history of New College, Oxford,…

This essay is written in the belief that it is possible to say both where Max Weber's philosophy of social science is…

A critical examination of nearly twenty-five years of scientific study, this book provides a synthesis of scientific…

Le Nozze di Figaro (1786) contains a remarkable mixture of all those elements that go to produce a good opera: a sound plot,…

First published in 1924, this volume presents critical editions of three short Anglo-Norman texts. As the general editor, O.…

The Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874) pioneered social statistics, characterising the 'average man' by the mean…

• Rok vydání 1865

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of…

Jennifer A. Delton argues that, far from subverting the New Deal state, anticommunism and the Cold War enabled, fulfilled,…

Poverty and violence are issues of global importance. In Poverty, War, and Violence in South Africa, Clifton Crais explores…

Reissued in one volume, these two fascinating texts on Anglo-Indian cookery - published in 1831 and 1895 respectively, by…

'Pepper's Ghost' was a popular stage illusion in the nineteenth century, and is considered to be a precursor to cinema. In…

Originally published in 1908, this study documents the history of the library at Westminster Abbey from 1060 to 1660. The…

Originally published in 1901, this book presents five essays on different aspects of foreign policy, including Oliver…

Originally published in 1944, this book provides a highly readable account of agricultural life in the Towcester,…

This pamphlet by Thomas Dibdin (1776-1847) is a response to the author's own Bibliomania (1809), which focused on obsessive…

Originally published in 1914, this book provides a detailed discussion regarding the ending of Charles Dickens' unfinished…

Published in 1891, this book contains the French translation of the Latin Chartularium Universitatis Parisiensis, a record…

Edwards's accessible edition of Alcestis was inspired by his belief that everyone should have the opportunity to learn.…

This guide for opera goers to Tosca includes a synopsis of the plot, with indications of the themes and motifs used in it,…

Douglas Jarman's study provides a clear and accessible introduction to one of the most significant operas of the twentieth…

Part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series, and first published in 1911, this small volume by Lord…

Pierrot Lunaire (1912) is one of the most important music theatre works ever written. This is the first guide in English to…

In this accessible introduction to Dante's Divine Comedy Kirkpatrick principally focuses on Dante as a poet and storyteller.…

Chinese folk arts originate in the rural areas of China's vast territory. As forms of communal art, folk arts are evident in…

F. H. Bradley (1846-1924) was the foremost philosopher of the nineteenth-century British Idealist movement. In the first…

• Rok vydání 1857

James Parsons, author of this 1857 work on the disappearance of Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition, clearly had knowledge…

This 1911 work examines the text (of which Bury provides an edition) of the 'Kletorologion' of Philotheos, an otherwise…

English Monasteries by A. H. Thompson was first published in 1913 as part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature…