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First published in 1766, this tract by the philanthropist Jonas Hanway (c.1712-86) was an indictment of the English care…

• Rok vydání 1844

This practical 1844 guide provides a detailed insight into the history and application of draining land. Beginning with an…

The best available guide to appreciating the literary art of this book expounding the implications of Epicurus' dictum that…

Originally published in 1916, this book contains guidance on drawing with perspective, with specific reference to…

This book is a study of Aristotle's metaphysics in which the central argument is that Aristotle's views on substance are a…

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

Providing an original analysis and assessment of the political thought of Carl Schmitt, Hannah Arendt, and Michel Foucault,…

The essays in this volume explore questions about privacy that are relevant to ethical philosophy and political theory,…

Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan (1879-1967) was a prominent British mycologist appointed Professor of Botany at the University of…

These twenty-five letters, published in 1796, describe Mary Wollstonecraft's audacious trip to Scandinavia to retrieve a…

Principally comprising records found in private collections and those held by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, this…

Originally published in 1917, this book contains an edited edition of the Latin text of the eighth book of Lucan's 'De Bello…

This book explores the relationship between science, technology and Japanese society. Topics discussed include government…

These essays address some of the most intriguing questions raised by natural law theory and its implications for law,…

Trevelyan's Education of the People (1838) is a defence of the educational reforms that took place in colonial India during…

Emily Davis (1830-1921) was an English feminist and campaigner for women's education. First published in 1866, this volume…

• Rok vydání 1886

Henry Wheatley's How to Form a Library was published in 1886 when libraries were increasing rapidly. In discussing the…

William Cunningham (1849-1919) was a prominent British economist and economic historian. In this book, which was first…

Originally published in 1930, this book grew out of a series of lectures given by the renowned classicist Tenney Frank which…

Presented here are three early Platonic dialogues in a new translation by Tom Griffith combining elegance, accuracy,…

The essays in this volume assess the empirical and theoretical questions raised by inequalities of income and wealth. They…

First published in 1932, this book contains a selection of Tennyson's poetry edited by renowned English author, poet and…

• Rok vydání 1814

This 1814 study of the symbolism of dreams was highly regarded in its day, and its influence extended to the works of Freud…

The question of equal access to quality education is one of the most persistent political and policy issues in the United…

Among the leading Egyptologists of his day, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) excavated over fifty sites and…

Originally published in 1923, this book contains the French text of seven short stories by seven influential French authors:…

As a nobleman of the court of Aurangzeb (1618-1707), Iradat Khan (c.1649-1716) witnessed the decline of the Mughal empire.…

In this book, nine leading international theatre directors discuss their work and careers, providing fascinating insight…

Every Man his Own Broker was first published in 1761, and ran to fourteen editions in the next forty years. It was based on…

Hans Friedrich Gadow (1855-1928) was a renowned German zoologist, ornithologist and botanist. Originally published in 1930,…

Contentious Performances presents a logic and method for describing contentious events - occasions on which people publicly…

Originally published in 1924, this book presents the history of the Hippocratic oath from its earliest formulations through…

Revolutionary, mathematician, economist, philosopher and politician, Condorcet (1743-1794) wrote a compelling view of human…

Walter Medhurst offers his personal impressions of nineteenth-century Chinese society by describing a wide spectrum of…

This book explains why the United States, a country that values religious freedom, has persecuted some religious minorities…

A collection of essays examining the relationship between cultural values and the body as a source of symbols and instrument…

This book offers a new theory of the historical relationship between economic modernization and the emergence of democracy…

Thomas Hobbes lived through the reigns of four monarchs to the age of ninety-one, and in that time produced some of the most…

First published in 1808, this is a narrative by an American woman of her life in the French colony of St Domingo during, and…

American party members work together to build a positive brand name in the public eye. The party brand name comes from what…

The English translation of a vivid and action-packed Chinese account of the scourge of murderous thieves and bandits. First…

• Angličtina

Originally published in 1918, this book contains edited English translations of French texts written by the Jansenist…

The art of the chef and the appreciation of good food have been with us since time immemorial, as this volume delightfully…

Generalized trust - faith in people you do not know - is a value that leads to many positive outcomes for a society. Yet…

Octavia Hill (1838-1912) was a social reformer, appalled by London slum conditions. In these essays and talks, first…

This 1906 work, with its many later improvements, became a standard textbook on curve-fitting. Reprinted here is the 1953…

Tracing the changing musical, philosophical and intellectual currents of thought which inform Boulez's work, this study…

John Lewis Burckhardt (1784-1817) was a Swiss explorer who explored Arabia and the Middle East in the guise of a Muslim.…