Originally published in 1949, this book contains a lecture delivered the previous year by the Liberal politician Viscount…

Originally published in 1946, this book presents the content of Sir Denis William Brogan's inaugural lecture upon taking up…

This book contains the seventh annual lecture of the National Book League, delivered in 1949 by economic historian and…

Originally published in 1946, this book presents the content of Eliza Marian Butler's inaugural lecture upon taking up the…

The Instructor's Manual contains teaching suggestions, chapter summaries, and answer keys for the Student's Book.…

An active approach to Shakespeare in the classroom.…

First published in 1946, this book provides 'a historical sketch of the intermingling of the peoples in the making of the…

This book is written for those beginning a study of American literature as part of an advanced course in English, or for…

This book was compiled by Alastair Fowler from notes left by C. S. Lewis at his death. It approaches The Faerie Queene as a…

Using multiple data sources and methods, this book involves a micro-historical analysis of the nature of change and…

A range of Latin passages for translation and comprehension.…

The Litany of the Elves is a beautifully composed children's story which draws on Ancient Greek folklore. Originally…

This book explains why the life and work of Socrates radically altered the history of thought. It shows how Socrates…

An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history.…

An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history.…

The introduction to the Teacher's Manual contains an extensive explanation and description of each type of activity that…

Nations and Nationalism since 1780 is Eric Hobsbawm's widely acclaimed and highly readable enquiry into the question of…

This extended essay by one of the world's leading historians seeks, in its first part, to excavate and to vindicate, the…

This volume of newly commissioned essays profiles Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, one of the most influential films in…

Originally published in 1926, this book presents a theory of educational practice based upon finding a middle ground between…

In her inaugural lecture Gillian Evans discusses the interdisciplinary approach of medieval study and texts. She makes a…

This volume, first published in 1996, contains complete translations of Marx's most important political writings after 1848.…

Originally published in 1949, this book presents a selection of verse by the renowned British writer and broadcaster Gerald…

In 1732, Lodovico Giustini (1685-1743) published the first known pieces of music written specifically for the piano. This…

In this book Arber turns from the work of a specialist in one science to those wider questions which any scientist must ask…

Creating the Nazi Marketplace is an innovative study of marketing, advertising and consumer research in the Third Reich. It…

Originally published in 1924, this book provides a catalogue of the original titles of the road maps and itineraries…

Originally published in 1908, this book presents the content of an inaugural lecture delivered by William Bateson upon…

First published in 1922, this volume contains the complete text of Cervantes' Rinconete y Cortadillo, which was originally…

Originally published in 1947, this book presents a series of reminiscences by the distinguished economist Mary Paley…

Originally published in 1915, this book was intended to encourage students of medieval history to take up palaeography.…

Originally published in 1921, this volume contains the first fifteen chapters of the second book of The Holy State and the…

Originally published in 1925, this book was written by the British classical scholar W. E. Heitland (1847-1935). The text…

This powerful study of the 'collective remembrance' of the Great War offers a major reassessment of one of the critical…

Originally published in 1928, this book contains a revision of the English translation of the biblical book of Revelation,…

Hobbes' Leviathan is arguably one of the greatest works of political philosophy. Since its first publication Richard Tuck's…

On Liberty has become known as the most powerful defence of the freedom of the individual. The Subjection of Women is an…

Womanpower unveils the lively but little-reported debate on women's position in the modern Arab world. It paints the picture…

This book examines the immense and varied impact that catastrophic change can have on the development of life on earth.…

In The Meanings of Death, John Bowker offers a major contribution to debates about the value of death and its place in both…

Han Jiantang provides an accessible, illustrated introduction to the fascinating history and development of the written…

What does it take for a volcanic eruption to really shake the world? Did volcanic eruptions extinguish the dinosaurs, or…

First published in 1914, this volume was edited by the Cambridge classical scholar A. M. Adam. Intended for beginners, Adam…

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

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

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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…