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In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B.C.E.. Focusing on the development of...

A comprehensive and revelatory history of modern Belarus - from independence to 2020's contested election In 2020 Belarus made headlines around the world when protests erupted in the aftermath...

Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides - the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonisingly widespread. A global crisis extended...

A beloved introductory physics textbook, now including exercises and an answer key, explains the concepts essential for thorough scientific understanding

Ten years after its first publication, Michael Reid's best-selling survey of the state of contemporary Latin America has been wholly updated to reflect the new realities of the "Forgotten...

The best cartooning is efficient visual storytelling - it is as much a matter of writing as it is of drawing. In this book, noted cartoonist and illustrator Ivan Brunetti presents fifteen distinct...

A bestseller when first published in Germany in 2003, Jens Malte Fischer's "Gustav Mahler" has been lauded żeby scholars as a landmark work. He draws on important primary resources -...

Les Tudor sont parmi les figures les plus connues de l'histoire. Ils continuent, encore aujourd'hui, d'éveiller notre curiosité et notre imagination. Leur popularité durable est sans...

This book, which includes a new preface aby the author, offers an engrossing portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans.

Originally published more than fifty years ago, The Courage to Be has become a classic of twentieth-century religious and philosophical thought. The great Christian existentialist thinker Paul...

An exploration of the abandoned tributaries of London's vast and vital transportation network through breathtaking images and unexpected storiesHidden London is a lavishly illustrated history...

Behind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of American fantasyWarner Bros charts the rise of an...

Roman sculpture was an integral part of Roman life, and the Romans placed statues and reliefs in their flora, basilicas, temples and public baths as well as in their houses, villas, gardens and...

A group of renowned scholars, collectors, artists, and curators grapple with the challenging notion of defining "Islamic art."

"MacMullen...has published several books in recent years which establish him, rightfully, as a leading social historian of the Roman Empire. The current volume exhibits many of the...