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In Prairie Oddities Darren Bernhardt recounts historical anecdotes from middle-Canada's past that were never given top billing, the ones that faded away in time but left their marks behind. Laden with archival images, Bernhardt's stories restore focus on...

Winner of the Goldberg Family Foundation Award 2021 What is the meaning of the Jewish rites of initiation known as “bar and bat mitzvah” in the modern age, when the concept of “mitzvah” (religious precept or obligation) means so little to most Jewish...

From porcelain to betel leaves, Chumash hats to natural history cabinets, this book examines how objects embody imperialism, knowledge, and resistance in various ways. While every era witnesses change, the eighteenth century experienced artistic,...

Wahrend der Industrialisierung wurde die Seseke - ein Nebenfluss der Lippe - begradigt, eingedeicht und in einen offenen Abwasserkanal umgebaut. Zwischen den 1980er-Jahren und 2014 hat der Lippeverband im Rahmen des "Sesekeprogramms" das Gewasser wieder...

In Politics Unseen, Ellen Macfarlane radically reframes the "pure photographs" of California art photography society Group f.64, known for depicting Western landscapes, fruits and vegetables, flowers, and faces. By foregrounding f.64 members’ and their...

This volume presents the ideas of the main actors of the political scene in the Hungarian Kingdom during the long 19th century (1790-1920). Organised around key political thinkers, the book considers the most significant paradigms of thought associated...

Assessing the impact of Germany’s defeat on the policing of Berlin, this book addresses the reconstruction of the police force as a crucial component of four-power government. As Mark Fenemore shows, getting four nationalities to work together to...

This book explores the role of material entities and processes in shaping political lives in Turkey. The unifying thread of its chapters is to challenge the rendering of the material world as a mere background to or object in politics, revealing the...

The Iranian People’s Fada’i Guerrillas have received little dedicated scholarly investigation in the shadow of the Iranian Revolution. This unique collection combines scholarly analysis of the movement, with first-hand accounts from those within the...

Significantly expanded and updated—a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture. Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatures haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888971260Author Lili'uokalaniFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Mint EditionsPublisher Mint Editions

This gripping biography documents the life and reign of Hattusili, one of the most famous and well-documented Hittite rulers. Hattusili ruled over the ancient kingdom of Anatolia (modern Turkey) during the 2nd millennium BC and was a political rival and,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788564212Author Ruth OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Ruby Tuesday Books LtdPublisher Ruby Tuesday Books LtdWeight(grams) 135g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788195839421Author Nausheen JafferyFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Tulika BooksPublisher Tulika Books

Translated from the medieval French, this book is a landmark English-language version of the work of Gilles le Bouvier. As the senior herald to King Charles VII, the monarch on the French throne as they advanced to victory in the Hundred Years’ War...

Concerns over privacy grow in our society. Understanding the historical roots of the phenomenon becomes more and more necessary to navigate our contemporary struggles with availability and control of personal information. When we ponder what people of...

More than 6,000 ships have met their doom in the waters along the North Carolina coast, weaving a rich history of tragedy, drama and heroics along these picturesque beaches. Men have lost their lives and fortunes, and heroes have been made where the...

This edited volume presents a cutting-edge discussion and analysis of civilian ‘enemy alien’ internment in Britain, the internment of British civilians on the continent, and civilian internment camps run by the British within the wider British Empire...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846829642Author Maire HerbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press LtdWeight(grams) 700gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846826146Author Daithi O CorrainFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press LtdWeight(grams) 367g

Animal Sightings challenges two common ideas about the depiction of animals in early modern European court art: first, that the human figure relegated animals to peripheral and often symbolic roles, both compositionally and conceptually, and second, that...

A masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biography of the twelve Caesars, bringing to life a portrait of the first Roman emperors in stunning detailThe ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no choice but to fight, to...

This book offers a ten-year perspective on ongoing and evolving practices of digital activism across the Middle East and North Africa, drawing on interviews and ethnographic evidence collected between 2012 and 2022. It examines the shifting narrative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781408733875Author James FeltonFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint SpherePublisher Little, Brown Book Group

Technologies and techniques have informed artistic practices and discourses since the avantgardes' heyday, and their proliferation, now in an increasingly digital culture, has continually transformed the very idea of the medium in global contemporary art...

A major history of the British Empire’s early involvement in the Middle EastNapoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798 showed how vulnerable India was to attack by France and Russia. It forced the British Empire to try to secure the two routes that a European...

A groundbreaking new history of how the Vietnam War thwarted U.S. liberal ambitions in the developing world and at home in the 1960sAt the start of the 1960s, John F. Kennedy and other American liberals expressed boundless optimism about the ability of...

Long recognized as Ireland's greatest demographic disaster in recent memory, the Great Famine of 1845–1851 has shaped Irish identities around the world. From the monuments erected to commemorate its victims to the political rhetoric involving it to the...

Rediscover the Civil War Through the Voices That Refused to Be Silenced Unforgettable Sacrifice offers a groundbreaking exploration into the heart of African American memory of the Civil War, challenging conventional narratives and revealing a rich...

Rediscover the Civil War Through the Voices That Refused to Be Silenced Unforgettable Sacrifice offers a groundbreaking exploration into the heart of African American memory of the Civil War, challenging conventional narratives and revealing a rich...

This book is the first critical anthology in English on the history and legacy of race in the Caribbean. It brings together the major debates, lines of inquiry and theories around race and racism that have emerged out of the Caribbean from the beginning...

Brought to you by Penguin.A masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biography of the twelve Caesars, bringing to life a portrait of the first Roman emperors in stunning detailThe ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no...

For the first time in English! Milescu's remarkable work takes you on a thrilling journey back to the 17th century when he was dispatched to China. But it's more than just a diplomatic tale; it's a captivating adventure of exploration. Follow the...

Transylvanian Superstitions, a seminal work by Emily Gerard, first published in 1885, stands as a cornerstone in Gothic literature and is recognized for its profound influence on Bram Stoker's creation of the iconic novel, Dracula.Gerard's meticulous...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer turns his eye to the seventeenth-century Dutch Golden Age Twenty years ago, Benjamin Moser followed a love affair to an ancient Dutch town. In order to make sense of this new place, he threw himself into the Dutch...

A rigorous reflection on recent literary accounts of violence at the US-Mexico border.Writing Juárez is a rigorous reflection on recent literary accounts of violence at the US-Mexico border. The book foregrounds questions of political resistance and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888571088Author David PettsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Casemate PublishersPublisher Casemate Publishers

Significantly expanded and updated—a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture. Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatures haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063161955Author Richard ParkerImprint HarperAudioPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

The period of Viennese Modernism is widely regarded as Europe’s cultural heyday. This was when Vienna, with a population of two million, was the capital of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy and a melting pot of European cultures. Around 1850, a...