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A beautiful, tactile book of inspiring quotes and images by Frida Kahlo; illuminating a life spent in creative transformation - turning physical suffering into beauty, endurance into empowerment, immobility into imagination

This book explores a mid-nineteenth-century revolution in a small Southeastern European principality and its imperial entanglements.

Factology: Castles takes you over distinctly whiffy moats and beyond the battlements into the hothouses of medieval history.

Originally published in 1921, this book examines the economic and political situation of France in 1789 and discusses the historical and social forces that led to the dismantling of the feudal system. Sydney Herbert provides a detailed analysis of the...

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Exploring the enduring taboo around allowing women to fight in wars, and what causes us to break it

Essays and translations by modern-day scholars organised along the principles of the Arabic narrative tradition.

Geographers is an annual collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Volume 42 explores the lives and careers of geographers, with particular attention to the role of...

A major contribution to the burgeoning field of global migration history, this book explores the historical clash between transnational networks of migrant mobility with state attempts to control them.

Witches in medieval fiction were linked with otherworlds – heaven, hell or fairyland. This book analyses fictional and imaginative writings about Scottish witches between about 1450 and 1750, placing witches in their historical context, comparing them...

French History and Society (1974) ranges over French history and society, thought, literature, painting, sculpture and architecture, music, and politics and institutions to examine France as a whole from the sixteenth century to the present day.

This book explores the Great Exhibition of 1851, from its bold creation and dazzling displays in the Crystal Palace to its lasting legacy in Victorian culture. It offers a clear and engaging history of how the Exhibition was organised, its impact on...

This book is the first to connect Classics with Public Policy, opening up discussion of the study and application of Classics in, and for, policy communities across the United Kingdom. Of interest for anyone studying or working in the fields of Classics...

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Religion permeated all aspects of civic life in ancient Athens, and its material traces are visible throughout the Agora. The archaeological and historical evidence for religious activity in the civic centre of Athens, and the worship of major Olympian...

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Explores the experiences of English-speaking merchant households in Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli between 1662 and 1712, and their influence on contemporary British-Maghrebi relations, arguing for a more positive, economically-driven, and...

Dowding created RAF Fighter Command and led them through the Battle of Britain. Despite being responsible for victory, he was sacked shortly after. This book explains the conspiracy behind this injustice; who was responsible and why.

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This book examines how provinces, employers, and education programs across Canada have responded to health care worker shortages since 1950, tracing the creation of new occupations, the gendered nature of the workforce, and the struggles of unions amid...

From the start of the war in Europe until its bitter end, German intelligence services produced detailed surveys of the mood of ordinary citizens of the Reich.

American Infidelity uncovers a forgotten cultural battle at the heart of the Gilded Age--a fierce clash between evangelical moralism and the radical movements for freethought, feminism, and sexual freedom. Historian Steven K. Green brings this explosive...

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The Fifty – The Fallen Heroes of the Great Escape tells the stories of the fifty Allied airmen murdered after the breakout from Stalag Luft 3. Steve Darlow and Sean Feast uncover their lives;service;capture;and sacrifice;creating a lasting tribute to...

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How did Zeus come to rule the sky? How did Poseidon become the god of the sea? Learn all about the myths and legends of Greek mythology in this dramatic history, featuring 16 pages of photos.

This edition of William Dillingham’s Aegyptus Triumphata (1680) comprises the Latin text, a facing English translation, a comprehensive Introduction, and a rich Commentary.

This anthology showcases a diverse collection of Neo-Latin texts by female authors from approximately 1390 to 1750, highlighting women's contributions to Latin literature during this period.

The award-winning true story behind the Basque witch-hunt of 1609, arguably Europe’s most sensational, and yet most misunderstood, witchcraft panic.

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A fascinating exploration of the rich and varied cultural worlds shaped by the Rhine, the Rhone and the Po.

This book explores love and loyalty in Imperial Japan between 1900 and 1950, arguing that an emotional revolution occurred during this time.

This book charts the accelerating dynamics and disruptions of transformative change between 1960 and 2011, focusing on themes of political economy and terrorism, culture and identity, and environment.