A Finaeon Guide Powered by GFDThis book provides a history of currencies for each currency-issuing country or territory on Earth. Sections offer details about coins and banknotes, along with brief histories to help contextu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198978602)
Women, Indenture, and Resistance explores the lived experiences of Indian indentured (girmitiya) women in the Fiji Islands between 1879 and 1920, during the height of British colonial rule. Set against the backdrop of sugar-cane plantations,...Loe edasi...
Reimagines the Scythians as highly mobile cultural innovators.The Scythians offers a bold new take on the horse-riding peoples who once inhabited the vast steppe lands from the Black Sea to the Siberian Altai. Drawing on archaeo...Loe edasi...
This open access volume explores the history of short-term employment and precarious work in pre-industrial Northern Europe. Contrary to popular belief, stable, long-term employmentpotentially lasting decadeswas uncommon in Northern Europe until the...Loe edasi...
This brief provides a unique overview that weaves a thread across the deep history of the management and symbolism of wild aurochs and domestic cattle in Sudan, where these practices are attested for over 15,000 to 20,000 years. It highlights the ce...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198998624)
Mawdudi (19031979), a major South Asian Muslim thinker and founder of Jamaat-i Islami, profoundly shaped modern Islamic thought. This book introduces and reassesses his key idea of Islam as a comprehensive system, highlighting his unique impact on c...Loe edasi...
Uruguayan Post-dictatorial Documentary: Memory, Affects, and Emotions analyzes how twelve Uruguayan documentaries from the re-democratization period harness the affective potential of film to inscribe the traumatic dictatorial past (19731985), const...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Amsterdam University Press, ISBN-13: 9789463720731)
This book tells the story of the ‘Charity’ of Montpellier, a city-wide distribution of alms held once a year from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century. It addresses graduates, postgraduates and scholars interested in medieval history, charity,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Amsterdam University Press, ISBN-13: 9789463720465)
This book explores the Situationist Internationals paradoxical relationship with cinema from 1957 to 1972. It traces the SIs attempts throughout the nineteen sixties to work with cinemas associative power and against its passivity. It follows this...Loe edasi...
This book highlights significant social and political developments in the late antique Mediterranean world. It will appeal to scholars and readers interested in the military, political, and social history of Late Antiquity, as well as those working...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of British Columbia Press, ISBN-13: 9780774873482)
Alberta is an economic powerhouse but a misunderstood and overlooked political force. The Dawn of Competitive Party Politics in Alberta examines the provinces distinctive party politics, reaching back to before the birth of the province and then fo...Loe edasi...
In this debut collection of essays and poetry, musician, speaker, and activist Propaganda inspires us to create a better, more equitable world.“If we get to make the very cultures that shape who we are, then let us rem...Loe edasi...
This book presents a comprehensive overview of womens activities in various spheres of life in medieval Poland and its neighbouring countries, seeking to move beyond the commonly accepted perspective of queens and higher nobility from the social...Loe edasi...
This book provides readers with the first biography in English on Leonor of England, bringing to life an understudied figure who has been overshadowed by her famed parents and brothers. Leonor, or Eleanor, was queen consort of Castile (1170-1214), t...Loe edasi...
This book provides readers with the first biography in English on Leonor of England, bringing to life an understudied figure who has been overshadowed by her famed parents and brothers. Leonor, or Eleanor, was queen consort of Castile (1170-1214), t...Loe edasi...
This book explores the interaction of European Enlightenment thinkers with Chinese theory and shows how ideas from China and ideas about China had a profound impact on Enlightenment thought....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198994756)
A Book of Greek Life: The Ancient World Through Epigram introduces interested general readers to the richness and weirdness of the ancient world through its own social media (little poems called epigrams, of which we have thousands)....Loe edasi...
This book reexamines William Faulkners If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem (1939), a novel of increasing sociohistorical importance despite being one of Faulkners lesser known and studied works. Wainwright traces Faulkners 1925 visit to Paris, where he f...Loe edasi...
In 1955, Georges Batailles Prehistoric Painting: Lascaux; or, The Birth of Art was published. It was the first comprehensive survey of the Lascaux cave, with lavish color photographs, and immediately translated into English for the international mar...Loe edasi...
This book applies the philosophical ideas of historical materialism and dialectical materialism to summarize and analyze the creation and development of the worlds animation art forms, technology forms and economic forms on the basis of a comprehen...Loe edasi...
This book explores the relationship between business, peace, and democracy, focusing on the role businesses play in influencing these processes. It explores why and how businesses can contribute to peace- and democracy-building, examining their pote...Loe edasi...
Examining the emergence of international public health policy between the 1930s and 80s, this book sheds light on the role that rural community health initiatives in South and Southeast Asia played in the movement towards primary health care and hea...Loe edasi...
This book offers a fresh and timely exploration of the intersections between ecology, media, and culture in Asian contexts, with particular attention to audiovisual narratives. Moving beyond conventional approaches to Asian media that privilege aest...Loe edasi...
Goethe and Psychology: A Pluralistic Outlook explores the deep and often overlooked connections between Johann Wolfgang von Goethes philosophical worldview and contemporary psychology. It argues that Goethes holistic natural philosophyparticularly h...Loe edasi...
This book aims to reflect critically on a great deal of HCI research conducted with or concerned about older adults and aging with the goal of sparking future development of the field. To that end, the book offers a critical literature review, which...Loe edasi...
Uruguayan Post-dictatorial Documentary: Memory, Affects, and Emotions analyzes how twelve Uruguayan documentaries from the re-democratization period harness the affective potential of film to inscribe the traumatic dictatorial past (19731985), const...Loe edasi...
What keeps a leader steadfast –– across changing times, shifting institutions, and heavy trials? David S. Dockery has shaped the landscape of Christian higher education for over four decades, leading prominent institutions through seasons of...Loe edasi...
Reimagines the Scythians as highly mobile cultural innovators.The Scythians offers a bold new take on the horse-riding peoples who once inhabited the vast steppe lands from the Black Sea to the Siberian Altai. Drawing on archaeo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198978602)
Women, Indenture, and Resistance explores the lived experiences of Indian indentured (girmitiya) women in the Fiji Islands between 1879 and 1920, during the height of British colonial rule. Set against the backdrop of sugar-cane plantations,...Loe edasi...
Operating around 200 F-15 Eagle interceptors and more than 80 F-2 multirole fighters as its frontline combat power, the JASDF is also in the process of upgrading its F-15s, re-equipping with F-35A and B Lightning II Joint Strike fighters and developi...Loe edasi...
“In my youth, those Britons called English were taken as the most timid of barbarians. Today they are a very bellicose people.” So wrote the Italian poet Petrarch after the victory of the Black Prince Battle of Poitiers in 1356. English Armies in Fra...Loe edasi...
Flaming in the Red Dragon is a completely new academic perspective on British Army divisional history, which analyses the sustainment of 53 (Welsh) Infantry Division, in peace and war, throughout its cycle of inter-war development, mobilization, reor...Loe edasi...
From the Hindenburg to the Hermann is an analytical narrative of British Third and Fourth Armies’ autumn operations between the rivers Escaut and Selle.Several less formidable yet still substantial German lines of defence lay to a depth of nearly fiv...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Savas Beatie, ISBN-13: 9781611217797)
After the first attempt to storm Petersburg failed on June 18, 1864, Ulysses S. Grant decided to try again. War weariness was growing in the North. Gold shot up in price. Republicans schemed to replace Abraham Lincoln. The Democrats delayed their no...Loe edasi...
The New Area Studies enable a rethinking of world history and a more critical approach to traditional historical writing. An additional factor contributing to the critical reflection on traditional area studies was the contemporary political ......Loe edasi...
A personable, informative guide to Vancouver by way of its waterways and coastlinesLocated on Canadas West Coast, one of Vancouver’s greatest and most spectacular assets is its proximity to water. In this follow-up to ...Loe edasi...
This open access volume explores the history of short-term employment and precarious work in pre-industrial Northern Europe. Contrary to popular belief, stable, long-term employmentpotentially lasting decadeswas uncommon in Northern Europe until the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198998624)
Mawdudi (19031979), a major South Asian Muslim thinker and founder of Jamaat-i Islami, profoundly shaped modern Islamic thought. This book introduces and reassesses his key idea of Islam as a comprehensive system, highlighting his unique impact on c...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Notre Dame Press, ISBN-13: 9780268210908)
Ali Altaf Mian demonstrates how attention to genre and embodiment illuminates the concepts and practices of the Islamic traditionand how theologians, Sufi mystics, and ordinary Muslims respond to the incapacitating tribulations of creaturely existen...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Savas Beatie, ISBN-13: 9781611217674)
O’Reilly examines the singular struggle at Malvern Hill in depth and from a wide variety of perspectives, including its implications for the war, the armies, the opposing governments, the people, and slavery. He pieces together the tactical movements...Loe edasi...
This brief provides a unique overview that weaves a thread across the deep history of the management and symbolism of wild aurochs and domestic cattle in Sudan, where these practices are attested for over 15,000 to 20,000 years. It highlights the ce...Loe edasi...
A Finaeon Guide Powered by GFDThis book provides a history of currencies for each currency-issuing country or territory on Earth. Sections offer details about coins and banknotes, along with brief histories to help contextu...Loe edasi...
China’s Military Modernization explores the rapid technological transformation of the Chinese armed forces and its strategic implications for the Asia-Pacific region. At the heart of Beijing’s ascent lies a systematic and well-resourced effort to dev...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Savas Beatie, ISBN-13: 9781611217735)
Horatio Quiggle was that rarest of Civil War soldiers, serving continuously from the conflict’s outset to its conclusion. His memoir offers a poignant and often humorous recounting of his experiences, imbued with deep humanity. Enlisting as a 23-year...Loe edasi...
• Condivis unparalleled biography presents his friend Michelangelos life, work and struggles in the world of Papal politics and Italian warsMichelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) remains arguably the most powerful artist in the Wester...Loe edasi...
• Francisco de Holandas Dialogues record Michelangelos participation in art discussions hosted by Vittoria Colonna, revealing his thoughts and world as he painted The Last JudgementThe Dialogues by Portuguese painter and writer Fra...Loe edasi...
Facsimile reissue of 1975 examination of religious and cultural relationships between Egypt and its southern neighbours, Nubia and Meroe through analysis of evidence for the worship of the Meroite lion-king Apedemak and the spread of his cult....Loe edasi...
Facsimile edition of Naguib Kanawati’s 1977 authoritative assessment of the trends in the wealth of Old Kingdom officials based on analysis of the costliness of their tombs, and how this might reflect the long-believed economic decline. A gen...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Ethics International Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781804411810)
Since his assassination in April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. has too often been reduced to an I have a Dream soundbite. This new book looks at the real Dr King; a man who challenged capitalist society to redirect its resources to the urban and rura...Loe edasi...
Major sourcebook for mostly unpublished New Kingdom inscribed stelae, reliefs and paintings with detailed descriptions and translations.This is a facsimile reissue of part I of H.M. Stewart’s three part complete catalogue of the inscri...Loe edasi...
Important corpus of eclectic range of less well known Egyptian statues of varying quality and subject matter, including examples in wood.This facsimile reissue of Anthea Page’s catalog of the stone and wooden statuary in the Petrie Mus...Loe edasi...
Detailed, illustrated, examination of the system of proportion used in Egyptian art, based on standardisation of the natural relations of various parts of human anatomy. First detailed exposition of the system of proportions used in painti...Loe edasi...
Facsimile reissue of part III of complete catalogue of the inscribed stelae, reliefs and paintings in the Petrie Museum, detailed over 140 Late Period monuments. Major sourcebook for mostly unpublished Late Kingdom inscribed stelae, relief...Loe edasi...
For four days in early 1991, Royal Navy Lynx helicopters buzzed low around the Shatt-al-Arab marshlands of southern Iraq. They were searching for the Iraqi fleet, and whenever discovered their hulls became targets for cutting edge smart munitions. Th...Loe edasi...
This book introduces students to the core principles of scientific thinking, such as inductive reasoning, statistical inference, hypothesis confirmation, experimental methods, and more. Scientific Thinking is a lively and p...Loe edasi...
The United States invaded Afghanistan in response to the indiscriminate 9/11 terrorist attacks. In Volume 2 of Operation Enduring Freedom, a leading expert in the field details Army, Navy, and Air Force operations as well as those of CIA paramilitari...Loe edasi...
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) plunged Germany into a state of insecurity and mass hysteria with a series of bloody attacks.The far-left terrorist group was formed in the early 1970s around the fight agains...Loe edasi...
The Battle of Adelsbach is one of the lesser-known episodes from the final phase of the Seven Years War in Europe. It was the first significant clash between Prussians and Austrians in Silesia in 1762 and the only battle in which Frederick the Great...Loe edasi...
This first volume of Iron Resolve offers a compelling and meticulously researched account of the 4th Armoured Brigade’s preparation for, and initial contact in, the Battle of Gazala—one of the most significant armoured confrontations of the Second Wo...Loe edasi...
The Decades of Rebellion mini-series examines the use of air power in multiple armed rebellions, and affairs related to armed strike and armed banditry in Mexico from the 1920s to the 1940s. Also because of its proximity to the ‘Mecca’ of the US avia...Loe edasi...
Tracing the careers of four scions of the Stars Art Group, from their controversial first exhibition to international fame beyond ChinaThis catalog accompanies a focused exhibition at the Centre Pompidou featuring four artists of Bei...Loe edasi...
XXX Corps, one of the most formidable and experienced corps in Montgomery’s armoury, has carved out an enviable reputation for itself in battle that few can match. Their story is meticulously researched in ‘A Final Reckoning’, which is a brutal blow-...Loe edasi...
This is history as you long to read it, charismatic, concise and unputdownable. – HORATIO CLARELike Sir Francis Drake and Lord Horatio Nelson in Kevin Jackson’s acclaimed maritime history series, Captain James Cook was also born of h...Loe edasi...
