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First published in 1982, Augustan England provides ample substance to reinforce the thesis that the years from 1680...  Read More >>

American Literature as an Expression of the National Mind (1931) is a remarkable work that traces not only the history...  Read More >>

First Published in 1990, Moscow Graffiti is a unique and unprecedented look at the graffiti that began to appear...  Read More >>

First Published in 1985, the aim of this book is to define an aspect of Orwell’s literary identity which underlies...  Read More >>

In The Georgian Triumph, 1700–1830 (originally published in 1983), Michael Reed re-creates the ambience of eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

First published in 1939, Language Hunting in the Karakoram describes the journey taken by the author to the regions...  Read More >>

From society belle in turn-of-the-century Seattle, to editor of Harper’s Bazaar and lady of a vast Scottish Highland...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1963, this book covers one of the least known parts of Jewish history: the golden age of...  Read More >>

Originally published in English in 1964, this volume describes the ghettos which formed medieval enclaves in the...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1958, this book deals with the details of dress – formal and informal – from the time of...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1958, this was the first scholarly anglophone history of Spain. It covers the whole story...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1952, this book, profusely illustrated, describes the various styles of wall decoration...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1925, this volume was written at a time when the cost of living was rising in France and...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1927 this book presents the main features of Newton’s life and his chief contributions to...  Read More >>

World War I left in its wake an unparalleled amount of international debt. Originally published in 1927, this book...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1925, written by someone who was associated with the work of the League of Nations from...  Read More >>

The Rise of the Pelhams (1957) looks at the important period between the fall of Walpole and the appointment of...  Read More >>

The Rise of Party in England (1975) examines the English political party as an essential entity to the meaningful...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth presents forty chapters about the unique and terrifying creatures...  Read More >>

Beth Munro offers a retrospective study of the material value of and deconstruction processes at villas. She explores...  Read More >>

Between 1961-1973 Turkish migrants were recruited as guest-workers in Germany, becoming West Germany's largest ethnic...  Read More >>

A magnificently illustrated oversized book that uses art to illuminate the lives of medieval women, from peasants...  Read More >>

The first modern commentary on Cicero's last dialogue, written in the months after Caesar's assassination. Designed...  Read More >>

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