History books

MANTA entered service as the war wound down, patrolling waters increasingly empty of targets. Her reports capture...  Read More >>

Addresses the successes and failures of Betty Ford's advocacy, the effect of her candor, and the overall impact...  Read More >>

Women’s rights activism and the reformation of the legal thought in early twentieth-century Poland were deeply intertwined—sometimes...  Read More >>

This Element examines – for the first time in a single volume – the written evidence from the 'Far East' of the...  Read More >>

This Element is about language, water and power. It challenges the terracentric bias of much scholarship in language...  Read More >>

This Element examines – for the first time in a single volume – the written evidence from the 'Far East' of the...  Read More >>

This Element is about language, water and power. It challenges the terracentric bias of much scholarship in language...  Read More >>

For decades, the ""Ri""-the elusive ""mermaid of New Guinea""-was a flashpoint for debate, drawing anthropologists,...  Read More >>

A ship-by-ship reference which lists, with details, the painting of the lower hulls of over 850 surface vessels...  Read More >>

Nestled in the heart of Ireland, Leap Castle is more than a ruin-it is an eight-century monument to absolute cruelty....  Read More >>

The Element adopts a historical approach to explore the psychological functioning of Cleopatra VII, the last ruler...  Read More >>

The Element adopts a historical approach to explore the psychological functioning of Cleopatra VII, the last ruler...  Read More >>

Originally published in English in 1976, this book discusses and makes clear the differences between the feudal...  Read More >>

Mawdudi (1903–1979), a major South Asian Muslim thinker and founder of Jama‘at-i Islami, profoundly shaped modern...  Read More >>

The never-before-told true story of an elusive eighteenth-century New Brunswick treasure, featuring dozens of illustrations...  Read More >>

Shaping S-Curves: Choreographic Process in Odissi theorizes choreographic practices in Odissi, an eastern Indian...  Read More >>

LIONFISH arrived too late for combat but represents the pinnacle of wartime submarine development. Her patrol reports...  Read More >>

An ordinary man discovers a secret powerful enough to crumble an empire.  Read More >>

Roma Sinica. Mutual interactions between Ancient Roman and Eastern Thought is an original series in classical and...  Read More >>

Michael W. Coffey’s work outlines the important events and dates of the American Revolution, with a particular focus...  Read More >>

The surprising story of how iconic works of music sparked debate and action in the halls of Congress. In On the...  Read More >>

The surprising story of how iconic works of music sparked debate and action in the halls of Congress. In On the...  Read More >>

A grand tour of The Haunted House through art, architecture, ghost stories and more.  Read More >>

Set against the shattered landscape of post-war Berlin, Death in the Rubble follows a nurse battling addiction who...  Read More >>

A grand tour of The Haunted House through art, architecture, ghost stories and more.  Read More >>