History books

This edited book examines how the COVID-19 crisis exposed the deep entanglement of state power and society, revealing...  Read More >>

What do the wheel, the printing press, the light bulb, and the smartphone have in common? Each began as a simple...  Read More >>

Nel cuore del XIV secolo, mentre l'Europa assiste alla caduta dei Templari, un cavaliere sopravvissuto porta con...  Read More >>

Take a step back in time with one of Codsall's most longstanding residents, 95-year-old Donald Walls, as he brings...  Read More >>

IGBOS, The Eagles of Nigeria is a richly illustrated exploration of Igbo history, culture, spirituality, and resilience....  Read More >>

A close study of an event that had major repercussions for British participation in the Atlantic slave trade.  Read More >>

A long-needed reassessment of the musical culture of fifteenth-century Bohemia, liberating it from nineteenth- and...  Read More >>

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From a member of the Pussy Riot collective: An urgent, intimate, firsthand account of grassroots dissent, bravery,...  Read More >>

Recollections of ordinary people, in isiXhosa and English translation, of daily life and historical events in the...  Read More >>

The seventeenth volume in the Scottish History Society's Miscellany series, showcasing editions of unpublished short...  Read More >>

Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in...  Read More >>

Democracy on a Tightrope explores the complex relationship between politics and bureaucracy in Brazil’s democratic...  Read More >>

G. Nikkhah Bahrami's study offers a comprehensive edition and cultural-historical and economic-historical investigation...  Read More >>

line-height: 107%;"">This open access book explores the background to the electoral reforms of 1907-1921 in Sweden,...  Read More >>

Kapiteni i Jeniçerëve - një roman historik epik mbi dashurinë, besën dhe luftën për shpirtin e Shqipërisë. Për...  Read More >>

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A study of the choice of venue, structure of ceremonial, and music at the weddings of the House of Windsor, unearthing...  Read More >>

From May 1941 to the end of night raids in 1943, Luftwaffe bombers attacked provincial cities across England, Scotland,...  Read More >>

Presenting state-of-the-art archaeological research at the Mosiezysko burial ground, the book sheds new light on...  Read More >>

This volume analyzes the role of rural clergy across central and northern Italy in pastoral care, asset management,...  Read More >>

A bleakly comic story of struggle and discontent on the fringes of the metropolis, Berlin Shuffle is a blistering...  Read More >>

Dubbed the ""Dead Heart of Africa,"" Chad is a land of profound paradoxes, a nation whose history is as vast and...  Read More >>

""Drugs as a Weapon of Destruction and Manipulation of Society"" In this revealing work, the author, after exhaustive...  Read More >>

This volume provides the first English (or indeed any modern) translation of two early ninth-century hagiographical...  Read More >>