Humanities books

In a 17th-century England where clothworkers have the magical ability, Joan Weaver wants only to embark on her career....  Read More >>

Deep in the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington Wold, there lies a rather unusual burial ground,...  Read More >>

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When the call went out in 1917 for volunteers willing to serve both at home and on the Western Front in a newly...  Read More >>

Look closely behind the lives of the stars who appeared in a host of legendary war films and discover how memories...  Read More >>

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Towards the end of 1906, a meeting took place between two emerging giants of the age, Mohandas K. Gandhi and General...  Read More >>

Based on a series of fascinating 'what ifs' posed by leading military historians, this thought-provoking alternate...  Read More >>

The two fifth-century letters of St. Patrick are the earliest records we have of Christianity in Ireland. Written...  Read More >>

Settler Colonial Sovereignty examines what processes and understandings make Crown sovereignty seem natural and...  Read More >>

The Price of Gold traces the troubling history of one of Canada’s most contaminated mine sites and the Indigenous...  Read More >>

Only about a century old, fascism bogeyman of ideologies has been both over- and under-attributed to various political...  Read More >>

The pelt of a dog named ""Mutton"" languished in a drawer at the Smithsonian for 150 years until it was discovered,...  Read More >>

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A definitive guide to French cuisine, this book spans history and culture, covering Roman Gaul to today’s trends...  Read More >>

This addition to the Global Kitchen series explores the cuisine of Japan, from culinary history and important ingredients...  Read More >>

This exciting volume brings to life the food culture of Mexico, detailing the development of the cuisine and providing...  Read More >>

13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells....  Read More >>

A fully illustrated comprehensive catalog of midget submarines deployed during World War II.  Read More >>

At 08.15 hours on 6 August 1945, one of the most seismic events in human history unfolded over the Japanese city...  Read More >>

Explores Jacques Derrida's thoughts on what it means to 'remain'.  Read More >>

Asks how a (world) community can be created to allow structural minorities equitable access to hermeneutical and...  Read More >>

Marie-Dominique Chenu demonstrates how this once condemned theologian influenced the major shifts of twentieth-century...  Read More >>