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Don't Forget We're Here Forever: A New Generation's Search for Religion

Don't Forget We're Here Forever: A New Generation's...

Author: Lamorna Ash
ISBN: 9781526663122
Format: Paperback
$26.99

With glowing compassion and luminous prose, Lamorna Ash (‘a new star of non-fiction’ William Dalrymple) explores...  Read More >>

Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside: Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay

Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside: Treasure...

Author: Victoria Shepherd
ISBN: 9781836431930
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Treasure makes respectable people do dishonourable things…  Read More >>

Bible and Film: An International and Intercultural Exploration

Bible and Film: An International and Intercultural Exploration...

Author: Melody D. Knowles (Virginia Theological Seminary, VA; General Theological Seminary, NY) ,  Ian N. Mills (Hamilton College, NY)
ISBN: 9781394350315
Format: Paperback
$74.95

Illuminates Global Interpretations of Biblical Narratives Through Cinematic Storytelling and Critical Analysis In...  Read More >>

Breaking Bread: How Baking Shaped Our World

Breaking Bread: How Baking Shaped Our World

Author: David Wright
ISBN: 9780711294899
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Breaking Bread blends history and personal insight to explore bread's role in themes such as agriculture, religion,...  Read More >>

A Practical Guide to Critical Religion

A Practical Guide to Critical Religion

Author: Alexander Henley (Institute of Islamic Studies, UK)
ISBN: 9781350256477
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Provides an accessible overview of basic concepts of critical religion as well as practical advice on how critical...  Read More >>

Unearthed: Science and Environment Across Mineral Frontiers

Unearthed: Science and Environment Across Mineral Frontiers...

Author: Patrick Anthony
ISBN: 9780226847511
Format: Paperback
$57.95

How nineteenth-century environmental sciences laid the groundwork for global mineral extraction. Unearthed depicts...  Read More >>

Judaism All-In-One For Dummies

Judaism All-In-One For Dummies

Author: The Experts at Dummies
ISBN: 9781394408887
Format: Paperback
$65.95

Know all about Judaism in one place Judaism All-In-One For Dummies is a comprehensive resource on Jewish beliefs,...  Read More >>

Immigration and Borders in Ancient Egypt

Immigration and Borders in Ancient Egypt

Author: Danielle Candelora (College of the Holy Cross)
ISBN: 9781009500135
Format: Paperback
$46.58

This Element aims to explore borders in ancient Egypt, both the territorial and ideological boundaries of the state....  Read More >>

Roman Britain in Twenty Towns: A Visitor's Guide

Roman Britain in Twenty Towns: A Visitor's Guide

Author: Professor Richard Hingley (Durham University, UK) ,  Christina Unwin (Independent Scholar, UK)
ISBN: 9781350520110
Format: Paperback
$39.99

User-friendly guide that sets out a plan of 20 Roman towns, explaining how visitors can find the archaeological...  Read More >>

Diachronic Narratology in Greek Myth

Diachronic Narratology in Greek Myth

Author: Silvio Bär (University of Oslo)
ISBN: 9781009475037
Format: Paperback
$46.58

This Element explores Greek mythology through diachronic narratology, focusing on how stories evolve over time....  Read More >>

Concubines in Public: The Rise of the Social Wife in Republican China

Concubines in Public: The Rise of the Social Wife in...

Author: Xia Shi (New College of Florida)
ISBN: 9781009724296
Format: Paperback
$64.69

Moving beyond familiar narratives of abolition, Xia Shi introduces the contentious public presence of concubines...  Read More >>

The Idea of Cultural Heritage: A Liberal Perspective

The Idea of Cultural Heritage: A Liberal Perspective...

Author: Derek Gillman (Drexel University, Philadelphia)
ISBN: 9781009474931
Format: Paperback
$64.69

In this new edition, Derek Gillman provides an updated overview of long-standing and more recent controversies over...  Read More >>

James VI and I: Collected Essays by Jenny Wormald

James VI and I: Collected Essays by Jenny Wormald

Author: Jenny Wormald ,  Miles Kerr-Peterson
ISBN: 9780859767507
Format: Paperback
$67.99

This volume brings together all the major essays by Jenny Wormald on James VI and I. She wrote on almost every aspect...  Read More >>

Food Taboos in Archaeology

Food Taboos in Archaeology

Author: Max Price (Durham University)
ISBN: 9781009663618
Format: Paperback
$46.58

Anthropologists and archaeologists have struggled with the concept of the food taboo for over a century. This Element...  Read More >>

Shelf Life: A Journey Through the Past, Present & Future of Bookselling and Publishing in Britain

Shelf Life: A Journey Through the Past, Present & Future...

Author: Michael Robb
ISBN: 9781837052592
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A love letter to the world of books  Read More >>

Hunting and Eating Symbols

Hunting and Eating Symbols

Author: Nerissa Russell (Cornell University)
ISBN: 9781009321570
Format: Paperback
$46.58

This Element approaches large game hunting through a social and symbolic lens. It explores some recurring themes...  Read More >>

Temporal Cognition in Animals

Temporal Cognition in Animals

Author: Angelica Kaufmann (University of Milan)
ISBN: 9781009647878
Format: Paperback
$46.58

This Element investigates whether non-human animals possess genuine temporal cognition– the capacity to mentally...  Read More >>

Theophrastus on First Principles

Theophrastus on First Principles

Author: Samuel Meister (University of Geneva)
ISBN: 9781009708265
Format: Paperback
$46.58

Theophrastus' so-called metaphysics presents a series of difficulties for various accounts of first principles,...  Read More >>

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Author: Sergio Armando Gallegos Ordorica (John Jay College of Criminal Justice)
ISBN: 9781009189538
Format: Paperback
$46.58

This Element focuses on the villancicos (or choral poems) of the Novohispanic philosopher Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz....  Read More >>

Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory

Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory

Author: Jacob Barrett (Vanderbilt University)
ISBN: 9781009612289
Format: Paperback
$46.58

This Element provides an opinionated survey of the ideal and nonideal theory debate in political philosophy. It...  Read More >>

QAnon: Communication Complexity and New Religious Movements

QAnon: Communication Complexity and New Religious Movements...

Author: Matthew Zaro Fisher (Loyola High School of Los Angeles)
ISBN: 9781009705134
Format: Paperback
$46.58

This Element examines the history, beliefs, and practices of the QAnon movement, described by supporters as a military...  Read More >>

Do Not Go Gentle: The Case Against Assisted Death

Do Not Go Gentle: The Case Against Assisted Death

Author: Kathleen Stock
ISBN: 9780349136646
Format: Hardback
$55.00

A punchy, rigorous take on the moral dangers of assisted suicide from a secular point of view.  Read More >>

Moral and Theological Virtues of the Oppressed: Practicing Salim in the Face of Violence

Moral and Theological Virtues of the Oppressed: Practicing...

Author: Wonchul Shin
ISBN: 9781978710986
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This book focuses on discovering particular moral and theological virtues of the oppressed embodied in their daily...  Read More >>

The Symbolism of Holiness: Holy Being and Holy Living Interpreted Through Paul Ricoeur's Philosophical Anthropology

The Symbolism of Holiness: Holy Being and Holy Living...

Author: Curtis Lee Jr.
ISBN: 9781666959475
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Through a reading of Paul Ricoeur’s hermeneutics, this book explores how Judeo-Christian holiness emerges in both...  Read More >>

Ukrainian Border Dialects in Belarusian-Russian Contact Areas: Characteristics and Trends

Ukrainian Border Dialects in Belarusian-Russian Contact...

Author: Salvatore Del Gaudio
ISBN: 9781666960822
Format: Hardback
$240.00

This is a comprehensive analysis of the border dialects spoken in the Ukrainian-Belarusian-Russian border area (northwest...  Read More >>

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