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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

A Vernacular Theology of Diaspora: Everyday Speech, Street-Smart Spirituality, and the Christian Maum

A Vernacular Theology of Diaspora: Everyday Speech,...

Author: So Jung Kim
ISBN: 9781666948653
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This book explores how language-in-use shapes the soul, identity, and spirituality of Asian American Christian women...  Read More >>

Transforming Darkness into Light: A Holocaust Survivor’s Lessons in Fighting Hate

Transforming Darkness into Light: A Holocaust Survivor’s...

Author: Rabbi Philip Lazowski ,  Suzanne Batchelor Pinkes
ISBN: 9798765167748
Format: Hardback
$50.00

Rabbi Philip Lazowski, 95, survived the Holocaust as a child to become a rabbi in America. In Transforming Darkness...  Read More >>

Dressing the Queen: Two Hundred Years of Makers and Monarchy

Dressing the Queen: Two Hundred Years of Makers and...

Author: Kate Strasdin
ISBN: 9781784745332
Format: Hardback
$65.00

Royal laundresses, corset-makers and professional feather curlers- the hidden story of the people who designed,...  Read More >>

Sandra Day O'Connor: How an Arizona Cowgirl Became the First Woman Supreme Court Justice

Sandra Day O'Connor: How an Arizona Cowgirl Became the...

Author: Nancy Hendricks (Independent Scholar, USA) ,  Peg A. Lamphier (California State Polytechnic University, USA)
ISBN: 9798765126356
Format: Hardback
$116.00

An introduction to the workings and legacy of the US Supreme Court through the life of the first woman on America's...  Read More >>

Indigenous Heritage in Siberia: The Power of Objects

Indigenous Heritage in Siberia: The Power of Objects...

Author: Dr Nadezhda Mamontova (University of Birmingham, UK) ,  Dr Dmitriy Oparin (University of Bordeaux, France)
ISBN: 9781350507166
Format: Hardback
$180.00

This book details Siberian indigenous heritage for the first time and demonstrates its implications for religious...  Read More >>

A Poetic History: Islamic and Japanese Parallels in Film

A Poetic History: Islamic and Japanese Parallels in...

Author: David Sander
ISBN: 9781666931341
Format: Hardback
$180.00

This book uses the medium of film to explore poetic history as a subtle form of psychology expressed within Islamic...  Read More >>

Theatre of Fire: Special Effects in Early English and Scottish Theatre

Theatre of Fire: Special Effects in Early English and...

Author: Dr Philip Butterworth (University of Leeds, UK)
ISBN: 9781350565432
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This revised edition investigates first-hand evidence of the use of special effects in fire and flame in medieval...  Read More >>

Telegraph Railway Codes: 1905–1946

Telegraph Railway Codes: 1905–1946

Author: Deborah Susman
ISBN: 9781851246724
Format: Hardback
$19.99

This quirky book, drawn from code books published in the UK, America, Australia and the former British Empire, provides...  Read More >>

Theology, Religion, and Twin Peaks

Theology, Religion, and Twin Peaks

Author: John Anthony Dunne ,  Kris Song
ISBN: 9781978716711
Format: Hardback
$190.00

This volume engages the religious, theological, spiritual, and supernatural elements of Twin Peaks.  Read More >>

Let Go: 50 Lessons from Japanese Minimalism to Set You Free

Let Go: 50 Lessons from Japanese Minimalism to Set You...

Author: Daisuke Yosumi
ISBN: 9781805465614
Format: Hardback
$39.99

A Pioneering Classic of Japanese Minimalism and a Japanese Bestseller published in English for the first time.  Read More >>

Iran and the Bomb: The United States, Iran, and the Nuclear Question

Iran and the Bomb: The United States, Iran, and the...

Author: Sina Azodi
ISBN: 9780755659906
Format: Hardback
$140.00

The first book to trace the development of Iran’s nuclear program in the broader context of its relationship with...  Read More >>

Challenging Anzac: Stories That Don’t Fit the Legend

Challenging Anzac: Stories That Don’t Fit the Legend...

Author: Mia Martin Hobbs ,  Carolyn Holbrook
ISBN: 9781761170706
Format: Paperback
$39.99

The Anzac legend has shaped Australia's national identity for more than a century. Yet many experiences of war do...  Read More >>

For the Sake of the World: Embracing God's Call to Holy Living in Everyday Life

For the Sake of the World: Embracing God's Call to Holy...

Author: Fili Chambo
ISBN: 9780834144019
Format: Paperback
$34.29

Spirit-empowered transformation that reshapes the heart and spills outward in love.  Read More >>

Become: Embracing Discipleship as a Lifestyle

Become: Embracing Discipleship as a Lifestyle

Author: Sam Barber
ISBN: 9780834143982
Format: Paperback
$29.01

As Christ followers, we know that it is important to make disciples. But how do we do so when we lack the skill,...  Read More >>

Wartime Recipes: 45 tasty and nutritious recipes from the Dig For Victory years

Wartime Recipes: 45 tasty and nutritious recipes from...

Author: David Notley
ISBN: 9781837330713
Format: Hardback
$20.67

Wartime Recipes is a fascinating and nostalgic collection of over 40 wholesome recipes from World War II, illustrated...  Read More >>

A Treatise of Conversing in Heaven and Walking with God: For our conversation is in heaven. - Philippians 3:20

A Treatise of Conversing in Heaven and Walking with...

Author: Jeremiah Burroughs ,  C Miskimen
ISBN: 9798889365556
Format: Paperback
$44.85

For our conversation is in heaven. With this single line, the apostle Paul defines the whole of the Christian life....  Read More >>

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