Humanities books

Inspired by his personal experiences and philosophical traditions, the works were dedicated to Cicero's close friend...  Read More >>

Explores the zoomorphic imagination and image-making of Eurasian nomads and their dynamic interactions with neighbouring...  Read More >>

Showcases the importance of cultural exchange through an exploration of Sicily's Arabo-Islamic past  Read More >>

The first in-depth study of Vladimir Nabokov's humour, investigating its physical aspects such as farce, slapstick,...  Read More >>

A spellbinding chronicle of mid-century America, Write like a Man shows how a combative and intellectually grounded...  Read More >>

How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity. Scientists, journalists, and politicians...  Read More >>

Between 1933-1942, around 20,000 refugees fled to Shanghai to escape Nazi-occupied Europe, most of them Jewish....  Read More >>

Through the testimonies of war, defeat, and survival from veterans of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary monograph explores the evolving relationship between digital tools and religious life, focusing...  Read More >>

Uncovers the deep folklore of Britain's buried riches, fears and desires.  Read More >>

On November 1, 1755 All Saints' Day a massive earthquake struck Europe's Iberian Peninsula and destroyed the city...  Read More >>

The field-defining text for black geographies-now with a new foreword and afterword The initial publication of...  Read More >>

Engaging critically with concepts of race, species, and otherness, Alterity and Human Evolution contributes to current...  Read More >>

A spiky and delicious new literary biography of the great twentieth-century writer Muriel Spark  Read More >>

The Beauty in God: Poems for the Heart explores the profound beauty of God and His ability to connect with the spiritual...  Read More >>

Jesus changed the world by loving people one at a time. Influencing just one person at a time may seem insignificant...  Read More >>

As Ice Age humanity struggles to survive, ancient alien watchers must decide whether to remain hidden or intervene...  Read More >>

A. J. Bauer traces how decades of right-wing criticism of the “liberal media” reshaped US news culture and came...  Read More >>

A powerful blend of WWII history and personal discovery, this memoir traces a son’s search for his father’s forgotten...  Read More >>

What makes a good dad? It doesn’t mean being perfect or having all the answers. Being a good dad starts with knowing...  Read More >>

Ellen McLarney explores how writers in the Black Arts Movement identified with Islam as integral to the African...  Read More >>

Theodore Martin offers a groundbreaking account of the ways that reading habits and crime politics intersected in...  Read More >>

On Western Australia’s southern coast, Albany stands as the state’s oldest European settlement, founded in 1826,...  Read More >>

Julien Columeau examines three movements for the defense and promotion of Punjabi formed between 1947 and 1960,...  Read More >>

For thirty years, Carolyn Dallmann held down various positions at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant, in Sauk County,...  Read More >>