Humanities books

The Lavender Bans is a comprehensive account of the evolution of anti-LGBTQ+ policies from World War I to the present....  Read More >>

Shakespeare and the Senses explores how audiences of Shakespeare’s time would have understood the sensual world...  Read More >>

No one prepares you for losing the version of yourself that loss, trauma, and major life changes took. This book...  Read More >>

Reveals the deep, historical roots of public distrust in former mining areas in the US, shedding new light on the...  Read More >>

As a prominent figure of the 18th century Enlightenment, Kant advocated faith in reason and in the possibility of...  Read More >>

Para el alma que busca, para el corazón que duda... Hay luces que no se ven con los ojos, sino con el espíritu....  Read More >>

In Citizen of a Wider Commonwealth, Edwina S. Campbell chronicles Ulysses S. Grant's two-year world tour--the first...  Read More >>

Nature editor and Science Book Prize winner Henry Gee explores the future of our species and our probable extinction,...  Read More >>

The thrilling true story behind the Allies’ mission to take back Venice from the Germans – and save its artistic...  Read More >>

Join Alistair Moffat in this concise and colourful account of Edinburgh, one of the UK's top tourist destinations...  Read More >>

Set against the backdrop of the Liverpool music scene of the 1980s and beyond, this is a story about the search...  Read More >>

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A landmark exploration of women-led communities worldwide and what they can teach us about new ways to live, think...  Read More >>

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The ""engaging"" (New Yorker), New York Times best-selling story of how coyotes took over North America-and are...  Read More >>

This book presents the first history of the death penalty under British colonial rule in the late twentieth century....  Read More >>

A leading group of scholars debate the 'big picture' approach in an engagement with renowned scholar Barry Buzan....  Read More >>

A panoramic, non-Eurocentric view of theatre history that emphasizes the variety of connections among the world's...  Read More >>

A Philosopher Looks at the Weather argues that weather is a powerful force that shapes how we live. As we have developed...  Read More >>

War is far more likely to occur in countries where women lack equal standing in society. Focusing on gendered political...  Read More >>