Humanities books

From an acclaimed historian, a sweeping study of the past, present, and future of the Great Powers, revealing the...  Read More >>

Learning philosophy has never been easier... This essential course-in-a-book takes you on a fascinating journey...  Read More >>

A powerful examination of changing attitudes towards people with learning disabilities, and a community's fight...  Read More >>

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An edition, fully accessible to undergraduates and graduate students, of the dynamic Book XXIII of the Iliad. Provides...  Read More >>

A unique homage to the fighter aircraft that won the Battle of Britain, marrying the story of how the author built...  Read More >>

From ""one of America's smartest and most charming writers"" (NPR), an archaeological romp through the entire history...  Read More >>

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This book, Nicholas Blackwell explores craft relationships by analyzing artisan mobility and technological transfer...  Read More >>

Explores the Dominican liturgy and its chant from two perspectives: the material production of Dominican liturgical...  Read More >>

Religion was a central aspect of Greek and Roman experience but presents challenges for modern interpreters. This...  Read More >>

In this book, Mikael Stenmark identifies and explores several prominent religious and secular worldviews that people...  Read More >>

Many think that reality is structured such that some beings are more fundamental than others and characterize this...  Read More >>

In what measure could education be an agent of African freedom? Combining histories of race, economics, and education,...  Read More >>

A craving for the mystical is leading a whole generation towards witchcraft, tarot and crystals, but Dr Belle Tindall-Riley...  Read More >>

This book explores the life of Patrice Lumumba (1926-61), the iconic leader of the Congo’s independence movement...  Read More >>

Pioneering metal writer Keith Kahn-Harris presents a moving, visionary exploration of Ozzy Osbourne, and of metal...  Read More >>

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An original reading of Hegel's ground-breaking Aesthetics which explores the aesthetics of animal movement, human...  Read More >>

For more than half a century, dualities have been at the heart of modern physics. This Element discusses what dualities...  Read More >>

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Now long-forgotten, the brain disease 'frenzy' was frightening, not just because it killed its sufferers, but because...  Read More >>

How did the state become Christian in late antiquity? This book considers, not emperors and bishops, but those who...  Read More >>

In the spirit of George Carlin and Christopher Hitchens, the son of a former Catholic nun and a Franciscan brother...  Read More >>