This book chronicles the development and reception of 'The History Projects' through the artist's own reflections, and the writings and conversations that have circulated around them

Examining the challenges faced by novelists writing realist fiction in the age of climate change, this open access book considers the various ways in which contemporary writers have evolved new…

From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, this heart-wrenching installment of the beloved and brilliant Charlie Parker series "will leave readers breathless and shaken" (Booklist)…

An in-depth look at how mortuary cultures and issues of death and the dead in Africa have developed over four centuries.

In My Time of Dying is the first detailed…

The British musical in its formative years has appeared in strikingly different guises: from the lasting hits of Oliver!, and Me and My Girl, to the successes of The Dancing…

Important lectures on differential topology by acclaimed mathematician John Milnor

These are notes from lectures that John Milnor delivered as a seminar on differential topology in 1963 at Princeton University…

Is the platypus a real animal? Is it just a hoax? While these questions seem ridiculous today they were serious points raised by the first scientists in Britain to see…

The north American continent spans a huge area including Greenland Canada the USA and Mexico as well as the countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The largest cities in…