This book brings together international scholars to examine and share new approaches in the history of women's rescue and resistance during the Holocaust and the Armenian and Rwandan genocide.

The life of Philipp Jaffe (1819-1870), from his youth in Posen; his studies with Leopold von Ranke and career - as a close friend of Theodor Mommsen - at the…

Explores the affinity between the French and American film industries, breaking down myths of American imperialism and French cultural protectionism. This book illuminates the vital role that cinema has played…

Why am I here? What should I be doing? What happens when we pass away? Have you ever felt an invisible presence around you? These are some of the questions…

Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theatre, and the novel, the essays in this volume reasses the relationship between the emergence of film and…

Exploring photographs, exhibitions and advertising, this text suggests that modernity rather than modernism is a valuable way of understanding the changes particular to the visual culture of the time.

Snow Leopards, Second Edition provides a foundational, comprehensive overview of the biology, ecology and conservation of this iconic species. This updated edition incorporates all the recent information from range-wide surveys…

These thirty-two studies, originally published between 1979 and 2007 by Joseph Baumgarten, a pioneer of the comparative study of Qumran and rabbinic halakhah, include both detailed studies of laws and…