A panoramic global history of Africa in the age of imperialism

Africa's long nineteenth century was a time of revolutionary ferment and cultural innovation for the continent's states, societies, and…

In the gripping sixth installment of the "Dying to Succeed" series, "Longing to Go Home," John Van Laan's journey continues as he battles the aftermath of his harrowing kidnapping ordeal…

The political and cultural lessons drawn from the collapse of the Weimar Republic are invoked in order to understand contemporary threats to democracy. The contributors challenge the validity of these…

Richard Long is a British land artist and sculptor who works with and in the natural world, but also with and within the highly sophisticated, artificial and humanmade world of…

A pioneering exploration of how differences in production and circulation of texts conveyed ideas around the world in a period of exceptional social, political and intellectual change.

The book of Paul is the first of seven volumes in a sweeping mythological narrative tracing the mystical connections between Hermes Trismegistus in ancient Egypt, Sophia, the female counterpart of…

This book, originally published in 1987, evaluates the human and managerial implications of new office information technology, based on the actual experiences of organisations using the new technology.

Willis’ remarkable memoir strips away any fantasy of an idyllic life in the country and shows the passions, backbreaking labor, and violence of the hard-won life lived on an American…