History

The oasis of Siwa was famed in antiquity for its Oracle of Amun, consulted by Alexander the Great. Today, Siwa is known for its fine dates and its unique way of life. In this already classic work, renowned archaeologist Ahmed Fakhry reviews Siwa's past and present. Beginning with a survey of the deserts ...

Re-Envisioning Egypt, 1919-1952 presents new and often dismissed aspects of the constitutional monarchy era in Egyptian history. It demonstrates that many of the domestic and regional sociopolitical and cultural changes credited to the 1952 revolutionaries actually began in the decades before the July ...

and visit some of the seventy border walls that have been erected in just the past decade.

With provocative insight, Walls charts the centuries-long uneasy tension between the walled and unwalled, showing that walls profoundly shape the human psyche.

A captivating account of the inner dynamics of the Thatcher Cabinet, all played out in front of a tumultuous global backdrop. Bursting with anecdotes and told with lucidity and humour, an insightful memoir of a life as a British diplomat.

A three-year-old boy dies, having apparently fallen while trying to reach a bag of sugar on a high shelf. His grandmother stands accused of second-degree murder. Psychologist Susan Nordin Vinocour agrees to evaluate the defendant, to determine whether the impoverished and mentally ill woman is competent to stand trial.

A powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit and a worthy tribute to the servicemen who have been awarded the Victoria Cross, this is a second collection of stories about exceptional bravery and gallantry in the field, published for the first time in paperback.

The history of the British-Spanish Society, an example of 'soft' or cultural diplomacy between countries.

The patterns of unity and division that define Europe as a historical region have been discussed in some important works, but this complex set of questions merits a more sustained debate.

Knights Across the Atlantic tells the story of the Knights of Labor, one of the great social movements of American history, in Britain and Ireland.

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In the antebellum years, the Western world's symbolic realities were expanded and challenged as merchant, military, and scientific activity moved into Pacific and Arctic waters. In Antebellum at Sea, Jason Berger explores the roles that early nineteenth-century maritime narratives played in conceptualizing ...

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A critically acclaimed anthology of writings about the experiences of black immigrants in England. In June 1948, the SS Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury, England, carrying with it the first wave of young immigrants from the Caribbean. Whatever hopes and fears those young men and women entertained about ...

The story of how Tom Cochrane, a Scottish missionary doctor, struggled to bring the benefits of modern scientific medicine to the vast Chinese Empire.

The voyage of the `Pilgrim Fathers' from Plymouth, England, and their settlement in Plymouth, New England, is iconic. Unfortunately. Why unfortunately? Because icons both simplify and glamorise. The Mayflower story is a gilded myth, a historical episode seen through the distorting lens of nationalism.

A biography of the superstar elephant of the Victorian era looks at his life from being "the Children's Pet" at the London Zoo to his time with P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth, and discusses his complex relationship with junior zookeeper Matthew Scott revealed in newly discovered archival material ...

This volume of 15 papers is a tribute to Petros Themelis for his significant contribution to Greek archaeology and especially to the excavation, study and conservation to the ancient site of Messene in the Peloponnese.