Practicing stalinism bolsheviks

In old Russia, patron/client relations, "clan" politics, and a variety of other informal practices spanned the centuries. Government was understood...

Among the gentiles greco roman religion and christianity

An acclaimed scholar presents a bold new interpretation of the relationship between Greco-Roman religion and Christianity. The question of Christianity’s...

On time technology and temporality in modern egypt

In this pioneering history of transportation and communication in the modern Middle East, On Barak argues that contrary to accepted...

25 landmark trials in cardiology 5th edition

The first Edition of this book was created in 2005-06 in response to voiced frustrations among junior medicine, cardiology and...

Immigrants in prairie cities ethnic diversity in twentieth century canada

Over the course of the twentieth century, sequential waves of immigrants from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa settled in...

Cardiothoracic surgery in china past

The book is the first of its type ever published in the English language, which provides comprehensive review of the...

Faust's metropolis a history of berlin

Berlin - called the Schicksal Stadt Deutschlands, the City of German Destiny - has been at the heart of the...

The american century a history of the united states since

Courtly culture literature and society in the high middle ages

Every aspect of "courtly culture" comes to life in Joachim Bumke's extraordinarily rich and well-documented presentation. A renowned medievalist with...

The peasant's world the manor

Classics of western thought series the modern world

Originally published under the General Editorship of Thomas H. Greer, the series emanated from the Humanities Department of Michigan State...

Interrogating race and racism

It is a common misconception that, in the contemporary world, racism has been somehow defeated, pushed to the boundaries of...

The archaeology of qumran and the dead sea scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most interesting and important archaeological discoveries ever made, and the excavation of the...

Reading greek text and vocabulary

First published in 1978, Reading Greek has become a best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults....

Reading greek grammar and exercises

First published in 1978, Reading Greek has become a best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults....

Approaches to greek myth

Now thoroughly revised and updated, this volume offers a variety of historical, comparative, and theoretical perspectives on Greek myth. Since...

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan is the greatest work of political philosophy in English and the first great work of philosophy in...

Nation to nation aboriginal sovereignty and the future of canada

Roman women

This book examines the daily lives of Roman women by focusing on the mundane and less celebrated aspects of daily...

Psychology a concise history

This intriguing book chronicles the study of the human mind from ancient times to the present day. Author John Benjafield,...

Framing terrorism the news media

Terrorism now dominates the headlines across the world-from New York to Kabul. Framing Terrorism argues that the headlines matter as...

Monastic prisons and torture chambers crime and punishment in central european monasteries

Following the Council of Trent (1545-1563), Catholic religious orders underwent substantial reform. Nevertheless, on occasion monks and nuns had to...

Design for a brain

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or...

Ghosts of home the afterlife of czernowitz in jewish memory

In modern-day Ukraine, east of the Carpathian Mountains, there is an invisible city. Known as Czernowitz, the “Vienna of the...