Humanities - Page 98

Marcel Proust: A Very Short Introduction

100 years after Proust's death, In Search of Lost Time remains one of the greatest works in World Li...

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The Spirit of Hope

A spectre is haunting us: fear. We are constantly confronted with apocalyptic scenarios: pandemics,...

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Be Not Afraid of Life: In the Words of William James

William James—psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker—is one of those rare writers who can s...

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George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life

In George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life, Tom Jones provides a comprehensive account of the life and...

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Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

'These stories of witchcraft, true and vividly told, demonstrate the potent reality of belief in evi...

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The Cambridge Companion to Ottoman History

Why study Ottoman history? What are the available sources? And how can researchers begin locating, r...

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The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium

A “splendid” (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-kno...

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Utilitarianism as a Way of Life: Re-Envisioning Planetary Happiness

Utilitarianism – a commitment to ‘the greatest happiness for the greatest number’ – has been the tar...

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Buddhism: A Journey Through History

One of the world’s leading scholars of Buddhism presents the story of its dramatic journey across th...

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Maria Theresa: Empress: The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment

A major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa was the single...

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The Stories Old Towns Tell: A Journey through Cities at the Heart of Europe

A journey through Europe’s old towns, exploring why we treasure them—but also what they hide about a...

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The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

To be a bookseller or librarian . . .You have to play detective.Be a treasure hunter. A matchmaker....

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The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verse

The poets in this book are philosophers and statesmen; priestesses and warriors; teenage girls, conc...

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Roman Soldier versus Dacian Warrior: Dacian Wars AD 85–106

Fully illustrated, this book assesses the Roman and Dacian fighting men who clashed in three bloody...

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The Strategists: How War Made Them and How They Made war

In THE STRATEGISTS, Professor Phillips Payson O'Brien shows how the views these five leaders forged...