The Waterloo Companion is an absolute must-have for any historian hoping to further their understanding of one of the world's most famous land battles.
Named "the direct heir to Patrick O'Brian" by The Economist, Bernard Cornwell is the undisputed master of historical battle fi ction, and for more than twenty years, his Richard Sharpe series has thri
Jerome's Libellus de virginitate servanda, written at Rome in A.D. 384, sets out the manner of life appropriate to a Christian virgin living in society. Although the Libellus takes the form of a lette
Comprehensive coverage of World War I's Western FrontBreaks down the battles that took place in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1918 in trenches and fields, on muddy river plains, and against fortsCov
The urgent need to resolve conflicts over forests, fisheries, farming practices, urban sprawl, and greenhouse-gas reductions, among many others, calls for a critical re-thinking of the nature of our d
This is the story of the defeat of Soviet Russia's forces in Afghanistan by a guerrilla force known as the Mujahideen, heavily backed by Pakistan and the USA. The Mujahideen paved the way for the Tali
First World Petro-Politics examines the vital yet understudied case of a first world petro-state facing related social, ecological, and economic crises in the context of recent critical work on fossil
