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Reexamines five famed medieval kings, questioning whether their celebrated legacies truly reflect their complex and often troubling reigns. Henry II. Richard I. Edward I. Edward III. Henry V. Five men seen as success stories of Medieval English kingship. Three inherited tarnished crowns and restored...
This book presents a history of public relations in the modern American administrative state. Because government agencies have a democratic obligation to be open and transparent, the practice of public relations by government is qualitatively different from that in business administration and nonpro...
Jane Draycott reclaims the life story of Fulvia, one of the most powerful women of the late Roman Republic "Light and thorough, wide-reaching and focused, entertaining but not sensationalist."--Financial Times Fulvia was born into wealth, privilege, and prestige around the year 80 BCE, yet there was...
This volume explores how populist movements and politics present new challenges to public archaeologists, using global examples to propose practical forms of community engagement amid increasing polarization and extremism.
Guest edited by Terence Winch—NEA Fellow and editor of the “pick of the week” on the Best American Poetry blog—the 2025 edition marks a poignant farewell to series editor David Lehman, celebrating more than three decades of poetic excellence. For thirty-eight years, The Best American Poetry ...
This volume distills decades of leadership insight from one of Europe's most influential financial minds. In sixty engaging reflections, former Goldman Sachs Partner, Allianz CFO and Chair of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank, Paul M. Achleitner, offers a fresh perspective on management and nav...
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6 A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORK This volume of A Cultural History of Ideas focuses on the culture of the Enlightenment, long believed a time of enormous intellectual innovation a...
Since the early nineteenth century, political and military violence has played an exceptionally significant role in the territory corresponding to the present-day Democratic Republic of Congo. By emphasising the periodic re-occurrence of “warlordism” and the economy of plunder that characterises...
Kindly note: this edition does not include a minifigure. Celebrate the epic journey of the LEGO® minifigure throughout history, now updated with five years’ worth of new minifigures. Enter the world of LEGO minifigures with this fully updated and expanded edition. The first minifigure was created...
An astonishing historical novel of one woman’s dangerous journey through World War II Germany and her life-changing friendship with a young woman decades later—from the #1 international bestselling author of Looking for Jane “A fascinating and moving story of courage, sacrifice, and friendship...
A lively, hilarious, and entirely truthful look at the druggie side of history’s most famous figures, including Shakespeare, Queen Victoria, and the Beatles, from debut author (and viral historical TikToker with nearly 100K followers) Sam Kelly Did you know that Alexander the Great was a sloppy dr...
In this gripping penultimate volume of the Ponniyin Selvan series, Kalki masterfully draws the threads of intrigue, love, and vengeance towards a breathtaking crescendo. The Chozha empire reels from the shock of an assassination and finds itself on the brink of chaos. Even as rumours swirl, and cons...
The second installment in the Maple Bishop historical mysteries continues the adventures of intrepid amateur sleuth Maple Bishop. Inspired by the real-life mother of forensic science, Frances Glessner Lee, this smartly plotted series will appeal to fans of Rhys Bowen. In post-WWII Vermont, Maple Bis...
A mother’s valiant efforts to bring her family the joy of Christmas go haywire when she finds herself haunted by the angry ghost of Charles Dickens. This sparkling, cozy novel is perfect for readers of Emma Straub’s This Time Tomorrow and anyone who looks forward to watching It’s a Wonderful L...
This concise history tells India's unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present day, with a new preface and postscript. Throughout its long history, India has signified many things. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birth...
The Routledge Handbook of Information History offers a definitive, inclusive, and far-reaching study of how information practices have influenced—and have been influenced by—society, politics, culture, and technology over millennia. Information is often considered a defining characteristic of mo...
Biographies of 87 important people who changed history from around 3200 BC to 1914 AD. Some of the people whose lives are described are: The Yellow Emperor, Lao Tzu, Confucius, Tutankhamun, Pharaoh Menes, Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Archimedes, Diogenes, Socrates, Moses, Jesus, Paul, Empres...
In the bestselling tradition of Rinker Buck’s The Oregon Trail and Tony Horwitz’s Confederates in the Attic, The Road That Made America is a lively, epic account of one of the greatest untold stories in our nation’s history—the eight-hundred-mile long Great Wagon Road that 18th-century Ameri...
This unique and innovative book explores the sociology of environmental morality. John Hannigan presents a unique framework by which we can understand the ongoing moralisation of environmental issues, re-interpreting the development of environmental sociology as a transition from moral learning to m...
A collection of Wikipedia articles, edited, reformatted and with additions. In chronological order. References and sections on non-literary activity are sometimes omitted, hopefully not to the point of misrepresenting the author, which might include feminist or political activism. To my surprise the...