I imprint: 1291 books
by Amil Dinsio
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Millions of dollars sat in a small, non-descript bank perched on a hill in the quiet town of Laguna Niguel in Orange County. But deep within its vaults was a secret: millions of dollars in illegally obtained funds belonging to none other than President Richard Nixon. Those stolen funds would not remain...
The Jacobean Grand Tour
Early Stuart Travellers in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Although the eighteenth century is traditionally seen as the age of the Grand Tour, it was in fact the continental travel of Jacobean noblemen which really constituted the beginning of this institutionalized phenomenon. As soon as James VI of Scotland united his crown with England's as James I, he...
The Last Trojan Hero
A Cultural History of Virgil's Aeneid
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
“I sing of arms and of a man: his fate had made him fugitive: he was the first to journey from the coasts of Troy as far as Italy and the Lavinian shores.” The resonant opening lines of Virgil's Aeneid rank among the most famous and consistently recited verses to have been passed down to later...
Children of Achilles
The Greeks in Asia Minor since the Days of Troy
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Since the days of Troy historic lands of Asia Minor have been home to Greeks. They are steeped in a rich fusion of Greek and Turkish culture and the histories of both are irrevocably entwined, fatefully connected. Children of Achilles tells the epic and ultimately tragic story of the Greek presence...
Hegel and the Art of Negation
Negativity, Creativity and Contemporary Thought
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Why is the philosopher Hegel returning as a potent force in contemporary thinking? Why, after a long period when Hegel and his dialectics of history have seemed less compelling than they were for previous generations of philosophers, is study of Hegel again becoming important? Fashionably contemporary...
The Courage to Dream
On Rights, Values and Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
'I have a dream' declared Martin Luther King in 1967. Those words, which echoed round the world, soon became immortal. Slain by an assassin's bullet, King gave his life in the cause of eradicating racism, eliminating poverty and resolutely opposing all forms of war and violence. This dialogue brings...
Justice and Remembrance
Introducing the Spirituality of Imam Ali
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2006
Ali b. Abi Talib, son-in-law and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, first Shi'i imam and fourth caliph, is a monumental figure within the Islamic tradition. But despite the immense importance of Imam Ali, there is a dearth of literature in Western languages about his life and thought. This book - the...
Faith and Ethics
The Vision of the Ismaili Imamat
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Shi'i Ismaili Muslims are unique in following for centuries a living, hereditary Imam (spiritual leader), whom they believe to be directly descended from the Prophet Muhammad. The Imam's duty has been to guide his community on the basis of Islamic principles adapted to the needs of the time.
In this...
The Fatimid Caliphate
Diversity of Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
The Fatimids ruled much of the Mediterranean world for over two centuries. From the conquest of Ifriqiya in 909 to defeat at the hands of Saladin in 1171, the Fatimid caliphate governed a broad area stretching, at its peak, from the Red Sea in the East to the Atlantic Ocean in the West. Their leaders...
by Rowland Rose
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Rowland Rose immerses us in the passionate adventure of a womans search for answers to a life without meaning, and her ultimate arrival at the true meaning of life. This inspiring book shows how it is possible, even when sunk at the lowest, to ascend to the highest levels of spirituality. A true mystical and spiritual guide.
Acting for the Silent Screen
Film Actors and Aspiration between the Wars
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
A young man leaves his home to look for work in the cinema industry and disappears into the anonymity of showbiz rebuffals. A shop girl wins a newspaper competition and is transformed overnight into a transatlantic star. An aristocrat swaps high society for the film studio when she 'consents' to act...
by Mark Proct, Nettie Reynolds
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Forty years of Austin Music and Rock & Roll history. An amazing journey through all that is and was rock and roll rendered in classic and unique in-person photos and narrative from Mark Proct. A glimpse at some of Austin’s finest musicians including Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel, Jerry Jeff Walker...
Britain and the Arab Middle East
World War I and its Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
The profound effects of the British Empire's actions in the Arab World during the First World War can be seen echoing through the history of the 20th century. The uprising sparked by the Husayn-McMahon correspondence and led by 'Lawrence of Arabia'; the Sykes-Picot agreement which undermined that...
What the British Did
Two Centuries in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Britain has been engaged in the Middle East for over two centuries. During the Napoleonic Wars it expelled the French from Egypt. During World War I it helped to dismantle the Ottoman empire. During World War II, it defeated the Italians and Germans. In the post-war years, it attempted to reassert...