I imprint: 1291 books
Ismaili Literature
A Bibliography of Sources and Studies
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2005
Ismaili Studies represents one of the most recent fields of Islamic Studies. Much new research has taken place in this field as a result of the recovery of a large number of Ismaili texts. Ismaili Literature contains a complete listing of the sources and secondary studies, including theses, written...
Turkey
A Modern History
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
This revised edition builds upon and updates its twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society. It begins with the forging of closer links with Europe after the French Revolution, and the changing face of the Ottoman Empire in...
Cosmo Lang
Archbishop in War and Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
In December 1936, at the height of the Abdication Crisis, Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury held the fate of the British monarchy in his hands. Together with the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, he helped to manoeuvre Edward VIII from the throne and to replace him with the king's brother,...
The Persistence of Religion
Comparative Perspectives on Modern Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
In the nineteenth century, Nietzsche famously announced that God was dead. In the twentieth century, an increasing reliance on science and technology led to a widespread rejection of belief on the grounds of its irrationality. Yet for all the scepticism directed towards it, religion has not died....
Traditional Buildings of the English Countryside
An Illustrated Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Do you know your longhouse from your laithe house? Your smock mill from your tower mill? Your dovecote from your bee bole? Perhaps no other country offers so rich and varied a heritage of traditional buildings as England. From windmills to water mills, cottages to castles, a wealth of architectural...
You Win or You Die
The Ancient World of Game of Thrones
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
If the Middle Ages form the present-day backdrop to the continents of Westeros and Essos, then antiquity is their resonant past. The Known World is haunted by the remnants of distant and powerful civilizations, without whose presence the novels of George R R Martin and the ever popular HBO show would...
First Light
A History of Creation Myths from Gilgamesh to the God Particle
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Did the universe start with a bang, or has it existed always? Was there a supernatural being behind it all, or just mindless forces? The beginning of things has forever tested the limits of curiosity, and such questions have both challenged atheists and inspired believers. Ancient cultures resorted...
Sa'di in Love
The Lyrical Verses of Persia's Master Poet
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
With poetry which speaks across the ages, Sa'di (1210–81) is a vital classical poet and a towering figure of the medieval Persian canon. Comparable in skill and stature to other Persian poets such as Ferdowsi, Hafez, Rumi and Omar Khayyam, Sa'di's verses – best known through his 'Bustan' and 'Golestan'...
Rethinking Islamist Politics
Culture, the State and Islamism
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2006
In an atmosphere of growing concern over the threat posed by Islamist violence, political Islamism has become the most important of geopolitical issues. In the process, it has been misrepresented. Contrary to what many believe, Islamist movements are characterised by their diversity. Revisiting the...
Statebuilding and Counterinsurgency in Oman
Political, Military and Diplomatic Relations at the End of Empire
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
In the depths of the Cold War and in the wake of Britain's announcement of its intention to withdraw 'East of Suez' by the end of 1971, Britain was faced with the stark reality of a Marxist rebellion in the Dhofar province of Oman. This rebellion, whose explicit aim was to 'liberate' the oil-rich...
Faith and Revivalism in a Nordic Romani Community
Pentecostalism Amongst the Kaale Roma of Sweden and Finland
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
A Pentecostal revival is sweeping the Romani communities of Europe. The dominant religious orientation of European Roma, Pentecostalism has become one of the major factors behind Romani social development, in the wake of the discrimination, marginalisation, and growing anti-ziganist sentiments of...
The Humanist Principle
On Compassion and Tolerance
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
What is the nature of tolerance? Can it be engendered by religion? And how might different cultural traditions, whether religious or secular, assist in promulgating the vital principle of humanistic dialogue and benevolence? These are some of the urgent questions posed by this stimulating and wide-ranging...
The Pro-Israel Lobby in Europe
The Politics of Religion and Christian Zionism in the European Union
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
The activities of pro-Israel pressure groups and lobbyists in the US are well-known. But the pro-Israel lobby in Europe is less prominent in both academic and media accounts. In a unique account, Elvira King identifies the pro-Israeli groups which attempt to influence policy-makers and implementers...
by Leonie V. Hicks
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
The Battle of Hastings in 1066 is the one date forever seared on the British national psyche. It enabled the Norman Conquest that marked the end of Anglo-Saxon England. But there was much more to the Normans than the invading army Duke William shipped over from Normandy to the shores of Sussex. How...