Humanities books

A fresh look at the overlooked first battle for Kesternich in December 1944—where U.S. and German forces clashed...  Read More >>

Shares a year’s worth of meditations centered around the church calendar. They are meant to be read according to...  Read More >>

A memoir of magic, rock and roll, and becoming who you are  Read More >>

This volume presents intellectual and creative responses to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, with an eye toward...  Read More >>

How Thomas Jefferson's vision for knowledge shapes what we know and how we access it – and why that matters more...  Read More >>

Interrogates how the images of migrants and refugees effect the legitimacy of legal changes in the area of migration...  Read More >>

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Explores the critical encounter between anarchism and law  Read More >>

Examines the ways in which the Rwandan genocide has been portrayed, used, and re-created in international film and...  Read More >>

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Analyses Christian literature as emerging from the common dynamics of ancient Mediterranean religion  Read More >>

Explores how the longest peace of the early modern Middle East was established and consolidated.  Read More >>

Explores the political aspects of sainthood, martyrdom and relics in late antique Caucasia  Read More >>

Provides a ground breaking analysis of the concrete practices of Islamist movements to assess their impact on post-2011...  Read More >>

Focuses on relations between paramilitary groups and the Turkish state during the armed conflict between the state...  Read More >>

This is the story of Mashya and Mashyana Unearthed, an exploration of when and where ancient myths become metonymic...  Read More >>

Examining the contemporary press, memoirs, travelogues and photographs as well as the visitors' book it uses the...  Read More >>

Explores how affect and emotion create new ways of understanding contemporary Chinese politics.  Read More >>

Traces changing approaches to governing migrants in the Ottoman Empire during the global era of mass migration through...  Read More >>

Uncovers a diversity of local encounters with Hagia Sophia in the late Ottoman Empire.  Read More >>

Brings Thomas Reid into conversation with contemporary moral philosophy.  Read More >>

Bringing together leading scholars, this volume is the first of its kind to address the growing global phenomenon...  Read More >>

Belief, Agency, and Knowledge is a study focused on the normative aspects of epistemology. More specifically, it...  Read More >>

For much of its existence, North Korea and its armed forces have been shrouded in mystery. Separating fact from...  Read More >>

Samuel Pepys's famous Diary records only a short period of his life. This book highlights his wider significant...  Read More >>