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Onthullende biografie over de eerste zwarte vrouwelijke vicepresident, die als dochter van twee immigranten in het gesegregeerde Californië uitgroeide

The philosophy of Epictetus, a freed slave in the Roman Empire, has been influential on Western thought: it offers not only stimulating ideas but also

The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocrati

This is a fascinating new overview of European-American relations during the long twentieth century. Ranging from economics, culture and consumption t

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo

This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition and now includes an accompanying website. While mai

Sociolinguistics is the study of the interaction between language and society. In this classic introductory work, Janet Holmes and Nick Wilson examine

This Very Short Introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examines

This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practiced. Highlights recent developm

This study analyzes the changing roles of German-Jewish women as members of an economically mobile but socially spurned minority.

The fullest biography of Mark Antony in English, A Noble Ruin provides a fresh account of Antony's personal life and especially his public career, inc

Egypt played a crucial role in the Roman Empire for seven centuries. It was wealthy and occupied a strategic position between the Mediterranean and In

A History of Modern Europe surveys European history from the defeat of Napoleon to the twenty-first century, presenting major historical themes in an

The sixth book of the Iliad includes the exchanges between Diomedes and Glaucus, and Hector and Hecuba, Paris, Helen and Andromache. The Commentary, w

Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda.

Carol Gilligan's landmark book In a Different Voice – the "little book that started a revolution" – brought women's voices to the fore in work on the

The new edition of the leading textbook on Roman art, updated with new images and expanded geographic and cultural scope A History of Roman Art is an

A Byron biography like no other – published to mark the bicentennial of his death – it tells the remarkable life story of the celebrated Romantic poet

The imagined worlds of the cinematic mise-en-scène are rich with textiles: fabrics drape over sets, serve as props, and develop mood and character as

A Companion to Latin Literature gives an authoritative account of Latin literature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the end of t