Hugh (Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at King's College London) Bowden

Alexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC, when he was only 20 years old, and died at the age of 32, twelve years later. During his reign h

A volume which examines twelfth and thirteenth century officers and the practices used to regulate them in England, placing them not only within a Bri

Law in Common draws on a large body of unpublished archival material from local archives and libraries across the country, to show how ordinary people

The forgotten history of the liberal radicals, socialist internationalists, feminists, and Christians who envisioned free trade as the necessary prere

Theatre flourished in the Roman Republic, from the tragedies of Ennius and Pacuvius to the comedies of Plautus and Terence and the mimes of Laberius.

A landmark study of ancient Greek and Roman cults, from the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis to the cults of Dionysus and Mithras. Mystery cults are on

Global Politics: Myths and Mysteries is an innovative introduction to key concepts in international relations, exposing the myths of the discipline, a

Clear, comprehensive, and trusted, Bryman's Social Research Methods has guided over a quarter of a million students through their research methods cou

In Demons, Virginia Berridge explores the factors that have affected social attitudes to tobacco, alcohol, and a variety of drugs, through history. Ge

This book explores the Delphic Oracle and the use made of it by the city of Athens, challenging traditional assumptions about Athenian democracy. Acce

This book explores the Delphic Oracle and the use made of it by the city of Athens, challenging traditional assumptions about Athenian democracy. Acce

With an introduction by Tim Spector, bestselling author and founder of ZOE 30 plants may sound a lot, but in Hugh's expert hands it feels like an e

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

A spellbinding novel looking at the harshness of life in the northern wilds, through nature's ruthless eyesBorn in the wilds of the freezing cold Yuko

Lerong Lu examines the biggest change in modern financial industry - the Fintech (financial technology) revolution - that denotes the close interactio

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age cov

Late antiquity: decline or transformation, conflict or interaction? Late antiquity is the period (c.300 - c.800) in which barbarian invasions ended

Oxyrhynchus in Egypt is the best documented city of the Roman empire. This book uses the thousands of papyrus documents found there to examine how its

Narrative is an important element in our daily life and the novel is arguably the most popular genre of our times. The theory of narrative or narratol

By tackling the field of manufacturing processes from this new angle, this book makes the most out of a reader's limited time. It gives the knowledge