Non-Violence: A History Beyond the Myth (Losurdo Domenico)(Paperback)

Liberalism: A Counter-History (Losurdo Domenico)(Paperback)

In this definitive historical investigation, Italian author and philosopher Domenico Losurdo argues that from the outset liberalism, as a philosophical position and ideology, has been bound up with the most illiberal of policies: slavery, colonialism, genocide, racism and snobbery. Narrating an

Beyond New Media Art (Quaranta Domenico)(Paperback)

'Beyond New Media Art' is the revised, updated version of a book first published in Italian with the title 'Media, New Media, Postmedia' in 2010. Through the circulation of excerpts, reviews and interviews, the book produced some debate outside of Italy, which persuaded the author to release, three

The Porn Myth: Exposing the Reality Behind the Fantasy of Pornography (Fradd Matt)(Paperback)

The Porn Myth is a non- religious response to the commonly held belief that pornography is a harmless or even beneficial pastime. Author Matt Fradd draws on the experience of porn performers and users, and the expertise of neurologists, sociologists, and psychologists to demonstrate that

Mormon Women's History: Beyond Biography (Cope Rachel)(Paperback)

Mormon Women's History: Beyond Biography demonstrates that the history and experience of Mormon women is central to the history of Mormonism and to histories of American religion, politics, and

The Situationist International: A Critical Handbook (Hemmens Alastair)(Paperback)

Formed amidst the incendiary violence and political turmoil of the 1960s, beyond the barricades, the Situationist International (SI) remains to this day influential in anti-capitalist cultural, political and philosophical debates. Looking at philosophy, sociology, critical theory, art,

The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond (O'Shea Stephen)(Paperback)

First Gear - Myth Busting Motoring Milestones (Ray Keith)(Paperback / softback)

Myth-busting book that explores what really happened first across the eventful history of

A History of the the Tudors in 100 Objects (Matusiak John)(Paperback)

THIS seminal period of British history is a far-off world in which poverty, violence and superstition went hand-in-hand with opulence, religious virtue and a thriving cultural landscape, at once familiar and alien to the modern reader. John Matusiak sets out to shed new light on the lives and times

The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History (Eliade Mircea)(Paperback)

First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian migr -scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no fewer than half a dozen European

History of Violence (Louis Edouard)(Paperback / softback)

** Shortlisted for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award **The radical, urgent new novel from the author of The End of Eddy - a personal and powerful story of violence. I met Reda on Christmas Eve 2012, at around four in the

The Hindus: An Alternative History (Doniger Wendy)(Paperback)

An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the world's oldest major religions from one of the world's foremost scholars on

Egyptian Myth (Pinch Geraldine)(Paperback)

Egyptian myths articulated the core values of one of the longest lasting civilizations in history, and myths of deities such as Isis and Osiris influenced contemporary cultures and became part of the Western cultural heritage. Egyptian Mythology: A Very Short Introduction explains the cultural and

Ireland's Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth (Williams Mark)(Paperback)

A sweeping history of Ireland's native gods, from Iron Age cult and medieval saga to the Celtic Revival and contemporary fictionIreland's Immortals tells the story of one of the world's great mythologies. The first account of the gods of Irish myth to take in the whole sweep of Irish literature in

Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan - Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

A dazzling investigation into the life and character of Ferdinand Magellan, by historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan has been celebrated as a hero: a noble adventurer who circumnavigated the globe in an extraordinary feat of human bravery; a paragon of daring and

Beautiful Indifference (Hall Sarah (Author))(Paperback / softback)

From the heathered fells and lowlands of Cumbria with their history of smouldering violence, to the speed and heat of summer London, to an eerily still lake in the Finnish wilderness, Sarah Hall evokes landscapes with extraordinary precision and

Brief History of the Freemasons (Ridley Jasper)(Paperback / softback)

Ridley separates myth from truth about the Freemasons and describes the development of the secret society from its origins amongst the masons working on the great cathedrals of the Middle

International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Best Antony)(Paperback)

This hugely successful global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors have produced an authoritative yet accessible and seamless account of the

The Least of All Possible Evils: A Short History of Humanitarian Violence (Weizman Eyal)(Paperback)

Groundbreaking exploration of the philosophy underpinning Western humanitarian intervention The notion of a humanitarian 'lesser evil' has become instrumental in justifying the West's military adventures. It informs obscene calculations determining how much collateral damage is permissible in

Short History Of Myth (Armstrong Karen)(Paperback / softback)

As long as we have been human, we have been mythmakers. In A Short History of Myth, Karen Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the history of ourselves, and embarks on a journey that begins at a Neanderthal graveside and ends buried in the heart of the modern novel. Surprising,

Revolution in Mind: The Creation of Psychoanalysis (Makari George)(Paperback)

Groundbreaking, insightful, and compulsively readable, Revolution in Mind goes beyond myth and polemic to give us the story of one of the most controversial and important intellectual endeavors of the twentieth century. In this masterful history, George Makari demonstrates how a new way of thinking

The Middle Ages: A Graphic History (Janega Eleanor)(Paperback)

A unique, illustrated book that will change the way you see medieval history The Middle Ages: A Graphic History busts the myth of the 'Dark Ages', shedding light on the medieval period's present-day relevance in a unique illustrated style. This history takes us through the rise and fall of empires,

Silence - A Christian History (MacCulloch Diarmaid)(Paperback / softback)

Unravels a polyphony of silences from the history of Christianity and beyond. This book considers Judaeo-Christian borrowings from Greek explorations of the divine, and the silences which were a feature of Jesus' brief

A History of Macroeconomics from Keynes to Lucas and Beyond (de Vroey Michel)(Paperback)

This book retraces the history of macroeconomics from Keynes's General Theory to the present. Central to it is the contrast between a Keynesian era and a Lucasian - or dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) - era, each ruled by distinct methodological standards. In the Keynesian era, the

Provenance: An Alternate History of Art (Feigenbaum Gail)(Paperback)

A re-examination of the importance and legacy of provenance in the history of art. It goes beyond the narrow definition of the term provenance, which addresses only the bare facts of ownership and transfer, to explore ideas about the origins and itineraries of objects, consider the historical uses